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Adaptation of Hybridization Capture of Chromatin-associated Proteins for Proteomics to Mammalian Cells
Published on: June 1, 2018
A flow cytometry-based method to simplify the analysis and quantification of protein association to chromatin in
Josep V Forment1, Stephen P Jackson1
11] The Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. [2] Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. [3] , University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Abstract:
Protein accumulation on chromatin has traditionally been studied using immunofluorescence microscopy or biochemical cellular fractionation followed by western immunoblot analysis. As a way to improve the reproducibility of this kind of analysis, to make it easier to quantify and to allow a streamlined application in high-throughput screens, we recently combined a classical immunofluorescence microscopy detection technique with flow cytometry. In addition to the features described above, and by combining it with detection of both DNA content and DNA replication, this method allows unequivocal and direct assignment of cell cycle distribution of protein association to chromatin without the need for cell culture synchronization. Furthermore, it is relatively quick (takes no more than a working day from sample collection to quantification), requires less starting material compared with standard biochemical fractionation methods and overcomes the need for flat, adherent cell types that are required for immunofluorescence microscopy.
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