Why do I see increased specs around the nucleus upon over-expression of cytoplasmic protein?

31 December 2014 8,224 3 View

How do I remove IgG band covering my protein sample while doing a western blot for ChIP?

I am optimising ChIP for my protein which is approx. 45kDa in size. Upon doing Western Blot to check my pulldown I see a big IgG band that covers up my protein. Can anyone suggest me how to...

31 December 2014 1,721 5 View

How to perform ChIP on mouse testis with a small cell count?

I have isolated cells from a single mouse testis and assume that the number should be around 7-8 million. I want to do ChIP on them consisting of three immunoprecipitations (IPs). I need advice on...

04 May 2013 5,301 5 View

I want to know if there is any publicly available SILAC repository that I can access to study the protein interaction network of any protein of interest?

Kindly suggest some references.

04 May 2013 1,664 0 View

shRNA annealing and cloning

I have made repeated attempts to clone shRNA into pLKO vectors, but have not produced any colonies. I have tried annealing the shRNA in a thermocycler, in PCR, and in a water bath. For vector...

31 December 2012 2,610 16 View

Any tips for conducting ChIP with whole mouse testis?

I have to do Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) with whole mouse testis. I have taken 6 mouse testis and I will be crosslinking with EGS and FA. Does anyone have any tips? Any tips particularly...

11 December 2012 4,143 1 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Does Napabucasin soluble in dichloromethane and in ethanol?

I need to prepare a solution of Napabucasin (inhibitor of cancer cell stemness) in dichloromethane. The drug is expensive, so maybe somebody already tried to do it. If it is soluble, what is the...

02 March 2021 9,945 3 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 3 View

Which cell line should we use to perform biological dosimetry experiments?

We are preparing some experiments based on irradiating cells under different conditions in order to evaluate the effects in terms of DNA damage, genetic expression, etc. As our project is...

01 March 2021 3,355 3 View

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View

What could be some reasons why unstimulated monocytes are getting activated?

Im doing PBMC isolation -> CD14+ enrichment using magnetic beads -> stimulation setup. My negative control is just cells in cRPMI but they seem to get activated over and over again.

28 February 2021 7,883 3 View