Non-specific bands in PCR?

Usually I am doing PCR with 0.5 ul of Taq polymerase (abm) per reaction. Since I wanted to increase the sensitivity of target amplification, I tried PCR with 1.0 ul of Taq. It gave some bands in...

02 March 2018 9,088 6 View

Mass spectroscopic analysis for protein identification?

I am doing immunoprecipitation for concentrating by target proteins. I usually elute my proteins in SDS loading buffer containing Tris, glycerol, SDS, beta mercaptoethanol and bromophenol blue....

11 December 2017 1,141 2 View

Human Anti-Leishmania IgG ELISA Kits...

I have found two commercial ELISA kits for detection of human leishmaniasis. 1. Human Anti-Leishmania IgG ELISA Kit (ab108749) by Abcam 2. Leishmania IgG ELISA Kit (KA3295) by Abnova Both are...

03 April 2017 3,589 1 View

Why did the protein sample and marker not migrate properly in the separating gel (SDS-PAGE)?

I am facing the a problem in my SDS page gel. protein marker and samples not get well separated. All samples were stop separating at the middle of separating gel (protein marker also). Dye front...

09 October 2016 3,280 12 View

Physical characterization of crude parasite Ag???

Is there a simple method to physically characterize the crude Ag extracted from a parasite to check whether they are proteins, polysaccharides or phospholipids like compounds? I am using crude Ag...

07 August 2016 3,925 3 View

Analysis of proteins using westernblotting?

Does 3D structure of a protein affect for migrating distance of a protein?

06 July 2016 6,207 0 View

What is the best condition for blocking western blot membrane?

Can I keep my blocking buffer (skimmed milk or BSA) at room temperature for overnight? Is that affect for my protein?

05 June 2016 3,857 5 View

Commercial protein sequencing services?

I want to sequence some unknown protein excised from 1D-SDS-gel. Have anybody experienced with protein sequencing? Are there any good commercial protein sequencing services?

04 May 2016 4,446 1 View

Fuzzy bands on SDS-PAGE?

What are the reasons for getting fuzzy bands on SDS-polyacrylamide gel?

03 April 2016 463 9 View

TMB SUBSTRATE FOR WESTERN BLOT???

How can we convert TMB of ELISA for western blot by converting soluble TMB product of ELISA into insoluble with addition of 0.05% sodium nitroprusside? Can I use ELISA TMB substrate for Western blot?

02 March 2016 8,565 0 View

How to compare two groups with only two measurements?

Hiiiii everyone! I have an enquiry on statistical analysis. I was looking for many forum and it's still cannot solve my problem. I want to compare means of two groups of data but only with two...

03 March 2021 8,796 3 View

Binary Logistic Generalized Linear Mixed model in SPSS. Is it doable?

I want to analyses the proportion of swimming sperm of three species of fish in two salinities. To analyse the proportion of swimming sperm in a Generalized Linear Model, I would use a Binary...

03 March 2021 2,297 3 View

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10?

What's the best way to measure growth rates in House sparrow chicks from day 2 to day 10? Since, the growth curve from day 2 to 10 won't be like the "Logistic curve" it might not follow logistic...

03 March 2021 1,401 3 View

What test should i use in comparing the correlation between categorical and continuous variables?

Dear all, I have the variable (Surgery duration) represented by values in minutes and the variable (preoperative neuropraxia cases) represented as (Yes/No) values. I want to compare these two...

03 March 2021 5,427 5 View

Logistical regression using SPSS for a dichotomous dependent variable, with an independent variable of 1, 2, 5 and 10 seconds?

I have an experiment with 28 participants The independent variable is the times 1, 2, 5, and 10 used as the cross hairs during a task These 4 times were tested using 4 different blocks, each...

03 March 2021 9,692 2 View

How to find the mean, SD and CI in SPSS?

Hi, I hope that someone can help me with this task: I have 5 groups of participants which are numbered in SPSS from 1 to 5 (according to their group number) and are all under the variable group....

03 March 2021 506 3 View

What degree of missing data in a particular case/participant results in Expectation-Maximisation no longer working?

I'm dealing with a mediation model and am using the PROCESS module in SPSS. Due to SPSS and PROCESS being limited in the imputation methods - being unable to handle multiple imputation - the other...

02 March 2021 4,362 1 View

How to quantitative analize the data of TNBS assay for gelatin?

Estemeed colleagues, I found some issues regarding the quantification of the data for TNBS assay. There are different protocols on how to perform that but it is clear to me the "fil rouge" that...

02 March 2021 2,616 1 View

How to code open-ended questions in SPSS?

Hello all, In SPSS I am going to code 2 open-ended questions. I have already read all the answers and I made a list of the most important categories to which I can code the answers. This question...

02 March 2021 1,757 4 View

The procedure compute?

02 March 2021 5,204 3 View