| Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) to Assess Histone Marks in Auxin-treated Arabidopsis thaliana Inflorescence Tissue
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2020-12-05
[Abstract] Chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with quantitative PCR (ChIP-qPCR) or high-throughput sequencing (ChIP-seq) has become the gold standard for the identification of binding sites of DNA binding proteins and the localization of histone modification on a locus-specific or genome-wide scale, respectively. ChIP experiments can be divided into seven critical steps: (A) sample collection, (B) crosslinking of proteins to DNA, (C) nuclear extraction, (D) chromatin isolation and fragmentation by sonication, (E) immunoprecipitation of histone marks by appropriate antibodies, (F) DNA recovery, and (G) identification of precipitated protein-associated DNA by qPCR or high-throughput sequencing. Here, we describe a time-efficient protocol that can be used for ChIP-qPCR experiments to study the ...
[摘要] [摘要]染色质免疫沉淀与定量PCR（ChIP -qPCR）或高通量测序（ChIP-seq ）结合已成为鉴定DNA结合蛋白结合位点和在特定基因座上定位组蛋白修饰的金标准。或全基因组规模。ChIP实验可分为七个关键步骤：（A）样品收集，（B）蛋白质与DNA交联，（C）核提取，（D）染色质分离和f 超声处理的碎片化；（E）通过适当的抗体对组蛋白标记的免疫沉淀；（F）DNA的回收；（G）通过qPCR或高通量测序鉴定沉淀的蛋白质相关DNA。在这里，我们描述了一种可用于ChIP -qPCR实验的省时协议，以研究模型植物拟南芥幼花序中组蛋白修饰的定位。
[背景]真核基因组中的染色体中，其与组蛋白DNA结合形成染色质组织的。组蛋白与DNA之间的紧密相互作用阻碍了DNA与其他因素的可及性。因此，组蛋白相对于重要调控DNA序列的位置和组蛋白-DNA接触的强度可以隐藏或暴露提供另一层基因调控的基因。在染色质中，组蛋白和DNA均可被化学修饰（Zhou等，2010 ；Schübeler ，2015）。根据修饰的物理性质，染色质状态可以阻止或增强基础基因的转录（Kouzarides ，2007； Yang等，2014； Wu等，2015）。在植物中，染色质的表观遗传状态已被证明是响应发育或环境刺激的基因表达的关键决定因素（Yang等人，2014 ; Wu等人，2015 ; ...
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| In vitro Reconstitution Assay of miRNA Biogenesis by Arabidopsis DCL1
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2015-04-20
[Abstract] microRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs, regulating most if not all, biological processes in eukaryotic organisms. miRNAs are initially processed from primary transcripts (pri-miRNAs) to produce miRNA precursors (pre-miRNAs), that are further processed into miRNA and its complementary strands (miRNA/*). In Arabidopsis, and possibly other plants, the processing from pri-miRNAs to pre-miRNAs and from pre-miRNAs to miRNA/* are both implemented through Dicer-like 1 (DCL1) complexes. Recently, we demonstrated isolation of DCL1 complexes of unprecedented quality from in planta. We further successfully reconstituted DCL1 cleavage assays in vitro that were able to fully recapitulate in vivo miRNA biogenesis. Here we provide a detailed protocol of DCL1 ...
[摘要] 微小RNA（miRNA）是小的非编码RNA，其调节真核生物中的大多数（如果不是全部）生物过程。 miRNA最初从初级转录物（pri-miRNA）加工以产生miRNA前体（前-miRNA），其进一步加工成miRNA及其互补链（miRNA/*）。在拟南芥和可能的其他植物中，从pri-miRNA到pre-miRNA和从pre-miRNA到miRNA/*的加工都通过Dicer样1（DCL1）复合物实现。最近，我们证明了从植物中以前的质量的DCL1复合物的分离。我们进一步成功地重建了能够完全重现体内 miRNA生物发生的DCL1切割测定。在这里我们提供DCL1重建测定的详细协议。该方案包括三个主要部分（图1）：1）pri-miRNA和pre-miRNA转录物的制备（方法A-C）; 2）通过免疫沉淀（IP）纯化来自本塞姆氏烟草（本塞姆氏烟草）的重组拟南芥DCL1机器（程序D和E）;和3）使用分离的DCL1复合物（步骤F）在放射性同位素标记的pri-miRNA或pre-miRNA的体外处理。这是我们的愿望，协议是RNAi社区研究机械问题或开发RNA沉默技术的强大工具。
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