Connexin Methods and Protocols /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bruzzone, Roberto. (Editor), Giaume, Christian. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana, 2001.
Edition:1st ed. 2001.
Series:Methods in Molecular Biology, 154
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Tools to Study Connexins
  • Investigation of Connexin Gene Expression Patterns by In Situ Hybridization Techniques
  • Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Freeze-Fracture Immunolabeling of Gap Junctions
  • Purification of Gap Junctions
  • Culturing of Mammalian Cells Expressing Recombinant Connexins and Two-Dimensional Crystallization of the Isolated Gap Junctions
  • Connexins/Connexons
  • Biochemical Analysis of Connexon Assembly
  • Expression and Imaging of Connexin-GFP Chimeras in Live Mammalian Cells
  • Analysis of Connexin Expression in Brain Slices by Single-Cell Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Use of Retroviruses to Express Connexins
  • Spatiotemporal Depletion of Connexins Using Antisense Oligonucleotides
  • Transfection and Expression of Exogenous Connexins in Mammalian Cells
  • Assays For Function
  • Assaying the Molecular Permeability of Connexin Channels
  • Applying the Xenopus Oocyte Expression System to the Analysis of Gap Junction Proteins
  • Mutagenesis to Study Channel Structure
  • Dual Patch Clamp
  • Determining Ionic Permeabilities of Gap Junction Channels
  • Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching
  • Capture of Transjunctional Metabolites
  • Physiology and Biology of Connexins
  • The Study of Connexin Hemichannels (Connexons) in Xenopus Oocytes
  • Exploring Hemichannel Permeability In Vitro
  • Inducing De Novo Formation of Gap Juntion Channels
  • Recording and Analysis of Putative Direct Electrical Interactions in the Mammalian Brain
  • Intercellular Calcium Signaling and Flash Photolysis of Caged Compounds
  • Biochemical Analysis of Connexin Phosphorylation
  • How to Close a Gap Junction Channel.