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La Jolla Institute for Immunology (La Jolla, CA)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Tools of the Day
Viral Prep
Depositor: Karl Deisseroth
Purpose: Ready-to-use AAV8 particles produced from pAAV-nEF-Con/Foff 2.0-ChR2(ET/TC)-EYFP (#137140). nEF-driven, Cre-dependent expression of ChR2(E123T/T159C)-EYFP (inhibited in presence of Flp) for optogenetic activation. These AAV preparations are suitable purity for injection into animals.
Antibody
Depositor: James Trimmer
Purpose: Anti-Beta4-spectrin (Human) recombinant mouse monoclonal antibody