Direct detection of small RNAs using splinted ligation.

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：:Cap-analysis gene expression (CAGE) provides accurate high-throughput measurement of RNA expression. CAGE allows mapping of all the initiation sites of both capped coding and noncoding RNAs. In addition, transcriptional start sites within promoters are characterized at single-nucleotide resolution. The latter allows t...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Takahashi H,Lassmann T,Murata M,Carninci P

更新日期：2012-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Human embryonic stem (hES) cells are self-renewing, pluripotent cells that are valuable research tools and hold promise for use in regenerative medicine. Most hES cell lines are derived from cryopreserved human embryos that were created during in vitro fertilization (IVF) and are in excess of clinical need. Embryos th...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Lerou PH,Yabuuchi A,Huo H,Miller JD,Boyer LF,Schlaeger TM,Daley GQ

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：: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：:Genetically encoded fluorescent proteins (FPs) are highly utilized in cell biology research to study proteins of interest or signal processes using biosensors. To perform well in specific applications, these FPs require a multitude of tailored properties. It is for this reason that they need to be optimized by using m...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Bindels DS,Postma M,Haarbosch L,van Weeren L,Gadella TWJ Jr

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of many current studies of neovascularization is to define the phenotype of vascular cell populations of different origins and to determine how such cells promote assembly of vascular channel. Here, we describe a protocol to immunophenotype vascular cells by high-resolution imaging and by fluorescence-activat...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Jones RC,Capen DE,Cohen KS,Munn LL,Jain RK,Duda DG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discovery of biomarker patterns using proteomic techniques requires examination of large numbers of patient and control samples, followed by data mining of the molecular read-outs (e.g., mass spectra). Adequate signal processing and statistical analysis are critical for successful extraction of markers from these data...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Villanueva J,Philip J,DeNoyer L,Tempst P

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) constitute a tool of great potential in neurobiology, enabling the directed differentiation of specific neural cell types. We have shown recently that neurons of the cerebral cortex can be generated from mouse ESCs cultured in a chemically defined medium that contains no morphogen, but in t...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Gaspard N,Bouschet T,Herpoel A,Naeije G,van den Ameele J,Vanderhaeghen P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Top-down proteomics (TDP) by mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique by which intact proteins are analyzed. It has become increasingly popDesalting and concentrating GELFrEEular in translational research because of the value of characterizing distinct proteoforms of intact proteins. Compared to bottom-up proteomics (BUP...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Toby TK,Fornelli L,Srzentić K,DeHart CJ,Levitsky J,Friedewald J,Kelleher NL

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:Targeted nucleases, including zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-like (TAL) effector nucleases (TALENs) and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9), have provided researchers with the ability to manipulate nearly any genomic sequence in hu...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Liu J,Gaj T,Yang Y,Wang N,Shui S,Kim S,Kanchiswamy CN,Kim JS,Barbas CF 3rd

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postembryonic development is an important process of organismal maturation after embryonic growth. Despite key progress in recent years in understanding embryonic development via fluorescence time-lapse microscopy, comparatively less live-cell imaging of postembryonic development has been done. Here we describe a prot...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Chai Y,Li W,Feng G,Yang Y,Wang X,Ou G

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) have been identified as the main fibrogenic cell type in the liver. Hence, efforts to understand hepatic fibrogenesis and to develop treatment strategies have focused on this cell type. HSC isolation, originally developed in rats, has subsequently been adapted to mice, thus allowing the s...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Mederacke I,Dapito DH,Affò S,Uchinami H,Schwabe RF

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most currently available colorectal cancer (CRC) mouse models are not suitable for studying progression toward the metastatic stage. Recently, establishment of tumor organoid lines, either from murine CRC models or patients, and the possibility of engineering them with genome-editing technologies, have provided a larg...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Fumagalli A,Suijkerbuijk SJE,Begthel H,Beerling E,Oost KC,Snippert HJ,van Rheenen J,Drost J

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous access catheters used in clinics are prone to biofilm contamination, contributing to chronic and nosocomial infections. Although several animal models for studying device-associated biofilms were previously described, only a few detailed protocols are currently available. Here we provide a protocol using totall...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Chauhan A,Ghigo JM,Beloin C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional gene expression studies analyze multiple cells simultaneously or single cells, for which the exact in vivo or in situ position is unknown. Although cellular heterogeneity can be discerned when analyzing single cells, any spatially defined attributes that underpin the heterogeneous nature of the cells cann...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Chen J,Suo S,Tam PP,Han JJ,Peng G,Jing N

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), a method developed for separation of large DNA molecules. Whereas standard DNA gel electrophoresis commonly resolves fragments up to approximately 50 kb in size, PFGE fractionates DNA molecules up to 10 Mb. The mechanism driving these separations exploit...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Herschleb J,Ananiev G,Schwartz DC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The telomeric repeat amplification protocol (TRAP) is a two-step process for analyzing telomerase activity in cell or tissue extracts. Recent modifications of this sensitive assay include elimination of radioactivity by using a fluorescently labeled primer instead of a radiolabeled primer. In addition, the TRAP assay ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Herbert BS,Hochreiter AE,Wright WE,Shay JW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important goal of the analysis of sequenced genomes of microbial pathogens is to improve the therapy of infectious diseases. In this context, a major challenge is to detect genomic-level evolutionary changes that increase microbial virulence. TimeZone, a genome analysis software package, is designed to detect footp...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Chattopadhyay S,Paul S,Dykhuizen DE,Sokurenko EV

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiation of stem cells to hepatocytes has industrial applications, as well as the potential to develop new therapeutic strategies for liver disease. The protocol described here, sequentially using cytokines that are known to have a role in liver embryonic development, efficiently differentiates rat multipotent ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Roelandt P,Sancho-Bru P,Pauwelyn K,Verfaillie C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the challenges for modern neuroscience is to understand the rules of concerted neuronal function in vivo. This question can be addressed using noninvasive high-resolution imaging techniques like two-photon microscopy. This protocol describes a versatile approach for in vivo two-photon calcium imaging of neural ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Garaschuk O,Milos RI,Konnerth A

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Here we describe a protocol for advanced CUBIC (Clear, Unobstructed Brain/Body Imaging Cocktails and Computational analysis). The CUBIC protocol enables simple and efficient organ clearing, rapid imaging by light-sheet microscopy and quantitative imaging analysis of multiple samples. The organ or body is cleared by im...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Susaki EA,Tainaka K,Perrin D,Yukinaga H,Kuno A,Ueda HR

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol represents a novel enzyme-luminescence method to detect dopamine sensitively and rapidly with high temporal resolution. In principle, dopamine is first oxidized with tyramine oxidase to produce H(2)O(2), and then the produced H(2)O(2) reacts with luminol to generate chemiluminescence in the presence of h...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Shinohara H,Wang F,Hossain SM

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：:Here we describe a protocol to dissect the peroxisomal matrix protein import pathway using a cell-free in vitro system. The system relies on a postnuclear supernatant (PNS), which is prepared from rat/mouse liver, to act as a source of peroxisomes and cytosolic components. A typical in vitro assay comprises the follow...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Rodrigues TA,Francisco T,Dias AF,Pedrosa AG,Grou CP,Azevedo JE

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-translational protein nitration has attracted interest owing to its involvement in cellular signaling, effects on protein function and potential as biomarker of nitroxidative stress. We describe a procedure for enriching nitropeptides for mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics that is a simple and reliable alter...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Prokai L,Guo J,Prokai-Tatrai K

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

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：:We present a detailed protocol for the structural analysis of protein-linked glycans. In this approach, appropriate for glycomics studies, N-linked glycans are released using peptide N-glycosidase F and O-linked glycans are released by reductive alkaline beta-elimination. Using strategies based on mass spectrometry (m...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Morelle W,Michalski JC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00