Chemical genetics and drug discovery in Xenopus

Tomlinson, Matthew L., Henry, Adam E. and Wheeler, Grant N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4335-8577 (2012) Chemical genetics and drug discovery in Xenopus. Methods in Molecular Biology, 917. pp. 155-166. ISSN 1940-6029

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Abstract

Chemical genetics uses small molecules to modulate protein function and has the potential to perturb any biochemical event in a complex cellular context. The application of chemical genetics to dissect biological processes has become an attractive alternative to mutagenesis screens due to its technical simplicity, inexpensive reagents, and low-startup costs. Xenopus embryos are particularly amenable to whole organism chemical genetic screens. Here we describe the basic protocols we have developed to screen small compound libraries on Xenopus laevis embryos. We score embryos either by observing phenotypic changes in the whole tadpole or by changes in gene expression pattern using automated wholemount in situ hybridization.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Wheeler Group Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Cells and Tissues
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	25 Jun 2013 10:15
Last Modified:	03 Nov 2023 02:23
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/42786
DOI:	10.1007/978-1-61779-992-1_9

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