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Protein Extraction from Neuronal Cells
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This protocol outlines the extraction of proteins from neuronal cancer cells. The cells are washed with a buffer and lysed via enzymatic and mechanical disruption. The extracted protein-rich supernatant is collected after centrifugation.
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RNA Extraction Assay: A Method to Extract RNA from miRNA Transfected Lung Cancer Cells
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This video describes the RNA extraction protocol from miRNA transfected lung cancer cells. This approach can be used to identify a combinatorial miRNA treatment activity in halting the cell cycle and angiogenesis.
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Cell-Free Protein Expression Using a Bacterial Crude Cell Extract
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2025
Source: Wiegand, D. J., et al. Cell-free Protein Expression Using the Rapidly Growing Bacterium Vibrio natriegens. J. Vis. Exp. (2019).This video demonstrates the use of a bacterial cell-free protein expression system based on Vibrio natriegens crude lysate to perform coupled in vitro transcription and translation. It highlights the preparation of a master mix with essential components and the step-by-step synthesis of functional proteins from a DNA template.
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Preparation of Crude Cell Extract from Vibrio natriegens
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2025
Source: Wiegand, D. J., et al. Cell-free Protein Expression Using the Rapidly Growing Bacterium Vibrio natriegens. J. Vis. Exp. (2019).This video demonstrates the preparation of a cell extract from Vibrio natriegens, a rapidly growing bacterium known for its high protein synthesis rate. The bacterial pellet is washed and resuspended in lysis buffer before sonication on ice to prevent cellular degradation. The lysate is centrifuged to separate insoluble cell debris, and the cell extract is...
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RNA Extraction from Neuroprecursor Cells Using the Bio-Rad Total RNA Kit
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The preparation is designed to retain soluble, functionally useful material while removing structures that could obscure measurements. Lysis releases enzymes, ribosomes, nucleic acids, metabolites, and cofactors; centrifugation or filtration then removes intact cells and debris. This separation matters because the resulting mixture preserves molecular activities while reducing the complexity associated with whole-cell experiments.
Their molecular machinery can carry out gene-expression reactions without requiring intact cells. Nucleic acids provide information, while ribosomes, enzymes, metabolites, and cofactors support the molecular steps needed for transcription or translation. Researchers can therefore examine these processes under controlled conditions, separating the reaction itself from other activities occurring simultaneously inside a living organism.
Removing intact cells gives researchers greater control over the reaction environment and makes molecular events easier to measure. The extract provides access to cellular machinery while avoiding the additional complexity of a complete living system. This approach is particularly useful when the goal is to isolate a biochemical activity, examine a pathway, or evaluate gene expression directly.
Preparation begins by disrupting the cell membrane through mechanical or chemical lysis. The disrupted material is then processed by centrifugation, filtration, or both to separate intact cells and debris from the soluble fraction. The recovered extract contains the molecular components needed for downstream transcription, translation, enzymatic assays, or biochemical pathway analysis.
These experiments can reveal whether selected molecular machinery supports transcription, translation, or a particular enzymatic reaction under defined conditions. They also allow researchers to analyze biochemical pathways and measure reactions without the confounding activities of intact cells. The resulting observations help connect specific enzymes, nucleic acids, metabolites, and cofactors with biological functions.
In synthetic biology, extracts provide a controllable platform for reconstituting cellular processes and testing engineered systems outside living organisms. Their transcriptional and translational capabilities can also support protein production, while their biochemical components enable pathway studies. These applications let researchers investigate or build biological functions with direct access to the underlying molecular reactions.