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How do I remove excess Polyhydroxymethylsiloxane from the final product?

I did a simple organic reaction where I left with excess of Polyhydroxymethylsiloxane (PHMS) in the final product solution. I tried to extract it with aqueous layer, but I failed. Let me know, if...

08 September 2015 2,858 3 View

Is there a visualizer which could show amino acids involved in Protein-Protein interaction?

I have a protein-protein complex and therefore, need a visualiser to look at those amino acids which are at interface of these proteins. However I am also interested to see the interactions...

06 July 2015 9,841 15 View

What will be the effect on RMSD during to superposition of proteins?

when we do superpose of 3 pdbs together (1 on 2, 2 on 3, 3 on 1) and after that if we change the sequence of superposition, will there be any possibility to see the change in RMSD value (before...

05 June 2015 8,201 7 View

How can I dock a ligand in more than 1 receptor?

I have 6 receptors and only 1 ligand. In the meantime I interested to do the docking in all these receptor. Is there any way where we have a generalised way to dock this compound to these receptor...

10 November 2014 4,551 12 View

Molecular dynamics of Protein-small molecule for Windows?

Hi I am looking for a MD simulation calculations for Small molecule-Protein interaction. But right now I am limited to Windows. So please let me know if there is any software which is useful in...

10 November 2014 3,958 10 View

What is the best scoring function/force field for docking carbohydrates ?

I want to dock a carbohydrate molecule as a ligand on a protein. What is the best scoring function/force field that I can use for this type of docking?

10 November 2014 3,253 5 View

Is there any free software available for inverse docking or docking, where we are searching for a receptor or protein for a known ligand?

I want to know about the tools available for searching for a protein or receptor for a known ligand.

09 October 2014 6,300 9 View

How does Dinitrobenzaldehe reduction happen to Diaminobenzaldehyde?

What is the best reagent which can be useful in the reduction of 2,4-dinitrobenzaldeyde?

07 August 2014 1,894 16 View

Do we have any method to find out acetylation on any protein?

What we know is that the proteins get acetylated at lysine moiety. But looking into the structure, we got around more than one lysine moiety. Then how it can be possible to find out which lysine...

07 August 2014 1,253 6 View

What method is employed to check the structure/molecule stability?

Recently I was encountered with a problem where structure shown in figure is not able to get converted to any product. May be possibly due to its resonance effect or any other effect between the...

06 July 2014 1,715 18 View

How to calculate CCS for Sodiated adduct ions and Multiply Charged Ions?

I'm currently working on calculating the collision cross section (CCS) for various ions, and I'm facing challenges when dealing with sodiated and multiply charged ions. Most of the resources I’ve...

08 August 2024 8,329 0 View

Is there any way to quantify bacterial and fungal cells in their mixed culture?

I am working in fungal fermentation of soybean meal and there is bacterial growth in them at times. I am trying to quantify fungal cell counts and bacterial cells; but I haven't been able to do at...

07 August 2024 7,535 4 View

Can I use a HisTRAP column for affinity chromatography?

I'm working on selecting antibodies against a recombinant protein that has a His-tag. My idea is to first bind the recombinant protein to a HisTRAP column and then use this column for an affinity...

07 August 2024 505 3 View

Why activated CAR-Jurkat cell could not kill targets?

Previously when I co-coluture anti-CD19(FMC63) CAR-Jurkat with Raji with E:T=5:1, Jurkat can eliminate Raji in 24h. However, when I test another CAR construct, although I can dectect totally CD69...

06 August 2024 641 2 View

How much total RNA concentration to be extracted from sorted plasma cells from bone marrow of C57BL/6 mice for RT-PCR ?

i have sorted anti-NP specific plasma cells from bone marrow of C57BL/6 mice at certain times after immunization with variable counts and isolated total RNA using TRIZOL method for RT-PCR using...

05 August 2024 8,835 1 View

Why do we equate male and female arousal?

Women, on the other hand, can become physically aroused (increased blood flow in the reproductive organs) without becoming psychologically aroused even in the slightest. (Robert Weiss)

05 August 2024 9,537 2 View

How to use Density Functional Theory to calculate carrier mobilities of solid system?

Hello, everyone. I have tried to determine carrier motilities of some materials, by Density Functional Theory, using Quantum ESPRESSO. There are a few methods to do it, like a package called...

04 August 2024 8,894 1 View

Does long-term culture of murine Monocytes result in macrophage differentiation?

Hi, I am isolating monocytes from the bone marrow using the Mouse Monocyte EasySep kit. I want to treat these cells and monitor expression of specific markers over the course of 10 days. I will...

04 August 2024 7,282 2 View

PBMC infection with virus?

In my study, I intend to infect PBMCs with SARS-CoV-2. After that, I will analyze NK cells by flow cytometry to see if their phenotype changes or if they show degranulation. After the infection, I...

01 August 2024 4,403 4 View

What is the best blank for nanodrop if I want to read a recombinant protein concentration?

Is it the "elution buffer" or the "dialysis buffer"? Note: I'll be using NanoDrop OneC

01 August 2024 967 3 View