Maria Giovanna Lupo

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Can anyone suggest me if there are online bioiformatics tools that can help me in finding short motifs in a protein sequence?

I have to know if in my protein there is a specific short motif (3aa), how many times it occurs and in which positions. Does anyone know if it exists any online tool that allow me to perform this...

06 June 2016 3,776 4 View

How can I retrieve a weighted matrix for a DNA Bindin Site motif (Smad binding site in my specific case)?

I Know that the consensus sequence for Smads is the so-called CAGA-box, that comprises the main CAGA motif, (i.e. CAGACA),but also the CAGA-like motifs. I'm interested in retrieving a weighted...

06 June 2016 7,703 2 View

What does "enriched DNA" mean?

In many papers regarding sequencing techniques you can read that the DNA samples were enriched ... but what does "enrich a DNA sample" mean?

05 May 2015 1,774 0 View

Which are the genetic causes of Hypertension?

We all know that hypertension is mainly due to our bad habits like eating too fat food and doing very little sport. Moreover nowadays our very stressing days don't help us and our blood pressure....

05 May 2014 9,263 6 View

Are there in-depth studies on non-genetic heterogeneity in eukaryotes?

I'm very interested in understanding what non-genetic heterogeneity is and what the main causes that trigger it are. I know there are a lot of studies on this phenomenon in bacterial clonal...

04 April 2014 2,461 6 View

Does anyone know reviews on the various genome Sequencing methods?

Does anyone know reviews on the Genome Sequencing that explain in some detail the various sequencing methods, starting from those of Sanger and Maxam-Gilbert up to those of the Next Generation...

03 March 2014 9,621 2 View