Any literature on cholesterol content of plasma membrane in various human cells?

Dear all, Could you suggest any review/paper for a comprehensive list of cholesterol content of plasma membrane in various human cells ? For example, difference in membrane cholesterol content of...

08 September 2018 1,009 2 View

Robust cAMP assay kit for Gi coupled GPCRs ?

Dear all, Can anyone suggest me a robust cAMP assay kit for Gi coupled GPCRs? I would like to use this kit for cell lines stably expressing GPCRs that are coupled to Gi (inhibitory G proteins)...

09 October 2017 265 3 View

How to get rid of colony in negative control after blunt end digestion followed by ligation?

I have digested my vector and PCR product with restriction enzymes A and B (both blunt end cutters). For ligation I have either the vector or vector + insert. Now as it is a blunt end digestion,...

02 March 2016 8,850 4 View

Direct protein estimation from cultures cells in a 96 well plate?

01 February 2016 7,864 7 View

what is the basic advantage of using Ni NTA agarose over Ni NTA superflow for membrane protein purification?

Dear All, I want to know what is the basic advantage of using Ni NTA agarose over Ni NTA superflow for membrane protein purification? I know the capacity of the two are different, but is that the...

31 December 2015 8,796 4 View

How do I normalize my MTT assay for reduced cell number in treated sample if my drug inhibits cell division?

Hello All, I am doing a MTT assay where because of drug treatment , the no. of cells in treatment is reducing to half of control. Now, after MTT assay how do i know the reduction in absorbance is...

09 October 2015 1,758 12 View

Bioinfo tool for determination of metabolic pathways?

Is there any bioinformatics tool to determine any metabolic pathway given the components?

01 February 2014 5,927 4 View

How to prevent inner glass plate breaking during SDS PAGE in PROTEAN II xi cell?

I am using BIO-RAD PROTEAN II xi cell for protein gel electrophoresis. I am using 15mA constant current for first two hours then 35mA constant current for the rest of the run. My inner glass plate...

03 April 2013 5,393 28 View

How does 67% Acetic acid in 33mM MgCl2 dissolves ribosomal proteins but precipitates rRNA?

Ribosomal proteins from ribosome is extracted best by 67% acetic acid in presence of 33mM MgCl2. What is the mechanism and how does acetic acid helps here? For reference : 1....

03 April 2013 6,184 1 View

Ribosome digestion with RNase A giving RNA fragment with very low mobility in gel.

I am digesting ribosome with RNase A to remove rRNA and release the ribosomal proteins. When I run a 1% agarose gel after reaction, compared to my control (without digestion), in the experiment...

03 April 2013 4,461 10 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

what is the simplest definition of ion exchange capacity

What this unit identifies for the ion exchange capacity ca. 0.92 meq. g-1. I am a newcomer in the membrane area. I just started. I highly appreciate your help

08 May 2021 0 0 View

How the parameters (such as Mw, Chemical bonds, polymer bland and so on) affect the mechanic property of polymer (such as storage, loss modulus) ?

Anyone can recommend any books on such topics? Thanks in advance.

02 March 2021 8,457 2 View

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02 March 2021 3,060 3 View

Why almost every element would be metallized in sufficiently high pressure and low temperature?

(This statement is from wikipedia, BTW). What is so special about metallic bond that is limiting high-P low-T state of a matter (as long as individual atoms exist, not white dwarf of neutron star...

02 March 2021 3,309 2 View

New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before?

Question to you and THEM, the New Journal, "Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science" -- do you not know, and have you not seen, this done before? There appears to be a core problem for...

02 March 2021 3,024 2 View

How Relativistic effects is one reason for lanthanide contraction?

The Lanthanide contraction which is the decrease in ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series from atomic number 57, lanthanum, to 71, lutetium, is due to poor shielding of the 4f...

01 March 2021 2,272 4 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

Issues with Permeabilization during Flow Cytometry?

Hello Everyone. Currently I am working to characterize macrophages in the myocardium after ischemia-reperfusion injury in rats. Due to the low total cell number isolated from rat hearts I can...

01 March 2021 3,867 3 View

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

Could you please recommend some good journal that accept very long revie papers (approximately 6000+ words) in neurosurgery, cancer biology ?

01 March 2021 8,087 3 View