How can we detect over expression of a gene?

Sometimes some gene gets over expressed in organism, so which molecular technique can help us to detect the over expression of that gene?

06 July 2019 9,406 5 View

How many bands will I find if I run human extracted DNA through agarose gel electrophoresis?

Human bears separate 46 chromosomes. If we extract DNA from human sample then how many band will be visible on gel?

08 September 2018 6,350 5 View

Do pH maintaining chemicals interfere in DNA extraction?

We use EDTA, Tris-HCl and some other chemicals, whose pH remain almost 8.0. To balance pH 8.0 we use NaOH. Now I would like to know that; have these unwanted NaOH, HCl or Acetic Acid (if...

04 May 2018 5,684 1 View

Which is the solution used for pH meter sensor?

I need to know that which solution is used to keep the pH meter sensor wet. Some people say that KCl is used but which concentration and pH are better?

31 December 2017 5,670 3 View

How can we measure the band size that greater than 10Kb?

07 August 2017 3,413 2 View

Why do bacteria lose their plamids at normal condition?

Plasmids are extra chromosomal DNA of bacteria, but they have numerous functions for the survival and living of bacteria. It is claimed that bacteria lose their plasmids when they live without...

07 August 2017 3,918 9 View

Is it mandatory to culture Bacteria in an antibiotic rich medium before plasmid extraction?

It is claimed that bacteria lose their plasmids unless they are cultured in a antibiotic maintained medium. As a result a negative consequence will arise after plasmid DNA extraction. How will you...

07 August 2017 1,637 6 View

Where are the nod and nif genes of Rhizobia located?

07 August 2017 9,745 2 View

Is it possible to culture coffee plant in vitro?

Is anywhere it being tissue culture of Coffee plant in Bangladesh?

04 May 2017 4,613 2 View

What is selfish Rhizobia?

Somebody claims that there some selfish rhizobia which take benefits from the host but do not induced nodulation at the host. I did not get enough evidence about this. Could anybody help me by...

07 August 2016 3,089 6 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 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

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

Has anyone used the Illumina ITS1 primer sets?

Hi everyone, Illumina provides a list of primers to amplify with high taxonomic coverage the ITS1 region for further fungal sequencing, but I cannot find the exact amount necessary of each...

25 February 2021 6,969 3 View

Uncertianiny in using dry or wet basis in mixing a sediment with fuel oil?

Hello I'm currently working on a topic related to studying the anaerobic biodegradation of TPH in marine sediments. In this work, sediment should be mixed with fuel oil to a concentration of 20 g...

24 February 2021 9,839 3 View

What's the concentration recommend for recombinant protein use in western blotting?

I'm currently working having problem with the concentration for recombinant protein use in western blot, the one been used is Recombinant Human CD19 Fc Chimera Protein-rndsystem which does not...

24 February 2021 8,514 3 View

Errors in DNA sequences?

I am trying to better understand the scope of DNA replication and sequencing errors, e.g. 1. I have seen similar error rates of 10e4 to 10e5 for cell & instrumental DNA replication,...

24 February 2021 4,397 3 View

Advice on growing lactobacillus species in the lab?

Hello everyone, For part of my PhD project, I'm hoping to grow some lactobacillus species in the lab so that I can create standard curves for a qPCR quantification of a faecal sample. However, I...

24 February 2021 3,157 6 View