Table of Contents

The Ins and Outs of Protein Kinase C.- Early Studies of Protein Kinase C.- Expression and Purification.- Expression and Purification of Protein Kinase C from Insect Cells.- Expression and Purification of Protein Kinase C? from Bacteria.- Measuring the Activity of Protein Kinase C.- Complexities in Protein Kinase C Activity Assays.- Enzyme Assays for Protein Kinase C Activity.- Subcellular Translocation of Protein Kinase C.- Measuring the Interaction of Protein Kinase C with Membranes.- Measuring the Interaction of Protein Kinase C with Membranes.- Fluorescence Imaging of Protein Kinase C Translocation in Living Cells.- Measuring the Binding of Protein Kinase C to Sucrose-Loaded Vesicles.- Use of Stopped-Flow Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Measure Rapid Membrane Binding by Protein Kinase C.- [3H]Phorbol 12,13-Dibutyrate Binding Assay for Protein Kinase C and Related Proteins.- Measuring the Phosphorylation of Protein Kinase C.- Protein Kinase C Phosphorylation.- Pulse-Chase Analysis of Protein Kinase C.- PDK-1 and Protein Kinase C Phosphorylation.- In Vitro Autophosphorylation of Protein Kinase C Isozymes.- Tyrosine Phosphorylation of Protein Kinase C.- Methods to Study Dephosphorylation of Protein Kinase C In Vivo.- Phosphopeptide-Specific Antibodies to Protein Kinase C.- Identifying Protein Kinase C Substrates.- Identifying Protein Kinase C Substrates.- A Chemical Genetic Approach for the Identification of Direct Substrates of Protein Kinases.- Studying the Optimal Peptide Substrate Motifs of Protein Kinase C Using Oriented Peptide Libraries.- Structural Analysis of Protein Kinase C.- Structural Analysis of Protein Kinase C.- Bacterial Expression and Purification of C1 and C2 Domains of Protein Kinase C Isoforms.- Crystallization of the Protein Kinase C? C1B Domain.-Methods for Detecting Binding Proteins.- Methods for Detecting Binding Proteins.- Detection of Protein Kinase-Binding Partners by the Yeast Two-Hybrid Analysis.- Glutathione S-Transferase Pull-Down Assay.- Overlay Method for Detecting Protein-Protein Interactions.- An Overlay Assay for Detecting Protein Kinase C-Binding Proteins and Substrates.- Functional Proteomic Analysis of the Protein Kinase C Signaling System.- Pharmacological Probes for Protein Kinase C.- Pharmacological Probes for Protein Kinase C.- Applications of Inhibitors for Protein Kinase C and Their Isoforms.- Phorbol Esters as Probes for the Study of Protein Kinase C Function.- Irreversible Inactivation of Protein Kinase C Isozymes by Thiol-Reactive Peptide Substrate Analogs.- Genetic Approaches to Studying Protein Kinase C.- Genetic Approaches to Studying Protein Kinase C.- Animal Models in the Study of Protein Kinase C Isozymes.- Genetic Manipulation of Protein Kinase C In Vivo.- Yeast as a Host to Screen for Modulators and Regulatory Regions of Mammalian Protein Kinase C Isoforms.- Protein Kinase C in Disease.- Protein Kinase C in Disease.- Characterization of the Role of Protein Kinase C Isozymes in Colon Carcinogenesis Using Transgenic Mouse Models.- Alcohol Addiction.

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