How much RNA should i prepare from my samples for sequencing?

Hi everyone I'm going to extract RNA for sequencing. I want to send the samples to the BGI company for sequencing. How much RNA should I prepare from my samples?

03 April 2018 4,604 3 View

Is there someone who guides me to extract a high quality RNA?

Hi everyone. I have to extract RNA from a tissue. Is there someone who guides me to extract a high quality RNA ? ( Important points that must be met, Suitable kit and protocol)

10 November 2017 8,859 8 View

Can someone introduce me an paper or website for whole genome sequencing?

Hi everyone I need an article or website for how whole genome sequencing of a species (Workflow, registration, annotation, materials and methods and etc). Can someone introduce me an article or...

09 October 2017 3,040 6 View

What method can be used to obtain the genome of a bacterium from water and milk that has been contaminated with the bacteria?

I'm going to use PCR method for amplification of a gene from a bacterium. my examples are water and milk That have been infected by a bacterium.Is there a special kit for the isolation of...

04 May 2017 9,363 8 View

How Be used from Circular Dichorism in the drug recombinant proteins?

Hello everyoneI need complete information about CD description in the drug recombinant proteinsIs there anyone who can help me?

31 December 2016 678 8 View

Is the Isoelectric Point of the capsid the same of the protein or does it change?

hi I am expressing a Virus Like Particle in Baculovirus System. The virus express a protein that self-assembles itself in a capsid. I know th IP of the protein. Since only one of three domains of...

31 December 2016 5,080 1 View

In your opinion, What is the best Human housekeeper genes for use in Liver tissue?

hi I am testing the housekeeper genes in the liver in humans, so I use a technique such as SYBR Green. In your opinion, what is the best genes?

31 December 2016 394 7 View

Is there general signal peptide for plants?

hi signal peptides are commonly protein-specific, I wonder if there is "general" signal peptides which can be used among plants. Hereby, it would enable more convenient protein expressions in...

31 December 2016 1,711 5 View

What is method of finding the cpg islands in promoter region of a gene?

31 December 2016 136 4 View

Can anyone recommend a method to determine if bacteria are hup+ or hup-?

hiI want to measure N fixation as a H2 evolution with a specific device and I need to know if my strain has an active hydrogenase enzyme.

31 December 2016 4,146 2 View

Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence?

I am on the lookout for the Enhanced Yellow Fluorescent Protein (Aequorea victoria) DNA sequence. Does anyone know where I can find it? Thank you in advance

03 March 2021 3,568 1 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

Does anyone know HRM channel in a 2 plex QIAGEN Rotor- Gene Q qPCR can be used as a separate channel?

I am going to have 3 different probes in my qPCR work that I am going to do. But I realized that the machine we have in the lab is a Rotor-Gene Q 2plex HRM Platform, saying it has green, yellow,...

01 March 2021 8,544 1 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

Why might my GFP tag be dissociating from my plasmid after transfection?

I have a set of stably transfected cell lines all transfected with plasmids containing GFP tags on the C terminus. During a western blot using anti-GFP antibody, one of my plasmids has dissociated...

01 March 2021 9,310 4 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

Problem with shRNA transfection. Why are only two plates getting contaminated instead of all?

I transfected my LNCaP-WT cells with 3 shRNA plus their NTC two weeks ago and split two puromycin selected cell plates on Friday last week(Feb 26). I checked for GFP in the cells, and they all...

28 February 2021 4,949 3 View

PUC19 as a transfer plasmid for lentiviral delivery?

Hello, Is it possible to use pUC19 as a transfer vector to be packed in using the second generation viral particles packaging system( pMD2.G; psPAX2 plasmids)? As far as I understand it there is...

28 February 2021 4,868 2 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

Calculating volume of DNA required from DNA concentration?

Hi I am a bit confused. They are asking me to find out the volume of DNA required in ul (a total of 30-100 ng for genomic DNA) from the DNA concentration in the nanodrop reading which was 404.8...

26 February 2021 5,029 2 View