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Table 1 Western blot technique-induced variability of the duplicates per protein.

From: Variability of protein level and phosphorylation status caused by biopsy protocol design in human skeletal muscle analyses

Protein tested

Technique-induced variability

Akt

27%

phospho-Akt

25%

GSK-3β

26%

phospho-GSK-3β

25%

p70 S6K

20%

phospho-p70 S6K

50%

MuRF1

37%

phospho-4E-BP1

48%

Total proteins

28%

Phospho-proteins

37%

Overall

32%

  1. 4E-BP1, eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E binding protein 1; GSK-3β, Glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta; p70 S6K, p70 S6 kinase; MuRF1, Muscle RING finger 1.