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

What is the exact mechanism of the antimicrobial effect of local anesthetics?

The antimicrobial effect of local anesthetics has been known for more than 50 years, but it still seems to have an unclear mechanism of action. which bacteria? which concentration? etc etc. ....

27 February 2021 4,450 2 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 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

Help with Amyloid beta detection protocol (western-blotting)?

Hi everyone, I am a first year PhD student working on amyloidosis. I would like some tips and tricks to crack efficiently my current nightmare, i.e. the western blotting of the Amyloid beta and...

11 February 2021 2,513 3 View

How to assing secondary structure to calculated peptide/protein having xyz file?

Hi, I have an optimized structure of some peptides and I would like to represent it as a secondary structure - cartoon. Ok, so server apps ask for pdb file (like Stride). I tried in different...

04 February 2021 517 3 View

Identical spectra for L- and D-peptides after they self-assemble?

Hi dear all, I need advice. I have two peptides with the same sequence but one consists of L-amino acids only and the other consists of D-amino acids only. when they self-assemble in aqueous...

03 February 2021 2,032 3 View

FLAG purification, elution doesn't have protein?

I am purifying a heterotetramer, with one subunit having a 1D4 tag and the other having a FLAG tag. I purified from Sf9 with HBS pH7.3 and 0.002%LMNG first with Anti-1D4 resin and got an adequate...

02 February 2021 3,860 1 View