Any literature on cholesterol content of plasma membrane in various human cells?

Dear all, Could you suggest any review/paper for a comprehensive list of cholesterol content of plasma membrane in various human cells ? For example, difference in membrane cholesterol content of...

08 September 2018 1,009 2 View

Robust cAMP assay kit for Gi coupled GPCRs ?

Dear all, Can anyone suggest me a robust cAMP assay kit for Gi coupled GPCRs? I would like to use this kit for cell lines stably expressing GPCRs that are coupled to Gi (inhibitory G proteins)...

09 October 2017 265 3 View

How to get rid of colony in negative control after blunt end digestion followed by ligation?

I have digested my vector and PCR product with restriction enzymes A and B (both blunt end cutters). For ligation I have either the vector or vector + insert. Now as it is a blunt end digestion,...

02 March 2016 8,850 4 View

Direct protein estimation from cultures cells in a 96 well plate?

01 February 2016 7,864 7 View

what is the basic advantage of using Ni NTA agarose over Ni NTA superflow for membrane protein purification?

Dear All, I want to know what is the basic advantage of using Ni NTA agarose over Ni NTA superflow for membrane protein purification? I know the capacity of the two are different, but is that the...

31 December 2015 8,796 4 View

How do I normalize my MTT assay for reduced cell number in treated sample if my drug inhibits cell division?

Hello All, I am doing a MTT assay where because of drug treatment , the no. of cells in treatment is reducing to half of control. Now, after MTT assay how do i know the reduction in absorbance is...

09 October 2015 1,758 12 View

Why does 0.32M sucrose prevent clathrin-mediated endocytosis?

why does 0.32M sucrose prevent clathrin-mediated endocytosis?

05 June 2015 9,519 0 View

Bioinfo tool for determination of metabolic pathways?

Is there any bioinformatics tool to determine any metabolic pathway given the components?

01 February 2014 5,927 4 View

How to prevent inner glass plate breaking during SDS PAGE in PROTEAN II xi cell?

I am using BIO-RAD PROTEAN II xi cell for protein gel electrophoresis. I am using 15mA constant current for first two hours then 35mA constant current for the rest of the run. My inner glass plate...

03 April 2013 5,393 28 View

How does 67% Acetic acid in 33mM MgCl2 dissolves ribosomal proteins but precipitates rRNA?

Ribosomal proteins from ribosome is extracted best by 67% acetic acid in presence of 33mM MgCl2. What is the mechanism and how does acetic acid helps here? For reference : 1....

03 April 2013 6,184 1 View

How to compare 2 samples recruited with different sampling methods?

If I want to compare characteristics of 2 groups of patients, one group is recruited from a random sample of the general public while another group is from a sample with a fixed gender (male to...

26 February 2021 3,526 3 View

Do you consider undergoing a structure literature review / Meta analysis and getting numerical findings sort of quantitative method?

I am looking for a classification of the research methods included in literature review papers or Meta analysis ones .

22 February 2021 1,131 4 View

Can I do two kinds of mixed method in explanatory research?

Dear distinguish professors and scholars, I have a research in measuring two kinds: think tank capacity and research impact on policy. Can I do two kinds of mixed methods in order to find, "Is...

20 February 2021 6,897 1 View

How to analyse a (perceptual) study using differing/comparable sets of stimuli?

I plan on running an online perceptual experiment that has, let's say, 100 unique video stimuli altogether. Since these are too many to be rated by every participants, I would like to present the...

15 February 2021 7,444 2 View

How to analyse a split-plot design in stata ?

I have run an split-plot design experiment evaluating the efficacy of a treatment (with 3 whole plots and 4 sub-plots), and I am planning to analyse the collected data in Stata. However, I do...

14 February 2021 7,800 7 View

Can I use a likert survey for criterion sampling in a qualitative study or would that make it mixed methods?

I am doing a phenomenographic study on the reading experiences of avid v. Neutral v. Non-Readers. If I use a likert survey to criterion sample for participants, does that make it a mixed method...

09 February 2021 8,594 3 View

How to create the context-mechanism-outcome configuration (CMOc) in the realist methodology?

In the realist methodology (especially by Raymond Pawson et al), the CMOc is a common structure to explain what works, for whom, in what circumstances, and why? I'm always asked about the...

08 February 2021 2,792 1 View

Recommendations for sample size in visual qualitative research (using children's drawings)?

Hi everyone! Asking for a little help, if I may. I am working on a research project, where I aim to analyse children's drawings about Covid-19. I am fairly new to using visual data in qualitative...

07 February 2021 9,530 3 View

How do I create a categorical variable, level of exposure, and a dummy dichotomous, yes-no, variable for the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire Part 1?

I am using the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire (HTQ) Trauma Events scale (original version) that has 17 items (17 different traumatic events) with 4 response options, indicating 4 levels of exposure:...

04 February 2021 1,509 3 View

How to report path analysis / SEM with Yuan-Bentler correction from R output?

Dear all, I am currently writing my master thesis where I am analysizing my data using path analysis and SEM in R (lavaan package). Now that I like to write up my results, I am struggling with...

04 February 2021 8,993 2 View