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I would like to use FRET effect to probe the distance between two functional moieties (I am sure the distance is smaller than 10 nm). I have tried several times, but I found out that the FRET...
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I read a binding buffer in references. The recipe was listed as follows: Glucose (4.5g/L), Magnesium Chloride (5 mM), yeast tRNA (0.1 mg/ml) and BSA (1 mg/ml) was dissolved in DPBS. This buffer...
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I would like to manipulate four different cells for confocal imaging in order to observing the endosytosis of a nano-scaled drug payload. The culture medium without phenol red is preferred. But...
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I would like to measure the permeability of my drug using in vitro model, transwell, specifically. However, I only have the cell line, not the primary cell. Can I use the cell line to plate in the...
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Triton X-100 has been widely used to permeablize cells for flow cytometry. How can I choose the concentration of Triton X-100 if I would like to detect expression of one protein in the whole cell?...
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I am working on the culture of tumor spheroids to evaluate the permeability of a polymeric drug delivery system. I would like to take CLSM images of spheroids when they are alive. Is it resonable...
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I am working on the MD simulation of 3D self-assembling nanostructures. But researchers in our group have mainly worked on proteins, small molecules and synthesized polymers. Softwares including...
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I would like to make MD simulation of a 42-bp B-DNA double helix, which has a segment of single strand at each end of the chain, and a small molecule anti-cancer drug. I have searched PDB and NDB...
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I have read ref about MD simulation of interactions between small molecules (drugs) and DNA. I am really a green hand in MD simulation, and don't know how to chose a software. Is AMBER my best choice?
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How to deal with mycoplasma contaminant in cell cultures? The growth of my cells was obviously hampered.
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