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ArticleMethods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)2019

Immunofluorescence of Microtubule Assemblies in Amphibian Oocytes and Early Embryos.

Thao Nguyen, Timothy J Mitchison, Martin Wühr

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Article in Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Authors and funding

3 authors.

Thao NguyenLewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics and Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Timothy J MitchisonDepartment of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Martin WührLewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics and Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA. wuhr@princeton.edu.

Funding

MICROTUBULE DYNAMICS AND MITOTIC MECHANISMR01GM039565 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI MITCHISON, TIMOTHY J · 1988 to 2018
$6.2M
Development of New Proteomics Technology and its Application to Study Cellular OrganizationR35GM128813 · NIGMS · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI Martin Wühr · 2018 to 2026
$4.0M
MICROTUBULE DYNAMICS AND MITOTIC MECHANISMR37GM039565 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO · PI MITCHISON, TIMOTHY J · 1997 to 2006
$3.2M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM039565NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128813NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM039565
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amphibian oocytes and embryos are classical models to study cellular and developmental processes. For these studies, it is often advantageous to visualize protein organization. However, the large size and yolk distribution make imaging of deep structures in amphibian zygotes challenging. Here we describe in detail immunofluorescence (IF) protocols for imaging microtubule assemblies in early amphibian development. We developed these protocols to elucidate how the cell division machinery adapts to drastic changes in embryonic cell sizes. We describe how to image mitotic spindles, microtubule asters, chromosomes, and nuclei in whole-mount embryos, even when they are hundreds of micrometers removed from the embryo's surface. Though the described methods were optimized for microtubule assemblies, they have also proven useful for the visualization of other proteins.

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Fluorescent Antibody TechniqueAmphibiansAnimalsEmbryo, NonmammalianMicroscopy, ConfocalMicrotubulesOocytesSpindle ApparatusXenopusAmphibiansDevelopmentEmbryosImmunofluorescenceLarge cellsMicrotubule astersMitotic spindleXenopusYolk clearing

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PMID30737683
PMCPMC6582944

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