Abstract:
A method for detecting an interaction between one or more protein bait and one or more candidate prey in a eukaryotic cell, comprising the steps of: a) providing an eukaryotic cell expressing (i) one or more protein bait, and (ii) one or more candidate prey, wherein said protein bait comprises a bait moiety and a polymerized-tubulin binding moiety. b) determining the occurence of an interaction between said one or more protein bait and said one or more candidate prey in the eukaryotic cell, wherein said protein bait is bound to polymerized tubulin in the eukaryotic cell, thereby localizing said one or more candidate prey along said polymerized tubulin, thereby detecting said interaction.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a method for coupling in-line the analysis of molecular interactions by surface plasmon resonance (SPR) with a structural identification by mass spectrometry using the same functionalized support for both types of analysis.
Abstract:
The invention is derived from the identification of mutations in the GJB6 gene, responsible for Clouston's syndrome. The symptomatology of said syndrome suggests that the GJB6 coding for connexin 30 (Cx-30), is most probably involved also in other types of alopecia with genetic susceptibility, in particular non-pathological. Therefore, the invention concerns the GJB6 gene sequence bearing at least one of the mutations 31 (G>A) and 263 (C>T), responsible for Clouston's syndrome, and the use of constructs comprising the GJB6 gene, both for preparing pharmaceutical compositions for treating Clouston's syndrome and/or certain disorders of the body hair system, and for screening molecules likely to have a beneficial effect in the treatment of alopecia. The invention also concerns methods for diagnosing Clouston's syndrome.