introducing Protocols

Category: PCR Protocols

Method describes how to modify the termini of PCR products by introducing restriction sites and other features.  To reduce the chance of contamination with exogenous DNAs, prepare and use a special set of reagents and solutions for PCR only.  Bake all glassware for 6 hours at 150°C and autoclave all plasticware. - [Read Genetic Engineering with PCR Protocol]

Category: PCR Protocols: PCR Optimization

Method describes how to modify the termini of PCR products by introducing restriction sites and other features.  To reduce the chance of contamination with exogenous DNAs, prepare and use a special set of reagents and solutions for PCR only.  Bake all glassware for 6 hours at 150°C and autoclave all plasticware. - [Read Genetic Engineering with PCR Protocol]

Category: Mouse Protocols: Mouse Surgical Procedures Protocols

Protocol describes intraperitoneal (IP) injection, which is the typical means of introducing most compounds, such as hormones and anesthetics, into the mouse. - [Read Intraperitoneal (IP) Injection Protocol]

Category: C. elegans Protocols: C. elegans Genetics Protocols

Protocol describes an easily scalable way of introducing double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) in Caenorhabditis elegans: feeding the nematode with bacteria that express dsRNA. When using an RNase-III-negative Escherichia coli strain (HT115), the efficiency of this method is comparable to the alternative. - [Read Introduction of Double-Stranded RNA in C. elegans by Feeding Protocol]

Category: RNAi Technology Protocols: RNAi C. elegans Protocols

Protocol describes an easily scalable way of introducing double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) in Caenorhabditis elegans: feeding the nematode with bacteria that express dsRNA.  When using an Rnase-III-negative Escherichia coli strain (HT115), the efficiency of this method is comparable to the alternative. - [Read Introduction of Double-Stranded RNA in C. elegans by Feeding Protocol]

Category: Transfection Protocols: Electroporation Sonoporation Protocols

Protocol describes a method for introducing gene constructs into mouse embryos by electroporation. Gene constructs can be quickly tested for tissue-specific transcriptional activity or can be used to overexpress gene products. - [Read Protocol Electroporation]

Category: Microscopy Protocols: In Vivo Imaging Protocols

Sophisticated fluorescence microscopy methods & equipment, now allow cellular events to be studied at high resolution in living material. The studying of living fly tissues presents unique difficulties in keeping the cells alive, introducing fluorescent probes, & imaging through thick hazy cytoplasm. This protocol outlines the preparation of major tissue types amenable to study by time-lapse cinematography and different methods for keeping them alive. - [Read Time-Lapse Cinematography in Living Drosophila Tissues: Preparation of Material]