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A three-component Fischer indole synthesis - pp1249 - 1252
Christopher A Simoneau & Bruce Ganem
Published online: 17 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2008.94
Abstract - A three-component Fischer indole synthesis | Full Text - A three-component Fischer indole synthesis | PDF (204 KB) - A three-component Fischer indole synthesis
Subject Category: Synthetic chemistry
Primary culture and phenotyping of murine chondrocytes - pp1253 - 1260
Marjolaine Gosset, Francis Berenbaum, Sylvie Thirion & Claire Jacques
Published online: 17 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2008.95
Abstract - Primary culture and phenotyping of murine chondrocytes | Full Text - Primary culture and phenotyping of murine chondrocytes | PDF (409 KB) - Primary culture and phenotyping of murine chondrocytes
Subject Categories: Cell and tissue culture | Model organisms
Cultivating previously uncultured soil bacteria using a soil substrate membrane system - pp1261 - 1269
Belinda C Ferrari, Tristrom Winsley, Michael Gillings & Svend Binnerup
Published online: 17 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2008.102
Abstract - Cultivating previously uncultured soil bacteria using a soil substrate membrane system | Full Text - Cultivating previously uncultured soil bacteria using a soil substrate membrane system | PDF (297 KB) - Cultivating previously uncultured soil bacteria using a soil substrate membrane system
Subject Categories: Cell and tissue culture | Microbiology and virology
Enzyme assay and activity fingerprinting of hydrolases with the red-chromogenic adrenaline test - pp1270 - 1277
Viviana S Fluxá, Denis Wahler & Jean-Louis Reymond
Published online: 17 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2008.106
Abstract - Enzyme assay and activity fingerprinting of hydrolases with the red-chromogenic adrenaline test | Full Text - Enzyme assay and activity fingerprinting of hydrolases with the red-chromogenic adrenaline test | PDF (333 KB) - Enzyme assay and activity fingerprinting of hydrolases with the red-chromogenic adrenaline test
Subject Category: Biochemistry and protein analysis
Noninvasive high-resolution in vivo imaging of cell biology in the anterior chamber of the mouse eye - pp1278 - 1286
Stephan Speier, Daniel Nyqvist, Martin Köhler, Alejandro Caicedo, Ingo B Leibiger & Per-Olof Berggren
Published online: 17 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2008.118
Abstract - Noninvasive high-resolution : in vivo: imaging of cell biology in the anterior chamber of the mouse eye | Full Text - Noninvasive high-resolution in vivo imaging of cell biology in the anterior chamber of the mouse eye | PDF (693 KB) - Noninvasive high-resolution in vivo imaging of cell biology in the anterior chamber of the mouse eye
Subject Categories: Cell and developmental biology | Imaging | Model organisms
Quantification of DNA damage products resulting from deamination, oxidation and reaction with products of lipid peroxidation by liquid chromatography isotope dilution tandem mass spectrometry - pp1287 - 1298
Koli Taghizadeh, Jose L McFaline, Bo Pang, Matthew Sullivan, Min Dong, Elaine Plummer & Peter C Dedon
Published online: 17 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2008.119
Abstract - Quantification of DNA damage products resulting from deamination, oxidation and reaction with products of lipid peroxidation by liquid chromatography isotope dilution tandem mass spectrometry | Full Text - Quantification of DNA damage products resulting from deamination, oxidation and reaction with products of lipid peroxidation by liquid chromatography isotope dilution tandem mass spectrometry | PDF (400 KB) - Quantification of DNA damage products resulting from deamination, oxidation and reaction with products of lipid peroxidation by liquid chromatography isotope dilution tandem mass spectrometry
Subject Categories: Genetic analysis | Spectroscopy and structural analysis
Absolute quantitation of intracellular metabolite concentrations by an isotope ratio-based approach - pp1299 - 1311
Bryson D Bennett, Jie Yuan, Elizabeth H Kimball & Joshua D Rabinowitz
Published online: 17 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2008.107
Abstract - Absolute quantitation of intracellular metabolite concentrations by an isotope ratio-based approach | Full Text - Absolute quantitation of intracellular metabolite concentrations by an isotope ratio-based approach | PDF (519 KB) - Absolute quantitation of intracellular metabolite concentrations by an isotope ratio-based approach
Subject Categories: Biochemistry and protein analysis | Genomics and proteomics | Spectroscopy and structural analysis
See also: Protocol by Yuan et al.
PCR-amplification of GC-rich regions: 'slowdown PCR' - pp1312 - 1317
Ulrich H Frey, Hagen S Bachmann, Jürgen Peters & Winfried Siffert
Published online: 24 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2008.112
Abstract - PCR-amplification of GC-rich regions: 'slowdown PCR' | Full Text - PCR-amplification of GC-rich regions: 'slowdown PCR' | PDF (262 KB) - PCR-amplification of GC-rich regions: 'slowdown PCR'
Subject Category: Nucleic acid based molecular biology
Live visualization of protein synthesis in axonal growth cones by microinjection of photoconvertible Kaede into Xenopus embryos - pp1318 - 1327
Kin-Mei Leung & Christine E Holt
Published online: 24 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2008.113
Abstract - Live visualization of protein synthesis in axonal growth cones by microinjection of photoconvertible Kaede into Xenopus embryos | Full Text - Live visualization of protein synthesis in axonal growth cones by microinjection of photoconvertible Kaede into Xenopus embryos | PDF (382 KB) - Live visualization of protein synthesis in axonal growth cones by microinjection of photoconvertible Kaede into Xenopus embryos
Subject Categories: Cell and tissue culture | Genetic analysis | Imaging | Model organisms
Kinetic flux profiling for quantitation of cellular metabolic fluxes - pp1328 - 1340
Jie Yuan, Bryson D Bennett & Joshua D Rabinowitz
Published online: 24 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2008.131
Abstract - Kinetic flux profiling for quantitation of cellular metabolic fluxes | Full Text - Kinetic flux profiling for quantitation of cellular metabolic fluxes | PDF (1,114 KB) - Kinetic flux profiling for quantitation of cellular metabolic fluxes
Subject Categories: Biochemistry and protein analysis | Genomics and proteomics
See also: Protocol by Bennett et al.
Nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry: a protocol for preparing and applying NIMS surfaces for high-sensitivity mass analysis - pp1341 - 1349
Hin-Koon Woo, Trent R Northen, Oscar Yanes & Gary Siuzdak
Published online: 31 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2008.110
Abstract - Nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry: a protocol for preparing and applying NIMS surfaces for high-sensitivity mass analysis | Full Text - Nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry: a protocol for preparing and applying NIMS surfaces for high-sensitivity mass analysis | PDF (869 KB) - Nanostructure-initiator mass spectrometry: a protocol for preparing and applying NIMS surfaces for high-sensitivity mass analysis
Subject Categories: Nanotechnology | Spectroscopy and structural analysis
Development, validation and implementation of immobilized metal affinity for phosphochemicals (IMAP)-based high-throughput screening assays for low-molecular-weight compound libraries - pp1350 - 1363
Elizabeth R Sharlow, Stephanie Leimgruber, Archibong Yellow-Duke, Rebecca Barrett, Qiming Jane Wang & John S Lazo
Published online: 31 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2008.111
Abstract - Development, validation and implementation of immobilized metal affinity for phosphochemicals (IMAP)-based high-throughput screening assays for low-molecular-weight compound libraries | Full Text - Development, validation and implementation of immobilized metal affinity for phosphochemicals (IMAP)-based high-throughput screening assays for low-molecular-weight compound libraries | PDF (300 KB) - Development, validation and implementation of immobilized metal affinity for phosphochemicals (IMAP)-based high-throughput screening assays for low-molecular-weight compound libraries
Subject Categories: Biochemistry and protein analysis | Isolation, purification and separation | Pharmacology and toxicology
The fluorometric microculture cytotoxicity assay - pp1364 - 1369
Elin Lindhagen, Peter Nygren & Rolf Larsson
Published online: 31 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2008.114
Abstract - The fluorometric microculture cytotoxicity assay | Full Text - The fluorometric microculture cytotoxicity assay | PDF (176 KB) - The fluorometric microculture cytotoxicity assay
Subject Categories: Biochemistry and protein analysis | Pharmacology and toxicology
Detection of two mRNA species at single-cell resolution by double-fluorescence in situ hybridization - pp1370 - 1379
Raphael Pinaud, Claudio V Mello, Tarciso A Velho, Ryan D Wynne & Liisa A Tremere
Published online: 31 July 2008 | doi:10.1038/nprot.2008.115
Abstract - Detection of two mRNA species at single-cell resolution by double-fluorescence : in situ: hybridization | Full Text - Detection of two mRNA species at single-cell resolution by double-fluorescence in situ hybridization | PDF (467 KB) - Detection of two mRNA species at single-cell resolution by double-fluorescence in situ hybridization
Subject Categories: Genetic analysis | Imaging | Neuroscience

