How to improve RNA extraction using Trizol?

I have been extracting RNA using trizol method from plant tissues but sometimes during the extraction procedure there is low pellet formation by which the quality and quantity of RNA gets...

09 October 2018 9,101 0 View

How to increase the intensity of bands in sqRT Pcr analysis for gene expression?

I have tried increasing the no. of cycles as well as checked the annealing temp but still i get a faint bands wherein i m suppose to get bright ones. even it appears same in case of housekeeping...

09 October 2018 8,475 2 View

What might be the reason that during quality using 0.8% gel electrophoresis i got a single thick band but not two separate bands as its seen normaly?

I extracted RNA from the fresh tissues using RNA kit form GCC Biotech, normally during the Quality check using electrophoresis it showed Double band but today in my case i could get only one...

08 September 2018 3,595 4 View

Can someone suggest me what might be the possible reasons for the appearance of smear, faint and no bands in semiquantitative RT-PCR gene expression?

I use the primers synthesized by molbiogen and all the pcr components purchased freshly and cDNA synthesized shows expression in housekeeping gene. I tried in normal DNA i got faint bands for the...

07 August 2018 7,707 2 View

Does housekeeeping gene show two different band size when the cDNA is prepared using reverse primer instead of Random Hexamerase?

I extracted the RNA and prepared cDNA using the reverse primer of OsActin instead of Random hexamerase and did a PCR for the same, but to my surprise i found two bands of different size of two as...

07 August 2018 462 5 View

Is it possible to do acid digestion of plant material in big borosil testube using water bath optimizable to 100 degree celsius?

Acid digestion of rice roots in 70% conc. HNO3.

05 June 2018 757 2 View

Please can anyone suggest is it safe to keep RNA in -20 degree celsius for some days instead of -80?

i wish to store RNA after isolation temporarily in -20 degree celsius is that possible and how safe it is?

04 May 2018 4,773 3 View

Reasons for the use of CaCl2 solution in preparing Aluminium stress solution after growing in nutrient solution. why do we use CaCl2 solution?

Reasons for the use of CaCl2 solution in preparing Aluminium stress solution after growing in nutrient solution. why do we use CaCl2 solution?

01 February 2018 3,764 0 View

How can I measure MMP-1 protein activity or protein level from liver tissue?

Instead of checking only the mRNA level, I want to check the active protein level of MMP-1 in Liver tissue from mice. How can I do that?

03 March 2021 1,763 2 View

What is the status of bread making and more bakery foods with the use of insect flour/powder?

Insects have been consumed by human diet since prehistoric times. At present, the idea of looking at insects as food has been getting traction worldwide, also in response to increasing food...

03 March 2021 6,223 5 View

Does any one know how i can prepare liver tissue with transmission electron microscope with good fixation?

i have problem in preparation of liver tissue with bad cell organelles and how i can adjust osmolarity

03 March 2021 8,890 1 View

After a reference from Int J Body Compos Res, can any body help?

Hi, I am after the reference below, my library says it cannot obtain a copy either locally or internationally, any help appreciated! Chris Wang ZM, Heshka S, Wielopolski L, Pi-Sunyer FX, Pierson...

03 March 2021 6,193 1 View

Can we block unwanted images during the x-ray prediction?

i am try to classify the x-ray images. During classification , can i block unwanted images (except x-ray image).

03 March 2021 7,100 1 View

Do you know good and user-friendly programs to measure plant quantitative traits?

For my research i will need to measure plant quantitative traits (especially leaves area and roots length, but would be nice to add some more information). I recently discovered...

01 March 2021 5,035 2 View

How to grow E.coli on the low salt LB agar plate with 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin?

Hello, I would like to ask how to grow E.coli which resists 50 or 100ug/ml of Blasticidin. I have tried many methods by using low salt Luria-Bertain(LB) agar plate. However, no colonies grow. Let...

01 March 2021 2,027 2 View

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01 March 2021 3,905 5 View

What test should I use to compare two or three means, if data is not normally distributed but sample size is > 30 in each group?

I personally feel this as a most confusing question. As per my understanding, if sample size is > 30, and sample is skewed, we can still use paramteric approach, as it will follow Z...

01 March 2021 1,587 6 View

Does anyone know to clarify these changes?

01 March 2021 1,290 2 View