Shridhar Kinkar

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What is the minimum time required for a standard ligation reaction using T4 DNA ligase at 1U/ul concentration?

Hello everyone, I have a vector backbone of 5.5Kb in which I need to ligate an insert of ~600bp. The Roche T4 DNA ligase manual I'm using says ligation should be kept for 16h @ 16 deg. Celsius. My...

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Is it possible for an E. coli cell to have different morphology during growth?

I have been growing E. coli host in SM6 medium for fermentation. During the run, I did microscopy and found long filamentous rods, which are Gram negative. I have started searching literature for...

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Need to know if higher IPTG concentrations make E. coli expression host undergo a metabolic stress?

Hi, I have been titrating best IPTG dose for highest expression of my GOI. However, I found that after a certain concentration (2.5mM), post-induction OD600 of culture shows lesser growth and as a...

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What is the best way to purify tagless and soluble TNFa?

I expressed TNFa in E. coli BL21 (DE3) host and got satisfactory expression. The protein is tagless. My question is how do I purify it? Which chromatography techniques can I use and what should be...

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