There are many ways to adapt cell lines to serum-free media. Five methods are presented that are designed for adapting hybridomas to a protein-free medium. These protocols may require some modifications for your particular cell line and conditions. - [Read Adapting Cells to a Serum-Free Environment Protocol]
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This unit describes some of the ways that a laboratory can deal with the constant threat of microbial contamination in cell cultures. A protocol on aseptic technique is described first. This catch-all term universally appears in any set of instructions pertaining to procedures in which noncontaminating conditions must be maintained. - [Read Aseptic Technique for Cell Culture Protocol]
Describes assays used to determine the distribution of a population of cells to the different stages of the cell cycle as analyzed by flow cytometry. Staining the DNA with different fluorescent dyes, propidium iodide or DAPI, is one of the most direct ways of staging the cells based on DNA content. - [Read Determining Cell Cycle Stages by Flow Cytometry Protocol]
Questions and answers about cell sorting. Includes: When should I use fluorescence activated cell sorting over bulk separation methods like panning or magnetic bead separations? Will my cells be harmed by the sorting process? How many cells do I need to prepare to recover 1 X 106 of a population that comprises 10% of the cells? Are there ways to improve sort recovery? etc... - [Read FAQs About Cell Sorting]
Protocol for the identification of positive GATEWAY expression clones when both the pENTRY and pDEST vectors contain the same marker for bacterial selection. Protocol describes ways in which difficult vector combinations can be used effectively to obtain the appropriate expression clone without having to convert the pENTRY clone or pDEST clone to vectors with compatible antibiotic resistances. - [Read Identification of Positive GATEWAY Expression Clones Protocol]
Gliotoxin is a metabolite of Aspergillus fumigatus that exhibits immunosuppressive activity against certain cells of the immune system. Secretion of gliotoxin during infection has been suggested as being a factor in the pathogenesis of aspergillosis. Gliotoxin secretion can be assayed in a number of ways by thin layer chromatography (TLC) high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) or bioassay using the effect of gliotoxin on human cells1. - [Read Method for Assaying Gliotoxin Production in Aspergillus fumigatus Protocol]
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.