Isolation and characterization of apolipoproteins A-I, A-II, and A-IV.

abstract：:Enveloped virus particles select their lipid-protein components and egress by budding from the host cell membranes. The matrix protein of many enveloped viruses has been proposed as a crucial element for viral budding; however, molecular mechanisms behind membrane remodeling by the matrix protein are yet to be unravel...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Shnyrova AV,Zimmerberg J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scanning fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (sFCS) is the generic term for a group of fluorescence correlation techniques where the measurement volume is moved across the sample in a defined way. The introduction of scanning is motivated by its ability to alleviate or remove several distinct problems often encounte...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Petrásek Z,Ries J,Schwille P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ras gene family has been implicated in the development of many human epithelial cancers. Mutations in K-ras or its downstream mediator BRAF have been detected in about two thirds of low-grade serous carcinomas and borderline serous tumors; mutations in K-ras are also often present in benign and invasive mucinous o...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Rosen DG,Yang G,Bast RC Jr,Liu J

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major facilitator superfamily (MFS) is a diverse group of secondary transporters with members found in all kingdoms of life. The paradigm for MFS is the lactose permease (LacY) of Escherichia coli, which has been the test bed for the development of many methods applied for the analysis of transport proteins. X-ray...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Madej MG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microtubules are dynamic polymers of the cytoskeleton, which play important roles in cell division, polarization, and intracellular transport. Self-assembly of microtubule polymer from αβ-tubulin heterodimers is highly variable, with stochastic switching between alternate states of net growth and net shortening, a phe...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Prahl LS,Castle BT,Gardner MK,Odde DJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the greatest advances in molecular genetics has been the application of selectable transposons in molecular biology. After 30 years of use in microbial genetics studies, transposons remain indispensable tools for the generation of null alleles tagged with selectable markers, genetic mapping, manipulation of chr...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Maloy SR

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optical imaging of reporter molecules such as firefly luciferase has become a popular method of tracking and visualizing cells in living animals. Many biological processes involve ubiquitin ligases, which target specific proteins for destruction under specific sets of conditions. Importantly, the motifs recognized by ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Zhang GJ,Kaelin WG Jr

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) is one of the three most popular analytical platforms for metabolomics and is largely employed for the study of oncometabolism. Large volumes of data are usually generated in a GC-MS experiment, and many analytical steps are required to extract biologically relevant informa...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Koo I,Wei X,Zhang X

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:gamma-Glutamyltranspeptidase is a heterodimeric glycoprotein that catalyzes the transpeptidation and hydrolysis of the gamma-glutamyl group of glutathione and related compounds. It is known that the enzyme plays a role in the metabolism of glutathione and in salvaging constituents of glutathione. In the adult animal, ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Ikeda Y,Taniguchi N

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA modifications, with over one hundred known so far, are commonly proposed to fine-tune the structure and function of RNA. While modifications in rRNA and tRNA are used to modulate RNA folding and decoding properties, little is known about the function of internal modifications in mRNA/lncRNA, which includes N(6)-me...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Liu N,Pan T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of an accurate force field (FF) model that reproduces the free-energy landscape is a key prerequisite for the simulation of biomineralization. Here, the stages in the development of such a model are discussed including the quality of the water model, the thermodynamics of polymorphism, and the free energ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Raiteri P,Demichelis R,Gale JD

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dicer is a multidomain ribonuclease that processes double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) to 21-nt small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) during RNA interference and excises microRNAs (miRNAs) from precursor hairpins. PAZ and PIWI domain (PPD) proteins, also involved in RNAi and miRNA function, are the best-characterized proteins kno...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Kolb FA,Zhang H,Jaronczyk K,Tahbaz N,Hobman TC,Filipowicz W

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein splicing is an autocatalytic reaction in which an internal protein domain, the intein, excises itself out of a precursor protein and concomitantly links the two flanking sequences, the exteins, with a native peptide bond. In split inteins, the intein domain is divided into two parts that undergo fragment assoc...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Ludwig C,Schwarzer D,Zettler J,Garbe D,Janning P,Czeslik C,Mootz HD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetically encodable RNA devices that directly detect small molecules in the cellular environment are of increasing interest for a variety of applications including live cell imaging and synthetic biology. Riboswitches are naturally occurring sensors of intracellular metabolites, primarily found in the bacterial mRNA...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Trausch JJ,Batey RT

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutively activating mutations of the TSHR are the major cause for nonautoimmune hyperthyroidism, which is based on ligand independent, permanent receptor activation. Several reports have highlighted the difficulties to determine whether a TSHR mutation is constitutively active or not especially for borderline ca...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Mueller S,Jaeschke H,Paschke R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most widely employed methods in metagenomics is the amplification and sequencing of the highly conserved ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes from organisms in complex microbial communities. rRNA surveys, typically using the 16S rRNA gene for prokaryotic identification, provide information about the total diversity a...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Preheim SP,Perrotta AR,Friedman J,Smilie C,Brito I,Smith MB,Alm E

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview of resolution enhancement of conventional, field-swept, continuous-wave electron paramagnetic resonance spectra using Fourier transform-based deconvolution methods is presented. Basic steps that are involved in resolution enhancement of calculated spectra using an implementation based on complex discrete F...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Reed GH,Poyner RR

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The JNKs (c-Jun N-terminal protein kinases) play important roles in a variety of physiological and pathological functions including induction of apoptosis. A major pathway by which JNKs are activated in response to apoptotic stimuli includes the GTP*Rac1-binding scaffold protein POSH (plenty of SH3s). POSH acts as a s...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Xu Z,Greene LA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescence-based imaging regimes require exposure of living samples under study to high intensities of focused incident illumination. An often underestimated, overlooked, or simply ignored fact in the design of any experimental imaging protocol is that exposure of the specimen to these excitation light sources must ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Tinevez JY,Dragavon J,Baba-Aissa L,Roux P,Perret E,Canivet A,Galy V,Shorte S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regulator of G-protein signaling (RGS) domains bind directly to GTP-bound Galpha subunits and accelerate their intrinsic GTPase activity by up to several thousandfold. The selectivity of RGS proteins for individual Galpha subunits has been illustrated. Thus, the expression of RGS proteins can be used to inhibit signal...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Hains MD,Siderovski DP,Harden TK

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High content, phenotypic screens offer a powerful approach to systems biology at the cellular level. The approach employs cells carrying fluorescently labeled molecules or organelles in 384- or 1536-well microplates, and an automated confocal screening microscope for capturing images from each well. Although some spec...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Kepiro M,Varkuti BH,Davis RL

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methods of computational chemistry and molecular modeling are becoming more and more accessible to biochemists with the advent of fast, inexpensive graphics workstations and well-tested computer programs. The state of the art in small molecules allows chemists to use these programs as "black boxes" and be confiden...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Wampler JE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aging that involves contact with dying yeast cells is one of the differential processes between sparkling and still wine production. The release of the products of autolysis during this aging step is fundamental for the quality of sparkling wines made by the traditional method. These cells undergo an autolysis process...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Cebollero E,Rejas MT,González R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slp4-a/granuphilin-a is a member of the synaptotagmin-like protein (Slp) family and consists of an N-terminal Slp homology domain (SHD) and C-terminal tandem C2 domains. Slp4-a is specifically localized on secretory granules in some endocrine and exocrine cells through its SHD, and it attenuates Ca(2+)-dependent dense...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Fukuda M,Kanno E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ADP-ribosylation is a protein post-translational modification that is critically involved in a wide array of biological processes connected to cell stress responses. Enzymes known as poly-ADP-ribose polymerases (PARPs) catalyze the addition of the ADP-ribose units to amino acids with various side chain chemistries. In...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Li P,Zhen Y,Yu Y

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Death receptors are a subgroup of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily (TNFRSF) and mediate activation of what is widely known as the "extrinsic" apoptosis pathway. TRAIL (tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand) is one of the most recent death receptor ligands identified. The TRAIL receptor ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Harper N,MacFarlane M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the early days of cell volume regulation research, the role of actin cytoskeleton organization and rearrangement has attracted specific interest. Rapid modifications in actin dynamics and architecture have been described. They were shown to regulate cell volume changes, as well as regulatory volume decrease in a...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Papakonstanti EA,Stournaras C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are long unbranched polysaccharides, most of which are linked to a core protein to form proteoglycans. Depending on the nature of their backbone, one can discern galactosaminoglycans (chondroitin sulfate [CS] and dermatan sulfate [DS]) and glucosaminoglycans (heparan sulfate [HS], heparin, hy...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Smits NC,Lensen JF,Wijnhoven TJ,Ten Dam GB,Jenniskens GJ,van Kuppevelt TH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsed EPR methods for the study of drug binding to heme-thiolate enzymes such as cytochrome P450 and nitric oxide synthase are discussed. HYSCORE and ENDOR methods to measure (1)H of axial ligands of the heme group are described with illustrations of water serving as the axial ligand in the drug-free enzyme and ligan...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Cruce AA,Lockart M,Bowman MK

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitin-like protein (Ubl) ligation is common to diverse archaea and targets many cellular pathways, including those associated with sulfur mobilization, and also tags proteins as substrates for degradation by the proteasome. Here we highlight protocols to assay proteasome function and Ubl ligation in archaea. A cha...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Fu X,Adams Z,Maupin-Furlow J

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00