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Single-Molecule Poly(A) Tail Sequencing (SM-PATseq) Using the PacBio Platform
The polyadenylation of the 3′ ends of messenger RNAs is an important regulator of stability and translation. We developed the single-molecule poly(A) tail sequencing method, SM-PATseq, to assay tail lengths of...
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X-Ray Film Gel Contact Print Method for Analyzing Differential Expression of Plant Protease Inhibitors Under Abiotic Stress
The regulation of proteolytic enzymes by protease inhibitors is crucial for maintaining the balance between protein synthesis and degradation, preventing uncontrolled proteolysis and fine-tuning cellular proce...
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Delivering Traumatic Brain Injury to Larval Zebrafish
We describe a straightforward, scalable method for administering traumatic brain injury (TBI) to zebrafish larvae. The pathological outcomes appear generalizable for all TBI types, but perhaps most closely mod...
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Whole-Mount Immunofluorescence Staining to Visualize Cell Cycle Progression in Mouse Oocyte Meiosis
Whole-mount immunofluorescence allows direct visualization of the cellular architecture within cells. Here, we apply this technique to mouse oocytes to visualize spindle morphology and microtubule attachments ...
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Identification and Characterization of Antigen-Specific T-Cells in Viral Infections
Identification and characterization of CD8+ T-cells is important to determine their role in protecting and clearing viral infections. Here we provide details of the peptide-MHC (pMHC) tetramers-based approach to ...
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Primary Human Leukemia Stem Cell (LSC) Isolation and Characterization
Leukemia stem cells (LSC) are thought to be the basis of leukemia progression since they are highly resistant to conventional chemotherapy. LSC isolation is critical in experimental studies, drug development, ...
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Structural and Genomic Diversity of Bacteriophages
Bacteriophage diversity is a relatively unknown frontier that is rapidly being explored, leading to a wealth of new information. New bacteriophages are being discovered at an astounding rate via both phage iso...
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Preparation of Uniformly Oriented Inverted Inner (Cytoplasmic) Membrane Vesicles from Gram-Negative Bacterial Cells
The complex double-membrane organization of the envelope in Gram-negative bacteria places unique biosynthetic and topological constraints that can affect translocation of lipids and proteins synthesized on cyt...
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Nuclear Transcription Factor Detection
Cellular fate is determined by the activity of nuclear transcription factors. Here, we describe a series of protocols for detecting transcription factors at both the transcript and protein levels in human adip...
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Comparative Genomic Analysis of Bacterial Data in BV-BRC: An Example Exploring Antimicrobial Resistance
As genomic and related data continue to expand, research biologists are often hampered by the computational hurdles required to analyze their data. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NI...
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Methods for Intracellular Peptidomic Analysis
Peptides have broad biological significance among different species. Intracellular peptides are considered a particular class of bioactive peptides, whose generation is initiated by proteasomal degradation of ...
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Imaging of Subcellular Distribution of Platinum in Single Cells Using Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is a well-established and sensitive analytical technique, which provides high-resolution imaging of endogenous elements, element tagged-m...
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The Use of Nanopore Sequencing to Analyze the Chloroplast Transcriptome Part I: Library Preparation
Global understanding of plastid gene expression has always been impaired by its complexity. RNA splicing, editing, and intercistronic processing create multiple transcripts isoforms that can hardly be resolved...
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Rapid Ribonuclease P Kinetics Measured by Stopped-Flow Fluorescence and Fluorescence Anisotropy
Stopped-flow fluorescence spectroscopy is a highly sensitive method for measuring rapid enzyme kinetics. A wide range of fluorophores can be employed, and fluorescence and fluorescence polarization can be meas...
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Assessing Cholesterol Efflux on Primary Human Trophoblast Cells
Cholesterol transport across the placenta must be tightly regulated to avoid a deficiency or an oversupply of cholesterol which is transferred from the mother to the fetus. In trophoblasts, the transport of ch...
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Quantifying ABCA1/apoA-1 Signaling Pathways with AFM Imaging and Lipidomic Analysis
The role of lipid metabolic pathways in the pathophysiology of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) has been thoroughly elucidated, with pathways involved in lipid-related disorders such as hypercholesterolemia ...
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2 in 1 Vectors Improve in Planta BiFC and FRET Analysis
Protein-protein interactions (PPIs) play vital roles in all subcellular processes, and a number of tools have been developed for their detection and analysis. Each method has its unique set of benefits and dra...
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Broad Genome Sequencing of Environmental and Clinical Strains and Genoty**
The Next-Generation Sequencing revolution had a great impact on the genomics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Since the first release of the P. aeruginosa PAO1 genome, there are more than 5700 genomes published. This w...
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A Seedling Growth Inhibition Assay to Measure Phytocytokine Activity
The study of immunomodulatory peptides, both of exogenous and endogenous origin, attracted increasing attention over the last years. Numerous methods are widely used to study the sensitivity of plants to pepti...
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Functional Analysis of Seed Dormancy Genes by Biolistic Transient Gene Expression in Immature Embryos of Wheat
Seed dormancy genes typically suppress germination and cell . Therefore, overexpressing these genes can negatively affect tissue culture, interfering with the generation of transgenic plants and thus hamperin...