Serial Dilution Schemes

Figure 5.3 A convenient scheme for performing an inhibitor titration in 96-well format. Four compounds (1-4) are assessed in duplicate at each of 11 inhibitor concentrations. The inhibitor concentrations follow a threefold serial dilution from a maximum concentration of 1000 (molarity units nM, LlM, etc.). The right most column of wells is reserved for control samples. In this illustration four of the wells of column 12 are used for zero inhibitior positive controls, and the other four are used to establish the assay background as negative controls. Negative controls could represent any sample for which one knows that the enzymatic reaction has be abrogated. For example, the negative control wells could contain all of the reaction mixture components except the enzyme. See Chapter 4 for other potential forms of negative controls.

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