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ArticleJournal of visualized experiments : JoVE2015

DNA Electroporation, Isolation and Imaging of Myofibers.

Alexis R Demonbreun, Elizabeth M McNally

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Article in Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Alexis R DemonbreunCenter for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University; alexis.demonbreun@northwestern.edu.
Elizabeth M McNallyCenter for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University.

Funding

Training and education CoreU54AR052646 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MCNALLY, ELIZABETH M, SWEENEY, H LEE · 2005 to 2020
$24.1M
Myoferlin in Muscle Membrane Fusion and RepairR01NS047726 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI ALEXIS R. DEMONBREUN, Elizabeth M McNally · 2003 to 2026
$7.2M
Understanding and Improving Therapies for the Muscular Dystrophies through Noninvasive BiomarkersP50AR052646 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA · PI WALTER, GLENN · 2021 to 2024
$6.2M
Regulation of TGF - (beta) pathways in muscular dystrophy fibrosisP01NS072027 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI MCNALLY, ELIZABETH M · 2011 to 2015
$6.2M
NIAMS NIH HHS AR052646NIAMS NIH HHS P50 AR052646NIAMS NIH HHS U54 AR052646NINDS NIH HHS NS047726NINDS NIH HHS NS072027NINDS NIH HHS P01 NS072027NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS047726
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mature muscle has a unique structure that is amenable to live cell imaging. Herein, we describe the experimental protocol for expressing fluorescently labeled proteins in the flexor digitorum brevis (FDB) muscle. Conditions have been optimized to provide a large number of high quality myofibers expressing the electroporated plasmid while minimizing muscle damage. The method employs fluorescent tags on various proteins. Combining this expression method with high resolution confocal microscopy permits live cell imaging, including imaging after laser-induced damage. Fluorescent dyes combined with imaging of fluorescently-tagged proteins provides information regarding the basic structure of muscle and its response to stimuli.

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AnimalsDNAElectroporationFluorescent DyesLuminescent ProteinsMiceMicroscopy, ConfocalMuscle Fibers, SkeletalMuscle, SkeletalPlasmidsDNAFluorescent DyesLuminescent Proteins

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PMID26780499
PMCPMC4758766

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