Artículo
Filter Retardation Assay for Detecting and Quantifying Polyglutamine Aggregates Using Caenorhabditis elegans Lysates
Autor/es | Sin, Olga
Mata Cabana, Alejandro Seinstra, Renée I. Nollen, Ellen A. A. |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Genética |
Fecha de publicación | 2018 |
Fecha de depósito | 2019-01-22 |
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Resumen | Protein aggregation is a hallmark of several neurodegenerative diseases and is associated with impaired protein homeostasis. This imbalance is caused by the loss of the protein's native conformation, which ultimately results ... Protein aggregation is a hallmark of several neurodegenerative diseases and is associated with impaired protein homeostasis. This imbalance is caused by the loss of the protein's native conformation, which ultimately results in its aggregation or abnormal localization within the cell. Using a C. elegans model of polyglutamine diseases, we describe in detail the filter retardation assay, a method that captures protein aggregates in a cellulose acetate membrane and allows its detection and quantification by immunoblotting. |
Cita | Sin, O., Mata Cabana, A., Seinstra, R.I. y Nollen, E.A.A. (2018). Filter Retardation Assay for Detecting and Quantifying Polyglutamine Aggregates Using Caenorhabditis elegans Lysates. Bio-protocol, 8 (19), e3042. |
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