New screening efforts and chemical modifications of existing compounds have been attempted to identify more selective and potent inhibitors. To determine the selectivity of the inhibitors identified during screening efforts we developed gel-elongation assay using crude bacterial lysate directly to determine the target specificities of fatty acid synthesis inhibitors. - [Read Gel-elongation Assay for Type II Fatty Acid Synthesis Protocol]
PCR primer design and pcr reaction optimization. Ed Rybicki. Factors Affecting the PCR, Denaturing Temperature and Time, Annealing Temperature and Primer Design,
Primer Length, Degenerate Primers, Elongation , Temperature and Time, Reaction Buffer, Cycl - [Read PCR primer design and pcr reaction optimization.]
Tubulin is polymerized into microtubules by incubating tubulin at 37°C with GTP. A nucleation seed is added when the purpose is to assay microtubule elongation. Tubulin can also be polymerized for the purposes of recycling the tubulin or labeling the microtubules with fluorescently labeled tubulin. Based on the protocol by Timothy Mitchison of Harvard University.