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Chapters
- 00:00Introduction
- 00:42Maintenance, Synchronization and Preparation of Transgenic Nematodes for Monitoring de novo Protein Synthesis
- 02:11FRAP Assay using Transgenic Animals Expressing Somatic Tissue Reporters plfe-2GFP and psod-3GFP
- 03:01Mounting the Samples and Perform FRAP Assay using Transgenic Nematodes Expressing Pan-Neuronally Cytoplasmic GFP, punc-119GFP
- 04:19Representative Results: In Vivo Assessment of de novo Protein Synthesis in C. elegans
- 05:46Conclusion
Here, we introduce and describe a nonradioactive and noninvasive method to assess de novo protein synthesis in vivo, utilizing the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans and fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP). This method can be combined with genetic and/or pharmacological screens to identify novel modulators of protein synthesis.
