Can forward and reverse sequences of PCR products be entirely different from each other?

Dear All, The forward and reverse sequences obtained from the PCR products are not identical at all. Can I still make the contigs for doing BLASTn? Individually both sequences are showing the...

22 December 2020 5,280 5 View

Any simplified protocol or methods of estimation of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin content in a biomass?

Dear all, Kindly suggest me a simplified/easy method of calculation of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin content of agricultural biomass along with the relevant reference. We have used the NREL...

02 December 2020 4,362 3 View

Complete protocol for Fungal Genomic DNA isolation?

Dear all, I am looking for recommendations for an efficient protocol for the extraction of Genomic DNA from several fungal cultures. I have most of the chemicals and equipment used in the process,...

20 September 2020 7,906 7 View

What are the different techniques to characterize chemical crystals?

Hello researchers, I would like to know the various techniques/methods which are used to characterize the crystals of a known substance (xylitol) and to check the purity as well as to quantify the...

28 May 2019 3,242 5 View

Please help me in identifying the following species of fly?

Hello researchers, I have attached some photos of a single fly. Please tell me the species of this fly. I shall be highly obliged. Best regards Dr. Sidana

21 March 2017 8,517 7 View

Is there any server/site to predict active sites of drug target enzymes?

24 February 2015 8,874 4 View

Can someone help me with sequence submission protocol?

Can anybody help me in submitting 8 Leishmania donovani partial gene sequences in genbank (ncbi)? I have eight sequences with small differences. The promoter region of the ldmdr1 gene of L....

27 January 2015 4,893 2 View

How do I add a feature annotation when submitting a sequence in Genbank?

I am trying to submit a gene sequence in Genbank from last 2 months, but they always say something like this.. Complete feature annotation has not been included for some or all of the sequence(s)...

26 January 2015 9,751 4 View

SDS page software for analysis?

I did sds page to determine the difference in protein expression between 3 types of vaccine , but i don't have scanner or densitometer available. . so i wonder if there is a software to analyze...

02 March 2021 6,270 3 View

Which of the Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunoprotection and why?

I want to know which of the available Covid-19 Vaccines would elicit the best immunological response and why

02 March 2021 1,388 3 View

Is the sinovac vaccine safe and effective for people over the age of 60 ?

Dear respective researchers, I was asked by my institution to be vaccinated this week using the sinovac vaccine. However, from some of the information I got, this vaccine is not recommended for...

01 March 2021 7,781 6 View

How vaccines of covid 19 work?

Millions ask how vaccines of covid 19 be successful and safe, its here to explain generally how vaccine of pfizer work ,mRNA vaccines teach our cells how to make a protein that will trigger an...

28 February 2021 2,723 4 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

What is the most common number of epitopes in an multi-epitope Vaccine?

hi everyone, I'm interested in the field of vaccine design specifically multi-epitope cancer vaccines , I want to know if there is a minimum and maximum number of epitopes we could use in a...

27 February 2021 3,882 3 View

If a given country passes mandatory 'vaccine passport rule' to go outdoors, otherwise stay at home, can it help to vaccinate all against COVID-19?

Wether vaccine passport declared not to go out of home without it may help taking COVID-19 vaccine. Can't it break individual's right to protect the community? Your comments on perspectives...

27 February 2021 5,549 23 View

How long do vaccines protect us against COVID 19?

Or will we have to get vaccinated every year, as in the case of influenza?

27 February 2021 1,048 5 View

Did anyone ever try using pLVX-TetOne Plasmid with a copGFP as a selection marker instead of Puromycin?

When using a lentiviral vector for inducible expression of genes using the Tet-On system. In the literature, I saw a widely used of pLVX-TetOne-Puro Plasmid, is there a reason why people prefer to...

25 February 2021 1,011 3 View

Best plasmid could be used as a standard curve for AAV titration?

I have been trying to have a good AAV titration for my production and I have tried different plasmids to set up as a standard curve but each one behaves differently. i am trying to use ITR for...

23 February 2021 5,167 3 View