Gap Junction Protocols - Vinken, Mathieu; Johnstone, Scott R.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana, 2016)
Analysis of Liver Connexin Expression Using Reverse Transcription Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction -- DNA Methylation Analysis of Human Tissue-Specific Connexin Genes -- Detection of Connexins in Liver Cells Using Sodiumdodecylsulfate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis and Immunoblot Analysis -- Immunohisto- and Cytochemistry Analysis of Connexins -- Small Interfering RNA-Mediated Connexin Gene Knockdown in Vascular Endothelial and Smooth Muscle Cells -- Generation and Use of Trophoblast Stem Cells and Uterine Myocytes to Study the Role of Connexins for Pregnancy and Labor -- Identification of Connexin43 Phosphorylation and S-Nitrosylation in Cultured Primary Vascular Cells -- Preparation of Gap Junctions in Membrane Microdomains for Immunoprecipitation and Mass Spectrometry Interactome Analysis -- Scrape Loading/Dye Transfer Assay -- Microinjection Technique for Assessment of Gap Junction Function -- Electroporation Loading and Dye Transfer: A Safe and Robust Method to Probe Gap Junctional Coupling -- Using Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching to Study Gap Junctional Communication In Vitro -- Tracking Dynamic Gap Junctional Coupling in Live Cells by Local Photo-Activation and Fluorescence Imaging -- A Functional Assay to Assess Connexin43-Mediated Cell-to-Cell Communication of Second Messengers in Cultured Bone Cells -- Calcium Wave Propagation Triggered by Local Mechanical Stimulation as a Method for Studying Gap Junctions and Hemichannels -- Establishment of the Dual Whole Cell Recording Patch Clamp Configuration for the Measurement of Gap Junction Conductance.
Keywords: Cell biology; Cell Biology