Western Blot Analysis of C. elegans Proteins

Methods Mol Biol. 2018:1742:213-225. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7665-2_19.

Abstract

C. elegans has been widely used as a model organism for basic biological research and is particularly amenable for molecular genetic studies using a broad repertoire of techniques. Biochemical approaches, including Western blot analysis, have emerged as a powerful tool in C. elegans biology for understanding molecular mechanisms that link genotypes to phenotypes. Here, we provide a protocol for Western blot analysis using protein extracts obtained from C. elegans samples.

Keywords: C. elegans; Protein extraction; SDS-PAGE; Western blot.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blotting, Western / methods*
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics
  • Caenorhabditis elegans / metabolism*
  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics
  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism*
  • Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
  • Genotype
  • Models, Animal
  • Phenotype

Substances

  • Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins