Generation of high-purity human ventral midbrain dopaminergic progenitors for in vitro maturation and intracerebral transplantation.

abstract：:The plant cell wall is a chemically complex structure composed mostly of polysaccharides. Detailed analyses of these cell wall polysaccharides are essential for our understanding of plant development and for our use of plant biomass (largely wall material) in the food, agriculture, fabric, timber, biofuel and biocompo...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Pettolino FA,Walsh C,Fincher GB,Bacic A

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:New technologies have recently enabled saturation mutagenesis and functional analysis of nearly all possible variants of regulatory elements or proteins of interest in single experiments. Here we discuss the past, present, and future of such multiplexed (functional) assays for variant effects (MAVEs). MAVEs provide de...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Gasperini M,Starita L,Shendure J

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：: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：:The scototaxis (dark/light preference) protocol is a behavioral model for fish that is being validated to assess the antianxiety effects of pharmacological agents and the behavioral effects of toxic substances, and to investigate the (epi)genetic bases of anxiety-related behavior. Briefly, a fish is placed in a centra...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Maximino C,Marques de Brito T,Dias CA,Gouveia A Jr,Morato S

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The point mutational spectrum over nearly any 75- to 250-bp DNA sequence isolated from cells, tissues or large populations may be discovered using denaturing capillary electrophoresis (DCE). A modification of the standard DCE method that uses cycling temperature (e.g., +/-5 degrees C), CyDCE, permits optimal resolutio...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Ekstrøm PO,Khrapko K,Li-Sucholeiki XC,Hunter IW,Thilly WG

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 development of single-molecule switching (SMS) fluorescence microscopy (also called single-molecule localization microscopy) over the last decade has enabled researchers to image cell biological structures at unprecedented resolution. Using two opposing objectives in a so-called 4Pi geometry doubles the available ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Wang J,Allgeyer ES,Sirinakis G,Zhang Y,Hu K,Lessard MD,Li Y,Diekmann R,Phillips MA,Dobbie IM,Ries J,Booth MJ,Bewersdorf J

更新日期：2020-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of non-invasive and accurate methods to track cell fate after delivery will greatly expedite transition of embryonic stem (ES) cell therapy to the clinic. In this protocol, we describe the in vivo monitoring of stem cell survival, proliferation and migration using reporter genes. We established stable ES c...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Sun N,Lee A,Wu JC

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:This protocol explains how to discover functional signals in genomic sequences by detecting over- or under-represented oligonucleotides (words) or spaced pairs thereof (dyads) with the Regulatory Sequence Analysis Tools (http://rsat.ulb.ac.be/rsat/). Two typical applications are presented: (i) predicting transcription...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Defrance M,Janky R,Sand O,van Helden J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression screens can be used to explore gene function in Drosophila melanogaster, but to demonstrate their full potential, comprehensive and systematic collections of fly strains are required. Here we provide a protocol for high-throughput cloning of Drosophila open-reading frames (ORFs) that are regulated by up...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Bischof J,Sheils EM,Björklund M,Basler K

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：: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：: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：:The pig has emerged as an important large animal model in biomedical and pharmaceutical research. We describe a protocol for high-efficiency germline transgenesis and sustained transgene expression in pigs by using the Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon system. The protocol is based on co-injection of a plasmid encoding ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Ivics Z,Garrels W,Mátés L,Yau TY,Bashir S,Zidek V,Landa V,Geurts A,Pravenec M,Rülicke T,Kues WA,Izsvák Z

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：: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：:Here we describe a protocol to dissect the peroxisomal matrix protein import pathway using a cell-free in vitro system. The system relies on a postnuclear supernatant (PNS), which is prepared from rat/mouse liver, to act as a source of peroxisomes and cytosolic components. A typical in vitro assay comprises the follow...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Rodrigues TA,Francisco T,Dias AF,Pedrosa AG,Grou CP,Azevedo JE

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：: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 presents the peptide incorporation of environment-sensitive fluorophores derived from the dimethylaminophthalimide family. The procedure utilizes anhydride precursors of 4-dimethylaminophthalimide (4-DMAP) or 6-dimethylaminonaphthalimide (6-DMN), whose syntheses are described in a related protocol from t...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Sainlos M,Imperiali B

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:This protocol describes a method for converting short single-stranded and double-stranded DNA into libraries compatible with high-throughput sequencing using Illumina technology. This method has primarily been developed to improve sequence retrieval from ancient DNA, but it is also applicable to the sequencing of shor...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Gansauge MT,Meyer M

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：: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：:Growing evidence indicates that RNA G-quadruplexes have important roles in various processes such as transcription, translation, regulation of telomere length, and formation of telomeric heterochromatin. Investigation of RNA G-quadruplex structures associated with biological events is therefore essential to understand...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Bao HL,Xu Y

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria release a variety of membrane vesicles through different formation routes. Knowledge of the structure, molecular cargo and function of bacterial extracellular vesicles (BEVs) is primarily obtained from bacteria cultured in laboratory conditions. BEVs in human body fluids have b...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Tulkens J,De Wever O,Hendrix A

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mouse embryo hindbrain is a robust and adaptable model for studying sprouting angiogenesis. It permits the spatiotemporal analysis of organ vascularization in normal mice and in mouse strains with genetic mutations that result in late embryonic or perinatal lethality. Unlike postnatal models such as retinal angiog...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Fantin A,Vieira JM,Plein A,Maden CH,Ruhrberg C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00