An Endogenously Tagged Fluorescent Fusion Protein Library in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells
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Author(s) • • • • • • • • •
Harikumar, Arigela
Edupuganti, Raghu Ram
Sorek, Matan
Azad, Gajendra Kumar
Markoulaki, Styliani
Sehnalová, Petra
Legartová, Soňa
Bártová, Eva
Farkash-Amar, Shlomit
Jaenisch, Rudolf
Date Issued
September 2017
Journal
Stem Cell Reports
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Elsevier
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Harikumar, Arigela et al. “An Endogenously Tagged Fluorescent Fusion Protein Library in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells.” Stem Cell Reports 9, 4 (October 2017): 1304–1314 © 2017 The Authors
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Abstract
Embryonic stem cells (ESCs), with their dual capacity to self-renew and differentiate, are commonly used to study differentiation, epigenetic regulation, lineage choices, and more. Using non-directed retroviral integration of a YFP/Cherry exon into mouse ESCs, we generated a library of over 200 endogenously tagged fluorescent fusion proteins and present several proof-of-concept applications of this library. We show the utility of this library to track proteins in living cells; screen for pluripotency-related factors; identify heterogeneously expressing proteins; measure the dynamics of endogenously labeled proteins; track proteins recruited to sites of DNA damage; pull down tagged fluorescent fusion proteins using anti-Cherry antibodies; and test for interaction partners. Thus, this library can be used in a variety of different directions, either exploiting the fluorescent tag for imaging-based techniques or utilizing the fluorescent fusion protein for biochemical pull-down assays, including immunoprecipitation, co-immunoprecipitation, chromatin immunoprecipitation, and more. Keywords: embryonic stem cells; imaging; live imaging; fluorescence; differentiation; pluripotency; GFP; microscopy; DNA damage; protein dynamics
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
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https://doi.org/10.1016/J.STEMCR.2017.08.022