Use of luminescent bacteria for rapid screening and characterization of short cationic antimicrobial peptides synthesized on cellulose using peptide array technology.

abstract：:Mouse embryonic stem cells (mESCs) are key tools for genetic engineering, development of stem cell-based therapies and basic research on pluripotency and early lineage commitment. However, successful derivation of germline-competent embryonic stem cell lines has, until recently, been limited to a small number of inbre...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Czechanski A,Byers C,Greenstein I,Schrode N,Donahue LR,Hadjantonakis AK,Reinholdt LG

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of angiogenic endothelial cells (ECs) has in recent years greatly stimulated multiple fields of vascular biology research. A number of cellular models and numerous complex developmental, manipulatory and tumor animal models have been developed to study angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. To connect the versat...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Laib AM,Bartol A,Alajati A,Korff T,Weber H,Augustin HG

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA interference (RNAi) is an efficient method for silencing genes in cultured cells. Here we describe a simple RNAi approach for silencing genes in a cell type-specific and tissue-specific way in vivo. The approach, which mimics the means by which naturally occurring 'microRNA's are generated, uses a tissue-specific ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Rao MK,Wilkinson MF

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An optimized procedure for the efficient preparation of 2-heptyl-3-hydroxy-4(1H)-quinolone (Pseudomonas quinolone signal or PQS) and a diverse range of structurally related 2-alkyl-4-quinolones with biological activity is presented. The two-step synthesis begins with the formation of α-chloro ketones by the coupling o...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Hodgkinson JT,Galloway WR,Welch M,Spring DR

更新日期：2012-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene tagging with fluorescent proteins is essential for investigations of the dynamic properties of cellular proteins. CRISPR-Cas9 technology is a powerful tool for inserting fluorescent markers into all alleles of the gene of interest (GOI) and allows functionality and physiological expression of the fusion protein. ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Koch B,Nijmeijer B,Kueblbeck M,Cai Y,Walther N,Ellenberg J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protein called 'small ubiquitin-like modifier' (SUMO) is post-translationally linked to target proteins at the ɛ-amino group of lysine residues. This 'SUMOylation' alters the behavior of the target protein, a change that is utilized to regulate diverse cellular processes. Understanding the target-specific conseque...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Tammsalu T,Matic I,Jaffray EG,Ibrahim AF,Tatham MH,Hay RT

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membrane-permeant fluorogenic biarsenicals FlAsH-EDT(2) and ReAsH-EDT(2) can be prepared in good yields by a straightforward two-step procedure from the inexpensive precursor dyes fluorescein and resorufin, respectively. Handling of toxic reagents such as arsenic trichloride is minimized so the synthesis can be ca...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Adams SR,Tsien RY

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of a microfabricated cell culture substrate, consisting of a uniform array of closely spaced, vertical, elastomeric microposts, to study the effects of substrate rigidity on cell function. Elastomeric micropost substrates are micromolded from silicon masters comprised of microposts of different hei...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Yang MT,Fu J,Wang YK,Desai RA,Chen CS

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a protocol for visualizing and quantifying single mRNA molecules in mammalian (mouse and human) tissues. In the approach described here, sets of about 50 short oligonucleotides, each labeled with a single fluorophore, are hybridized to target mRNAs in tissue sections. Each set binds to a single mRNA molecul...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Lyubimova A,Itzkovitz S,Junker JP,Fan ZP,Wu X,van Oudenaarden A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We outline current in vitro and in vivo models for experimental proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) and provide a detailed protocol of our standardized in vivo PVR model. PVR is the leading cause of failed surgical procedures for the correction of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. The pathogenesis of this multifact...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Agrawal RN,He S,Spee C,Cui JZ,Ryan SJ,Hinton DR

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes a simple silver staining method used to visualize DNA fragments and other organic molecules with unsurpassed detail following traditional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Sensitivity rivals radioisotopic methods and DNA in the picogram range can be reliably detected. The described pro...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Bassam BJ,Gresshoff PM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of anisotropic NMR data, such as residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) and residual chemical shift anisotropies (RCSAs), has emerged as a powerful technique for structural characterization of organic small molecules. RDCs typically report the relative orientations of different 1H-13C bonds; RCSAs report the relati...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Liu Y,Navarro-Vázquez A,Gil RR,Griesinger C,Martin GE,Williamson RT

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using siRNAs to genetically manipulate immune cells is important to both basic immunological studies and therapeutic applications. However, siRNA delivery is challenging because primary immune cells are often sensitive to the delivery materials and generate immune responses. We have recently developed an amphiphilic d...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Chen J,Ellert-Miklaszewska A,Garofalo S,Dey AK,Tang J,Jiang Y,Clément F,Marche PN,Liu X,Kaminska B,Santoni A,Limatola C,Rossi JJ,Zhou J,Peng L

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-read sequencing technologies have become increasingly popular due to their strengths in resolving complex genomic regions. As a leading model organism with small genome size and great biotechnological importance, the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has many isolates currently being sequenced with long read...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Yue JX,Liti G

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to rapidly generate large panels of antigen-specific human antibodies in a rodent would enable the efficient discovery of novel therapeutically useful antibodies. We have developed a system wherein human antigen-specific antibody-secreting plasmablasts can be enriched in vivo, in a severe combined immunode...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Lin Z,Chiang NY,Chai N,Seshasayee D,Lee WP,Balazs M,Nakamura G,Swem LR

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput sequencing of the variable domains of immune receptors (antibodies and T cell receptors (TCRs)) is of key importance in the understanding of adaptive immune responses in health and disease. However, the sequencing of both immune receptor chains (VH+VL or TCRβ/δ+TCRα/γ) at the single-cell level for typi...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： McDaniel JR,DeKosky BJ,Tanno H,Ellington AD,Georgiou G

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Precise identification of sites of RNA modification is key to studying the functional role of such modifications in the regulation of gene expression and for elucidating relevance to diverse physiological processes. tRNA reduction and cleavage sequencing (TRAC-Seq) is a chemically based approach for the unbiased globa...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Lin S,Liu Q,Jiang YZ,Gregory RI

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes a simple but robust microfluidic assay combining three-dimensional (3D) and two-dimensional (2D) cell culture. The microfluidic platform comprises hydrogel-incorporating chambers between surface-accessible microchannels. By using this platform, well-defined biochemical and biophysical stimuli c...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Shin Y,Han S,Jeon JS,Yamamoto K,Zervantonakis IK,Sudo R,Kamm RD,Chung S

更新日期：2012-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Many techniques have been developed for studying inducible gene expression, but all of them are multicomponent systems consisting of cis-acting elements at the DNA or RNA level, trans-acting regulator proteins and/or small molecules as inducers. RNA thermometers are the only known single-component regulators of gene e...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Neupert J,Bock R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lentiviral vectors derived from the human immunodeficiency type 1 virus (HIV-1 LV) are among the finest tools available today for the genetic modification of human monocyte-derived dendritic cells (MDDCs). However, this process is largely inefficient because MDDCs show a strong resistance to HIV-1 transduction. Here w...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Berger G,Durand S,Goujon C,Nguyen XN,Cordeil S,Darlix JL,Cimarelli A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of ChIP-seq and transcriptome analysis is a compelling approach to unravel the regulation of gene expression. Several recently published methods combine transcription factor (TF) binding and gene expression for target prediction, but few of them provide an efficient software package for the community. ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Wang S,Sun H,Ma J,Zang C,Wang C,Wang J,Tang Q,Meyer CA,Zhang Y,Liu XS

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we describe the development of a standardized three-dimensional (3D) system of the human oral mucosa based on an immortalized human oral keratinocyte cell line (OKF6/TERT-2). The procedure takes approximately 2-3 weeks to complete and includes three main stages: preparation of collagen-embedded fibrobla...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Dongari-Bagtzoglou A,Kashleva H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, we describe a two-step protocol for labeling of an affinity-purified antibody to biotin with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) using cyanuric chloride (CC) as a bridge. The enzyme was first modified with CC, and following chromatography on a PD-10 column, the activated HRP was incubated with the antibody to...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Abuknesha RA,Jeganathan F,Wu J,Baalawy Z

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes a method combining phase-contrast and fluorescence microscopy, Raman spectroscopy and optical tweezers to characterize the germination of single bacterial spores. The characterization consists of the following steps: (i) loading heat-activated dormant spores into a temperature-controlled micros...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Kong L,Zhang P,Wang G,Yu J,Setlow P,Li YQ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurons in cortical sensory regions receive modality-specific information through synapses that are located on their dendrites. Recently, the use of two-photon microscopy combined with whole-cell recordings has helped to identify visually evoked dendritic calcium signals in mouse visual cortical neurons in vivo. The c...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Jia H,Rochefort NL,Chen X,Konnerth A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The research community is in a race to understand the molecular mechanisms of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, to repurpose currently available antiviral drugs and to develop new therapies and vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). One major challenge in achieving ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Gurumurthy CB,Quadros RM,Richardson GP,Poluektova LY,Mansour SL,Ohtsuka M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forebrain γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) interneurons have crucial roles in high-order brain function via modulating network activities and plasticity, and they are implicated in many psychiatric disorders. Availability of enriched functional human forebrain GABA interneurons, especially those from people affected by GABA...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Liu Y,Liu H,Sauvey C,Yao L,Zarnowska ED,Zhang SC

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fluorescence-based microarray technique that does not require target DNA labeling is detailed. This 'label-free' approach utilizes a cationic, water-soluble conjugated polymer PFBT (poly[9,9'-bis(6''-(N,N,N-trimethylammonium)hexyl)fluorene-co-alt-4,7-(2,1,3-benzothiadiazole) dibromide]), and neutral PNA (peptide nuc...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Sun C,Gaylord BS,Hong JW,Liu B,Bazan GC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methods for installing natural and unnatural amino acids and their modifications into proteins in a benign and precise manner are highly sought-after in protein science. Here we describe a protocol for 'post-translational mutagenesis' that enables the programmed installation of protein side chains through the use of r...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Wright TH,Davis BG

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new generation of synchrotrons and microfocused beamlines has enabled great progress in X-ray protein crystallography, resulting in new 3D atomic structures for proteins of high interest to the pharmaceutical industry and life sciences. It is, however, often still challenging to produce protein crystals of suffici...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Pechkova E,Nicolini C

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00