An excellent guide on the analysis of proteins on SDS-PAGE gels, through staining with coomassie blue dye and western blot analysis. Analysis of Protein Gels (SDS-PAGE). David R. Caprette, Rice University. - [Read Analysis of Protein Gels (SDS-PAGE)]
Paper describing methods for monitoring kinase activity, investigating kinase–substrate specificity, examining phosphorylation in planta and the determination of phosphorylation sites in a protein. In addition, strategic considerations for experimental design and variables will be discussed.
Scott C. Peck, the Plant Journal. - [Read Analysis of protein phosphorylation: methods and strategies PDF]
Antibody-antigen complexes are removed from solution by addition of an insoluble form of an antibody binding protein such as Protein A, Protein G or second antibody. Immunoprecipitation protocols / methodology and technical background information. P.J. Ha - [Read Analysis of Proteins by Immunoprecipitation]
Experiments included for analysis of plant epidermis: Steroid induction of gene expression in Arabidopsis; Replica Molds and Casts of the plant epidermis. - [Read Analysis of the Plant Epidermis Experiments]
Antibody Array Production and Data Analysis. Probing Antigen Arrays and washing/ Blocking. Great Protocols and information. Brian Kidd. Stanford. - [Read Antibody Array Production and Analysis]
Protocol describes a method for producing diploid embryo-tetraploid embryo chimeras. It requires the timed combination of four-cell-stage tetraploid embryo production and the procedure for diploid embryo-diploid embryo aggregation. The resulting chimeras are useful for phenotypic analysis when an induced mutation has an extraembryonic phenotype. - [Read Assembling Aggregates between Diploid and Tetraploid Embryos Protocol]
Baculovirus protein expression protocols. Includes protocols: Cotransfection Protocol; Analysis of nonsecreted protein expression; Growing and Freezing Insect Cells. - [Read Baculovirus Protein Expression Protocols]
Adapted from Frommer et.al. Good protocol for bisulfite treatment of DNA. Includes tips on Methylation PCR for CpG methylation analysis. University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - [Read Bisulfite Treatment of DNA for Methylation Analysis]
Protocol for bisulfite-PCR for restriction analysis and/or sequencing. Bisulfite-PCR followed by restriction is a rapid and semi-quantitative method of analyzing DNA methylation. The PCR products are also suitable for either direct sequencing or cloning and sequencing. The most important step here is primer selection. - [Read Bisulfite-PCR for Restriction Analysis and/or Sequencing Protocol]
BN-PAGE has become the method of choice for the investigation of the respiratory protein complexes of the electron transfer chains of a range of organisms. It allows the separation in two dimensions of extremely hydrophobic protein sets for analysis and also provides information on their native interactions. In this review we discuss the capabilities of BN-PAGE in proteomics and the wider investigation of protein:protein interactions with a focus on its use and potential in plant science. - [Read Blue-Native PAGE in Plants: A Tool in Analysis of Protein-Protein Interactions]
Cajal Body Isolation Protocol. Protocol includes: Sonication, Removal Nucleoi, Gradient One, Gradient two, Concentration and final enrichment of cajal bodies. Also includes: Making 2.55M sucrose stock and Analysis of the enriched Cajal body fraction. - [Read Cajal Body Isolation Protocol]
Information on how to quantitatively assess DNA content. Includes: Propidium iodide staining protocol and staining of DNA by Mithramicin Protocol - [Read Cell Cycle Analysis - Propidium Iodide]
In Vitro Translated Xenopus Mos Kinase Assay Protocol. In response to progesterone, immature Xenopus oocytes mature to eggs that can be fertilized. The Mos protein kinase is essential for oocyte maturation, most likely due to its ability to activate the MAP kinase cascade. This MAP kinase cascade eventually leads to the activation of Cdc2/cyclin B and entry into M phase. In this protocol, tagged Mos kinase is translated in vitro, immunopurified, and used in a kinase assay.
Unlike spherical phage, such as T4 and λ, which have roughly equal weight ratios of protein to DNA, filamentous phage have about six times more protein than DNA; the protein therefore contributes substantially to the absorption spectrum.
3' Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends RACE Using PCR Protocol. This protocol contains the steps for 3' end rapid amplification of mRNA by PCR. The first-strand cDNA is synthesized from total or poly(A+) RNA by priming from the poly-A tail of the mRNA using a oligo (dT) adaptor primer. The cDNA is then amplified via PCR using a gene-specific primer and an adaptor primer.
This protocol a protocol on how to generate transfected embryonic stem (ES) cell clones. The previous protocol in this series is the Protocol for Electroporation of ES cells. The next protocol in the series is the Protocol on Disaggregation, Expansion, and Freezing of Transfected ES Clones.
The protocol gives general considerations for the design of targeting vectors for transgenic mice. The protocol shares tips in the design of knock-out and knock-in vectors and some of their strategies for producing homologously recombined embryonic stem cells.