The embryonic mouse hindbrain as a qualitative and quantitative model for studying the molecular and cellular mechanisms of angiogenesis.

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：:Electrochemically active bacteria (EAB) have the ability to transfer electrons to electron acceptors located outside the cell, and they are widely present in diverse environments. In spite of their important roles in geochemical cycles, environmental remediation and electricity generation, so far, only a limited numbe...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Yuan SJ,Li WW,Cheng YY,He H,Chen JJ,Tong ZH,Lin ZQ,Zhang F,Sheng GP,Yu HQ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol details a subset of assays developed within the touchscreen platform to measure various aspects of executive function in rodents. Three main procedures are included: extinction, measuring the rate and extent of curtailing a response that was previously, but is no longer, associated with reward; reversal ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Mar AC,Horner AE,Nilsson SR,Alsiö J,Kent BA,Kim CH,Holmes A,Saksida LM,Bussey TJ

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser-mediated gene transfection into mammalian cells has recently emerged as a powerful alternative to more traditional transfection techniques. In particular, the use of a femtosecond-pulsed laser operating in the near-infrared (NIR) region has been proven to provide single-cell selectivity, localized delivery, low ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Antkowiak M,Torres-Mapa ML,Stevenson DJ,Dholakia K,Gunn-Moore FJ

更新日期：2013-06-01 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：: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：:Prediction of protein-protein interactions at the structural level on the proteome scale is important because it allows prediction of protein function, helps drug discovery and takes steps toward genome-wide structural systems biology. We provide a protocol (termed PRISM, protein interactions by structural matching) f...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Tuncbag N,Gursoy A,Nussinov R,Keskin O

更新日期：2011-08-11 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：:Neurotransmitter release is triggered by membrane depolarization, Ca(2+) influx and Ca(2+) sensing by the release machinery, causing synaptic vesicle (SV) fusion with the plasma membrane. Interlinked is a complex membrane cycle in which vesicles are tethered to the release site, primed, fused and recycled. As many of ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Burgalossi A,Jung S,Man KN,Nair R,Jockusch WJ,Wojcik SM,Brose N,Rhee JS

更新日期：2012-06-21 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：:During biosynthesis on the ribosome, an elongating nascent polypeptide chain can begin to fold, in a process that is central to all living systems. Detailed structural studies of co-translational protein folding are now beginning to emerge; such studies were previously limited, at least in part, by the inherently dyna...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Cassaignau AM,Launay HM,Karyadi ME,Wang X,Waudby CA,Deckert A,Robertson AL,Christodoulou J,Cabrita LD

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood circulating endothelial cells (CECs) and circulating hematopoietic progenitor cells (CPCs) represent two cell populations that are thought to play important roles in tissue vascularization. CECs and CPCs are currently studied as surrogate markers in patients for more than a dozen pathologies, including heart dis...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Duda DG,Cohen KS,Scadden DT,Jain RK

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：: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：:Single-cell gene expression analysis has contributed to a better understanding of the transcriptional heterogeneity in a variety of model systems, including those used in research in developmental, cancer and stem cell biology. Nowadays, technological advances facilitate the generation of large gene expression data se...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Durruthy-Durruthy R,Gottlieb A,Heller S

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct detection of drug-protein interactions in living cells is a major challenge in drug discovery research. Recently, we introduced an approach termed thermal proteome profiling (TPP), which enables the monitoring of changes in protein thermal stability across the proteome using quantitative mass spectrometry. ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Franken H,Mathieson T,Childs D,Sweetman GM,Werner T,Tögel I,Doce C,Gade S,Bantscheff M,Drewes G,Reinhard FB,Huber W,Savitski MM

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:The specialized microfold cells (M cells) in the follicle-associated epithelium (FAE) of intestinal Peyer's patches serve as antigen-sampling cells of the intestinal innate immune system. Unlike 'classical' enterocytes, they are able to translocate diverse particulates without digesting them. They act as pathways for ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Beloqui A,Brayden DJ,Artursson P,Préat V,des Rieux A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are continuously produced in the cell as a consequence of aerobic metabolism, and are controlled by several antioxidant mechanisms. An accurate measurement of ROS is essential to evaluate the redox status of the cell, or the effects of molecules with the pro-oxidant or antioxidant activit...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Cossarizza A,Ferraresi R,Troiano L,Roat E,Gibellini L,Bertoncelli L,Nasi M,Pinti M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of large microbiome data sets holds great promise for the delineation of the biological and metabolic functioning of living organisms and their role in the environment. In the midst of this genomic puzzle, viruses, especially those that infect microbial communities, represent a major reservoir of genetic ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Paez-Espino D,Pavlopoulos GA,Ivanova NN,Kyrpides NC

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：: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：:The adeno-associated virus (AAV) is one of the most promising viral vectors for human gene therapy. As with any potential therapeutic system, a thorough understanding of it at the in vitro and in vivo levels is required. Over the years, numerous methods have been developed to better characterize AAV vectors. These met...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Grieger JC,Choi VW,Samulski RJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic complex genetic interaction studies have provided insight into high-order functional redundancies and genetic network wiring of the cell. Here, we describe a method for screening and quantifying trigenic interactions from ordered arrays of yeast strains grown on agar plates as individual colonies. The proto...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Kuzmin E,Rahman M,VanderSluis B,Costanzo M,Myers CL,Andrews BJ,Boone C

更新日期：2021-01-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein digestion using a dedicated protease represents a key element in a typical mass spectrometry (MS)-based shotgun proteomics experiment. Up to now, digestion has been predominantly performed with trypsin, mainly because of its high specificity, widespread availability and ease of use. Lately, it has become appar...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Giansanti P,Tsiatsiani L,Low TY,Heck AJ

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major challenge in the analysis of gene expression microarray data is to extract meaningful biological knowledge out of the huge volume of raw data. Expander (EXPression ANalyzer and DisplayER) is an integrated software platform for the analysis of gene expression data, which is freely available for academic use. It...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Ulitsky I,Maron-Katz A,Shavit S,Sagir D,Linhart C,Elkon R,Tanay A,Sharan R,Shiloh Y,Shamir R

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although lung transplant is a life-saving therapy for some patients, primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity soon after a transplant. Ischemia reperfusion injury is known to be one of the most critical factors in PGD development. PGD is by definition an acute lung injury syndrome ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Mariscal A,Caldarone L,Tikkanen J,Nakajima D,Chen M,Yeung J,Cypel M,Liu M,Keshavjee S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00