摘要
Numerouscellularfunctionsoccurinspatiallyandtemporallyconfinedregions.Recentstudieshaveshownthatmembrane-lessorganellesandcompartmentsinthecellareassembledvialiquid-liquidphaseseparation(LLPS).InvitroLLPSassaysusingrecombinantexpressedandpurifiedproteinsarenecessaryforustofurtherunderstandhowtheassemblyofphase-separatedcompartmentsisregulatedincells.However;uniformstandardsandprotocolsarelackingfortheseinvitrostudies.Here,wedescribeastep-by-stepprotocolcommonlyusedtoinvestigateinvitroLLPSusingpurifiedproteins.Thisprotocolincludesexpressionandpurificationofthestudiedproteins,inductionofLLPSofthepurifiedproteins,andstudiesofthebiophysicalpropertiesoftheliquiddropletsformedbyLLPS.TheseprotocolscanbeeasilyfollowedbyresearcherstoinvestigatetheLLPSbehaviorsofproteinsofinterest.
出版日期
2019年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)