Why use both bead beating and enzymes (lysostaphin and lysozyme) for DNA extraction from sputum samples?

Hello, I have read in a few publications that to extract total DNA from sputum samples, both bead beating and enzymes are used to disrupt the cells. Bead beating is supposed to be efficient in...

18 February 2021 3,360 2 View

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Hello! I want to determine the activity of my in house Reverse Transcriptase enzyme. For this, I have used Thermo's Enzcheck Reverse Transcriptase assay kit. I used commercial Thermo RT enzyme to...

08 February 2021 7,285 1 View

What are the causes of hyphae granulation?

Greetings, The examination of the interaction zone between Fusarium oxysporum and Pseudomonas by light microscope revealed clear hyphae without septa and the presence of granulations (vesicles),...

05 February 2021 5,523 4 View

How to calculate the field capacity??

28 December 2020 1,521 2 View

Which software should be used for XRD analysis in case of soils?

I am using XRD test for indentification of minerals and amount of it.

10 December 2020 8,173 4 View

How to improve total RNA concentration after transfecting the cells with the desired delivery system ?

Hello, I have been doing some transfection experiments for certain gene studies and wants to further do gene expression studies using qRT-PCR. Currently, I am using 7*10,000 cells per well for...

08 December 2020 6,981 5 View

How to decrease the difference between the simulation result obtained by comsol and analytical result ?

Hello, I am working on a piezoelectric energy harvester in comsol so I coupled the electrical circuit interface with the piezoelectric device multiphysics. I tried to confirm these results with...

07 December 2020 1,007 2 View

What is the index of germination and howa calculate it??

16 November 2020 4,856 8 View

How do I determine the units of polymerase activity for my enzyme DNA Polymerase?

One unit of DNA polymerase activity is conventionally defined as the amount of enzyme that will incorporate 10 nmol of nucleotides during a 30-min incubation. I found out about the...

04 November 2020 8,824 7 View

Hormone levels in male mice ?

Dear Colleagues, Can anyone tell me if there are Data about hormone levels in male mice , E2 Estrogen, and Testosterone blood levels in male mice. Thank you very much.

20 September 2020 1,035 3 View

What are the LAB methodologies (procedures, equipment etc) for CO2 enrichment experiments to study crop responses?

I am doing a proposal for a research entitled 'GRAIN YIELD AND QUALITY RESPONSES OF WHEAT GENOTYPES UNDER CO2 ENRICHMENT AND EXTREME EVENTS' I will be using climate chamber and I would like to...

18 February 2021 6,494 4 View

What is the critical deficiency limit in soil for Mn in wheat crop ? in terms of DTPA extractable Mn?

critical range for Mn in soils is 2.5-4.5 ppm for all plants as an average, but what is the exact amount of DTPA extractable Mn in soil for wheat crop

04 February 2021 4,008 4 View

How to prepare wheat grain sample for amino acid analysis through UV-HPLC ?

how to prepare wheat grain sample for amino acid analysis through UV-HPLC, and also amino acid standards for HPLC , I will be very very thank full.

10 December 2020 1,207 3 View

How to estimate the effect of nematodes on some varieties of wheat?what are the correlation possible to do ?

Hi , I carried out a test on the behavior of some varieties of durum wheat with respect to the CCNs, two successive years, in pots, and I inoculated with the same number of cysts (Pi), at the end...

05 December 2020 7,187 3 View

Is Coefficient of Variability (CV) positively correlated with root mean squared error (RMSE) in every case??

My data for fungicide treated replication shows higher RMSE and R-square but less CV compared to the untreated replication for a regression between vegetation indices and yield. How correct is it?...

23 November 2020 2,079 6 View

Learning to discriminate mycorrhizal from non mycorrhizal fungi for McGonigle method. Can anyone recommend a handbook or manual for this?

To assess root colonization by AMF, I want to use the grid-line intersect method (Giovannetti & Mosse, 1980) or even the magnified intersection method (McGonigle et al., 1990). I understand the...

23 November 2020 5,338 8 View

Can anyone help with SDS-PAGE problems?

i'm working on protein evaluation in flour of wheat and others legumes.....I'm using SDS-PAGE. However those days (about two weeks ago) i foudd nothing in the gels (no bands), i dont know what's...

11 November 2020 2,330 3 View

How to analysis drought in lab condition in wheat?

I wish to conduct the drought analysis study in wheat. anyone knows Procedure to conduct drought analysis, especially in wheat crop. Please share the information. I am looking to develop training...

09 November 2020 3,850 4 View

Simple clearing method for observation of hand-sectioned wheat leaves?

I am using a toluidine blue O preparation for staining different parts of wheat plants to observe a fungus growing in them. This works really well for lighter tissues of the plant! However, the...

27 October 2020 9,159 1 View

How to isolate proteins solubilized in ethanol?

hi, i'm conducting a study on wheat. I extracted the gliadins from these cereals and now they are solubilized in 60% ethanol. Is there a method of eliminating ethanol (other than boiling) that...

25 October 2020 8,506 3 View