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We demonstrate labeling of Caenorhabditis elegans with heavy isotope–labeled lysine by feeding them with heavy isotope–labeled Escherichia coli. Using heavy isotope–labeled worms and quantitative proteomics methods, we identified several proteins that are regulated in response to loss or RNAi-mediated knockdown of the nuclear hormone receptor 49 in C. elegans. The combined use of quantitative proteomics and selective gene knockdown is a powerful tool for C. elegans biology.
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We thank K.E. Budtz and L. Jakobsen for technical assistance, S.R. Kushner (University of Georgia, Athens) for bacterial strains, and The Danish Research Council and the Novo Nordisk A/S Foundation for financial support.
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J.F., K.E.-K., A.G., P.H., M.R.L., J.M.-J. and N.J.F. designed research; J.F., K.E.-K., A.G., D.P., P.H., J.M.-J. and N.J.F. performed research and analyzed data; J.F. and N.F. wrote the manuscript, which K.E.K., P.H., M.R.L. and J.M.J. improved. N.F., J.M.J., M.R.L. and P.H. provided funding.
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Protein list of all identified, quantified and regulated proteins in strain N2 and in nhr-49(nr2041) worms and in N2 nhr-49 RNAi worms. (XLSX 2303 kb)
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Fredens, J., Engholm-Keller, K., Giessing, A. et al. Quantitative proteomics by amino acid labeling in C. elegans. Nat Methods 8, 845–847 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.1675
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