Anybody with an idea on how do design specific primers for detecting tomato resistance genes tm-1, TM-2 and Tm2^2?

I am trying to identify these 3 genes among some tomato cultivar collections and after aligning some sequences from NCBI, I couldn't find unique sequences to target for specific primers. There...

28 February 2021 606 3 View

Which are the factors that determine in a tourist the destination for their travel?

I'm working on a study of how selection criteria of Tourism have changed considering Pandemic + Vaccination expectation, so propose a new prediction behavioral dynamic model for Riviera Maya (Mexico).

09 February 2021 314 7 View

Equation to calculate Chlorophylls and carotenoids concentrations from a MeOH:HCl 1% (v/v) plant extract solution?

Hello everybody! I have performed an acidic MeOH:HCl 1% (v/v) plant extraction from Arabidopsis leaves to calculate Anthocyanins concentrations based on: Rabino, I., and Mancinelli, A. L. 1986....

25 January 2021 3,686 2 View

Cronbach's alpha or McDonald's omega? Which would be more correct and in what cases?

Cronbach's alpha or McDonald's omega? When it comes to reliability, we find different methods for its estimation. Immediately, the name of Cronbach's Alpha coefficient arises, as it is the most...

21 January 2021 330 4 View

I would like. How they can be simulated the deformational processes of valvular aortic stents??

We have a projet about TAVI

22 December 2020 7,729 1 View

Where can I find a free 3D anthropomorphic ergonomic human model CAD for CFD simulation?

I noticed that in many papers each author has a different human dummy to perform CFD simulation. However shouldn't this be standardize according to anthropomorphic data available? Right now, I...

12 December 2020 8,746 3 View

Stable Transfected Cell lines, is the gene or protein regulated?

I been wondering if genes when stable transfected become regulated by the cell, or if the gene is constitutively express and translated and the protein previously made is degraded at a slower rate...

30 November 2020 8,095 2 View

Independent Component Analysis, Have you used this approach? In what problem?

I have used ICA for the problem of mixing acoustic and UHF signals from partial discharges. I know that it has been used in Biomedical, Acoustic, and many other fields. Do you comment on how you...

09 November 2020 630 2 View

Pollutant extraction from contaminated soils for toxicity assays using human cell lines. How to resuspend the contaminant crude extract?

To study the toxicity of a contaminated soil with petroleum and heavy metals using human cell lines as model organism, we need to perform a pollutant extraction step before carrying out the...

08 November 2020 1,421 4 View

There is a GLMM for proportion structure data?

I would like to ask a recommendation of a statistical test to answer a question related to an unusual data structure. I am testing if birds change nest parental care behavior depending on...

17 October 2020 2,026 1 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 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

Is it possible for two human neuronal cell lines to have different gene sequence for the same protein?

I am looking at the ATP1A2 (Sodium/Potassium ATPase alpha subunit 2) in two human neuronal cell lines. Expression levels of this protein seems to be almost equal when detected by one antibody....

01 March 2021 3,607 3 View

Is CD44 degraded in lysosome together with hyaluronan after CD44 mediated endocytosis of hyaluronic acid?

Also when RHAMM binds hyaluronic acid, they get internalized, will RHAMM also be degraded? Or both CD44 and RHAMM will be transferred back to the cell membrane? Asking for breast cancer cell line...

01 March 2021 8,169 2 View

Do you need the CMV enhancer before the CMV promotor for a proper function of CMV on the gene that follows?

I'm a student and I have to produce a cell line with a knockin for the NRF2 gene with GFP. I have to put a promotor in front of the GFP because the gene will be too far away from the promotor of...

28 February 2021 7,127 2 View

What could be some reasons why unstimulated monocytes are getting activated?

Im doing PBMC isolation -> CD14+ enrichment using magnetic beads -> stimulation setup. My negative control is just cells in cRPMI but they seem to get activated over and over again.

28 February 2021 7,883 3 View

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28 February 2021 9,936 2 View

Has anyone had luck using cell lines other than HEK 293 (such as COS1) to package lentivirus?

I am looking to package lentivirus in endothelial cells but I am opposed to using 293 cells due to personal ethics regarding the source. I have done some reading and saw that COS1, COS7, & CHO...

25 February 2021 3,030 1 View