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]
Protocol for the isolation of Arabidopsis nuclei and measurement of gene transcription rates using nuclear run-on assays. Plant materials are ground in hexylene glycol-based buffers and highly enriched nuclear fractions are obtained using Percoll density gradients. Standard and small-scale protocols are presented, along with a tested method for nuclear run-on assays. The entire process may be completed within 3 days. - [Read Isolation of Arabidopsis Nuclei and Measurement of Gene Transcription Rates Protocol]
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Presents two methods for preparing dendritic cells (DCs), a highly specialized type of antigen-presenting cell (APC). The first method involves the isolation of DCs from mouse spleen, resulting in a cell population that is highly enriched in accessory cell and APC function. A support protocol for collagenase digestion of splenocyte suspensions is described to increase the yield of dendritic cells. The second method involves generating large numbers of DCs from mouse bone marrow progenitor cells. - [Read Isolation of Dendritic Cells Protocol]
This protocol uses the PBMC fraction enriched in with monocytes by density gradient centrifugations (protocol may be found at www.methods.info). Reduction of the amount of microbeads in comparison to Miltenyi protocol reduces the costs of the experiment. - [Read Isolation of Monocytes from Enriched PBMCs using CD14 Magnetic Beads Protocol]
LCM technology can harvest the cells of interest directly or can isolate specific cells by cutting away unwanted cells to give histologically pure enriched cell populations. A variety of downstream applications exist: DNA genotyping and loss-of-heterozygosity (LOH) analysis, etc. Protocol provides a thorough description of LCM techniques, with an emphasis on tips and troubleshooting advice derived from LCM users. The total time required to carry out this protocol is typically 1–1.5 h. - [Read Laser-capture Microdissection Protocol]
siRNAs produced upon the addition of dsRNA to Drosophila embryo extract are enriched in a micrococcus-nuclease-resistant fraction. After proteinase K treatment and dephosphorylation with calf intestinal phosphatase, these siRNAs mediate efficient RNAi in vitro. - [Read Preparation of siRNAs from Drosophila Embryo Extracts Protocol]
In this procedure, synthesis of cDNA is carried out in the presence of saturating concentrations of all four dNTPs and trace amounts of a single radiolabeled dNTP. After subtraction hybridization, the enriched single-stranded cDNA is radiolabeled to high specific activity in a second synthetic reaction by extension of random oligonucleotide primers using the Klenow fragment of E. coli DNA polymerase. - [Read Radiolabeling of Subtracted cDNA Probes by Random Oligonucleotide Extension Protocol]
Describes how FACSort can be used to enrich for transfected mouse cells expressing high levels of the human thrombin receptor. The sorted fraction can then be cultured in vivo and reanalyzed 12 days later to show that it remains enriched for thrombin receptor-expressing cells. - [Read Sorting Transfected Cells Based on Gene Expression, Followed by Culture in Vivo]