Why do the PCR bands from the cDNA templates (extraction from the cell after transfection) show different size from the band of the plasmid template?

After transfection with the plasmid ( linearized ) and subcloning of the cell lines, RNA was extracted from the cell and then reverse transcripted to cDNA. When PCR reactions were run to verify...

25 February 2021 5,712 3 View

Can I use breaking series as a regressor in a VAR model?

Context: I have two series, price and sales. Sales is mean-reverting stationery but price is stationary only after controlling for an intercept break. I want to set up a 2-equation VAR model...

14 January 2021 6,824 12 View

Does the use of Tissue Level implants reduce the risk of Peri-implantitis, as opposed to using bone level?

12 December 2020 6,007 6 View

Will the plasmid without SV40 Ori have a quite low expression level in 293T?

SV40 Ori helps plasmid to replicate in 293T cells. If I use a plasmid which doesn't have a SV40 Ori, will the expression level be very low?

10 December 2020 1,751 2 View

How to calculate the normalized frequency V of photonic crystal fiber using COMSOL?In particular, how to calculate NEFF and nFSM using COMSOL?

24 November 2020 967 2 View

HOW to do an intention-to-treat analysis(ITTA)?

I mean, how do I put the dropped out participants' outcome (Missing value) in my analysis? Although I have already known what's ITTA meaning, I still don't know how to do it. Which methods should...

23 November 2020 9,982 5 View

Does pEGFP plasmid have G418 resistant?

Instruction from pEGFP: The recombinant EGFP vector can be transfected into mammalian cells using any standard transfection method. If required, stable transformants can be selected usingG418 ....

20 October 2020 4,662 2 View

The solubility of ethinyl estradiol (EE2) in methanol?

What is the solubility of ethinyl estradiol (EE2) in methanol? In the experiment, methanol was used to help dissolve, what is the reason for the flocs appearing after the storage solution is added...

20 September 2020 4,055 1 View

How to compare methylation status between different cell lines?

As in the title. I got the methylation status of several genes in different cell lines by bisulfite sequencing. More specifically, I have the sequencing data from the amplicons of these genes...

30 August 2020 6,020 2 View

How can I digest the formaldehyde (1%) crosslinked DNA-protein with restriction enzyme (DpnII) better?

I am working on yeast samples for 4C-seq study , but the formaldehyde fixed samples can not be digested with restriction enzyme (DpnII). Please help me out. Thanks.

28 August 2020 6,483 3 View

Does the pressure(-600 mmHg) affects pH?

When I conducted the degassing experiment using decompression under anaerobic condition(and I used ferrous based chelating agent), the oxidized ferric were observerd. So, could you tell me the...

03 March 2021 4,892 5 View

Chlorinated organic formation in odor control scrubbers using hypochlorite?

I'm involved in a study of odor control technologies for municipal wastewater treatment plant. One of the control options involves a chemical 2-stage (acid/alkaline) packed bed scrubber. The...

03 March 2021 3,661 2 View

What solvent can I used for Paal Knorr reaction between 6-amino hexanoic acid and 2.5 hexanedione?

I am try to make the Paal Knorr reaction between 2.5 hexnedione and 6-amino hexanoic acid, my problem is type of solvent to use, because 6-hexaminohexanoic acid is soluble in water but I am not...

02 March 2021 4,443 2 View

Ester cleavage conditions?

Hi all, I need to cleave the ester in Ethyl 2-amino-1H-imidazole-5-carboxylate to make the carboxylic acid and retrieve the product from solution to use in downstream applications of linking to...

01 March 2021 8,766 3 View

How to remove DCU and HOBT from my reaction?

I am doing a acid and a chiral amino alcohol reaction using DCC and HOBT in DCM or THF? Can anyone suggest me how to remove DCU and HOBT from a reaction mixture??

28 February 2021 2,153 1 View

What is the most common number of epitopes in an multi-epitope Vaccine?

hi everyone, I'm interested in the field of vaccine design specifically multi-epitope cancer vaccines , I want to know if there is a minimum and maximum number of epitopes we could use in a...

27 February 2021 3,882 3 View

Which database would give me this list of chemical components?

Dear colleagues: I would like to know if anyone knows of a database that gives me the parameters pH, K, K, Mg, P, C, N, Zn, Cu, Ni and Cd of common foods. I find a lot of information of proteins,...

26 February 2021 5,525 3 View

How to increase solubility of Poly acrylic acid in Dioxane solvent?

I am working with Polyacrylic acid (100.000Da) and instead of water, I need to use another solvent (dioxane) to dissolve PAA. However, because of the high molecular weight, it's quite hard to...

25 February 2021 2,225 5 View

Why is NH4OH added in heavy metals limit test?

The limit test I'm referring to is USP method II. In this procedure you need to dropwise add 6N of NH4OH to the sample until it the pH is alkali. After that you need to dilute and add HOAc until...

23 February 2021 2,049 3 View

Is it efficient to do liquid biopsy to investigate the gene expressions of the tumor?

To do liquid biopsy and look for specific gene expressions there are so many published papers. Thera are different protocols and procedures used to isolate circulating cell free RNA or mRNA from...

23 February 2021 7,326 5 View