How can I measure MMP-1 protein activity or protein level from liver tissue?

Instead of checking only the mRNA level, I want to check the active protein level of MMP-1 in Liver tissue from mice. How can I do that?

03 March 2021 1,763 2 View

Binary Logistic Generalized Linear Mixed model in SPSS. Is it doable?

I want to analyses the proportion of swimming sperm of three species of fish in two salinities. To analyse the proportion of swimming sperm in a Generalized Linear Model, I would use a Binary...

03 March 2021 2,297 3 View

Looking for Materials with high thermal expansion coefficient and high temperature resistance?

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

Guidelines for survey (question type) analysis?

Hi. Please tell me what guidelines should i need to follow for questionaries' type research work in India. It is not hospital based work, we are conduction basic institutional based qualitative...

03 March 2021 2,037 3 View

What are the values needed for gabor filter's parameter for cifar10 data?

Hi, I implemented a code to gabor filter cifar10 data but the images after being filtered and stacked are not clear like the original images. I think the problem is in the way I am using the...

03 March 2021 6,317 1 View

Can we block unwanted images during the x-ray prediction?

i am try to classify the x-ray images. During classification , can i block unwanted images (except x-ray image).

03 March 2021 7,100 1 View

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03 March 2021 5,360 2 View

What techniques can I use to determine the miscibility of polymer blends?

The term miscibility refers to the single-phase state in thermodynamics. I do not mean the compatibility of different components. To determine the miscibility I know several techniques such as...

03 March 2021 4,107 4 View

Sample dilution for quantitative analysis using ELISA?

If the detection range is in ng/ml but the reference range is in ug/ml for a molecule or protein in serum or plasma .how to dilute and what is the initial volume to be taken for quantitative analysis

02 March 2021 7,670 3 View

The procedure compute?

02 March 2021 5,204 3 View

How to convert 2D stack images to 3D to obtain surface area of nucleus?

I have 15 slices of the nucleus at different z-heights from confocal imaging. I would like to use these slices to reconstruct the 3D nucleus and ultimately estimate the surface area of the...

20 February 2021 6,967 1 View

Is my GFAP staining in right position?

I was differentiate hESC to astrocyte. In the second week of differentiation, I stained my cell with s100beta and GFAP. I expected that the staining site of GFAP would come from the cytoplasm,...

15 February 2021 8,982 1 View

Trouble shooting with his tagged protein expression in E.Coli?

i have issues in expressing a chicken protein in BL21 cells with his tag. I do not see induction even at 18 degrees. Any suggestions

15 February 2021 8,939 3 View

During an anti-His capture ELISA has anyone had issues with histidine residues from secondary antibodies non-specifically binding?

Hi, Hope you can help. Currently been running some sandwich ELISA assays where I coat with anti-His, block and then capture His-tag protein and then sera and then anti-bovine monoclonal...

07 February 2021 7,101 1 View

SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Western Bands?

Hello, I am western blotting SARS-CoV-2 spike protein from lentiviral using an antibody against S1. To prepare samples, I mixed concentrated lentivirus 1:1 with 2X Laemmli buffer and boiled...

07 February 2021 3,643 4 View

How to clean up an already pure protein from grwoth medium?

Hi all, I have got a protein, expressed in P. pastoris vector, more than 97% (SDS-page) pure in the culture medium after cells separation. Despite the protein expressed has a his-tag, Nichel...

04 February 2021 5,173 6 View

What is the effect of SDS running buffer concentration on western results?

I am trying to do a thermal shift assay for a recombinantly-produced membrane protein, by western blot band quantification. I use Bio-rad 10X Tris/glycine SDS running buffer for my SDS-PAGE and...

11 January 2021 5,302 2 View

Best purification method for recombinant protein in BL21?

Hi I need to purify a recombinant protein (IL6 21kDa). It's been produced in E.coli BL21 with a T7 expression vector, but it does not have a tag as yet. I was thinking of adding a his-tag and...

09 December 2020 2,200 8 View

How to quantify total protein in crooked western lanes?

I've been using Revert700 total protein stain to detect total protein in my western lanes. While this stain is robust & reversible, I have trouble quantifying in Image Studio Lite (LiCor) and...

05 December 2020 9,014 3 View

Why does immunofluorescence but not western blot works for fusion protein?

I have a flag-tagged protein and want to be sure it is properly expressing in my cells. When I assess by IF, I see clear nuclear enrichment (expected). But when I do a western, there is only a...

27 November 2020 2,350 3 View