The GeneZoo or the GeneJungle?
...ithm is rigorous. We first identify commonly repeated sequence elements in the data set. We then require...alignment. Of course, alignments of commonly repeated or low complexity sequences are discarded. The algorithm will not cluster sequences from diffe...Highly Active and Removable AffinityTagged Lambda Phosphatase
...600rpm, 2 minutes, 4C). This binding procedure was repeated twice, and thesupernatant was assayed for phosphatase activity by reaction with thechromogenic substrate, p-nitrophenyl phosphate (pNPP). After threeconsecutive resin treatments, the supernatant contained no detectablephosphatase activity as measured...High-Titer Retroviral Vectors for Gene Delivery
...r of 3 x 10 8 cfu/ml. This experiment was repeated with essentially identical results (data not shown). In addition, for the vector pFB-Neo-GFP, parallel infected samples were selected with 1 mg/ml of G418 for 10 days, then the colonies were stained with methylene blue and cou...Unique Enhanced DNA Polymerase Delivers High Fidelity and Great PCR Performance
...trations of GC-Melt reagent(0 to 1.5 M). Despite repeated attempts, we were unsuccessful in amplifying the300-bp target using the Advantage-GC 2 PCR kit (data not shown). Therefore, Herculase DNA polymerase can be used with the provided DMSO toamplify difficult GC-rich targets, obviating the need for speci...Sample Preparation for Microinjection
... Refrain from repeated freezing and defrosting as antibodies lose activity and start to agglutinate leading to blockages of the injection capillaries. Defrosting should be performed as quickly and gently ...Efficient Transfection of Neurospora Crassa
...on) and then centrifuged as stated above; this was repeated twice. The final pellet was re-suspended in 0.5 ml cold sorbitol and transferred to a 2 ml Eppendorf microcentrifuge tube. The concentration of the suspension was determined using a hemacytometer. The optimal concentrat...M13/Phagemid DNA Extraction Protocol
...Cl to the supernatant, mix thoroughly by repeated inversion, and incubate 20 minutes at room tempera...ample in the PLG 15 ml tube, and mix thoroughly by repeated inversion. Centrifuge at 1500 x g for 5 minutes to separate the phases. ...EppendorfPerfect gDNA Blood Mini Kit
...Williams, J.C. 1992. A Coxiella burnetii repeated DNA element resembling a bacterial insertion sequence. J Bacteriol 174(17): 5540-5548. Lorenz, H., Jger, C., Willems H. and Balger, G. 1998. PCR detection of C. burnetii from different clinical specimen, especially bovine...Mouse Tail Genomic DNA Isolation Protocol(1)
... sample in the PLG 2 ml tube and mix well by repeated inversion. Do not vortex. Ce...ple in the PLG 2 ml tube and mix well by repeated inversion. Do not vortex. Centrifuge at full speed (12,000 x g or greater) fo...Genomic DNA Isolation Protocol(1,2,3)
... Suspend cells in 1 ml 1x TBS by repeated up and down pipetting, then add 4 ml 1x ...DTA Solution (75 mM NaCl, 24 mM EDTA) by repeated up and down pipetting. Carefully transfer suspended nuclei to a pre-spun (1500 x g for 23 ...Basic Plasmid DNA Isolation Protocol
...SDS to the suspension. Mix thoroughly by repeated gentle inversion. Do not vortex. Add 1...Acetate to the lysate. Mix thoroughly by repeated gentle inversion. Do not vortex. Centrifuge at 15,500 x g for 30 minutes at 4C....Protocol for RNA Isolation Using TRIzol Reagent with Phase Lock Gel-Heavy
...l Reagent used initially. Mix samples by repeated inversion. Allow samples to incubate at 1530C for 10 minutes. Centrifuge samples for 10 minutes at no more than 12,000 x g, 28C. RNA pellet should be visible on side and bottom of tube. Decant supernatant. Add ...RNA-free Plasmid DNA Isolation Protocol
...SDS to the suspension. Mix thoroughly by repeated gentle inversion. Do not vortex. Add 3...Acetate to the lysate. Mix thoroughly by repeated gentle inversion. Do not vortex. Centrifuge at 15,500 x g for 30 minutes at 4C....Efficient Transfection of Neurospora Crassa
...on) and then centrifuged as stated above; this was repeated twice. The final pellet was re-suspended in 0.5 ml cold sorbitol and transferred to a 2 ml Eppendorf microcentrifuge tube. The concentration of the suspension was determined using a hemacytometer. The optimal concentrat...M13/Phagemid DNA Extraction Protocol
...Cl to the supernatant, mix thoroughly by repeated inversion, and incubate 20 minutes at room tempera...ample in the PLG 15 ml tube, and mix thoroughly by repeated inversion. Centrifuge at 1500 x g for 5 minutes to separate the phases. ...EppendorfPerfect gDNA Blood Mini Kit
...Williams, J.C. 1992. A Coxiella burnetii repeated DNA element resembling a bacterial insertion sequence. J Bacteriol 174(17): 5540-5548. Lorenz, H., Jger, C., Willems H. and Balger, G. 1998. PCR detection of C. burnetii from different clinical specimen, especially bovine...Basic Plasmid DNA Isolation Protocol
...SDS to the suspension. Mix thoroughly by repeated gentle inversion. Do not vortex. Add 1...Acetate to the lysate. Mix thoroughly by repeated gentle inversion. Do not vortex. Centrifuge at 15,500 x g for 30 minutes at 4C....Protocol for RNA Isolation Using TRIzol Reagent with Phase Lock Gel-Heavy
...l Reagent used initially. Mix samples by repeated inversion. Allow samples to incubate at 1530C for 10 minutes. Centrifuge samples for 10 minutes at no more than 12,000 x g, 28C. RNA pellet should be visible on side and bottom of tube. Decant supernatant. Add ...Genomic DNA Isolation Protocol(1,2,3)
... Suspend cells in 1 ml 1x TBS by repeated up and down pipetting, then add 4 ml 1x ...DTA Solution (75 mM NaCl, 24 mM EDTA) by repeated up and down pipetting. Carefully transfer suspended nuclei to a pre-spun (1500 x g for 23 ...Mouse Tail Genomic DNA Isolation Protocol(1)
... sample in the PLG 2 ml tube and mix well by repeated inversion. Do not vortex. Ce...ple in the PLG 2 ml tube and mix well by repeated inversion. Do not vortex. Centrifuge at full speed (12,000 x g or greater) fo...RNA-free Plasmid DNA Isolation Protocol
...SDS to the suspension. Mix thoroughly by repeated gentle inversion. Do not vortex. Add 3...Acetate to the lysate. Mix thoroughly by repeated gentle inversion. Do not vortex. Centrifuge at 15,500 x g for 30 minutes at 4C....Total RNA Isolation Protocol 1,2,3
... cap the PLG tube, and mix thoroughly by repeated inversion. Do not vortex. Add... the same PLG tube and mix thoroughly by repeated gentle inversion. Do not vortex. Incubate on ice for 10 minutes. Centr...Isolation of Cosmids using Eppendorf's Perfectprep Plasmid Mini Kit
...ng. Add 100 l Solution II and mix well by repeated gentle inversion. Add 100 l Solution III and mix well by repeated vigorous inversion. Centrifuge lysate for 30 seconds and transfer supernatant to a spincolu...Recovery of DNA from LMP Agarose1
...ase still appears cloudy, the extraction should be repeated with room temperature Tris-buffer saturated Phenol (pH 8.0). > Recover aqueous phase to a fresh PLG 2 ml Light tube and extract with an equivalent volume of room temperature Phenol-Chloroform-Isoamyl Alcohol ...Simple and Rapid Isolation of Plant RNA Using the Eppendorf Perfect RNA, Eukaryotic, Maxi Kit
...sate and completely mix via very gentle, repeated inversion. Add 4 ml well-mixed Perfect RNA Binding Matrix Solution and mix via gentle inversion. Place two Perfect RNA Maxi Spin Columns into 50 ml centrifuge tubes and transfer lysate/Binding Matrix mixture to...Normalizing cDNA libraries using the EppendorfThermomixer
...mplified. This normalization procedure was repeated twice. Phenol Emulsion Technology (PERT) "Phenol Emulsion Technology" permits more efficient normalization by accelerating rehybridization conditions in the sample (2) . The aqueous phase of the hybridization solutio...Two-dimensional Optimization of a Semi-nested PCR for Detecting Listeria monocytogenes
...mperature), the initial experiment was repeated with the DNA amounts from 20 pg to 2 f...sted PCR (primer pair L2/L4) was repeated with the Listeria monocytogenes DNA dilution series (20 pg to 2 fg). ......and stored in small aliquots at 20C to avoid repeated freezing and thawing. Multiple freeze/thaw cycles... store at 20C in small aliquots. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles of the primer mix. 7. Annealing ......ns containing 10 pmol/l to avoid repeated thawing and freezing. Store all primer solutions at 20C. Primer quality can be checked on a denaturing polyacrylamide gel; a single band should be seen. ...Fully automated DNA purification and efficient multiplex PCR for analysis of microsatellite loci
...NA markers comprised of nucleotides that are repeated in tandem arrays and distributed throughout the genome are a useful tool for genetic identification of individuals. The microsatellites most frequently used in PCR analysis are short tandem repeats (STRs). Typical applications for ...Enhancing Ruggedness and Full-Scan MS Sensitivity Using Ion Sweep Technology
...d used must have the ruggedness to withstand repeated analyses in these types of matrices. Ion Sweep technology in combination with orthogonal electrospray ionization (ESI) and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) probes has resulted in a dramatic reduction in API sol...In-Vitro Metabolism Studies Using Data-Dependent LC/MSn
...pectrum. This MS 1 /MS 2 /MS 3 sequence was repeated throughout the duration of the chromatographic pea...the mass list was detected and the cycle was repeated for this new ion. Having obtained MS 1 , MS 2 and MS 3 data, the retention tim......ctly to reaction mixed Resistant to repeated freezing and thawing Tested for stability and performance in PCR PCR Nucleotide Mix PLUS 1888412 2 x 100l Premixed solution of dA...Trouble-shooting: Non-specific bands
... Aliquoting reagents to minimize repeated sampling (no more than 20 reactions per aliquote) Eliminating aerosols by using positive displacement pipettes Premixing reagents Adding DNA to reaction last ...Trouble-shooting: Misincorporation or low fidelity
... Minimize cycle number, since repeated heating/cooling at high pH can damage template (Most templates require 25-35 cycles) Check integrity of template DNA Reduce cycling denature time to 15 - 30 seconds &...Trouble-shooting: Smeared bands
... Aliquoting reagents to minimize repeated sampling (no more than 20 reactions per aliquote) Eliminating aerosols by using positive displacement pipettes Premixing reagents Adding DNA to reaction last ...Multichannel Pipetting: How to Choose the Correct Pipettor
...gh force, together with small movements, cannot be repeated with thesame accuracy after hundreds of pipettings. If one is pipetting morethan 1000 samples a day with a conventional mechanical pipettor, it isno surprise that serious fatigue in the muscles of the hand occurs,which can ultimately lead to repetiti...Setting up a kinase profiler with IMAP
...assay with 0.07 U/mL FAK (Panel A) was then repeated with 0.02 U/mL (Panel B). Assaying with the lower concentration of enzyme reduced the number of substrate hits on the plate and facilitated in choosing the profiling substrate. Ta...Is RNA Amplification Necessary for Microarrays?
...s, all array hybridizations were repeated using reciprocal fluorescence to minimize the effects of labeling bias (i.e. each array was hybridized with with Cy3 labeled B16F10 RNA and Cy5 labeled MC38 RNA, and then a second identical array ...MicroRNA Profiling by Array Analysis Reveals Critical BioMarkers
...d mature miRNAs. The process was repeated using a radiolabeled probe for 5S or 5.8S rRNA as a loading control. Solution hybridization detection - The mir Vana miRNA Detection Kit (Ambion) was used to measure the expr...High Throughput siRNA Delivery In Vitro: From Cell Lines to Primary Cells
...with 10 nM GAPDH siRNA. Two days later, we repeated the procedure with three more 96 well plates. ... levels (Day 1). The entire experiment was repeated three days later (Day 3). Remaining gene expression was calculated as a percentage of target...Recommendations for Successful siRNA Library Screens
...ersus individual siRNA screen analysis was repeated using nine different phenotypic assays including cell proliferation, cell morphology, and cytoskeleton formation assays. The pools consistently produced false positive rates of greater than 50% and false negative rates that ex...... inactivation process can be repeated at any time to protect against introduced contaminants. RNA secure does not interfere with downstream procedures, such as RT-PCR and in vitro transcription, ...Visualizing siRNA in Mammalian Cells: Fluorescence Analysis of the RNAi Effect
... carrier. To address this question, we repeated our transfections using an NBD-labeled carrier lipid (green) to transfect a Cy3 labeled siRNA (red). We examined the distribution of red and green fluorescence at multiple time points over a period of 72 hr after ...Commercial Plasmid Preparation Methods Yield DNA With Different Transfection Capabilities
... et al. (1997), which purifies plasmid DNA by repeated precipitation with ammonium acetate . Meth... by absorbance and by quantitative PCR, we repeated transfections on VERO cells with increasing amounts of this DNA. Approximately 5 times more ......periment depicted in Figure 4, the same steps were repeated (annealing temperature remained at 60C); however, the data were collected in an additional step at 82C after the primer-dimers had melted. Fluorescence was not detected in the no-template control during amplification. This ......of the retina (Figure 1A). When the experiment was repeated one month later using the same reaction components, only the ACTB-derived PCR products were generated; none of the 128 bp target was detected (data not shown). The same set of real-time RT-PCR reactions was prepared again ...... during common handling, and will hold up under repeated stripping and reprobing applications. Sequi-Blot PVDF Membrane For protein sequencing applications, Sequi-Blot PVDF membrane is the best choice due to its extremely high protein binding capacity of 1...Electrophoretic Karyotypes of Wine Strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
...d any beads not pelleted were dispersed by repeated pipeting with a large-bore pipette. After r... and the final SDS concentration to 1%. After repeated pipeting with a wide-bore pipette to break up clumps, the tube was taped to a platform ...... TBP was then added to the pellet and the process repeated to obtain highly hydrophobic proteins generally associated with tightly bound membrane proteins (E3). Samples were either subjected to isoelectric focusing immediately following extraction or stored at -80C until needed. ...Measuring Intracellular Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein With the VersaFluor Fluorometer
...000 ng/ml samples. This procedure was then repeated twice more, so that triplicate values were obtained for each concentration of rEGFP. Results and Discussion A standard curve with purified rEGFP was generated as shown in Figure 1. Although soluble EGFP is n...The use of CypHer5 for receptor internalization studies in both a range of GPCRs and a non-GPCR
...e aliquots, and stored at -15 to -30 °C. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles and protect from light. <P> Assay for EGF receptor internalization 1. Pre-coat 96-well plates with poly-D-lysine (recommended for HEK293 cells). <P>2. Seed cells at a density of...The use of CypHer5E and the IN Cell Analyzer 1000 for live-cell receptor internalization studies
...e aliquots, and stored at -15 to -30 °C. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles and protect from light.<P > Assay for EGF receptor internalization 1. Pre-coat 96-well plates with poly-D-lysine, recommended for HEK293 cells. <P >2. Seed cells at a density of ~ 16 000 cells/well. <......genes in a set of microarray experiments. SAM uses repeated permutations of the data to determine if the expression of any gene is significantly related to the response variable (in this case, the difference between IM and INTER). In SAM, the relative difference d(i) for gene i is defined as: ...Analysis of Blood Serum on the Liberty Series II ICP-AES with the axially-viewed plasma
...f ionization interference. The analysis was repeated with the addition of Cs as an ionization buffer. T...termine Na. The determination of sodium was repeated with a 1000-fold dilution of the blood serum. Standards containing 1 and 5 mg/L Na only were prepare......as used for the injections and the injections were repeated five times for each concentration level. Results and Discussion Raclopride Five replicates at five different concentration levels were run. FIA injections of Raclopride at its lowest detectable limit, 100 pg/mL (500 fg on-...Counting Cytostar-T scintillating microplates on the MicroBeta JET
...usly on different detectors for 20 secs/well using repeated counting cycles. ADDITION OF THE ANTAGONIST KYNURENIC ACID USING THE MICROBETA JET The effect of the antagonist kynurenic acid was detrmined on the GluR6 assay system. Duplicate wells were assayed containing 50 μl [ 14 C] guanid......k enzyme was frozen in 2 or 4 L aliquots (to avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles) and working enzyme solutions were prepared by diluting the stock 1:10 with 1X Reaction Buffer. The stock AMC solution was 2 mM in DMSO. RESULTS Background fluorescence of ZDEVDAMC ZDEVDAMC substrate is fluoresc...Sciclone ALH Bulk Dispense Precision Testing
...Excel for CV determination. The entire process was repeated 5 times for each volume of tartrazine dispensed. Results Utilizing the programs depicted in Fig.1 and Fig.2, five plates of each volume (80, 40, 20 and 10μL) were prepared, absorbance measured and the data exported to Exc...96 Well Pipetting Precision and Accuracy Using the RapidPlate 96/384 Workstation
...avimetric confirmation of the dispensed volumes is repeated to verify the accuracy of the calibrated dispensed volumes. Setting up the RapidPlate In the RapidPlate software the "Procedure Editor" is selected. Next, using the "Setup Tab" the deck layout is created with a reservoir, a tip box ...