Help needed: How to map AA, AG, and GG genotypes on to polymorphism information?

Dear Colleagues, I am new to genes and genotyping and I need help. I am trying to figure our how AA, AG, and GG genotypes map on to A1 for DRD2/ANKK1 Taq1A polymorphism(rs1800497) and Val or MET...

02 February 2021 3,861 3 View

Can anyone explain why my starters are amplifying sequence from human genome instead of HPV16?

Hello, I'm working on primers from the publication: Okodo M, Okayama K, Teruya K, Sasagawa T. Uniplex E6/E7 PCR method detecting E6 or E7 genes in 39 human papillomavirus types. J Med Virol....

24 January 2021 7,636 3 View

Mounted sample stained with organic dyes (eg Alexa647) for superresolution?

I am looking for a way to prepare a mounted bio sample for testing superresolution methods, such as fixed cell culture. So far, most protocols I found for Alexa647 and other dyes require liquid...

12 January 2021 6,040 3 View

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04 January 2021 3,293 1 View

Can I add or delete studies from systematic review during revision stage of paper publication?

I have conducted a systematic review and one of the reviewers had mentioned about missing out on some good studies from the sample. on the surface the study is on a different topic but after an...

21 December 2020 573 4 View

What is the glucose content in Cellic CTec2?

Hi, I've determined the glucose content in Cellic CTec2 enzyme blend and it is 12-14 mg per 100 mg of enzyme blend. Could anyone share with me your results so I can compare it with mine?

08 December 2020 6,312 3 View

Paper authorship for students?

I had a few students help me with a simple but time-consuming task. The data they helped with will be used in a scientific paper. The students are part of the Student Research Program (SRP) at my...

11 October 2020 4,514 12 View

What is in common household dust?

Hi there, I am an undergraduate student in the UK and started to work on my dissertation, my subject is around common household dust. However, I can't seem to find any articles on basic and...

08 October 2020 6,838 1 View

I could not find a publication that fits the idea of evaporation together with DPD. Any suggestions?

I did find some papers that incorporate the two ideas together but I could not follow the research methodology. The simulation results were remarkable but not self explanatory. I tried to follow...

20 September 2020 5,354 4 View

How can I find out the molecular weight of acid chloride?

Dear all,, I am working on fatty acid chloride. So I wanted to find out the molecular weight of fatty acid chloride? So it is possible to find out using GPC or GCMS or there is any tritiometric...

06 September 2020 5,139 6 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

Anyone know of a good progesterone antibody?

I am looking for a good progesterone antibody to quantify levels of progesterone in zebrafish. Applications would be ELISA, and immunohistochemistry.

28 February 2021 5,929 2 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

Which polarizers are usually used to measure the birefringence of zebrafish muscles?

I already found several publications on that topic, however, the specifications for the used filters are often missing. Some more specific information than "fish is placed between to polarizing...

23 February 2021 1,934 1 View

How we can measure Kemp % in wool without using of benzene?

Would you please let me to know about the methods for measurement of medullation and Kemp % on animal? My problem is that the wool sampling and sending to laboratory is not possible. So I would...

21 February 2021 7,260 4 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