Can anyone tell me the relationship of gene expression in base pairs and amplicon size?

I wish to know is it possible to correlate the expression of a gene in base pairs with its amplicon size.

09 October 2017 6,242 0 View

Can anyone suggest me a program which can be used to check whether a particular gene sequence may be working or not?

10 November 2016 5,294 7 View

Did anyone know whether Heart type fatty acid binding proteins and Liver fatty acid binding proteins are present in HL-60 cells?

I am working on some fatty acids. I wish to know whether FABPs of Heart and Liver types are present in HL-60 cells.

08 September 2016 9,216 1 View

Can anyone suggest me an useful software that can be used to check whether a given DNA sequence is working or not?

As part of my research work, I have to check the expression of some genes. However when I go through references, I got different sequences for the same gene. I wish to know which of these...

08 September 2016 5,137 4 View

Can Propidium Iodide uptake assay be done in rat heart/ liver tissues?

As part of my research work, I have to perform apoptosis assay with animal tissues. I wish to know, whether Propidium Iodide uptake assay be done in rat heart/ liver tissues.

07 August 2016 6,155 3 View

Can anyone suggest me some good kits for performing TUNEL assay in vivo?

As part of my research work, I have to perform TUNEL assay in in vivo. Can anyone suggest me some good kits which are economical, based on their experience?

07 August 2016 2,971 2 View

Can anyone provide me the calculation for SOD using the Method of Kakkar et al., (1984)?

I am working with the effect of certain chemicals in antioxidant system using Cell line models. As part of my work, I have to perform SOD assay. I choose the method of Kakkar et al., (1984), since...

06 July 2016 3,290 1 View

Can anyone please suggest to me a method for isolating cell membranes?

I am working with cell lines. As part of my work, I wish to isolate the membranes of cells. I wish to know if there is any simple method for cell membrane isolation which can be done without using...

02 March 2016 6,495 1 View

Is there any simple method which serves as a marker assay for inflammation instead of COX-2 and LOX-5?

Hello, I am working on cell culture. I wish to know if there is any simple method which serve as marker of inflammation instead of Cyclooxygenases and lipooxygenases.

11 December 2015 6,901 4 View

Is it suitable to carry out centrifugation in normal centrifuges (instead of cooling centrifuge) while doing enzymatic assays?

Hello, I wish to know Whether it is good to carry out centrifugation in normal centrifuges instead of cooling centrifuges while doing enzymatic assays especially in cell culture.

10 November 2015 8,195 4 View

Buffer to disrupt platelet alpha granules for PF4 quantification?

Hello! I want to quantify by ELISA the secreted (from platelets poor plasma) and the non-secreted (from platelet lysate) PF4 before and after TRAP stimulation. I will use the ELISA from R&D...

03 March 2021 1,499 2 View

Buffer Exchange using column packed with sephadex G-25 effect on protein concentration?

Hello, If i am doing a buffer exchange for an antibody of 1mg/mL, does the elution lose protein in the process of buffer exchange? For example, if i flow through 500 uL of 1mg/mL sample, and...

03 March 2021 6,299 3 View

How optimize the Size Exclusion Chromatography?

Hello! I'll do a size exclusion chromatography, but I only have an open column, and I'll perform the peptide extraction from yeast, using buffer lysis (sodium phosphate 50 mM/NaCl 30 mM/DNAse and...

01 March 2021 2,215 2 View

Why are my bands weird in this Agarose gel?

Can someone please give me some possible things that could go wrong? Here is my recipe: 0.5g Agarose 50 mL of TAE 1x 1 uL ethyl bromide. Gel was run at 100V for 1 hour. The buffer used is also TAE.

01 March 2021 9,952 3 View

What do I do with DLS peaks that are from the buffer?

I'm looking at the aggregation of my protein sample using DLS. Unfortunately, my buffer (20mM HEPES) also results in a set of peaks. These are at approximately 1 and 1000 d.nm. The lowest peak...

01 March 2021 9,015 2 View

What is the most suitable resuspension buffer for TCA/acetone precipitated protein?

I need to extract protein from fermented carbon sources for Bradford assay. Most researchers experiencing insolubility of pellet in resuspension buffer. Please assist me to select most suitable...

26 February 2021 7,129 3 View

What urea buffer can i use for biotagged protein extraction from streptavidin beads?

Hi all, I have been doing research on biotagged LDB1 proteins in Mel cells. I purify the proteins using M280 streptavidin beads. The yield is very low so I've been trying to optimize it by...

24 February 2021 5,749 3 View

Cloudy/high background western blot - can anyone help me?

Hi everyone! I try to detect VDR protein (~48 kDa) using Western Blot. After SDS-PAGE using 10% MP TGX Stain-Free Gel from BioRad I transferred the protein onto an metOH activated PVDF membrane...

23 February 2021 6,266 3 View

How to improve the buffer capacity of sea water?

Hello everyone I would like to improve the buffer capacity of seawater (pH ~8) in order to dissolve as much CO2 as possible without dropping the pH below 7.5 (a range between 7 - 7.5 is...

17 February 2021 2,797 2 View

Why does flow deformation occur at the test line and control line on nitrocellulose membranes (LFIA)?

I use 1% BSA in 10 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.4) solution when striping my nitrocellulose membranes with antigens and antibodies. However, I always observe deformed flow when my sample or running...

16 February 2021 4,224 3 View