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This meticulous volume recognizes the need to translate what has been learned primarily in tissue culture dishes to approaches supporting scale-up studies, not only to large quantities of cells but also to heterogeneous cell constructs.

This volume explores data from the applications of molecular biological methods and the applications of recent immunological and cytogenetic methods in Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) that will offer readers possible new solutions to the unresolved problems in the EBV field.

This second edition volume expands on the previous edition by presenting updated protocols for several of the techniques described in the first edition of Drosophila: Methods and Protocols and current methods that cover recent breakthroughs in Drosophila research.

Focusing on new methods and techniques developed to address longstanding questions about the Golgi complex, this volume explores a diverse set of chapters, ranging from live and fixed cell imaging techniques to in vitro biochemical reconstitution systems.

This book focuses on recently developed High Throughput Screening (HTS) assay protocols, many involved in the ToxCast and/or Tox21 initiatives, and the relevant HTS data analysis techniques.

This volume explores various methodologies to study biochemical, molecular, and cellular biology aspects of some processes regulated by protein SUMOylation. SUMO: Methods and Protocols is organized into four parts, and starts with an historical overview on protein SUMOylation and a presentation of the methods included in the book. The first part also includes a review on chromatin regulation by dynamic SUMO modifications. The second part focuses on in vitro techniques, including biochemical methods to study mechanistic aspects of protein SUMOylation. The third part includes protocols to be used with cell cultures, which often are the first approaches used in most laboratories. The final part includes methodologies adapted for the analysis in vivo using distinct model organisms. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include a brief introduction to the subject, a list of necessary materials and reagents, a step-by-step reproducible laboratory protocol ending with a Notes section on troubleshooting tips, and tips and strategies to avoid known pitfalls.Unique and cutting-edge, SUMO: Methods and Protocols provides a comprehensive source of protocols for specialists and researchers not familiar with this vital system.

This volume assembles protocols for chromosome engineering and genome editing in two recently developed approaches for manipulating chromosomal and genomic DNA in plants.

This second edition provides updated and expanded chapters that critically address the issues or rodent stroke modeling, from choosing the model and outcome measures, designing the experiment, conducting and analyzing it, to reporting it in a scientific publication.

This book provides a comprehensive survey of recent developments and applications of high performance capillary electrophoresis in the field of protein and peptide analysis with a distinct focus on the analysis of intact proteins.

This volume provides a thorough overview of the Wilms¿ Tumour Gene (WT1). The book begins with three review chapters that cover the involvement of WT1 in pediatric cancer, kidney disease, and tissue development and homeostasis. The next few chapters discuss cell marking and lineage tracing, epicardial cell methodology, colony forming assays for bone marrow stem cells, angiogenesis assays and zebrafish tools. The next group of chapters explores the latest tools in genomics, molecular biology, and biochemistry. They discuss dissecting transcription factor function in cell free systems, ChiP seq, proteomics, RNA interactome, and multiphoton imaging of lipids, measuring the binding constants of protein-nucleic acid interactions, and bioinformatics approaches for analyzing Next Generation Sequence data. The final chapter discusses protocols for clinical trials for immune therapy using anti-WT1 peptides. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.Practical and thorough, The Wilms¿ Tumour (WT1) Gene: Methods and Protocols is a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in the diverse methodologies used in WT1 research.

This collection explores up-to-date descriptions of known G protein-coupled receptor kinase (GRK)-dependent mechanisms, both associated with G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) functions and the receptor-independent.

This volumepresents detailed laboratory protocols regarding the three major routetechnologies luciferases, efficient opticalprobes, and applications to visualizing molecular events in living subjects.

This volume discusses methods for the study of multipotent and pluripotentstem cells of the hair follicle. The stem cells described are involved in boththe growth of the hair follicle and its production of the hair shaft, as wellas the growth of the hair follicle sensory nerve. Multipotent Stem Cells ofthe Hair Follicle: Methods and Protocols also explores very unexpectedresults such as that of the hair follicle-associated-pluripotent (HAP) stemcells, which not only have the capability for regenerating the hair folliclesensory nerve, but also can differentiate ex vivo and in vivo to multiple celltypes not associated with the hair follicle¿these include glial cells, motorneurons, and beating cardiac muscle cells. The potential for HAP stem cells forregenerative medicine is also discussed in detail. Written in the highly successful Methods inMolecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to theirrespective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step,readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting andavoiding known pitfalls.Cutting-edgeand thorough, Multipotent Stem Cells of the Hair Follicle: Methods andProtocols is a valuable resource for researchers interested in thisfield.

Written for the popular Neuromethods series, chapters include the kind of detail and key implementation advice that ensures successful results in the laboratory. Authoritative and practical, Neurotransmitter Transporters: Investigative Methods aims to ensure successful results in thefurther study of this vital field.

This volume presents the latest protocols for both laboratory andbioinformatics based analyses in the field of marine genomics. The chapterspresented in the book cover a wide range of topics, including the sampling andgenomics of bacterial communities, DNA extraction in marine organisms,high-throughput sequencing of whole mitochondrial genomes, phylogenomics, SNPdiscovery, SNP-arrays for species identification, digital PCR-basedquantification methods, environment DNA for invasive species surveillance andmonitoring, microarrays for the detection of waterborne pathogens, DNAbarcoding of marine biodiversity, metabarcoding protocols for marineeukaryotes, analytical protocols for the visualization of eukaryotic diversity,and applications for genomic data to benthic indices for environmentalmonitoring. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biologyseries format, chapters include introduction to their respective topics, listsof the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproduciblelaboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.Cutting-edge and thorough, Marine Genomics: Methods and Protocols is avaluable resource for researchers, students, and policy makers in the field ofmarine biology.

This volume provides current methods and protocols for geneand protein delivery based on both lentivirus-generated and spontaneouslyreleased nanovesicles.

Plant Proteostasis: Methods and Protocols is broken into four parts focusing on thestudy of ubiquitin-dependent post-translational modifications, protocolsfocused on Ubl post-translational modifications, protein homeostasis, andprotocols for the in silico analysis.

Written for the popular Neuromethods series, chapters include the kind of detail and key implementation advice that ensures successful results in the laboratory.Authoritative and practical, Experimental Neurosurgery in Animal Models aims to ensure successful results in the further study of this vital field.

Authoritative and practical, In Vivo Fluorescence Imaging: Methods and Protocols serves as a valuable reference for researchers from numerousfields who wish to become more familiar with in vivo fluorescence imagingtechniques.

The NuclearReceptor Superfamily, Second Edition will benefit those starting out in thenuclear receptor research field as well as to more established researchers whowish to apply different methods to a particular receptor or research problem.

This volume contains collection of Natural Killer Cell methodologies relevant for both basic and translational research. These methodologies present new developments in the natural killer (NK) cell field, such as understanding the influence of NK cells metabolism on its function, identifying complexity of NK cell subsets through mass cytometry, and determining the emergence of memory NK cells in murine model of MCMV infection. Methods that study NK cell migration and cytotoxicity through endpoint analysis or live single cell imaging are also discussed. Chapters also describe methods pertaining to translational application of NK cells, such as ex vivo expansion of NK cells on K562 cell lines genetically modified to express either membrane bound IL-15 or membrane bound IL-21, large scale NK cell culture, current techniques for engineering NK cells to express chimeric antigen receptors or chemokine receptors using retroviral vectors, electroporation of mRNA, and the natural phenomenon of trogocytosis. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, these chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.Cutting edge and thorough, Natural Killer Cells: Methods and Protocols is a valuable resource for researchers who not only want to understand mechanisms that govern NK cell behavior and diversity, but also for those who want to understand how to systematically evaluate NK cells for adoptive immunotherapy applications.

This volume provides readers with a wide collection of the latest and readily reproducible technical protocols available in the field ofnon-viral gene delivery vectors.

This third edition volumeexpands on the previous editions both by presenting more detailed protocols forthe techniques described in the first and second editions of High ThroughputScreening: Methods and Protocolsand by covering important new procedures. The first chapter ofthis book provides an overview of important assay development techniques, whilethe rest of the chapters detail how to develop and execute screens at whateverthroughput the user needs. Some chapter examples are: structure-based virtualscreening, high throughput screening using mass spectrometry, identification of state-dependentblockers for voltage gated calcium channels, bioluminescence resonanceenergy transfer platform to monitor protein-protein interactions in live cells,high throughput flow cytometry, and application of imaging-based assays in microplate formats for highcontent screening. Written in the highly successful Methods in MolecularBiology series format, chapters include introductions to their respectivetopics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readilyreproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoidingknown pitfalls.Cutting edge and thorough, High Throughput Screening: Methods and Protocols,Third Edition, is a valuable resource for anyone who is interested in HTSresearch.

This volume bringstogether the most widely used and important protocols currently being employedin researching and understanding bacterial cell wall homeostasis. Chapters in BacterialCell Wall Homeostasis cover a variety of subjects, such as: modernmicroscopy techniques and other biophysical methods used to characterize thesubcellular structure of the bacterial cell wall; high-throughput approachesthat can be used to identify all the genes and proteins that participate in thecorrect functioning of an organism¿s cell wall; protocols for assayingindividual gene products for specific cell wall functions or identify chemicalswith inhibitory activity against the cell wall; and methods for analyzing the non-proteincomponents of the cell wall and the increasing use of computational approachesfor predicting and modeling cell wall related functions and processes. Writtenin the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format,chapters include introduction to their respective topics, lists of thenecessary material and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratoryprotocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.Thoroughand cutting-edge, Bacterial Cell Wall Homeostasis: Methods and Protocolsemphasizes the diversity of the research taking place in bacterial cell wallhomeostasis, and explains how the integration of information from acrossmultiple disciplines is going to be essential if a holistic understanding ofthis important process is to be obtained.

Presentingstate-of-the-art protocols to study gap junctions, this detailed book firstfocuses on the use of methods and tools to investigate the different aspects ofconnexin expression and gap junction regulation.

Chapters in the book cover many facets ofWNV, such as propagation and titration of WNV in vero cells, examination of WNVneuroinvasion and neuropathogenesis in the central nervous system of a murinemodel, field surveillance methods for WNV, and in vitro and in vivoblood-brain barrier models to study WNV pathogenesis.

Herein, these models are appliedto a wide field of disease areas, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease,skin disorders, cancer, neurodegenerative and neuromuscular diseases, retinaldisorders, as well as various behavioral models.

The aim of this volume is to present current methodologies to predict and understand the pathogenesis of Type-1 Diabetes for clinical and non-clinical researchers. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and key tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls. Practical and reliable, Type-1 Diabetes: Methods and Protocols will aid researchers in using these methods to advance their own studies.

Presenting topics from the basic application of molecular genetics to more complex gene expression analysis using different models of study, this detailed volume explores asthma through the lens of genetics, considered to play an essential role in the etiopathogenesis of the disease.

This detailed volume encompasses chapters from leadingexperts in the area of membrane proteins who describe step-by-step protocols developed these last few years to improve the functionalproduction and stabilization of recombinant integral membrane proteins (IMPs).