A Laboratory Guide to Biotin-Labeling in Biomolecule Analysis

1 An Introduction to Avidin-Biotin Technology and Options for Biotinylation.- 1.1 Introduction.- 1.2 Technical Procedures.- 1.3 Troubleshooting.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 2 Synthesis of Photocleavable Biotinylated Ligands and Application for Affinity Chromatography.- Summary.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Technical Procedures.- 2.3 Results and Discussion.- 2.4 Troubleshooting.- References.- 3 Purification of the Receptor for Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide (PACAP) using Biotinylated Ligands.- Summary.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Technical Procedures.- 3.3 Results and Discussion.- 3.4 Troubleshooting.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 4 Photoreactive Biotinylated Peptide Ligands for Affinity Labeling.- Summary.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Technical Procedures.- 4.3 Results and Discussion.- 4.4 Troubleshooting.- References.- 5 Immunoprecipitation of Biotinylated Cell Surface Proteins.- Summary.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Technical Procedures.- 5.3 Results and Discussion.- 5.4 Troubleshooting.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 6 Biotinylation and Chemical Cross-Linking of Membrane Associated Molecules.- Summary.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Technical Procedures.- 6.3 Results and Discussion.- 6.4 Troubleshooting.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 7 Preparation of Biotinylated Lectins and Application in Microtiter Plate Assays and Western Blotting.- Summary.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Technical Procedures.- 7.3 Results and Discussion.- 7.4 Troubleshooting.- Acknowledgements.- References.- 8 Biotin-Labeling of Poly(ADP-ribose) in Poly(ADP-ribose)-Protein Interactions.- Summary.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Technical Procedures.- 8.3 Results and Discussion.- 8.4 Troubleshooting.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 9 Preparation and Use of Biotinylated Probes for the Detection and Characterisation of Serine Proteinase and Serine Proteinas Inhibitory Proteins.- Summary.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Technical Procedures.- 9.3 Results and Discussion.- 9.4 Troubleshooting.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 10 Avidin/Biotin-Mediated Conjugation of Antibodies to Erythrocytes: An Approach for Immunoerythrocyte Exploration in vivo.- Summary.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Technical Procedures.- 10.3 Results and Discussion.- 10.4 Troubleshooting.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 11 Biotin in vitro Translation: A Nonradioactive Method for the Synthesis of Biotin-Labeled Proteins in a Cell-Free System.- Summary.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 Technical Procedures.- 11.3 Results and Discussion.- 11.4 Troubleshooting.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 12 Nonradioactive Detection of Nucleic Acids with Biotinylated Probes.- Summary.- 12.1 Introduction.- 12.2 Technical procedures.- 12.3 Results and discussion.- 12.4 Troubleshooting.- References.- 13 Biotin-Labeled Riboprobes to Study RNA-Binding Proteins.- Summary.- 13.1 Introduction.- 13.2 Technical Procedures.- 13.3 Results and Discussion.- 13.4 Troubleshooting.- Acknowledgments.- References.- 14 Rapid YAC End Sequencing by Alu-Vector PCR and Biotinylated Primers.- Summary.- 14.1 Introduction.- 14.2 Technical Procedures.- 14.3 Results and Discussion.- 14.4 Troubleshooting.- Acknowledgments.- References.