The dimensions of the White House are as follows. The length is 168 feet (51.2 meters). The width is 152 feet with the porticoes. Without the porticoes it is 85 feet 6 inches (26.1 meters). The height is 60 ft 4 inches on the north. On the south it is 70 feet. The fence of the White House covers 18 acres.
A mobility shift assay is electrophoretic separation of a proteinâDNA or proteinâRNA mixture on a polyacrylamide or agarose gel for a short period (about 1.5-2 hr for a 15- to 20-cm gel).
Gel Retardation Assay (Molecular Biology). The gel retardation assay, also known as the bandshift assay or electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA), is used to detect DNA-binding proteins in crude cell extracts and to study the binding activity of purified DNA-binding proteins. It is also applicable to the study of RNA-protein interactions. The basis of the assay is that protein-DNA complexes remain intact when gently fractionated by gel electrophoresis and migrate as distinct bands more slowly than the free DNA fragment.