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abstract：:Actinomycete bacteria of the genus Streptomyces are major producers of bioactive compounds for the biotechnology industry. They are the source of most clinically used antibiotics, as well as of several widely used drugs against common diseases, including cancer . Genome sequencing has revealed that the potential of St...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Medema MH,Breitling R,Takano E

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:In vivo genome manipulation through site-directed mutagenesis and chromosome rearrangements has been hindered by the difficulty in achieving high frequencies of targeting and the intensive labor required to create altered genomes that do not contain any heterologous sequence. Here we describe our approach, referred to...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Storici F,Resnick MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian clocks control daily rhythms in physiology and behavior across all phyla. These rhythms are intrinsic to individual cells that must synchronize to their environment and to each other to anticipate daily events. Recent advances in recording from large numbers of cells for many circadian cycles have enabled re...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Herzog ED,Kiss IZ,Mazuski C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) repository at the National Center for Biotechnology Information archives and freely distributes high-throughput molecular abundance data, predominantly gene expression data generated by DNA microarray technology. The database has a flexible design that can handle diverse styles of bot...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Barrett T,Edgar R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silica biomorphs and silica gardens are canonical examples of precipitation phenomena yielding self-assembled nanocrystalline composite materials with outstanding properties in terms of morphology and texture. Both types of structures form spontaneously in alkaline environments and rely on simple, and essentially simi...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Kellermeier M,Glaab F,Melero-García E,García-Ruiz JM

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor cells acquire distinct genetic characteristics as a means to survive and proliferate indefinitely. Changes in the genetic code can also translate in changes at the protein level, therefore creating a distinguishable signature unique for tumor cells, and absent in normal tissues. The presence of discernable moiet...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Battaglia S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraflagellar transport (IFT) involves the movement of large proteinaceous particles or trains along the length of ciliary and flagellar axonemal microtubules. The particles contain multiple copies of two protein complexes. As isolated from the flagellated model organism, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, IFT A contains 6 d...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Behal RH,Cole DG

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this chapter, we describe a set of complementary techniques that we use to study the activation of rhodopsin, a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), and its functional interactions with G protein and arrestin. The protein reagents used for these studies come from native disc membranes or heterologous expression, and ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Sommer ME,Elgeti M,Hildebrand PW,Szczepek M,Hofmann KP,Scheerer P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial RNAs in the myxomycete Physarum polycephalum differ from the templates from which they are transcribed in defined ways. Most transcripts contain nucleotides that are not present in their respective genes. These "extra" nucleotides are added during RNA synthesis by an unknown mechanism. Other differences ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Byrne EM,Visomirski-Robic L,Cheng YW,Rhee AC,Gott JM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structural approaches have provided insight into the mechanisms of circadian clock oscillators. This review focuses upon the myriad structural methods that have been applied to the molecular architecture of cyanobacterial circadian proteins, their interactions with each other, and the mechanism of the KaiABC posttrans...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Egli M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramembrane-cleaving proteases (I-CLiPs) are a group of membrane-associated proteases with a unique feature: they are believed to cleave their substrate within the hydrophobic lipid bilayer, even though peptide bond hydrolysis requires a water molecule. Escherichia coli RseP, which belongs to the S2P zinc metallopro...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Hizukuri Y,Akiyama K,Akiyama Y

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron-sulfur (Fe/S) proteins are involved in numerous key biological functions such as respiration, metabolic processes, protein translation, DNA synthesis, and DNA repair. The simplest types of Fe/S clusters include [2Fe-2S], [3Fe-4S], and [4Fe-4S] forms that sometimes are present in multiple copies. De novo assembly ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Freibert SA,Weiler BD,Bill E,Pierik AJ,Mühlenhoff U,Lill R

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undiluted cytoplasmic extract prepared from unfertilized Xenopus laevis eggs by low-speed centrifugation (CSF extracts) is useful for reconstitution of egg microtubule dynamics and meiosis-II spindle organization, but it suffers limitations for biochemical analysis due to abundant particulates. Here, we describe prepa...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Groen AC,Ngyuen PA,Field CM,Ishihara K,Mitchison TJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in chromatin structure emanating from DNA breaks are among the most initiating events in the damage response of the cell. In higher eukaryotes, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) translates the occurrence of DNA breaks detected by its zinc-finger domain into a signal, poly ADP-ribose, synthesized and ampli...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Dantzer F,Amé JC,Schreiber V,Nakamura J,Ménissier-de Murcia J,de Murcia G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitration and oxidation of tyrosine, tryptophan, and methionine residues in proteins are potential markers of their interaction with peroxynitrite. This chapter describes the procedure for the detection of these nitro-oxidative modifications by tandem mass spectrometry. The peptide YGDLANWMIPGK, shown to contain a nit...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Rebrin I,Bregere C,Gallaher TK,Sohal RS

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Chromatin plays a vital role in regulating cellular processes that occur on the DNA. Modulation of chromatin structure is conducted through interactions with binding factors that direct critical actions such as posttranslational modifications, nucleosome remodeling, and incorporation of histone variants. Specific fact...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Winkler DD,Luger K,Hieb AR

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Once the appropriate site has been selected for the attachment of GFP to the sarcomeric protein, it is quite remarkable that the large size of the GFP molecule does not appear to interfere with the localization of the fluorescent sarcomeric proteins into the sarcomeric regions of the myofibrils. A similar approach usi...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Dabiri GA,Ayoob JC,Turnacioglu KK,Sanger JM,Sanger JW

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transporters are crucial in a number of cellular functions, including nutrient uptake, cell signaling, and toxin removal. As such, transporters are important drug targets and their malfunction is related to several disease states. Treating transporter-related diseases and developing pharmaceuticals targeting transport...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Mulligan C,Mindell JA

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The remarkable success of cancer immunotherapies, especially the checkpoint blocking antibodies, in a subset of patients has reinvigorated the study of tumor-immune crosstalk and its role in heterogeneity of response. High-throughput sequencing and imaging technologies can help recapitulate various aspects of the tumo...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Bhinder B,Elemento O

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has served as a fruitful setting for cell death research for over three decades. A conserved pathway of four genes, egl-1/BH3-only, ced-9/Bcl-2, ced-4/Apaf-1, and ced-3/caspase, coordinates most developmental cell deaths in C. elegans. However, other cell death forms, programmed and...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Kinet MJ,Shaham S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the rapid development of nanotechnology, inorganic magnetic nanoparticles, especially iron oxide nanoparticles (IOs), have emerged as great vehicles for biomedical diagnostic and therapeutic applications. In order to rationally design IO-based gene delivery nanovectors, surface modification is essential and deter...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Liu G,Wang Z,Lee S,Ai H,Chen X

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzymes in the α-d-phosphohexomutase (PHM) superfamily catalyze a multistep reaction, entailing two successive phosphoryl transfers. Key to this reaction is a conserved phosphoserine in the active site, which serves alternately as a phosphoryl donor and acceptor during the catalytic cycle. In addition to its role in t...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Stiers KM,Beamer LJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Model building studies may be used to supplement structurally low resolution experimental data with detailed three-dimensional hypothetical atomic models. Because of the strong relation between structure and function in biological molecules such models may give a consistent, integral view of a wealth of experimental d...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： von Kitzing E

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies using sulfotransferase-deficient mice have revealed various physiological functions of sulfated glycans. Studies using gene-targeted mice deficient in both N-acetylglucosamine-6-O-sulfotransferase (GlcNAc6ST)-1 and GlcNAc6ST-2 showed that these sulfotransferases play critical roles in lymphocyte homing....

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Kawashima H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coat protein complex II (COPII) coat is responsible for direct capture of membrane cargo proteins and for the physical deformation of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane that drives the transport vesicle formation. The use of an in vitro reconstitution system comprising purified components is desirable for stu...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Sato K,Nakano A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of catalysis by MnSOD using direct observation of the UV absorbance of superoxide allows determination of steady-state catalytic constants. Stabilizing superoxide in aprotic solvents such as dimethyl sulfoxide permits the use of stopped-flow spectrophotometry, although significant information is lost in th...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Silverman DN,Nick HS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reviewing the circumstances that have led to the first monoclonal antibody against the disease-associated form of PrP, we consider the availability of PrP knockout mice and recombinant PrP, as well as a reliable conformational screening protocol as being important prerequisites for a successful immunization approach. ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Korth C,Streit P,Oesch B

更新日期：1999-01-01 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