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

Hi i want to ask that in order to find out LC 50 (96 hours) of particular toxin for fish. Should we keep the animals with food or without food?

if we expose the fish after acclimatization to particular toxin in order to find out LC 50 (96 hours).Should we keep the fish off feed or with feed for that duration. Some literature show that...

24 February 2021 357 2 View

Does anyone have any ideas why drug-resistant malaria is increasing in Southeast Asia even when those drugs are no longer used?

When dealing with bacterial toxins, there are three varieties of microbes that develop in your petri dish: toxic, resistant, and susceptible. Initially, there are only toxic and vulnerable...

21 February 2021 6,084 5 View

How to dilute Toxin-DMSO solution?

I have a concentrated solution of a toxin(50 micromolar) in DMSO 100%. I need to dilute it inorder to dilute both the toxin and DMSO wich can be toxic to cells. Which would you guys recommend to...

19 February 2021 7,447 2 View

Can I use the Chlorophyll stability index (CSI) to calculate the stress potential of cyanobacteria that are under stress?

I want to calculate the stress potential of cyanobacterial cells that are inoculated with antagonistic bacteria. My results showed that there is a drastic reduction in the chlorophyll content of...

23 January 2021 331 3 View

Can someone help me to improve the MCF-10A growth?

18 January 2021 7,640 3 View

Does the Kubelka-Munk function F(R) represent actual absorbance of UV-Vis reflectance spectra of cyanobacteria?

20 October 2020 4,990 1 View

What is the average life span of Cyanobacteria?

Is there any difference in the life span of current variants of this evolutionarily ancient phototrophic bacteria and the pre-historic ones.?

11 October 2020 6,845 5 View

How to successfully produce agarose microwells with PDMS stamp?

05 October 2020 3,696 3 View

How can I differentiate between cyanobacteria and microalgae in agar plates?

I'm trying to isolate cyanobacteria from fresh water and soil. I've plated several dilutions of my samples into BG11-agar plates and I have a mixture of green colonies/halos and brown stains which...

06 September 2020 8,959 4 View

Is microsatellite study is useful for phylogenetic study of cyanobacteria?

Which is one is better in between 16S rRNA and microsatellite phylogentic study?

28 July 2020 1,633 2 View