Part I: Bioinformatic Tools for Selenoprotein Identification and Evolution

1. SECISearch3 and Seblastian: In Silico Tools to Predict SECIS Elements and Selenoproteins

Marco Mariotti

2. Selenoprofiles: A Computational Pipeline for Annotation of Selenoproteins

Didac Santesmasses, Marco Mariotti, and Roderic Guigó

3. SelGenAmic: An Algorithm for Selenoprotein Gene Assembly

Liang Jiang and Qiong Liu

4. Selenocysteine tRNA^[Ser]Sec, the Central Component of Selenoprotein Biosynthesis: Isolation, Identification, Modification and Sequencing

Bradley A. Carlson, Byeong Jae Lee, Petra A. Tsuji, Paul R. Copeland, Ulrich Schweizer, Vadim N. Gladyshe, and Dolph L. Hatfield

5. Identification and Characterization of Proteins that Bind to Selenoprotein 3' UTRs

Eric M. Cockman and Donna M. Driscoll

6. Specific Chemical Approaches for Studying Mammalian Ribosomes Complexed with Ligands Involved in Selenoprotein Synthesis

Olga Kossinova, Alexey Malygin, Alain Krol, and Galina Karpova

7. In vitro Translation Assays for Selenocysteine Insertion

Mark H. Pinkerton and Paul R. Copeland

8. Studying Selenoprotein mRNA Translation using RNA-Seq and Ribosome Profiling

9. Modification of Selenoprotein mRNAs by Cap Tri-methylation

Anne-Sophie Gribling-Burrer, Gilbert Eriani, and Christine Allmang

Part III: Selenoprotein Detection and Quantification

10. Total Selenium Quantification in Biological Samples by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)

Véronique Vacchina and Jean Dumont

11. Quantification of SeMet and SeCys in Biological Fluids and Tissues by Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (HPLC - ICP MS)

Véronique Vacchina, Katarzyna Bierla, Joanna Szpunar, and Ryszard Lobinski

12. Simultaneous Speciation of Selenoproteins and Selenometabolites in Plasma and Serum

Belén Callejón-Leblic, Gema Rodríguez-Moro, Tamara García-Barrera, and José Luis Gómez-Ariza

13. Radioactive ⁷⁵Se Labeling and Detection of Selenoproteins

Sun Hee Yim, Ryuta Tobe, Anton A. Turanov, and Bradley A. Carlson

14. Non-radioactive Isotopic Labeling and Tracing of Selenoproteins in Cultured Cell Lines

Jordan Sonet, Sandra Mounicou, and Laurent Chavatte

15. Detection of Selenoproteins by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP MS) in Immobilized pH Gradient (IPG) Strips

Jordan Sonet, Sandra Mounicou, and Laurent Chavatte

16. Imaging of Selenium by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) in 2-D Electrophoresis Gels and Biological Tissues

Elisa Castañeda Santa Cruz, J. Susanne Becker, J. Sabine Becker, and Alessandra Sussulini

Part IV: Selenoprotein Overexpression, Purification, and Activity

17. Overexpression of Recombinant Selenoproteins in E. coli

Qing Cheng and Elias S.J. Arnér

18. Preparation of Selenocysteine-containing Forms of Human SELENOK and SELENOS

Zhengqi Zhang, Jun Liu, and Sharon Rozovsky

19. Selenocysteine Mediated Expressed Protein Ligation of SELENOM

Jun Liu, Qingqing Chen and Sharon Rozovsky

20. Monitoring of Methionine Sulfoxide Content and Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase Activity

Lionel T