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 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

Can anyone suggest me methods for identifying COX-2 and LOX-5 without using kits?

Hello, I am working on cell culture and wish to perform inflammatory assays, especially, COX and LOX. I have found several kits of different companies. Due to financial limitations, I think its...

10 November 2015 9,824 6 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

When is it unnecessary to change organisational culture?

As a former management practitioner, I recall a generally accepted view that changing organisational culture is difficult, so you should only attempt it if the organisational change that you are...

27 February 2021 2,595 8 View

Does RNAiMAX transfection reagent work in serum free medium?

I diluted siRNA and RNAiMAX in opti-MEM and added to the cells which they were in the growth medium. Is it a right way? or should I culture cells in the opti-MEM medium for a while and not in...

26 February 2021 10,041 3 View