1. How Genetics has Helped Piece Together the MAPK Signaling Pathway Dariel Ashton-Beaucage and Marc Therrien 2. In Vitro Enzyme Kinetics Analysis of EGFR Zhihong Wang and Christine Candelora
3. High-Throughput Analysis of Mammalian Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Activation in Yeast Cells
Nobuo Yoshimoto and Shun’ichi Kuroda
4. Structural Studies of ERK2 Protein Complexes
Johannes F. Weijman, Stefan J. Riedl, and Peter D. Mace
5. Isolation and Characterization of Intrinsically Active (MEK-Independent) Mutants of Mpk1/Erk
Tal Goshen-Lago, Dganit Melamed, Arie Admon, and David Engelberg
6. Assaying Activation and Subcellular Localization of ERK in Cells and Tissues Carme Caelles, Carles Bayod, and Melisa Morcillo
7. Detection and Functional Analysis of SUMO-Modified MEK
Yuji Kubota and Mutsuhiro Takekawa
8. Single-Step Affinity Purification of ERK Signaling Complexes Using the Streptavidin-Binding Peptide (SBP) Tag
Liu Yang and Alexey Veraksa
9. High-Throughput In Vitro Identification of Direct MAPK/Erk Substrates
Rona Grossmanand Ze'ev Paroush
10. Global Identification of ERK Substrates by Phosphoproteomics Based on IMAC and 2D-DIGE
Hidetaka Kosako and Kou Motani
11. Analysis of Ras/ERK Compartmentalization by Subcellular Fractionation
Lorena Agudo–Ibañez, Piero Crespo, and Berta Casar
12. Cell-Based Assays to Study ERK Pathway/Caveolin1 Interactions
Raffaele Strippoli, Asier Echarri, Miguel Angel del Pozo
13. The Nuclear Translocation of ERK
Denise A. Berti and Rony Seger
14. Visualization of RAS/MAPK Signaling In Situ by the Proximity Ligation Assay (PLA) Zijian Tang and Chengkai Dai
15. Measuring ERK Activity Dynamics in Single Living Cells Using FRET Biosensors
Yannick Blum, Rafael D. Fritz, Hyunryul Ryu, and Olivier Pertz
16. Quantifying Tensile Force and ERK Phosphorylation on Actin Stress Fibers
17. Co-Culture Activation of MAP Kinase in Drosophila S2 Cells
Josefa Steinhauer
18. Isolation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cell Lines in the Study of ERK1/2 MAP Kinase Signaling
Marc K. Saba-El-Leil, Christophe Frémin, and Sylvain Meloche
19. 3D Organotypic Culture Model to Study Components of ERK Signaling
Athina-Myrto Chioni, Rabia Tayba Bajwa, and Richard Grose
20. Genetic Validation of Cell Proliferation via Ras-Independent Activation of the Raf/Mek/Erk Pathway
Carmen G. Lechuga, Lucía Simón-Carrasco, Harrys K.C. Jacob, and Matthias Drosten
21. Genome-Wide Analysis of RAS/ERK Signaling Targets
Joshua P. Plotnik and Peter C. Hollenhorst
22. Probing Chromatin Modifications in Response to ERK Signaling
Ozgur Oksuz and Wee-Wei Tee
23. Analyzing pERK Activation during Planarian Regeneration
Susanna Fraguas, Yoshihiko Umesono, Kiyokazu Agata, and FrancescCebrià
24. Discovering Functional ERK Substrates Regulating Caenorhabditis elegans Germline Development
Jessica Jie Chen and Swathi Arur
25. Reconstructing ERK Signaling in the Drosophila Embryo from Fixed Images
Bomyi Lim, Carmeline J. Dsilva, Ioannis G. Kevrekidis, and Stanislav Y. Shvartsman
26. Drosophila
Marta Forés, Aikaterini Papagianni, Laura Rodríguez-Muñoz, and Gerardo Jiménez
27. Analyzing ERK Signal Dynamics during Zebrafish Somitogenesis
Takaaki Matsui and Yasumasa Bessho
28. Modeling RASopathies with Genetically Modified Mouse Models
Isabel Hernández-Porrasand Carmen Guerra
29. Dissecting Cell-Fate Determination through Integrated Mathematical Modeling of the ERK/MAPK Signaling Pathway
Sung-Young Shin and Lan K. Nguyen
This volume provides a collection of techniques and approaches for the study of ERK signaling. It begins with a historical perspective of genetic and molecular discoveries, followed by chapters covering specific topics in a broad range of experimental systems, including in vitro assays of EGFR and ERK activities; proteomic and genome-wide analyses of ERK signaling targets; cell biological, genetic, quantitative and imaging approaches in cells and model organisms; and integrated mathematical modeling of the ERK pathway. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols, and tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfalls.
Cutting-edge and thorough, ERK Signaling: Methods and Protocols will aid and stimulate further advances in the vibrant field of ERK signaling.