Analysis of the regulation of microtubule dynamics by interaction of RGSZ1 (RGS20) with the neuronal stathmin, SCG10.

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：:Reference standard materials (RSMs) exist for a variety of biologics including vaccines but are not readily available for gene therapy vectors. To date, a recombinant adeno-associated virus serotype 2 RSM (rAAV2 RSM) has been produced and characterized and was made available to the scientific community in 2010. In add...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Moullier P,Snyder RO

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rab38 is a low-molecular-weight G-protein highly expressed in melanocytes of the skin and alveolar type II cells in the lung. A point mutation in the postulated GTP/GDP-interacting domain of Rab38 has been identified as the genetic lesion responsible for oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) in chocolate (cht) mice. Another p...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Osanai K,Voelker DR

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs) sample structurally diverse ensembles. Characterizing the underlying distributions of conformations is a key step toward understanding the structural and functional properties of IDPs. One increasingly popular method for obtaining quantitative information on intramolecular dist...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Holmstrom ED,Holla A,Zheng W,Nettels D,Best RB,Schuler B

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) have the ability to expand indefinitely in vitro and give rise to cells of all three germ layers as well as germ cells. For these reasons, ESCs hold great promise for biomedicine. In order to harness the potential of pluripotent cells, it is necessary to first understand the molecular mecha...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Schaniel C,Lee DF,Lemischka IR

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many players of the DNA damage response and DNA repair have been identified in several systems their biochemical role is still poorly understood. The use of the Xenopus laevis egg extract cell-free system allowed biochemical dissection of DNA replication and cell cycle events in a complex biological context. ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Sannino V,Pezzimenti F,Bertora S,Costanzo V

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:The aminocoumarin antibiotics novobiocin, clorobiocin and coumermycin A(1) are formed by different Streptomyces strains and are potent inhibitors of bacterial gyrase. Their biosynthetic gene clusters have been analyzed in detail by genetic and biochemical investigations. Heterologous expression of these gene clusters ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Heide L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA folds during transcription in the cell. Compared to most in vitro studies where the focus is generally on Mg(2+)-initiated refolding of fully synthesized transcripts, cotranscriptional RNA folding studies better replicate how RNA folds in a cellular environment. Unique aspects of cotranscriptional folding include ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Wong TN,Pan T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The methods described here concern the use specialized glassware to achieve accurate sub-micromolar to low-millimolar dioxygen concentrations specifically for the study of flavoproteins. Since the early 1960s, these methods have been passed through the lineage of flavin enzymologists almost exclusively as an oral trad...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Moran GR

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plots of free energy versus temperature are commonly called stability curves or Gibbs-Helmholtz curves, and they have proven to be extremely useful in protein folding and ligand-binding studies. Curvature in a Gibbs-Helmholtz or stability plot is indicative of a heat capacity change, and some of their primary uses in ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： LiCata VJ,Liu CC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances have demonstrated the feasibility and robustness of chemical synthesis for the production of homogeneously glycosylated protein forms (glycoforms). By taking advantage of the unmatchable flexibility and precision provided by chemical synthesis, the quantitative effects of glycosylation were obtained us...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Li Y,Tran AH,Danishefsky SJ,Tan Z

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurofilament biology is important to understanding structural properties of axons, such as establishment of axonal diameter by radial growth. In order to study the function of neurofilaments, a series of genetically modified mice have been generated. Here, we describe a brief history of genetic modifications used to ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Jones MR,Villalón E,Garcia ML

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleotide excision repair is a multicomponent, multistep enzymatic system that removes a wide spectrum of DNA damage by dual incisions in the damaged strand on both sides of the lesion. The basic steps are damage recognition, dual incisions, resynthesis to replace the excised DNA, and ligation. Each step has been stu...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Reardon JT,Sancar A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glass microfluidic devices have been fabricated to monitor the secretion of glycerol or fatty acids from cultured murine 3T3-L1 adipocytes. In the current studies, adipocytes are perfused in a reversibly sealed cell chamber, and secreted products are analyzed by enzyme assay on either a single- or dual-chip device. Th...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Dugan CE,Kennedy RT

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytoskeletal motors utilize the energy stored in ATP to generate linear motion along rigid filaments. Because their enzymatic cycles are tightly coupled to the production of force and forward movement, the optical-trapping technique is uniquely suited for studying their mechanochemical cycle. Here, we discuss the prac...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Belyy V,Yildiz A

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) modulates protein-protein and protein-solvent interactions through volume changes and thereby affects the equilibrium of protein conformational species between native and denatured forms as well as monomeric, oligomeric, and aggregated forms without the addition of chemicals or use of h...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Kim YS,Randolph TW,Seefeldt MB,Carpenter JF

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nonnative protein aggregation has been classically treated as an amorphous process occurring by colloidal coagulation kinetics and proceeding to an essentially irreversible endpoint often ascribed to a chaotic tangle of unfolded chains. However, some nonnative aggregates, particularly amyloid fibrils, exhibit ordered ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： O'Nuallain B,Thakur AK,Williams AD,Bhattacharyya AM,Chen S,Thiagarajan G,Wetzel R

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:5-FOA is an extremely useful reagent for the selection of Ura- cells amid a population of Ura+ cells. The selection is effective in transformation and recombination studies where loss of URA3+ is desired. A new plasmid shuffling procedure based on the 5-FOAR selection permits the recovery of conditional lethal mutatio...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Boeke JD,Trueheart J,Natsoulis G,Fink GR

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The procedures described in this chapter have enabled us to identify and characterize monoclonal antibodies and their respective anti-idiotypes. We have developed several different types of immunoassays which afford greater flexibility to the investigator, depending on the type of antibodies desired and the availabili...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Kussie PH,Albright G,Linthicum DS

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:T lymphocytes express on their surface a heterodimeric αβ receptor, called the T cell receptor (TCR), which recognizes foreign antigens. Unlike antibodies, the recognition requires both an antigenic peptide epitope and a protein encoded by the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). In contrast to conventional antibod...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Stone JD,Chervin AS,Aggen DH,Kranz DM

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recalcitrance of the cell wall to enzymatic hydrolysis represents one of the greatest challenges for using biomass to replace the petroleum as a feedstock for fuels and chemicals. Cell walls are complex in architecture and composition, posing a biochemical challenge for the development of efficient enzymes to rele...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Whitehead C,Gomez LD,McQueen-Mason SJ

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) detects protein thermal unfolding by directly measuring the heat absorbed. Simple DSC experiments that require relatively small amounts of pure material can provide a wealth of information related to structure, especially with respect to domain architecture, without the need for...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Yang Z,Brouillette CG

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past several years, major progress has been accomplished in the production of "designer cellulosomes," artificial enzymatic complexes that were demonstrated to efficiently degrade crystalline cellulose. This progress is part of a global attempt to promote biomass waste solutions and biofuel production. In d...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Vazana Y,Moraïs S,Barak Y,Lamed R,Bayer EA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide dismutases (SODs; EC 1.15.1.1) are a group of metalloenzymes which are essential to protect cells under aerobic conditions. In biological systems, it has been reported that SODs and other proteins are susceptible to be attacked by peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) which can be originated from the reaction of nitric o...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Larrainzar E,Urarte E,Auzmendi I,Ariz I,Arrese-Igor C,González EM,Moran JF

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microsatellite markers are quickly becoming the molecular marker of choice for studies of parentage and kinship in animals. In this chapter, we review methods and give protocols for screening potential microsatellite markers, as well as protocols for genotyping individuals with useful markers once they have been ident...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Webster MS,Reichart L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is widely acknowledged that mitochondria are highly active structures that rapidly respond to cellular and environmental perturbations by changing their shape, number, and distribution. Mitochondrial remodeling is a key component of diverse biological processes, ranging from cell cycle progression to autophagy. In ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Marchi S,Bonora M,Patergnani S,Giorgi C,Pinton P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamin I is a large GTPase enzyme required in membrane constriction and fission during multiple forms of endocytosis. The first method described here is for the rapid purification of native dynamin from peripheral membrane extracts of sheep brain using ammonium sulfate precipitation and affinity purification on recom...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Quan A,Robinson PJ

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00