Fig. 3.
Purification of recombinant Dicer-1 and Dicer-2. The His-tagged Dicer-1 and Dicer-2 proteins are both purified by Ni+2-affinity purification followed by SP-Sepharose and Q-Sepharose chromatography. (a) Lane 1: 250 mM imidazole elution, also as input of SP column; lane 2: SP flowthrough, also as input of Q column; lanes 3–7: Dicer-1 peak fractions of Q column. (b) Lane 1: 250 mM imidazole elution, also as input of SP column; lane 2: Dicer-2 peak fractions of SP column; also combined as input of Q column; lane 3: Dicer-2 peak fractions of Q column.