Membrane anchored protein?

Hi, Is there any way to prove that a protein is membrane anchored/peripheral membrane protein? Any simple trick or any technique will be helpful. Thanks

24 November 2019 1,008 5 View

Rosetta (DE3) plasmid throw out?

Hi, I have rosetta (DE3) with incorporation of tRNAs for AGG, AGA, AUA, CUA, CCC, GGA codons on a compatible chloramphenicol-resistant plasmid. I cloned a gene in kanamycin resistant...

30 July 2018 6,527 2 View

Cleaning of Supherose 6 Increase 30/100 GL?

Hi, I feel that my Supherose 6 column is contaminated with some protein because I get pretty clean SDS gel bands after Ni NTA but after SEC I see multiple bands on SDS PAGE. How should I clean...

10 April 2018 1,200 3 View

NO plasmid after isolation?

Hi, I am cloning a 2.8 kb gene into pet28b vector. I did two ligation reaction. In one of them, I did not put insert (only vector and ligase) (control reaction). Then I transformed 10 microlitre...

15 February 2018 1,784 4 View

Is writing a paper a good way to introduce an idea or concept?

Is writing a paper a good way to introduce an idea or concept to be considered by the greater public, industry, etc? I am wondering if sharing an idea through an academic journal may be good way...

01 January 1970 5,527 8 View

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01 January 1970 1,741 1 View

Can linear DNA be used as template for site-directed mutagenesis?

Is it possible to induce site-directed substitution mutation by quick-change method on linear dsDNA? or it has to be cloned in some vector? If yes, should it be treated with the Dpn1 enzyme...

03 March 2021 401 4 View

Does anyone have a recommendation for yeast reporter gene plasmid/protocol?

Hi, could anyone recommend a plasmid and/or protocol for reporter gene assay in S. cerevisiae? I want to assess the effect of growth conditions on a transcription factor, so I want to clone it`s...

01 March 2021 210 1 View

Expression cloning by using cDNA,do I need to modify the cDNA first?

I am going to have a expression cloning of mammalian gene by using shuttle plasmid to transforming the E.coli However I don't know I should only inserting the Coding sequence ,or I can...

28 February 2021 5,440 3 View

What is the most suitable server for predicting protein structures in bacteria?

I have used the i-Tasser several times, however it has been unavailable for several days. I tried the swiss-model, but the output was not very pleasant due to the model used. Is there any other...

28 February 2021 4,521 3 View

Difficulty in cloning of 1kb gene into vector?

I am facing difficulties in cloning a 1kb gene into a vector (pJIT163). I have my gene on interest (GOI) in pUC57 and want to clone in pJIT163 using SalI and BamHI restriction sites. I am getting...

25 February 2021 3,221 7 View

Why are Sanger Sequencing reads interrupted in some edited clones?

I have a Crispr/Cas9 edited bulk population and I can briefly check the indel ratios in the bulk population using Sanger sequencing. After cloning single cells, I wanted to check the indel types...

18 February 2021 8,198 6 View

Hi, can anybody help me with the suggestions how can I amplify a stress induced gene of 1107 bp?

I am trying to amplify the TGA1 (Transcription factor 1 ) of Arabidopsis ,which is 1107 bp. I have treated the plants with Salycylic solution over night and extracted the RNA and make cDNA. I...

17 February 2021 7,802 2 View

Alternatives to traditional cloning of insert into backbone (dsDNA)?

Hi, I am stuck with a cloning experiment: The insert & backbone(bb) share one compatible end at 3' end(NotI) and one incompatible end at 5' end (XbaI for insert; HindIII for backbone). So i...

16 February 2021 1,664 3 View

Why do I have trouble with cloning duplicate gene in the same plasmid?

Hello! I am trying to generate a construct in this format: seqA - seqB - linker - seqC - seqB into pSF-CMV-Ub-Puro-Ascl plasmid 0.5kb 2kb 66 0.25kb 2kb I have tried many...

15 February 2021 7,118 3 View

Would using an asRNA for repressing transcription of a high expression Listeria monocytogenes non-coding RNA harbored in a plasmid be a viable option?

Hello all, I am interested in deleting a highly expressed non-coding RNA located on a Listeria monocytogenes plasmid. Currently, there are not any optimized gene deletion methods for Listeria...

09 February 2021 4,994 1 View