Determining the polysaccharide composition of plant cell walls.

abstract：:Social recognition (SR) enables rodents to distinguish between familiar and novel conspecifics, largely through individual odor cues. SR tasks utilize the tendency for a male to sniff and interact with a novel individual more than a familiar individual. Many paradigms have been used to study the roles of the neuropept...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Macbeth AH,Edds JS,Young WS 3rd

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:We describe a protocol for the insertion of ultrashort single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) to form nanopores in a Montal-Mueller lipid bilayer. The SWCNTs are designed to bind to a specific analyte of interest; binding will result in the reduction of current in single-channel recording experiments. The first stage...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Liu L,Xie J,Li T,Wu HC

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coimmunoprecipitation (co-IP) analysis is a useful method for studying protein-protein interactions. It currently involves electrophoresis and western blotting, which are not optimized for detecting weak and transient interactions. In this protocol we describe an advanced version of co-IP analysis that uses real-time,...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Lee HW,Ryu JY,Yoo J,Choi B,Kim K,Yoon TY

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this protocol, we describe the preparation of nanoscale iron oxide-based materials and their use in the catalysis of different hydrogenation reactions. Pyrolysis of a Fe(OAc)2-phenanthroline complex on carbon at 800 °C under argon atmosphere results in the formation of nanoscale Fe2O3 particles surrounded by nitrog...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Jagadeesh RV,Stemmler T,Surkus AE,Junge H,Junge K,Beller M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol outlines steps for optimizing the transfection of adherent primary mammalian cells using the readily available off-the-shelf cationic polymer, 25-kDa branched polyethylenimine (bPEI25). Transfection efficiency of cationic polymers varies among cell lines and is highly dependent on the conditions and envi...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Hsu CY,Uludağ H

更新日期：2012-04-19 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：:Iterative saturation mutagenesis (ISM) is a new and efficient method for the directed evolution of functional enzymes. It reduces the necessary molecular biological work and the screening effort drastically. It is based on a Cartesian view of the protein structure, performing iterative cycles of saturation mutagenesis...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Reetz MT,Carballeira JD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past 20 years, the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis, a small estuarine animal, has emerged as a powerful model system for field and laboratory studies of development, evolution, genomics, molecular biology and toxicology. Here we describe how to collect Nematostella, culture it through its entire s...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Stefanik DJ,Friedman LE,Finnerty JR

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raman and Fourier transform IR (FTIR) microspectroscopic images of biological material (tissue sections) contain detailed information about their chemical composition. The challenge lies in identifying changes in chemical composition, as well as locating and assigning these changes to different conditions (pathology, ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Felten J,Hall H,Jaumot J,Tauler R,de Juan A,Gorzsás A

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a simple and versatile scheme to prepare a series of poly(ethylene glycol)-based bidentate ligands that permit strong interactions with colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots, QDs) and gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) alike and promote their dispersion in aqueous solutions. These ligands are synthesi...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Mei BC,Susumu K,Medintz IL,Mattoussi H

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although differences in protein staining intensity can often be visualized by difference gel electrophoresis, abundant proteins can obscure less abundant proteins, and quantification of post-translational modifications is difficult. We present a protocol for quantifying changes in the abundance of a specific protein o...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Asara JM,Zhang X,Zheng B,Maroney LA,Christofk HR,Wu N,Cantley LC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optogenetic tools provide users the ability to photocontrol the activity of cells. Commonly, activation is achieved by expression of proteins from photosynthetic organisms, for example, microbial opsins (e.g., ChR2). Alternatively, a sister approach, synthetic optogenetics, enables photocontrol over proteins of mammal...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Carmi I,De Battista M,Maddalena L,Carroll EC,Kienzler MA,Berlin S

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes procedures for performing fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) microscopy analysis by three different methods: acceptor photobleaching, sensitized emission and spectral imaging. We also discuss anisotropy and fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy-based FRET techniques. By using the ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Broussard JA,Rappaz B,Webb DJ,Brown CM

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell migration through 3D extracellular matrices (ECMs) is crucial to the normal development of tissues and organs and in disease processes, yet adequate analytical tools to characterize 3D migration are lacking. The motility of eukaryotic cells on 2D substrates in the absence of gradients has long been described usin...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Wu PH,Giri A,Wirtz D

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent microspheres are commonly used to assess bone blood supply in large animals, but the technique is not widely used in smaller mammals, as traditional methods such as reference blood sampling, ventilation and catheterization are not easily applied. This protocol describes a viable alternative for measuring b...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Serrat MA

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Freestanding plasmonic nanoparticle (NP) superlattice sheets are novel 2D nanomaterials with tailorable properties that enable their use for broad applications in sensing, anticounterfeit measures, ionic gating, nanophotonics and flat lenses. We recently developed a robust, yet general, two-step drying-mediated approa...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Dong D,Fu R,Shi Q,Cheng W

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：: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：:Live single-cell mass spectrometry (live MS) provides a mass spectrum that shows thousands of metabolite peaks from a single live plant cell within minutes. By using an optical microscope, a cell is chosen for analysis and a metal-coated nanospray microcapillary tip is used to remove the cell's contents. After adding ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Fujii T,Matsuda S,Tejedor ML,Esaki T,Sakane I,Mizuno H,Tsuyama N,Masujima T

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:Cell proliferation may be measured in vivo by quantifying DNA synthesis with isotopically labeled deoxyribonucleotide precursors. Deuterium-labeled glucose is one such precursor which, because it achieves high levels of enrichment for a short period, is well suited to the study of rapidly dividing cells, in contrast t...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Macallan DC,Asquith B,Zhang Y,de Lara C,Ghattas H,Defoiche J,Beverley PC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes a general method for the preparation of RNAs in which the reactivity or hydrogen-bonding properties of the molecule are modified in a photoreversible fashion by use of a caging strategy. A single caged adenosine, modified at the 2' position as a nitro-benzyl ether, can be incorporated into shor...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Chaulk SG,MacMillan AM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Strep-tag II is an eight-residue minimal peptide sequence (Trp-Ser-His-Pro-Gln-Phe-Glu-Lys) that exhibits intrinsic affinity toward streptavidin and can be fused to recombinant proteins in various fashions. We describe a protocol that enables quick and mild purification of corresponding Strep-tag II fusion protein...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Schmidt TG,Skerra A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-throughput transcriptional analysis has unveiled a myriad of novel RNAs. However, technical constraints in RNA sequencing library preparation and platform performance hamper the identification of rare transcripts contained within the RNA repertoire. Herein we present targeted-RNA directional sequencing (TARDIS), ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Portal MM,Pavet V,Erb C,Gronemeyer H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-to-cell chemical signaling plays multiple roles in coordinating the activity of the functional elements of an organism, with these elements ranging from a three-neuron reflex circuit to the entire animal. In recent years, single-cell mass spectrometry (MS) has enabled the discovery of cell-to-cell signaling molec...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Rubakhin SS,Sweedler JV

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins are continually produced and degraded, to avoid the accumulation of old or damaged molecules and to maintain the efficiency of physiological processes. Despite its importance, protein turnover has been difficult to measure in vivo. Previous approaches to evaluating turnover in vivo have required custom labeli...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Alevra M,Mandad S,Ischebeck T,Urlaub H,Rizzoli SO,Fornasiero EF

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitophagy is a cellular process that selectively removes damaged, old or dysfunctional mitochondria. Defective mitophagy is thought to contribute to normal aging and to various neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases. Previous methods used to detect mitophagy in vivo were cumbersome, insensitive and difficult to...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Sun N,Malide D,Liu J,Rovira II,Combs CA,Finkel T

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes the principles and methods used for the preparation of cryopreserved cell stocks. Following these procedures will ensure the availability of reproducible cultures for use within a single laboratory at different times and for different collaborating laboratories. Although the basic principle is ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Stacey GN,Masters JR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes the efficient, generally applicable Ullmann coupling reaction of bromaminic acid with alkyl- or aryl-amines in phosphate buffer under microwave irradiation using elemental copper as a catalyst. The reaction leads to a number of biologically active compounds. As a prototypical example, the synth...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Baqi Y,Müller CE

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00