Protein synthesis : methods and protocols /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Martin, Robin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [1998]
Series:Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) ; v. 77.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Analyses of ribosome distribution during in vitro translation
  • Allele-specific priming in the mapping of rRNA
  • Permeablized mammalian cells as a system for protein synthesis
  • The measurement of processivity errors in protein synthesis
  • A biosynthetic approach for the incorporation of unnatural amino acids into proteins
  • The analysis of translational activity using a reporter gene constructed from repeats of an antibody-binding domain from protein A
  • In vitro engineering using acyl-derivatized tRNAs
  • In vitro engineering using synthetic tRNAs with altered anticodons including four-nucleotide anticodons
  • Analysis of rRNA function using specialized ribosomes
  • Determination of the peptide elongation rate in vivo
  • The measurement of missense errors during in vivo protein synthesis
  • Heelprinting analysis of in vivo ribosome pause sites
  • Analysis of elF-2α kinases in yeast
  • Continuous-flow cell-free translation, transcription-translation and replication-translation systems
  • Analysis of translation activity of extracts derived from oocytes and eggs of Xenopus laevis
  • A fractionated reticulocyte lysate system for studies on protein synthesis initiation factors
  • Measurement of ribosomal accuracy and proofreading in E. coli burst systems
  • Measurement of rate of protein synthesis in vitro : preparation of Escherichia coli burst systems
  • In vivo mutational analysis of ribosomal RNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • Genetic selection of rRNA mutations
  • Toeprinting assays : mapping by blocks to reverse transcriptase primer extension
  • Mapping of pseudouridine residues in RNA to nucleotide resolution
  • Chemical and enzymatic probing of antibiotic-ribosome complexes
  • Protein engineering with nonstandard amino acids
  • Internal ribosome entry sites tests with circular mRNAs
  • Gel retardation and UV-crosslinking assays to detect specific RNA-protein interactions in the 5' or 3' UTRs of translationally regulated mRNAs
  • Translational control of repressor proteins binding to the 5' UTR of mRNAs
  • Identification and analysis of frameshift sites
  • Synthesis and site-specific binding of thioated tRNAs to probe ribosome-tRNA interactions