Can anyone tell me the largest number of proteins directly extracted from soil ?

Can anyone tell me the largest number of proteins directly extracted from soil ? I am writing a paper about soil protein extraction and wanted to know what sort of yields other researchers were...

31 December 2019 7,930 2 View

We are looking for a Candicidin D standard ?

We are looking for a Candicidin D standard for HPLC and mass spectrometry. It is no longer made by the company listed on PubChem (alpha chemistry). Does anybody have any other suggestions?

31 December 2018 4,280 3 View

Are there specialised methods for extracting DNA from alkaline soils ?

I am conducting a metagenomic analysis of alkaline soil and I wondered if there were any specialised methods of DNA extraction given the alkaline nature of the soil.

07 August 2018 3,112 4 View

What is the maximum growth pH recorded for Streptomyces on solid media ?

I have been characterising a new strain of Streptomyces and was wanting to compare it to other similar alkaliphilic strains of Streptomyces. I have read of figures as high as 11.5 but the...

06 July 2018 1,383 8 View

Can you report a new bacteria on whole genome sequencing alone or do you have to have some polyphasic studies ?

I am being asked to provide polyphasic studies to name a new bacterial species, however, I have already provided the whole genomic sequence together with some comparitive genome analysis and some...

06 July 2018 1,916 0 View

What is the maximum pH level tolerated by Streptomyces coelicolor M145 ?

Are there any references to the maximum pH levels tolerated by strain S. coelicolor M145 ?

03 April 2018 2,449 4 View

What is the average difference in pH of agar before and after sterilisation ?

I had previously made a series of (modified SFM) agars at high alkaline pH 8----->13.6. I did not measure the pH of the resulting solidified agar because it just seemed a bit awkward and I...

02 March 2018 710 4 View

I was wondering if pH regulation in the region of amyloid deposition influences the development of Alzheimers ?

I was wondering if the pH of an environment influences the development of amyloid proteins ? Cellular control of pH is performed by porters/ antiporters. I have searched for these in human...

10 November 2017 9,237 4 View

What is the purpose of multiple copies of antibiotic resistance genes ?

We have sequenced a bacteria and found multiple copies of antibiotic resistance genes. The sequences of the copies are not identical. I was wondering if this diversity of copies is to increase the...

09 October 2017 6,310 13 View

How can you recover a protein sample which is tightly bound to a graphite column ?

I have been using activated carbon columns to clean up protein samples. Protein recovery has been very low. When I use a large amount of protein i.e. 5mg the recovery is only 0.5mg . I was...

09 October 2017 357 1 View

Why does blocking with my immunogenic peptide cause nuclear fluorescence in ICC?

Hi all, I am validating a polyclonal antibody raised against human ANT4, through WB and ICC. In most of my controls, the antibody shows very little off-target binding, but when I pre-incubate the...

03 March 2021 5,999 3 View

Anyone that can help with details in phosphopeptides enrichment?

Anyone know the amount of protein before enzymatic digestion for phosphopeptides enrichment of serume sample in Ti-IMAC? Has anyone ever use Ti-IMAC(the material is from Chinese company named...

28 February 2021 7,310 3 View

Problem with ligating 2.8 kb insert into 8.5 kb plasmid?

I am trying to clone 2 copies of the same mammalian gene into the pSF-CMV-Ub-Puro Ascl (contains HindIII, KpnI and NheI cut sites) plasmid. This is what the final product is supposed to look like...

24 February 2021 6,310 3 View

Is this the write procedure for acid digestion of soil for heavy metal analysis using AAS?

How to do acid digestion of soil sample with 3:1 aquaregia in an open vessel?

23 February 2021 3,053 7 View

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23 February 2021 4,014 3 View

How to reduce static electricity of powder after lyophilization?

I am working on synthesizing and then purifying peptides using the SPPS system. After purification of the peptide, the peptide powder is obtained using a freeze dryer. When measuring the powder,...

22 February 2021 10,099 5 View

Can we remove the fmoc group after peptide cleavage?

I have synthesized the peptide using Fmoc based solid phase peptide synthesis. Also I have cleaved the peptide from the resin and lyophilized it, but later realized that, I forgot to deprotect the...

21 February 2021 4,537 3 View

How to calculate the fraction metabolized of a drug by an enzyme using clearance(ml/min) values of the metabolite formed?

I am trying to find the fraction metabolized of a drug by CYP and UGT enzymes. I am unable to get the values of fraction metabolized (Fm) directly from the literature. Can we calculate the Fm of a...

21 February 2021 5,379 2 View

How T cells recognise non-peptide antigens?

This might sound very basic question, but please share with me an explanation of how the T cell is activated when the antigen is not a peptide? What happens? And what are the molecules involved in...

21 February 2021 564 3 View

Sanger Sequencing results not matching experimental results of Restriction Digestion, colony PCR and protein expression?

I have cloned two domains of a gene into two bacterial vectors using cut and paste cloning with different RE sites. I checked the putative clones by colony PCR and Restriction Digestion (fallouts...

18 February 2021 6,736 4 View