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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2010

Preparation of Drosophila polytene chromosome squashes for antibody labeling.

Weili Cai, Ye Jin, Jack Girton, Jorgen Johansen, Kristen M Johansen

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 28% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Weili CaiDepartment of Biochemistry, Iowa State University, USA.
Ye Jin
Jack Girton
Jorgen Johansen
Kristen M Johansen
Iowa State University · US

Funding

Regulation of Chromatin Structure byPhosphorylationR01GM062916 · NIGMS · IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY · PI JOHANSEN, JORGEN, JOHANSEN, KRISTEN M · 2001 to 2014
$3.5M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM62916NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM062916
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Drosophila has long been a favorite model system for studying the relationship between chromatin structure and gene regulation due to the cytological advantages provided by the giant salivary gland polytene chromosomes of third instar larvae. In this tissue the chromosomes undergo many rounds of replication in the absence of cell division giving rise to approximately 1000 copies. The DNA remains aligned after each replicative cycle resulting in greatly enlarged chromosomes that provide a unique opportunity to correlate chromatin morphology with the localization of specific proteins. Consequently, there has been a high level of interest in defining the epigenetic modifications present at different genes and at different stages of the transcription process. An important tool for such studies is the labeling of polytene chromosomes with antibodies to the enzyme, transcription factor, or histone modification of interest. This video protocol illustrates the squash technique used in the Johansen laboratory to prepare Drosophila polytene chromosomes for antibody labeling.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodiesChromosomesDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsEpigenesis, GeneticImmunoenzyme TechniquesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesAntibodiesDrosophila ProteinsJIL-1 protein, DrosophilaProtein Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID20145604
PMCPMC2818712
OpenAlexW2095383041

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