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Pinned How to avoid contamination in PCR?
PCR contaminations are like ghosts... you know they are there but you dont know WHERE?? I have followed the following with good results... Prepare your master mix in a separate room from your current location, somewhere PCR is not the main practice....
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Differences between MSP and BSP methods
Hello everyone I'm new here and I was wondering if I could get some assistance. In my research of the literature I thought the differences between the two methods were based on the proximity of the primers to the CpG sites and that BSP primers...
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How to avoid foaming during sonication in ChIP...
ChIP - Foaming in sonication and other woes - <small> (Jan/27/2005 )</small>Hi all! I was wondering if anyone out there has got any trick to avoid foaming during sonication in the SDS lysis buffer for ChIP assays. Supossedly, placi...
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Issues Might Meet in the Process of Using ELISA...
There are some issues that researchers might meet in the process of using ELISA Kits:
1. Positive results in negative control
2. High background across entire plate
3. Low absorbance values
4. High absorbance values for samples and/or positive control - absorbance does not go down as the sample is diluted down the plate
5. Inconsistent absorbance across the plate
6. Color develops slowly
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How to convert g into rpm?
The relationship between revolutions per minute (RPM) and relative centrifugal force (xg) is: g = (1.118 × 10-5) R S2 where g is the relative centrifugal force, R is the radius of the rotor in centimeters, and S is the speed of the centrifuge in revolu...
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Common causes for low RNA A260/230 ratios
Discussion on things that cause a low A260/230 ratio. Please add your comments.
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DNA migrate differently in agarose vs PAGE gel
i am currently working a gene in leukemia. The mutant allele has been sequenced to contain 527 base pair. when i run an agarose gel to confirm, it did appear in the position approximately equal to 527 base pair according to the DNA ladder. HOWEVER, whe...
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How to find promoter sequence for methylation s...
Many people have problem identifying or predicting the promoter sequence of a gene, or don't know how to get the actual sequence for analysis such as primer design, transcription factor binding site search, etc. Here I provide ways how I do these t...
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How to get rid of PCR primer dimer
1) Try the DMSO up to 5%. Some polymerases are ok with DMSO and others aren't. You never know until you try. 2) Try a two step PCR. There is a paper in Biotechniques about a two step PCR reaction but I don't have the reference with me sin...
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Can 18s gene be used as reference gene for RT-PCR?
Hi, I have done few real time PCR works recently, and I used the 18s gene for endogeneous control. Its Ct value was approximately 11 for every cDNAs used as template. Here, I have a question. Since 18s gene doesn't have poly A tail, it can't...
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