Quantitative polymerase chain reaction and solid-phase capture nucleic acid detection.

abstract：:Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) is the main inhibitor of tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) and urokinase-type plasminogen activator (u-PA) and therefore plays an important role in the plasminogen/plasmin system. PAI-1 is involved in a variety of cardiovascular diseases (mainly through inhibition of t-...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Declerck PJ,Gils A,De Taeye B

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:Guanine nucleotide exchange factors (GEFs) are essential regulators of the spatiotemporal conditions of small GTP-binding protein (SMG) activation. Their cellular activities combine the biochemical stimulation of GDP/GTP exchange, which leads to the active conformation of the SMG, to the detection of upstream signals ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Zeeh JC,Antonny B,Cherfils J,Zeghouf M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coat protein complex II (COPII) vesicle-mediated protein export from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) can be controlled by linear, independent motifs embedded within the cargo. ER export motifs directly interact with selective components of COPII vesicles and enhance cargo recruitment onto COPII vesicles. Moreover, ER e...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Wu G

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histone chaperones-key actors in the dynamic organization of chromatin-interact with the various histone variants to ensure their transfer in and out of chromatin. In vitro chromatin assembly assays and isolation of protein complexes using tagged histone variants provided first clues concerning their binding specifici...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Clément C,Vassias I,Ray-Gallet D,Almouzni G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous microbial processes transform nitrogen (N) but three anaerobic respiratory pathways remove fixed N from the environment: denitrification (nitrate conversion to N(2)), anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox; ammonium plus nitrite conversion to N(2)), and nitrite dependent methane oxidation (nitrite conversion t...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Song B,Tobias CR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the basic principles for imaging frozen-hydrated specimens in a transmission electron microscope and provide a step-by-step guide to a new user, from starting up and aligning the microscope, to loading a cryo-grid into the specimen holder and inserting the holder into the microscope, to setting up the low ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Sun J,Li H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ADP-ribosylation factor domain protein 1 (ARD1) is a multifunctional protein that belongs to the family of 20-kDa ARF proteins. The ARD1 gene encodes a 64-kDa protein with a structure comprising an 18-kDa ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) domain at the C-terminus (amino acids 403-574), and a 46-kDa N-terminal domain (amin...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Vichi A,Moss J,Vaughan M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Family 3 carbohydrate-binding modules (CBM3s) are among the most distinctive, diverse, and robust. CBM3s, which are numerous components of both free cellulases and cellulosomes, bind tightly to crystalline cellulose, and thus play a key role in cellulose degradation through their substrate targeting capacity. In addit...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Yaniv O,Frolow F,Levy-Assraf M,Lamed R,Bayer EA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Riboswitches present a ubiquitous genetic regulatory mechanism for prokaryotes and have been found in HIV1, fungi, plants, and even H. sapiens. We present an overview of approaches to predict riboswitch aptamers and, more generally, RNA conformational switches. ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Clote P

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ras-regulatory network is a loosely defined composition of numerous Ras family members and effector pathways that couple to critical cell-regulatory processes. Investigators are increasingly turning to RNAi-mediated inhibition of gene expression as an effective tool to help generate authentic portraits of Ras prot...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Whitehurst AW,White MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The microbial production of commodity, fine, and specialty chemicals is a driving force in biotechnology. An essential requirement is to introduce biosynthetic pathways to the target compound(s) into chassis organisms. First suitable enzymes must be selected and characterized, and then genetic pathways must be designe...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Robinson CJ,Dunstan MS,Swainston N,Titchmarsh J,Takano E,Scrutton NS,Jervis AJ

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian clocks are present in most cells and are essential for maintenance of daily rhythms in physiology, mood, and cognition. Thus, not only neurons of the central circadian pacemaker but also many other peripheral tissues possess the same functional and self-sustained circadian clocks. Surprisingly, however, thei...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Gaspar L,Brown SA

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years the facile, yet powerful, genetics of the baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been appropriated for the study of amyloid toxicity. Several models of amyloid toxicity using this simple eukaryotic organism have been developed that faithfully recapitulate many disease-relevant phenotypes. Furthermo...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Giorgini F,Muchowski PJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advanced glycation is one of the major pathophysiological posttranslational modifications. Under hyperglycemic conditions or oxidative stress, proteins and DNA are nonenzymatically modified by oxidative glycation and converted to advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs), which induce the loss of protein functions or apop...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Inagi R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-dimensional polyacrylomide gel electrophoresis remains a popular and powerful tool for identifying proteins that are differentially expressed across treatment conditions. Due to the overwhelming number of proteins and the tremendous variation shown in gel images, the differential analysis of 2D gel images is chall...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Li F,Seillier-Moiseiwitsch F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a ubiquitous biological molecule whose wide range of biological functions depends on its concentration. In this chapter, we compare the delivery of H2O2 to cells as (1) a single initial dose (bolus addition); (2) a continuous source using, for example, glucose oxidase; and (3) a steady stat...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Marinho HS,Cyrne L,Cadenas E,Antunes F

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A- and B-type lamins support the nuclear envelope, contribute to heterochromatin organization, and regulate a myriad of nuclear processes. The mechanisms by which lamins function in different cell types and the mechanisms by which lamin mutations cause over a dozen human diseases (laminopathies) remain unclear. The id...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Mehus AA,Anderson RH,Roux KJ

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Monte Carlo simulations of neighbor exclusion models have been used to demonstrate the importance of collecting and fitting data over a wide range of saturation. Low saturation data are important for good estimates of the affinity K of a drug or protein for the lattice site. High saturation data are important for dist...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Correia JJ,Chaires JB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead generation can be a very challenging phase of the drug discovery process. The two principal methods for this stage of research are blind screening and rational design. Among the rational or semirational design approaches, fragment-based drug discovery (FBDD) has emerged as a useful tool for the generation of lead...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Lanter J,Zhang X,Sui Z

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:The identification and isolation of the soluble catalytic domains of adenylyl cyclase have provided investigators with useful reagents for the study of these enzymes. They have permitted detailed mechanistic investigation of the actions of forskolin, Gs alpha, and the inhibitory G protein, Gi alpha. They have served a...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Hatley ME,Gilman AG,Sunahara RK

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ion channels open and close in response to diverse stimuli, and the molecular events underlying these processes are extensively modulated by ligands of both endogenous and exogenous origin. In the past decade, high-resolution structures of several channel types have been solved, providing unprecedented details of the ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Chakrapani S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The three-dimensional (3D) organization of the genome is important for chromatin regulation. This organization is nonrandom and appears to be tightly correlated with or regulated by chromatin state and scaffolding proteins. To understand how specific DNA and chromatin elements contribute to the functional organization...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Harr JC,Reddy KL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the increasing evidence of oxidative stress in AD brain and studies from different perspectives that appear to show a converging, central role for A beta in the pathogenesis and etiology of AD, insight into A beta-associated free radical oxidative stress will likely lead to a greater understanding of AD and, pot...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Butterfield DA,Yatin SM,Varadarajan S,Koppal T

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitin (Ub)-mediated protein degradation is a key cellular defense mechanism that detects and eliminates defective proteins. A major intracellular site of protein quality control degradation is the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), hence the term ER-associated degradation, or endoplasmic reticulum-associated degradation ...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Mashahreh B,Reiss Y,Wiener R,Ravid T

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：:PYP-phytochrome (Ppr) is a unique photoreceptor that contains a blue light-absorbing photoactive yellow protein (PYP) domain, a red light-absorbing phytochrome domain, and a histidine kinase domain. This chapter describes overexpression of Ppr in a strain of Escherichia coli that allows covalent attachment of substoic...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Chung YH,Masuda S,Bauer CE

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ecological samples of fungal associations pose particular challenges for nucleic acid extraction due to the presence of several genomes. Thorough examination of the samples prior to extraction is important to assess the risks of contamination. If manual separation of symbionts or their axenic cultivation is not feasib...

journal_title：Methods in enzymology

authors： Grube M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00