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ISME J
February 2017
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Diverse microbes release membrane-bound extracellular vesicles from their outer surfaces into the surrounding environment. Vesicles are found in numerous habitats including the oceans, where they likely have a variety of functional roles in microbial ecosystems. Extracellular vesicles are known to contain a range of biomolecules including DNA, but the frequency with which DNA is packaged in vesicles is unknown.
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August 2007
dictyBase, Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 North Saint Clair Street Suite 1260, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
Here we present a protocol for the extraction of RNA from Dictyostelium discoideum. Dictyostelium is a social amoeba that undergoes a basic developmental program, and therefore analysis of RNA levels over a time course is a commonly used technique. This procedure is similar to other guanidine thiocyanate-based methods; however, it has been adjusted because of the large quantities of carbohydrate and nucleases found in Dictyostelium cells.
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August 2007
dictyBase, Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University, 676 North Saint Clair Street Suite 1260, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
In this protocol, we present a standard method for extracting DNA from cells of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum. While this procedure is similar to other phenol:chloroform-based purification methods, it is modified to account for the high level of carbohydrate and nucleases found in Dictyostelium cells. Genomic DNA can be isolated from wild-type and genetically modified cells using the described protocol, allowing molecular genetic analyses to be performed.
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