Collecting, rearing, spawning and inducing regeneration of the starlet sea anemone, Nematostella vectensis.

abstract：:The human stomach contains two primary domains: the corpus, which contains the fundic epithelium, and the antrum. Each of these domains has distinct cell types and functions, and therefore each presents with unique disease pathologies. Here, we detail two protocols to differentiate human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs)...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Broda TR,McCracken KW,Wells JM

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes a directed evolution method for in vitro mutagenesis and recombination of polynucleotide sequences. The staggered extension process (StEP) is essentially a modified PCR that uses highly abbreviated annealing and extension steps to generate staggered DNA fragments and promote crossover events al...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Zhao H,Zha W

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydroxyl radical footprinting has been widely used for studying the structure of DNA and DNA-protein complexes. The high reactivity and lack of base specificity of the hydroxyl radical makes it an excellent probe for high-resolution footprinting of DNA-protein complexes; this technique can provide structural detail th...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Jain SS,Tullius TD

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because RNA-protein interactions have a central role in a wide array of biological processes, methods that enable a quantitative assessment of these interactions in a high-throughput manner are in great demand. Recently, we developed the high-throughput sequencing-RNA affinity profiling (HiTS-RAP) assay that couples s...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Ozer A,Tome JM,Friedman RC,Gheba D,Schroth GP,Lis JT

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes the synthesis of oligo(poly(ethylene glycol) fumarate) (OPF; 1-35 kDa; a polymer useful for tissue engineering applications) by a one-pot reaction of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) and fumaryl chloride. The procedure involves three parts: dichloromethane and PEG are first dried; the reaction step ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Kinard LA,Kasper FK,Mikos AG

更新日期：2012-05-31 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：: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：:The small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) is a protein modifier that is post-translationally coupled to thousands of lysines in more than a thousand proteins. An understanding of which lysines are modified by SUMO is critical in unraveling its function as a master regulator of all nuclear processes, as well as its invo...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Hendriks IA,Vertegaal AC

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytokinesis-block micronucleus cytome assay is a comprehensive system for measuring DNA damage, cytostasis and cytotoxicity. DNA damage events are scored specifically in once-divided binucleated (BN) cells and include (a) micronuclei (MNi), a biomarker of chromosome breakage and/or whole chromosome loss, (b) nucle...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Fenech M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) post-translational modification (PTM) of proteins has a crucial role in the regulation of important cellular processes. This protocol describes the chemical synthesis of functional SUMO-peptide conjugates. The two crucial stages of this protocol are the solid-phase synthesis of pep...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Boll E,Drobecq H,Ollivier N,Blanpain A,Raibaut L,Desmet R,Vicogne J,Melnyk O

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein ubiquitination is a versatile protein modification that regulates virtually all cellular processes. This versatility originates from polyubiquitin chains, which can be linked in eight distinct ways. The combinatorial complexity of eight linkage types in homotypic (one chain type per polymer) and heterotypic (m...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Hospenthal MK,Mevissen TET,Komander D

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：: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：: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：:Here, we describe a simple protocol for the design and construction of a laser-guided direct writing (LGDW) system able to micropattern the self-assembly of liver sinusoid-like structures with micrometer resolution in vitro. To the best of our knowledge, LGDW is the only technique able to pattern cells "on the fly" wi...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Nahmias Y,Odde DJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:AMPylation (adenylylation) has been recognized as an important post-translational modification that is used by pathogens to regulate host cellular proteins and their associated signaling pathways. AMPylation has potential functions in various cellular processes, and it is widely conserved across both prokaryotes and e...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Yu X,LaBaer J

更新日期：2015-05-01 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 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：:Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) are techniques used to extract structural parameters and determine the overall structures and shapes of biological macromolecules, complexes and assemblies in solution. The scattering intensities measured from a sample contain contributions ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Jeffries CM,Graewert MA,Blanchet CE,Langley DB,Whitten AE,Svergun DI

更新日期：2016-11-01 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

abstract：:Glycoproteins are involved in diverse biological processes ranging from extracellular contact and recognition to intracellular signaling. Crystal structures of glycoproteins would yield tremendous insight into these processes. But glycoprotein structural analysis has been hindered by difficulties in expressing milligr...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Lee JE,Fusco ML,Saphire EO

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-translational modifications alter protein structure, affecting activity, stability, localization and/or binding partners. Antibodies that specifically recognize post-translationally modified proteins have a number of uses including immunocytochemistry and immunoprecipitation of the modified protein to purify prot...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Arur S,Schedl T

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapid evaluation of microbial cell-surface carbohydrates is essential to understanding the mechanisms by which bacteria use glycans to establish pathogenic or symbiotic relationships. Microbial glycan analysis is complicated both by the vast diversity of possible carbohydrate structures and by their dynamic nature. Ba...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Hsu KL,Mahal LK

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：: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：:The tracking of cell fate, shape and migration is an essential component in the study of the development of multicellular organisms. Here we report a protocol that uses the protein Kaede, which is fluorescent green after synthesis but can be photoconverted red by violet or UV light. We have used Kaede along with confo...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Hatta K,Tsujii H,Omura T

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomeres have emerged as crucial cellular elements in aging and various diseases including cancer. To measure the average length of telomere repeats in cells, we describe our protocols that use fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) with labeled peptide nucleic acid (PNA) probes specific for telomere repeats in com...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Baerlocher GM,Vulto I,de Jong G,Lansdorp PM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past few decades, marine natural products bioprospecting has yielded a considerable number of drug candidates. Two marine natural products have recently been admitted as new drugs: Prialt (also known as ziconotide) as a potent analgesic for severe chronic pain and Yondelis (known also as trabectedin or E-743) a...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Ebada SS,Edrada RA,Lin W,Proksch P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol details a method for obtaining a considerable number of human mast cells from peripheral blood cells from normal donors without using stem cell mobilization treatment. By using the magnetic cell sorting system, 10(4)-10(5) cells are retrieved in the CD34+ fraction when 100 ml of blood is drawn from a hea...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Saito H,Kato A,Matsumoto K,Okayama Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Realizing the potential of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) in research and commercial applications requires generic protocols for culture, expansion and genetic modification that function between multiple lines. Here we describe a feeder-free hESC culture protocol that was tested in 13 independent hESC lines derive...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Braam SR,Denning C,Matsa E,Young LE,Passier R,Mummery CL

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00