Sub-millisecond ligand probing of cell receptors with multiple solution exchange.

abstract：:Isolation of monoclonal antibodies is an important technique for understanding the specificities and characteristics of antibodies that underlie the humoral immune response to a given antigen. Here we describe a technique for isolating monoclonal antibodies from human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. The protocol i...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Huang J,Doria-Rose NA,Longo NS,Laub L,Lin CL,Turk E,Kang BH,Migueles SA,Bailer RT,Mascola JR,Connors M

更新日期：2013-10-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:The effect of genetic mutation on phenotype is of significant interest in genetics. The type of genetic mutation that causes a single amino acid substitution (AAS) in a protein sequence is called a non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphism (nsSNP). An nsSNP could potentially affect the function of the protein, sub...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Kumar P,Henikoff S,Ng PC

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：: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：:RNA production using in vivo transcription by Escherichia coli allows preparation of milligram quantities of RNA for biochemical, biophysical and structural investigations. We describe here a generic protocol for the overproduction and purification of recombinant RNA using liquid chromatography. The strategy utilizes ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Ponchon L,Beauvais G,Nonin-Lecomte S,Dardel F

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:In the version of this protocol originally published, the caption for Fig. 3 was erroneously placed with Fig. 4, and that for Fig. 4 was placed with Fig. 3. This error has been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the paper. ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Cruz-Acuña R,Quirós M,Huang S,Siuda D,Spence JR,Nusrat A,García AJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes the primary culture of individual chromaffin cells derived by enzymatic digestion from the adrenal medulla of the bovine adrenal gland. Since the late 1970s, such cells have provided a useful model system to study neurotransmitter biosynthesis, storage and release in the catecholaminergic syste...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： O'Connor DT,Mahata SK,Mahata M,Jiang Q,Hook VY,Taupenot L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell migration is a key feature of virtually every biological process, and it can be studied in a variety of ways. Here we outline a protocol for the in vitro study of cell migration using a ring barrier-based assay. A 'barrier' is inserted in the culture chamber, which prevents cells from entering a defined area. Cel...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Das AM,Eggermont AM,ten Hagen TL

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes an in vitro approach for measuring the kinetics and affinities of interactions between membrane-anchored proteins. This method is particularly established for dissecting the interaction dynamics of cytokines with their receptor subunits. For this purpose, the receptor subunits are tethered in a...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Gavutis M,Lata S,Piehler J

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：:Generation of precisely patterned neural cells from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) is instrumental in developing disease models and stem cell therapies. Here, we provide a detailed 16-d protocol for obtaining high-purity ventral midbrain (VM) dopamine (DA) progenitors for intracerebral transplantation into anima...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Nolbrant S,Heuer A,Parmar M,Kirkeby A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fabrication of 3D tissues retaining the original functions of tissues/organs in vitro is crucial for optimal tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The fabrication of 3D tissues also contributes to the establishment of in vitro tissue/organ models for drug screening. Our laboratory has developed a fabricati...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Haraguchi Y,Shimizu T,Sasagawa T,Sekine H,Sakaguchi K,Kikuchi T,Sekine W,Sekiya S,Yamato M,Umezu M,Okano T

更新日期：2012-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Limbal stem cells (LSCs) have an important role in the maintenance of the corneal surface epithelium, and autologous cultured limbal epithelial cell transplantations have contributed substantially to the treatment of the visually disabling condition known as LSC deficiency. In this protocol, we describe a method of es...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Mariappan I,Maddileti S,Savy S,Tiwari S,Gaddipati S,Fatima A,Sangwan VS,Balasubramanian D,Vemuganti GK

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apoptosis is a critical factor in AIDS and other viral illnesses, cerebral and myocardial ischemia, autoimmune and neurodegenerative states, organ and bone marrow transplant rejection, and tumor response to chemotherapy and radiation. Improved methods to identify sites of apoptosis are increasing our understanding of ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Blankenberg FG,Vanderheyden JL,Strauss HW,Tait JF

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 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：:Association studies can focus on candidate gene(s), a particular genomic region, or adopt a genome-wide association approach, each of which has implications for marker selection. The strategy for marker selection will affect the statistical power of the study to detect a disease association and is a crucial element of...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Pettersson FH,Anderson CA,Clarke GM,Barrett JC,Cardon LR,Morris AP,Zondervan KT

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of anisotropic NMR data, such as residual dipolar couplings (RDCs) and residual chemical shift anisotropies (RCSAs), has emerged as a powerful technique for structural characterization of organic small molecules. RDCs typically report the relative orientations of different 1H-13C bonds; RCSAs report the relati...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Liu Y,Navarro-Vázquez A,Gil RR,Griesinger C,Martin GE,Williamson RT

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Here we present a protocol for the extraction of RNA from Dictyostelium discoideum. Dictyostelium is a social amoeba that undergoes a basic developmental program, and therefore analysis of RNA levels over a time course is a commonly used technique. This procedure is similar to other guanidine thiocyanate-based methods...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Pilcher KE,Gaudet P,Fey P,Kowal AS,Chisholm RL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol describes how to purify and radiolabel collagen for use as a substrate to assay collagenolytic members of the matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). This assay measures enzymes that specifically cleave native triple helical collagen. After incubation of the MMP enzyme with the collagen substrate at 37 degrees...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Cawston TE

更新日期：2009-01-01 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