How can the design and synthesis of guide RNA molecules be optimized for improved CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing?
The source of classification bias in marker gene metagenome sequencing? a variability in the taxonomy classification of microbial communities when using different primer pairs (e.g. for 16S rDNA)...
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How to store SDS-PAGE for fluorescent imaging without fixatives? I am running protein samples on SDS-PAGE that are tagged with fluorophores. If I place the gel in a destain solution of...
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Is a 5` phosphate needed for homologous recombination? I am a bit confused whether phosphorylated DNA is needed to achieve efficient homologous recombination in e coli. I believe there are methods...
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What is the reason or importance of diluting an enzyme before an experiment? I'm writing a report on enzyme activity and characterisation and i need help with understanding this: we were told to...
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I am amplifying target sequence 450 bp. I get single sharp band in the control and faint in sample with another sharp nonspecific product. why? I need to get one single band from my sample to...
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So, here is what I am dealing with: The Tm of the primers is 55 for the forward one and 56 for the reverse one. In -silico PCR produces 750 BP band, but in reality I get 3 bands. The third one...
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I am doing a CRISPR targeting to knock out one intron of my gene of interest in a cancer cell line and replace that intron with GFP. I am wondering if I should pick single cell clone with possible...
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For example, If a PCR primer can detect ~100 fg of DNA, how we will calculate it to Bacterial copy number?
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I could not find a study that used CRISPR-mediated HDR for stable integration of large genes. I would be grateful if anyone could point me in the right direction.
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Hello, I am currently having problems with RNA extraction. I am using mouse liver (C57BL6J), and I have extracted RNA from mouse liver before. Before this experiment, my final RNA pellets were...
11 August 2024 7,081 3 View
I have been doing the m6A dot blot for a while with no improvement, I am extracting the RNA, and I can see the dots although the three biological replicas give a different reading on the memberan...
10 August 2024 8,537 5 View
I've been performing RNA extraction on cotton petiole tissue for a few months now using the method described in the following paper, a derivative of the typical hot borate method...
08 August 2024 9,881 2 View
I am currently working on LncRNA; to know the lncRNA-protein interactions I want to do RNA pull down assay, so I need to design primers with T7 promoter. I need assistance in this regard.
07 August 2024 6,618 1 View
Recently, we observed that 99% of the sequences in our RNA-seq data corresponded to the E. coli genome. Despite multiple DNAse treatments after RNA extraction and ribosomal depletion, we were...
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I am planning to collect human fecal samples for metatranscriptomic analysis using MGI. These samples are from indigenous people living in a region with high temperatures. I will have access to a...
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I will be with my students collecting seaweed samples in a marine farm and later we will process this tissue for RNA isolation and further sequencing. Does anyone have tips on how to collect the...
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I have an RNA-seq data that I have analysed using Limma-voom and have extracted the gene IDs, log2FC and the p-values. At p value < 0.05, I have over 10,000 DEGs, however, when I run the GO...
31 July 2024 224 2 View
I am currently working on a project involving liposomes and need to determine the maximum volume of siRNA that can be added to a 2.5 mL liposome solution with a total lipid concentration of 10...
30 July 2024 6,418 1 View
Hello, I have a little problem. Well, right now I only have the DNA aptamer sequence. I went to see the 2D model form with DNA folding. After that, I used RNA Composer to simulate in 3D and used...
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