Questions tagged [molecular-biology]
The study of the molecular processes underlying life.
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Autodock4 -soft docking
AutoDock4 is a software tool for the analysis of protein-ligand interaction.
How could I turn on/off the smooth potential in AutoDock4? I need to do two docking. The first one is soft docking with ...
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Prokaryotes Genome
What function of repetitive sequences of Prokaryote?
I see a gap (intergenic region) between 2 coding strand. But just only a single origin region in Prokaryotes. How it can transcription coding ...
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Lab technique to distinguish between single stranded and double stranded DNA?
What lab techniques exist to differentiate between single-strand and double-stranded DNA?
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Can two proteins activate/inhibit the same gene at the same time?
Suppose there are two proteins inhibiting a particular gene. Its not necessary that both will inhibit the gene at the same time instance right?
So if one protein has already inhibited that gene before ...
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How Incomplete dominance can be explained at molecular level?
What is exactly happening at the molecular level when two genes constitute incomplete dominance? Whether the protein formed from each of the genes constitute a new protein having a different function ...
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Can different proteins be produced during translation of a single mRNA in eukaryotes?
Is there a translational mechanism that eukaryotes can use to produce different proteins from a single transcribed mRNA?
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Can enzymes be modeled using classical mechanics?
When enzymes interact with substrates (i.e. a small ADP molecule and the much larger ATP synthase), does quantum mechanics play a significant role? Or can the interactions be relatively accurately be ...
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Do we actually know the Huntington chorea molecular mechanism?
I mean, did we know all genes involucrated on the dynamic mutation, and the protein that are used or it will be affected?
I found this paper on chorea genetics from 2016 where literally concludes:
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What would be the effect of excess taq polymerase on the PCR?
I just had one question regarding the possible effect of putting to much Taq polymerase in my PCR tube?
Instead of 5µl I put 50µl (10x more).
Do you think it will have a bad effect on the reaction??...
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Are human cells tetraploid during cell division?
If human cells are diploid, and DNA replicates before cell division, does it mean that our cells are tetrapolid for a short period of time (DNA replication - cell division). Photos of chromosomes are ...
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Where does the number 67 in the nuclear protein/antigen Ki-67 come from? Why not 66 or 68?
I have read in in the original paper that in the year 1983 a research group in Kiel, Germany (that's where the Ki- in the name comes from) developed monoclonal mouse antibodies against Hodgkin ...
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Fluorescence assays to identify protein concentration without adding a large peptide sequence?
I'm trying to find a way of tagging a protein with something visually quantifiable to track protein concentration through potential purification steps and screen for the most efficient such steps. ...
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Methods: Homologous recombination and retroviral infection
I'm looking for a textbook that explains these methodologies:
Use of homologous recombination to insert a gen-cassette into another organism's gen.
Use of retroviral transduction to deliver genes ...
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During DNA foot-printing, what is the purpose of radioactively labeling only one end of the DNA fragment?
I read that during DNA foot-printing analysis, DNA is radioactively labeled on one end before being cleaved by DNase 1. I understand that it is labeled so in order to locate the fragment on a gel, but ...
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Relevance of old atomic theory in understanding biology?
I have seen the explanation of many biological reactions using the high school atomic theory (I don't remember the name but it involves using lewis dot structure). So is it the case that the effect of ...
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Nutrition and experimental biology
We know that food in the stomach is present in the form of chyme treated with pepsin and hydrochloric acid, if we take food crush it with saliva and then treat it with Pepsin and HCl (in the lab),and ...
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How do I prepare a Basal medium for autotrophic mutant creation
Minimal medium (MM) was prepared by adding 2.0 g sodium nitrate (NaNO3) to 1 L of basal medium (BM) fol- lowing Correll et al. (1987). Chlorate resistant sectors (CRSs) were generated on two media i.e....
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How to map A single N1-methyladenosine (m1A) by primer extension?
I want to map a single N1-methyladenosine (m1A) modification by primer extension. I have silenced a gene which is responsible for guiding modification of m1A then I confirmed the silencing.
My next ...
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what is minimal promoter and what is basal promoter?
what is minimal and basal promoter and what are their elements and what is the difference between the two?I'm confused. searched a lot, but didn't found any satisfactory answer. please help
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Which one is better to use for water stress experiment GWAS or RNASeq?
This is my first time in this area of research. I am working on 95 varieties of bambara groundnut. I have done the agromorphological characterization of these varieties as well as the genetic ...
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Why is the Tm defined as the temperature at which 50% of dsDNA has changed into ssDNA?
In molecular biology, Tm is defined as the temperature at which 50% of dsDNA is converted to its single stranded form. Intuitively it would seem that the melting temperature should have been defined ...
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What causes the elongation of Genome down the evolutionary time line [closed]
Theory of natural evolution says that complex life forms arose from simpler ones e.g. starting from Eubacteria to modern day multicellular eukaryotes. {If we try to reduce these changes happening at ...
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Viral RNA to DNA
I have a question concerning reverse transcriptase.
Why is it that when the viral rna is converted to viral dna( as in the case for hiv), the virus develops resistance to medicine?
Under what ...
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Why do mutations not take place in mRNA of higher eukaryotes?
Is it because it is too short-lived to be mutated? Both DNA and RNA are nucleic acids so how is mRNA protected? RNA viruses undergo mutations to evolve so I guess it is not immune to mutations
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Which are more beneficial: lyophilized or hydrolized collagen peptides?
Looking at two different manufacturing methods for collagen peptides: hydrolyzed vs lyophilized (freeze dried), I read that hydrolyzed results in a hydrophobic biolayer molecule collagen peptide.
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A little help understanding DNA supercoiling
I am studying molecular biology from Lewin's Genes XII and got confused in the supercoiling topic. Since then I read from several other sources and so far understood the following. However, I can't ...
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What is the difference between protein and peptide? [closed]
On which basis do protein and peptide are divided? I mean which factors differentiate them?
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Software to model and analyse protein–ligand interactions
I am currently trying to model a certain protein (Golgi Mannosidase II) and compare the induced fit of the inhibitor swainsonine. I would like to be able to analyse the distances between bonding ...
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Why is it thought that protein folding is determined solely by amino acid sequence?
It seems that it is a generally accepted idea that protein folding is completely determined by the sequence of amino acids, but why do people believe that? Is it simply that no example of a protein ...
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E. coli & aspartate
I am familiar with the linkage between aspartate/ligand binding, receptor methylation, and flagellar behavior re. style of locamotion, but I do not know what the bacterium does with the aspartate it ...
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What is ApoCas9 in the CRISPR-Cas9 system?
I am currently reading an article about a particular assay of Cas9 nucleases. In one of the experiments, they have used ApoCas9 (Apo variants of other CRISPR nucleases) as some sort of control.
But ...
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Non-coding DNA as a protection to deleterious mutations
We know that most part of our genome (at least 75 percent) is non-coding DNA. Can it be a way to protect the organism from mutations in important genes, such as the ones which control cellular cycle, ...
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What are the uses of Helical Wheel Projections in Structural Biology?
I have seen helical wheel projections used to illustrate amphipathic helices in proteins. Are there any other uses for these models?
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What Ultimately Controls DNA Transcription?
Transcription of DNA and further splicing of mRNA is regulated by various transcription factors, small nuclear RNAs and so on; similarly such related mechanisms as transposition of transposons.
All ...
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Why isn't the human zygote considered a human life how is a living anatomically modern human defined biologically? [closed]
It has 46 chromosomes by default when healthy(Differences almost always are pathological) and has almost every biological functions, processes a Newborn or and Adult person has.
It even invades ...
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How can I improve efficiency of Ecoli transformation?
I am an intern in biology institute. I have a 17.3kbp plasmid need to transform to Ecoli. But I have tried many time but have no or very few colony on LB plate.
I know large plasmid have less ...
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Can denatured GFP show fluorescence?
GFP ( green fluorescent protein) can show green fluorescence. And its fluorescence is due to the tri peptide chromophore which is given in below I was wondering, can we observe fluorescence, if we ...
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Which animals don't have pheromones?
Which animals are known to not have pheromones besides humans?
I can't find any research on this. There are examples of every class that uses pheromones. However nobody seems to answer conclusively ...
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Difference Junk DNA and Pseudogenes [duplicate]
1-Are Pseudogenes and Junk DNA both Non-Coding DNA or they are different entity? How much Pseudogenes & Junk DNA do we have respectively?
2-I read that Non-Coding DNA has functions, my question ...
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Holder for 75 mm x 25 mm glass slides that can handle vibration
Hello Biology Stack Exchange,
I have an application where I have cells on a glass slide (dimensions: standard 75 mm length x 25 mm width x 1 mm thick). I want to vibrate/shake the cells rapidly ...
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Does this article call into question the theory of evolution?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/neutral-theory-of-evolution-challenged-by-evidence-for-dna-selection-20181108/
The article above challenges how mutations work in evolution. Does this disprove the ...
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Why do people use J2 viruses for macrophage immortalization?
I've been trying to figure out how to go about immortalizing some primary alveolar macrophages harvested from mice. What I am seeing in the literature is that it seems like people have been using a ...
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How to do desalt reaction by passage through a Micro Bio-spin 6 column?
I want to perform the bisulfite sequencing on rRNA to detect the 5-mC. I followed this protocol
• DNA-free™ DNA Removal Kit (Invitrogen)
• Purified RNA, Treat RNA according to manufacturer's ...
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Does anyone know a good pancreatic-cancer metastasis cell line?
Researching about pancreatic cancer. We have mostly "main-tumor" cell lines in our lab, and I´m currently looking for cell lines originating from metastases (liver, lung, etc.).
Does anyone know a ...
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What is the subcellular location of synthesis of non-essential amino-acids?
What is location of non-essential amino acids synthesis in a cell? Is it some specific organelle? And what is the gene driver behind this?
I thought the whole point of DNA is coding for how to ...
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Biochemistry of pleasure of/desire for physical exercise in mammalians and humans?
Are there some known biochemical mechanisms, that induces desire for/pleasure of physical exercise in mammalians and humans? I have heard, that horses can not live without physical exercise and they ...
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What buffer should I choose for IEX chromatography for purifying IgY
I will use ion exchange chromatography with an anion exchange column to purify chicken IgY. Prior to this I did dialysis to remove salts from previous purification steps, is it possible after this ...
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Chemical inhibition of fertilization in plants
Are there any chemical compounds that inhibit fertilization in plants after gametogenesis? Simply put, I am talking about spermicide or emergency contraception for plants.
Specifically, I am ...
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ATP and Muscle Contraction
I have a question regarding how molecular interactions manifest in physical actions - such as hanging from a bar. To the best of my understanding, when it comes to the contraction of muscles, ATP is ...
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Can I use a basic compound microscope to analyze the ploidy of plant chromosomes?
So, I'm not really any kind of trained botanist. But I do have two things: some dandelion seeds from France, and, collecting dust in my garage along with related accessories, this thing.
Normally, ...
