GTPase protocols : the Ras superfamily /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Manser, Ed, Leung, Thomas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2002]
Series:Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) ; v. 189.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The GTPase cycle: how dominant inhibitory mutants block the biological functions of small GTPases
  • Preparation of GTPases for structural and biophysical analysis
  • Using cDNA-representational difference analysis (cDNA-RDA) in combination with microarrays to identify rac regulated genes
  • Fluorescence methods in the study of small GTP-binding proteins
  • Ras and rac as activators of reactive oxygen species (ROS)
  • Interfering with ras signaling using membrane-permeable peptides or drugs
  • A ras-based module to generate P-labeled fusion proteins for blot overlays
  • Determination of the activity of rho-like GTPases in cells
  • Introduction of dominant inhibitory proteins directed against ROK and MRCK kinases
  • Effects of rho family GTPases on cell-cell adhesion
  • Cell motility and invasion assays
  • Isolation of regulatory proteins for the rab3 subfamily GTPases
  • Analysis and preparation of stable complexes between rab GTPases, rab escort protein, and rab geranylgeranyl transferase
  • Preparation of myristoylated arf1 and arf6 proteins
  • ARF-directed guanine-nucleotide-exchange (GEP) proteins
  • Arf6 and its role in cytoskeletal modulation
  • ARF GTPase-activating protein 1
  • The use of permeabilized cell systems to study nuclear transport
  • Analysis of nuclear protein import and export in vitro using fluorescent cargoes
  • Characterization of the effects of ranGTP on the microtubule cytoskeleton.