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ArticleBio-protocol2017

Proximal Ligation Assay (PLA) on Lung Tissue and Cultured Macrophages to Demonstrate Protein-protein Interaction.

Roberto Mendez, Santanu Banerjee

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Article in Bio-protocol, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Roberto MendezDepartment of Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
Santanu BanerjeeDepartment of Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.

Funding

HIV and Morphine Increase Susceptibility to Lung Opportunistic Infections by Modulating TLR2/IL17A Mediated Lung InflammationR21HL125021 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BANERJEE, SANTANU · 2015 to 2016
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this protocol, we describe proximal ligation assay (PLA), an antibody-based detection method for protein-protein interaction. This method relies on specific binding of individual primary antibodies to the two putative interacting proteins. The primary antibodies need to have different hosts. The secondary antibodies against the two hosts have complementary oligonucleotide moieties attached to them. If the two antigens are in close proximity (presumably interacting with each other), the complementary oligonucleotides can anneal and fluorescent nucleotides can be incorporated in a single DNA polymerization step. Under a microscope, these reactions appear as punctate fluorescent spots, indicating successful PLA reaction and suggesting protein-protein interaction between the two antigens.

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Bronchial epitheliumDuolinkFluorescence microscopyJ774MacrophagesProtein-protein interactionProximal ligation assayToll-like receptors

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PMID29170752
PMCPMC5697770

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