Metabolic labeling with amino acids.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Metabolic labeling techniques are used to study biosynthesis, processing, intracellular transport, secretion, degradation, and physical-chemical properties of proteins. This unit focuses on pulse-labeling and pulse-chase experiments done with [(35)S]-methionine, but gives directions for labeling with other radiolabeled amino acids, and also offers guidance for the safe use and handling of 35S-labeled compounds.
PMID: 18429172 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]