Mitochondrial DNA : methods and protocols /

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Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:New York : Humana Press, c2009.
Description:xi, 403 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language:English
Series:Methods in molecular biology, 1064-3745 ; v. 554
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) ; v. 554.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7847698
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Other authors / contributors:Stuart, Jeffrey A. (Jeffrey Alan), 1968-
ISBN:9781934115602 (alk. paper)
1934115606 (alk. paper)
9781597455213 (e-ISBN)
1597455210 (e-ISBN)
Notes:"Springer protocols"--cover.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Contributors
  • Part I. Mitochondrial DNA Replication, Transcription, Translation, and Respiratory Complex Assembly
  • 1. Biochemical Isolation of mtDNA Nucleoids from Animal Cells
  • 2. Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA by Two-Dimensional Agarose Gel Electrophorsis
  • 3. Comparative Purification Strategies for Drosophila and Human Mitochondrial DNA Replication Proteins: DNA Polymerase ¿ and Mitochondrial Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein
  • 4. Functional Analysis of Mutant Mitochondrial DNA Polymerase Proteins Involved in Human Disease
  • 5. Preparation of Human Mitochondrial Single-Stranded DNA-Binding Protein
  • 6. Methods for Assessing Binding of Mitochondrial Transcription Factor A (TFAM) to DNA
  • 7. Inducible Expression in Human Cells, Purification, and In Vitro Assays for the Mitochondrial DNA Helicase Twinkle
  • 8. Purification Strategy for Recombinant Forms of the Human Mitochondrial DNA Helicase
  • 9. Methods for Studying Mitochondrial Transcription Termination with Isolated Components
  • 10. Oxidative Phosphorylation: Synthesis of Mitochondrially Encoded Proteins and Assembly of Individual Structural Subunits into Functional Holoenzyme Complexes
  • Part II. Mitochondrial DNA Damage And Repair
  • 11. Reactive Oxygen Species Production by Mitochondria
  • 12. Measuring mtDNA Damage Using a Supercoiling-Sensitive qPCR Approach
  • 13. Quantitative Analysis of Oxidized Guanine, 8-Oxoguanine, in Mitochondrial DNA by Immunofluorescence Method
  • 14. In Vitro Measurement of DNA Base Excision Repair in Isolated Mitochondria
  • 15. Targeting Repair Proteins to the Mitochondria of Mammalian Cells Through Stable Transfection, Transient Transfection, Viral Transduction, and TAT-Mediated Protein Transduction
  • 16. Construction and Characterization of a Cell Line Deficient in Repair of Mitochondrial, but Not Nuclear, Oxidative DNA Damage
  • Part III. Mitochondrial DNA Mutations
  • 17. Mitochondrial DNA Oxidative Damage and Mutagenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
  • 18. Determination of DNA Mutation Load in Human Tissues Using Denaturing HPLC-Based Heteroduplex Analysis
  • 19. Rapid Identification of Unknown Heteroplasmic Mitochondrial DNA Mutations with Mismatch-Specific Surveyor Nuclease
  • 20. Collection of Isolated Cells for Studying Mitochondrial DNA Mutations Within Individual Cells
  • 21. Quantitative Analysis of Somatic Mitochondrial DNA Mutations by Single-Cell Single-Molecule PCR
  • 22. Measuring DNA Precursor Pools in Mitochondria
  • 23. Establishment of Human Cell Lines Lacking Mitochondrial DNA
  • Index