Journal
METHODS
Volume 51, Issue 1, Pages 114-120Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2010.02.001
Keywords
Nuclear transport; Nuclear pore complex; Xenopus oocyte; Microinjection; Electron microscopy; Virus
Funding
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)
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Microinjection of Xeno pus laevis oocytes is an excellent system for studying nuclear transport because of the large size of the oocyte and its high nuclear pore complex (NPC) density. In addition, the fact that Xeno pus oocytes are not permissive for most mammalian viruses makes this system especially useful for studying nuclear transport of viruses in the absence of the confounding factor of virus replication. In this article, we briefly discuss the contribution of microinjection of Xenopus oocytes to the field of nuclear transport. We then describe the protocols we have developed using microinjection of Xenopus oocytes to study nuclear transport of viral capsids, and summarize variations of the technique that can be used to address many different questions about the nuclear transport of viruses. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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