Fluorescence resonance energy transfer microscopy as demonstrated by measuring the activation of the serine/threonine kinase Akt.

abstract：:Stabilized α-helices and nonpeptidic helix mimetics have emerged as powerful molecular scaffolds for the discovery of protein-protein interaction inhibitors. Protein-protein interactions often involve large contact areas, which are often difficult for small molecules to target with high specificity. The hypothesis beh...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Patgiri A,Menzenski MZ,Mahon AB,Arora PS

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：:Establishing a small animal model that accurately recapitulates hepatotropic pathogens, including hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and immunopathogenesis, is essential for the study of hepatitis virus-induced liver disease and for therapeutics development. This protocol describes our recently developed humanized mous...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Bility MT,Zhang L,Washburn ML,Curtis TA,Kovalev GI,Su L

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectroscopic techniques such as Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy are used to study interactions of light with biological materials. This interaction forms the basis of many analytical assays used in disease screening/diagnosis, microbiological studies, and forensic/environmental investigations. Advantag...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Morais CLM,Paraskevaidi M,Cui L,Fullwood NJ,Isabelle M,Lima KMG,Martin-Hirsch PL,Sreedhar H,Trevisan J,Walsh MJ,Zhang D,Zhu YG,Martin FL

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed biochemical analysis of unmanipulated germinal center (GC) B cells has not been achieved. Previously, we designed and used a simple, economical and new magnetic bead separation scheme for the purification of 'untouched' mature GC and non-GC B cells from the spleens of immunized mice and reported the first bio...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Cato MH,Yau IW,Rickert RC

更新日期：2011-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A key challenge of modern biology is to uncover the functional role of the protein entities that compose cellular proteomes. To this end, the availability of reliable three-dimensional atomic models of proteins is often crucial. This protocol presents a community-wide web-based method using RaptorX (http://raptorx.uch...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Källberg M,Wang H,Wang S,Peng J,Wang Z,Lu H,Xu J

更新日期：2012-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Unlike humans, mouse bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) cannot be easily harvested by adherence to plastic owing to the contamination of cultures by hematopoietic cells. The design of the protocol described here is based on the phenomenon that compact bones abound in MSCs and hematopoietic cells exist i...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Zhu H,Guo ZK,Jiang XX,Li H,Wang XY,Yao HY,Zhang Y,Mao N

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast, high-resolution mapping of heterogeneous interfaces with a wide elastic modulus range is a major goal of atomic force microscopy (AFM). This goal becomes more challenging when the nanomechanical mapping involves biomolecules in their native environment. Over the years, several AFM-based methods have been develop...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Benaglia S,Gisbert VG,Perrino AP,Amo CA,Garcia R

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hi-C is a powerful method that provides pairwise information on genomic regions in spatial proximity in the nucleus. Hi-C requires millions of cells as input and, as genome organization varies from cell to cell, a limitation of Hi-C is that it only provides a population average of genome conformations. We developed si...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Nagano T,Lubling Y,Yaffe E,Wingett SW,Dean W,Tanay A,Fraser P

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome editing harnesses programmable nucleases to cut and paste genetic information in a targeted manner in living cells and organisms. Here, I review the development of programmable nucleases, including zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), TAL (transcription-activator-like) effector nucleases (TALENs) and CRISPR (cluster o...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Kim JS

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombineering is an efficient method of in vivo genetic engineering applicable to chromosomal as well as episomal replicons in Escherichia coli. This method circumvents the need for most standard in vitro cloning techniques. Recombineering allows construction of DNA molecules with precise junctions without constraint...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Sharan SK,Thomason LC,Kuznetsov SG,Court DL

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Reversible thiol oxidation of cysteine residues occurs in many intracellular catalytic and signaling processes. Here we describe an optimized protocol, which can be completed in ∼5 d, to unambiguously identify specific cysteine residues that are transiently and reversibly oxidized by comparing two complex biological s...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： García-Santamarina S,Boronat S,Domènech A,Ayté J,Molina H,Hidalgo E

更新日期：2014-05-01 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：:Here, we describe a robust protocol for the reverse transfection of cells on small interfering (siRNA) arrays, which, in combination with multi-channel immunofluorescence or time-lapse microscopy, is suitable for genome-wide RNA interference (RNAi) screens in intact human cells. The automatic production of 48 'transfe...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Erfle H,Neumann B,Liebel U,Rogers P,Held M,Walter T,Ellenberg J,Pepperkok R

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:The world is on the cusp of a post-antibiotic era, but researchers and medical doctors have found a way forward-by looking back at how infections were treated before the advent of antibiotics, namely using phage therapy. Although bacteriophages (phages) continue to lack drug approval in Western medicine, an increasing...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Luong T,Salabarria AC,Edwards RA,Roach DR

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes a simple means of measuring the starch content of plant tissues by solubilizing the starch, converting it quantitatively to glucose and assaying the glucose. Plant tissue must initially be frozen rapidly to stop metabolism, then extracted to remove free glucose. Starch is solubilized by heating...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Smith AM,Zeeman SC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is a critical member of the reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by immune cells to fight infections. On the other hand, HOCl in homeostasis causes oxidative damage to biomolecules and is linked to many diseases, including inflammatory, neurodegenerative, and cardiovascular diseases. Herein,...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Zhu H,Zhang Z,Long S,Du J,Fan J,Peng X

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transitivity Clustering is a method for the partitioning of biological data into groups of similar objects, such as genes, for instance. It provides integrated access to various functions addressing each step of a typical cluster analysis. To facilitate this, Transitivity Clustering is accessible online and offers thr...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Wittkop T,Emig D,Truss A,Albrecht M,Böcker S,Baumbach J

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The forced swim test (FST) is one of the most commonly used animal models for assessing antidepressant-like behavior. This protocol details using the FST in rats, which takes place over 48 h and is followed by the video analysis of the behavior. The swim test involves the scoring of active (swimming and climbing) or p...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Slattery DA,Cryan JF

更新日期：2012-05-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure for the conversion of a symmetrical ketone to an enantiomerically pure lactam is described. The technique described here involves a ring-expansion reaction of a 4-substituted cyclohexanone accomplished with a chiral 1,3-azidopropanol derivative. The procedure entails first a one-step preparation of (R)-1-p...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Ribelin TP,Aubé J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raman spectroscopy can be used to measure the chemical composition of a sample, which can in turn be used to extract biological information. Many materials have characteristic Raman spectra, which means that Raman spectroscopy has proven to be an effective analytical approach in geology, semiconductor, materials and p...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Butler HJ,Ashton L,Bird B,Cinque G,Curtis K,Dorney J,Esmonde-White K,Fullwood NJ,Gardner B,Martin-Hirsch PL,Walsh MJ,McAinsh MR,Stone N,Martin FL

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing multi-resistance of pathogenic bacteria requires the development of novel classes of antibiotics. Antimicrobial host defense peptides represent one promising class. Here we describe a protocol for screening large numbers of peptides against any microbe of interest. Peptides synthesized on a cellulose su...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Hilpert K,Hancock RE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this protocol we describe how to perform the Multi-Source Interference Task (MSIT), a validated functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) task that reliably and robustly activates the cingulo-frontal-parietal cognitive/attention network (CFP network) within individual subjects. The MSIT can be used to (i) identi...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Bush G,Shin LM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein ADP-ribosylation is a structurally heterogeneous post-translational modification (PTM) that influences the physicochemical and biological properties of the modified protein. ADP-ribosylation of chromatin changes its structural properties, thereby regulating important nuclear functions. A lack of suitable antib...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Bisceglie L,Bartolomei G,Hottiger MO

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of an azobenzene amino acid (aa) for use as a photo-inducible conformational switch in polypeptides is described. The compound can be easily incorporated into an aa sequence by solid-phase peptide synthesis using standard 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl methods. A reversible conformational change of the pepti...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Aemissegger A,Hilvert D

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:The accurate knowledge of receptor kinetics is crucial to our understanding of cell signal transduction in general and neural function in particular. The classical technique of probing membrane receptors on a millisecond scale involves placing a recording micropipette with a membrane patch in front of a double-barrel ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Sylantyev S,Rusakov DA

更新日期：2013-01-01 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