Name: dissection of organizer and animal pole explants from xenopus laevis embryos and assembly of a cell adhesion assay
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<td>1x MBS-H</td>
<td>Buffer</td>
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<td>Modified Barth&#x2019;s medium: 1L recipe
5.14g		NaCl
75mg		KCl
0.2g		NaHCO3
0.2g		MgSO4&#x2022;7H2O
60mg		CaCl2&#x2022;2H2O
80mg		Ca(NO3)2&#x2022;4H2O
2.38g		HEPES, free-acid
Adjust the pH to 7.4 with NaOH.  Autoclave.
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<td>CMF-MBS	</td>
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<td>This is Ca2+/Mg2+-free version of MBS-H. 500ml recipe :
2.57g		NaCl
37.5mg		KCl
0.1g		NaHCO3
1.19g		HEPES, free-acid
Adjust the pH to 7.4 with NaOH.  Autoclave.
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<td>1% agarose/1x Barth&#x2019;s plates</td>
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<td>as many as the number of samples</td>
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<td>1% agarose/CMF-MBS plates</td>
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<td>as many as the number of samples</td>
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<td>E-Cadherin/Fc chimera </td>
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<td>Fibronectin, 0.1% solution </td>
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<td>F-1141</td>
<td>This pre-made solution can be used as 50x stock.  Make 1/50 dilution with 1x MBS-H make 20ug/ml working solution just before you use.  You need 200ul per samples of this working solution.
I do NOT recommend using solid Fibronectin, because it is difficult to dissolve at 0.1% concentration to make the stock solution. Although it is more expensive, this pre-made 0.1% solution is better to obtain consistent results.
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<td>Sigmacoted yellow tips </td>
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<td>Press-to-seal silicon insulator</td>
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<td>Glace Bio-Labs</td>
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<td>NUNC Lab-Tek Chambered Coverglass</td>
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<td>Fisher</td>
<td>12-565-471</td>
<td>2wells/slides </td>
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<td>Grid slide glass</td>
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<td>or Finder graticule for cell counting</td>
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dissection of organizer and animal pole explants from xenopus laevis embryos and assembly of a cell adhesion assay

Watch this Scientific Journal Video about Dissection of Organizer and Animal Pole Explants from Xenopus laevis Embryos and Assembly of a Cell Adhesion Assay at JoVE.com

Dissection of Organizer and Animal Pole Explants from Xenopus laevis Embryos and Assembly of a Cell Adhesion Assay

<p class="jove_content">Deze video toont de techniek die gebruikt wordt voor de voorbereiding van organisator en dier pole explantaten van Xenopus laevis embryo&#39;s, waaronder het gebruik van de wenkbrauw mes - een speciale tool gemaakt dissectie van je wenkbrauw. Het protocol voor het monteren van een adhesie-test wordt ook gegeven, die probes voor de aanwezigheid van belangrijke adhesiemoleculen op het oppervlak aanwezig organisator of dierlijke paal cellen die essentieel zijn voor een goede ontwikkeling.</p>

Ontleding van Organisator en dierlijke Pole Explantaten van Xenopus laevis embryo&#39;s en montage van een Celadhesie Assay

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