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Nature Methods 5, 860 (1 October 2008) | doi:10.1038/nmeth1008-860

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Veronique Kiermer

The western blot was pristine on the glossy page of the catalog. Then, a few hundred dollars and a collection of microscopy slides later, reality sunk in: the newly acquired antibody was poorly suited for immunohistochemistry.