Genetically modified mouse models to help fight COVID-19.

abstract：:The pollen tube is an excellent single-cell model system for studying cellular processes in plant cell biology. This protocol describes a detailed step-by-step procedure with optimized conditions for introducing various fluorescent reporter proteins into lily, tobacco and Arabidopsis pollen grains by means of biolisti...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Wang H,Jiang L

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:Forebrain γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) interneurons have crucial roles in high-order brain function via modulating network activities and plasticity, and they are implicated in many psychiatric disorders. Availability of enriched functional human forebrain GABA interneurons, especially those from people affected by GABA...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Liu Y,Liu H,Sauvey C,Yao L,Zarnowska ED,Zhang SC

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-to-cell chemical signaling plays multiple roles in coordinating the activity of the functional elements of an organism, with these elements ranging from a three-neuron reflex circuit to the entire animal. In recent years, single-cell mass spectrometry (MS) has enabled the discovery of cell-to-cell signaling molec...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Rubakhin SS,Sweedler JV

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity. Various attempts have been made to replicate clinical TBI using animal models. The fluid-percussion model (FP) is one of the oldest and most commonly used models of experimentally induced TBI. Both central (CFP) and lateral (LFP) variations of t...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Kabadi SV,Hilton GD,Stoica BA,Zapple DN,Faden AI

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brachypodium distachyon is emerging as a new model system for bridging research into temperate cereal crops, such as wheat and barley, and for promoting research in novel biomass grasses. Here, we provide an adapter ligation PCR protocol that allows the large-scale characterization of T-DNA insertions into the genome ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Thole V,Alves SC,Worland B,Bevan MW,Vain P

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：: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：: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：:A detailed protocol for the synthesis of core/shell semiconductor nanocrystal, their encapsulation into phospholipid micelles, their purification and their coupling to a controlled number of small molecules is given. The protocol for the core/shell quantum dot (QD) CdSe/CdZnS synthesis has been specifically designed w...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Carion O,Mahler B,Pons T,Dubertret B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Competition chromatin immunoprecipitation (competition ChIP) enables experimenters to measure protein-DNA dynamics at a single locus or across the entire genome, depending on the detection method. Competition ChIP relies on a cell containing two copies of a single DNA-associated factor, with each copy of the factor di...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Lickwar CR,Mueller F,Lieb JD

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:The partial reduction of electron-deficient pyrroles using either Birch (Li/NH(3)) or ammonia-free (Li/di-tert-butyl biphenyl) conditions allows formation of pyrroline compounds in good yield and, when combined with a reductive alkylation or similar approach, leads to highly functionalized, synthetically useful compou...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Donohoe TJ,Thomas RE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we describe a simple micromolding method to construct three-dimensional arrays of organotypic epithelial tissue structures that approximate in vivo histology. An elastomeric stamp containing an array of posts of defined geometry and spacing is used to mold microscale cavities into the surface of type I collagen ...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Nelson CM,Inman JL,Bissell MJ

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elucidation of protein-protein interaction networks is a crucial task in the postgenomic era. In this protocol, we describe our approach to discover protein-protein interactions using the surface plasmon resonance technique coupled to mass spectrometry (MS). A peptide or a protein is immobilized on a sensor chip a...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Madeira A,Ohman E,Nilsson A,Sjögren B,Andrén PE,Svenningsson P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol and the accompanying software program called LEVER (lineage editing and validation) enable quantitative automated analysis of phase-contrast time-lapse images of cultured neural stem cells. Images are captured at 5-min intervals over a period of 5-15 d as the cells proliferate and differentiate. LEVER au...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Winter M,Wait E,Roysam B,Goderie SK,Ali RA,Kokovay E,Temple S,Cohen AR

更新日期：2011-11-17 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：:Multipotent neural crest stem cells (NCSCs) have the potential to generate a wide range of cell types including melanocytes; peripheral neurons; and smooth muscle, bone, cartilage and fat cells. This protocol describes in detail how to perform a highly efficient, lineage-specific differentiation of human pluripotent c...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Menendez L,Kulik MJ,Page AT,Park SS,Lauderdale JD,Cunningham ML,Dalton S

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This protocol outlines steps for optimizing the transfection of adherent primary mammalian cells using the readily available off-the-shelf cationic polymer, 25-kDa branched polyethylenimine (bPEI25). Transfection efficiency of cationic polymers varies among cell lines and is highly dependent on the conditions and envi...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Hsu CY,Uludağ H

更新日期：2012-04-19 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：:We report here a high-throughput method for the modification of bacterial artificial chromosomes (BACs) that uses a novel two-plasmid approach. In this protocol, a vector modified in our laboratory to hold an R6Kγ origin of replication and a marker recombination cassette is inserted into a BAC in a single recombinatio...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Gong S,Kus L,Heintz N

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Top-down proteomics (TDP) by mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique by which intact proteins are analyzed. It has become increasingly popDesalting and concentrating GELFrEEular in translational research because of the value of characterizing distinct proteoforms of intact proteins. Compared to bottom-up proteomics (BUP...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Toby TK,Fornelli L,Srzentić K,DeHart CJ,Levitsky J,Friedewald J,Kelleher NL

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:Characterization of the cellular participants in tissue immune responses is crucial to understanding infection, cancer, autoimmunity, allergy, graft rejection and other immunological processes. Previous reports indicate that leukocytes in lung vasculature fail to be completely removed by perfusion. Several studies sug...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Anderson KG,Mayer-Barber K,Sung H,Beura L,James BR,Taylor JJ,Qunaj L,Griffith TS,Vezys V,Barber DL,Masopust D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a detailed protocol for the structural analysis of protein-linked glycans. In this approach, appropriate for glycomics studies, N-linked glycans are released using peptide N-glycosidase F and O-linked glycans are released by reductive alkaline beta-elimination. Using strategies based on mass spectrometry (m...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Morelle W,Michalski JC

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:We describe a step-by-step protocol for measuring the stable products of the nitric oxide (NO) pathway: nitrite, nitrite plus nitrate and nitrate. This described protocol is easy to apply and is about 50 times more sensitive than the commonly used Griess reaction or commercially available assay kits based on the Gries...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Nussler AK,Glanemann M,Schirmeier A,Liu L,Nüssler NC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions of proteins with DNA mediate many critical nuclear functions. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) is a robust technique for studying protein-DNA interactions. Current ChIP assays, however, either require large cell numbers, which prevent their application to rare cell samples or small-tissue biopsies, or...

journal_title：Nature protocols

authors： Dahl JA,Collas P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00