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  1. Teaching an Old DOG New Tricks: Controlling Protein Activity with GFP

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    ...GBPs/GFP. The new system, CRE-DOG (Cre Dependent On GFP), is activated by GFP and derivatives GFP and ...to bind GFP. The idea of using GFP as a scaffold suddenly seemed very realistic. Envisioning GFP as a substrate...presence of GFP. These systems, known as T-DDOG and Cre-DOG, respectively, repurpose popular GFP reporter...lines expressing GFP in specific cell types to do more than just label cells. If GFP could be co-opted...co-opted to control gene expression, he could then selectively manipulate only GFP-labeled cells. Once Tang ...tested pairs of their GFP-binding proteins (GBPs) to find those that could co-occupy GFP. Once they’d found...culture system. In cells cotransfected with GFP and the GBPs, GFP linked the two GBPs together to create a...
  2. Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids

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    ...the various controls that can be used for plasmid-based experiments. What are control plasmids? Generally...Negative controls: untreated cells, empty vector control, and non-targeting control Negative control conditions...follow an example of a plasmid-based experiment, delineate its requisite control plasmids, and discuss why ...Transfection controls: empty vector and internal control A transfection control measures transfection efficiency...cells. One transfection control is an empty vector control; specifically, the plasmid without the independent...empty control vector would be Plasmid A sans shRNA, or backbone Y alone. The empty vector control allows...internal control may be a plasmid that constitutively expresses a reporter protein (e.g., GFP or luciferase...
  3. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)

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    ...Bioluminescence and fluorescence from proteins such as Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) has likely existed...scientists to begin to study GFP and deduce its biochemical properties. Now GFP and its fluorescent derivatives...biology. Scientists can easily utilize GFP-containing plasmids as a means to many functional ends. We’...fusions. Transcription Reporter: Placing GFP under the control of a promoter of interest can be used to...selection: Expression constructs like plasmids often include GFP as a marker to help identify which cells...taken up the plasmid. This can serve as an alternative to antibiotic selection. Plasmids of this type ...type may have the GFP under the control of an additional promoter from that of the gene of interest, or expressed...
  4. FlipGFP, a novel fluorescence protease reporter to study apoptosis

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    ...self-assembling split GFP (GFP1-9 and GFP10-11) by flipping a single β-strand of GFP, hence the name FlipGFP...system, and cell turnover. Apoptosis is a highly controlled process that is triggered by internal and external...ZipGFP, which utilized the self-assembling split GFP (GFP1-10 and GFP11) to increase fluorescence 10-fold...reporters (Zhang et al., 2019). How does FlipGFP work? GFP contains 11 β-strands and one central ɑ-helix that...dynamics of apoptosis during embryo development. GFP fluorescence increased over time and showed a clear...these diseases and disorders. You can find the plasmids for FlipGFP and FlipCherry at Addgene. References...protein-protein interaction sensor based on tripartite split-GFP association." Scientific reports 3 (2013): 2854. ...
  5. Control AAV Preps

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    ...CAG-NLS-GFP CAG NLS-GFP Constitutive PHPeB Viviana Gradinaru 116869 pAAV-CAG-H2B-GFP CAG H2B-GFP Constitutive...Packaging Service AAV Controls Viral Vector Packaging Service: Control AAV Browse our control AAV that express...quality AAV preps from select plasmids in the repository. Browse our control AAV collection, including fluorescent...Fluorophore/Tag Activity Serotype PI 37825 AAV-CAG-GFP CAG GFP Constitutive 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, rg*, PHPeB...PHP.eB, PHP.S Edward Boyden 83900 pAAV-mDlx-GFP-Fishell-1 Dlx GFP Constitutive 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, rg*, PHP.eB ...Constitutive 2 Ivo Spiegel 214147 pAAV-hIBA1a-GFP-miR124T hIBA1a GFP Constitutive 5 Chun-Li Zhang 20299 pAAV-EF1a-double... Viviana Gradinaru 83895 pAAV-hDlx-Flex-GFP-Fishell_6 Dlx GFP Cre dependent 1, 2, 8, 9, rg* Gordon Fishell...
  6. New Optogenetic Tools for Cytoskeleton and Membrane Control

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    ..., VVDfast to control recruitment of an “anchor” to microtubules and iLID-SspB to control the recruitment...reversibly control Rho GTPase activity on a global to subcellular scale, enabling precise control over vascular...Optogenetics gives you the power to control cells or organisms with the flip of a switch. You may be ...with popular light-sensitive ion channels used to control activities like neuronal signaling — think of a... a few recently-deposited optogenetic tools to control the cytoskeleton and cell membrane dynamics. First...module, which are also available as lentiviral plasmids if you want to make a stable cell line. This design...component of the cytoskeleton – actin? Actin dynamics control cell morphology, movement, and more, often driven...
  7. A New Optogenetic Tool Based on AraC Controls Gene Expression with Blue Light

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    .... pBLADEONLY: This plasmid contains only BLADE and is based on the pTRC99a plasmid. It does not include...Their system is based on the AraC protein that controls transcription from the PBAD promoter. “AraC is...AraC and other promoter systems, head over to our Plasmids 101: Inducible Promoters article.) Modifying AraC...reporter downstream of the PBAD promoter. To use this plasmid with your gene of interest, you would replace mCherry...PBAD promoter. If you already have a pBAD33-based plasmid expressing your gene of interest, all you have ... of interest, under the pBAD promoter, can be controlled with light without the need of any cloning. ...strain transformed with pBLADE expressing superfolder GFP instead of mCherry under the PBAD promoter. They ...
  8. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - May 2020

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    ... of our control plasmids in new serotypes, as well as a new Cre dependent GFP control plasmid for expression... Cre and GFP. The GFP dependent FLPo, Flp-DOG (75469), is also available in AAV1. Plasmid Serotype .... Find the Dolcetto lentiviral prep here Control AAV Control AAV allow researchers to not only interpret...mediated neuronal control. The advantages of optogenetics lie in the spatiotemporal control offered by the...respectively of a GFP dependent Cre. The two segments come together in the presence of GFP to form a functional... pAAV-hDlx-GqDREADD-dTomato-Fishell-4 Controls Plasmid Serotype Name 114471 AAV2 pAAV-Ef1a-fDIO...mCherry 83900 AAVrg pAAV-mDlx-GFP-Fishell-1 Biosensors Plasmid Serotype Name 83899 AAVrg pAAV-mDlx-GCaMP6f-Fishell...
  9. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    ...dim GFPs The availability of the three dimensional structure of GFP, its brighter mutant S65T-GFP, and...and GFP shRNA. Mice carrying the R26DsRedR; CRUSH-GFP; and Nestin-Cre alleles showed efficient GFP knockdown... Hot Plasmid list. Other popular plasmids & blog posts @Addgene: The 10 Most Distributed Plasmid Technologies...Updated mini-transposon vector for bacterial mutagenesis or gene targeting Victor de Lorenzo's lab...inducible inactivation. Find the Robinson plasmids or the Royle plasmids and get to work! Robinson et al...editing. Dr. Masahito Ikawa has created a GFP reporter plasmid for scientists to validate the efficacy ... target sequence, the plasmid undergoes HR or SSA to reconstitute functional GFP, and the cells will turn...
  10. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    ...At Addgene we're continually impressed with the amazing plasmid technologies developed by our community...amazing new plasmid tools that have come through our doors in 2015. Do you have a favorite new plasmid tool ...temporal control over CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome modification and gene expression. The plasmids associated...system plasmids are available through Addgene and are already very popular. Use these plasmids to increase...both the GFP and the RFP proteins in the nucleus. During the first round of translation, the GFP proteins... can visualize: Cell Structure Plasmids: Cell Structure Plasmids: ER mCherry-Sec61 beta BFP-Sec61...Compartment mCherry-Rab5 BFP-Rab5 GFP-Rab5B Vacuolar & Budding Compartment GFP-Rab4B Mitochondria mito-BFP...
  11. Plasmids 101: Knockout/Knock-In Plasmids

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    ...recombinase. If GFP is under control of an endogenous promoter, you can use expression GFP to track cells...One of the most powerful strategies to investigate a gene's function is to inactivate, or "knockout",...knockout a given gene and insert GFP into the genome, we’d create a plasmid similar to the one shown below...to tag an endogenous protein with GFP, as seen in blue flame plasmid OCT4-eGFP-PGK-Puro from the Jaenisch...designed to insert GFP into a given locus.   Conditional knockouts The methods and plasmids described in...DNA designed in the lab. Specially constructed plasmids can be used to replace genes in yeast, mice, or...gene. Here, we'll describe the techniques and the plasmids used to inactivate specific genes in mammalian...
  12. Plasmids for Endogenous Gene Tagging in Human Cells

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    ...Designing the donor plasmid Figure 2: Donor plasmid design strategy. A donor plasmid contains 1 kb homology...and tested plasmids that use CRISPR/Cas9 to endogenously tag a wide variety of genes with GFP. These plasmids...found within the homology areas of the plasmid to prevent the plasmid from being cut and destroyed by CRISPR...introduced donor plasmid as a repair template. This results in the insertion of the GFP tag precisely where... the tag. Created with BioRender.com. Plasmids, plasmids everywhere To find out more about gene edited...individual proteins under endogenous regulatory control. But even with the advent of CRISPR/Cas9 technology... in human cell lines. Furthermore, the quality control necessary to ensure the edited cells are behaving...
  13. Lentivirus Production

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    ...DNAs: Lentiviral Packaging plasmid(s), Envelope plasmid, and Transfer plasmid encoding your insert of interest...transfection plasmids into OptiPro SFM: Reagent Amount per 10 cm dish* Packaging Plasmid ( psPAX2 ) 1.3...1.3 pmol Envelope Plasmid ( pMD2.G ) 0.72 pmol Transfer Plasmid* 1.64 pmol OptiPro SFM to total volume...volume 500 μL *Plasmid concentrations and ratios should be optimized for each transfer plasmid. Pro-Tip Endotoxins...therefore, plasmid DNA purification should include an endotoxin removal step. For high quality plasmid DNA, ... cm dish). Using transfer plasmid pHAGE TRE dCas9-KRAB (total μg of plasmid DNA 27.8 μg), this would be...1: 293T cells were transfected with the GFP-expression plasmid pRosetta using μg total DNA to μg PEI ratios...
  14. Hot Plasmids - January 2023

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    ...released Anti-GFP [N86/8R] as another option for targeting GFP. But why might you need a second GFP antibody...of the new plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. ...  Find heat-inducible lentiviral plasmids here!   Wu Y, et. al. Control of the activity of CAR-T cells ...PMCID: PMC9015817.   Meet anti-GFP [N86/8R]! by: Ashley Waldron Anti-GFP [N86/38.1R] was among the first...for mEGFP-HRas (from Plasmid 18662). See the Applications section on the Anti-GFP [N86/8R] page for more... missed something smokin'? You can pitch a Hot Plasmids section (antibodies and viral preps welcome!) ...system Heat-inducible lentiviral Car constructs Anti-GFP [N86/8R] ready-to-use antibody Hyperfolder YFP ...
  15. Plasmids 101: What is a plasmid?

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    ...cloning plasmids, expression plasmids, gene knock-down plasmids, reporter plasmids, viral plasmids, and ... of scientists and plasmid lovers - serves as an introduction to plasmids. Plasmids 101 will provide you...quantity inside a cell Plasmids 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) Plasmids 101: Luciferase Monitor...be asked to design, modify, or construct a plasmid. A plasmid is a small circular piece of DNA found in... components that make up a plasmid and why each is important. Our “Plasmids 101” series designed to educate...advancing the field.   What is a plasmid? At their most basic level, plasmids are small circular pieces of...virulence. All natural plasmids contain an origin of replication (which controls the host range and copy...
  16. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - September 2021

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    ...subset of the new plasmids and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need... CRISPR plasmids are always being added to the repository. To find all of the CRISPR plasmids available...cell free system allows for a relatively simple, controlled “one-pot” reaction capable of reproducing useful... Xiao Wang Lab has recently deposited a set of plasmids that helps identify base edited cell populations...populations without end-point sequencing assays. These plasmids use “Cas9-mediated adenosine transient reporter...coding sequence for a green fluorescent protein (GFP). The success of the A-to-G conversion could be seen...
  17. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    ...applications. This plasmid was the top requested plasmid of 2017. Find pMD2.G. pSpCas9(BB)-2A-GFP (PX458) - This...and an envelope expressing plasmid, such as our second most requested plasmid of all time, pMD2.G. Find...pSpCas9(BB)). The 2A-GFP allows for screening of transfected cells. Find pSpCas9(BB)-2A-GFP (PX458). lentiCRISPR... top requested plasmid from 2016. You may notice the “V2.0” at the end of this plasmid which indicates...prior version of this plasmid. Indeed the first version is the 15th most popular plasmid of all time, but ...envelope expressing plasmid pMD2.G. Find pMDLg/pRPE. scramble shRNA - This plasmid from David Sabatini....1 protocol. Pro-tip: this plasmid grows more slowly than standard plasmids. Find pLKO.1 - TRC cloning...
  18. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021

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    ...subset of the new plasmids and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need...sender” cells express GFP on the surface and “receiver” cells express an anti-GFP nanobody on the cell ...highlights from recent CRISPR plasmids. To find all of the CRISPR plasmids available from Addgene, head...head over to our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources page.  Plasmids for delivering CRISPRi components by a single...inducible degron system for C. elegans New CRISPR plasmids New items from the viral service Epigenetic ... Haynes at Emory recently contributed a set of plasmids to the repository that will help epigenetic researchers...
  19. Viral Vectors 101: Parts of the AAV Transfer Plasmid

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    ...with some plasmids. You just need three plasmids to start making AAV:  the packaging plasmid which contains... transfer plasmid an AAV transfer plasmid. ITR sequences are 145 bases each and AAV plasmids have two ...of an AAV transfer plasmid. Parts shown in green are key elements of an AAV plasmid. Parts shown in grey... elements of an AAV plasmid First let’s talk about the key parts of an AAV plasmid. Inverted terminal ...AAV transgene. On a plasmid map, promoters are upstream or 5’ of the gene they control. Promoters can be...transfer plasmids have a promoter, but this element isn’t required when the transfer plasmid harbors non-coding...Transfer Plasmid video!   Now you’ve got a basic understanding of some common AAV plasmid elements!...
  20. Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies

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    ...conjugative mobilization of broad host-range IncQ plasmids." Plasmid 62.2 (2009): 57-70. PubMed PMID: 19465049...page Deposit microbiology plasmids with Addgene Find synthetic biology plasmids ...family-RP4 conjugation system. This system can deliver plasmids to both Gram-positive and Gram-negative cells.... Wang lab further developed a modular suite of plasmids (pGT) with various replicative origins that can...selectable marker and a desired genetic payload (ex: GFP). Thus, cells can be both sorted using FACS and isolated...genera across four phyla that have taken up the plasmid through conjugation in vivo studies. However, they... tools for microbiome studies.  Find the MAGIC plasmids here Paper-based synthetic biology approach to...
  21. Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene

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    ...Hopefully you know that, if you’re an academic researcher at a nonprofit institution, you can order plasmids...curated collections of plasmids as kits with greatly reduced costs per plasmid. We generally create kits...just the tool you need. The plasmids in this portion of the BIOFAB Plasmid Set contain terminators of ...populations. This kit consists of a 48 plasmid adapter library, with each plasmid carrying a unique barcoded Illumina-M13F... plasmids covering a wide range of fields from Addgene. What you might not know is that Addgene distributes...kits to allow you to easily use a set of plasmids together on a tight budget. To help popularize our ...order from the repository: FX Cloning Kit BIOFAB Plasmid Set pCri System Cell Free Protein Expression Kit...
  22. Hot Plasmids - November 2023

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    ...of the new plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in the repository through our Hot Plasmids articles. .... Today, it's time for another edition of Hot Plasmids!  Here's what you'll find in this post:  New...., 2023 under CC-BY 4.0 License. Find PE6 plasmids here!  Doman, J.L., Pandey, S., et al. (2023)....therapies and medical applications.  Find DIRECTED plasmids here! Strebinger, D., et al. (2023). Cell type-specific... enzyme, Lee and Cheah et al. achieved precise control over when and where the enzyme is active, drastically...pulse-chase experiments, and more. Find LOV-Turbo plasmids here! Next, Qin and Cheah et al. described TransitID...LOV-Turbo into TransitID experiments.  Find TransitID plasmids here! These two developments open up new possibilities...
  23. Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)

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    ...those formed from control (GFP gRNA-targeted) BRAF sites (lanes 3, 4) were used as controls. Duplexes were...from BRAF-edited and GFP-edited amplification products (BRAF-GFP duplex) and from GFP-edited amplification...amplification products (GFP-GFP duplex) as a control. 4. After optimizing the reaction and confirming the presence...express CAs9 and are included as a control (WT). Vinculin is a loading control. 3. In terms of making the... for gene editing. A virus encoding GFP plus a gRNA targeting GFP (pXPR_011, 59702-LV) was used to assay... by the virally-delivered GFP gRNA, will edit out the virally-delivered GFP gene. So, cells with no Cas9...I thought I could see GFP expression with a fluorescence microscope, but the GFP expression was so low...
  24. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - June 2019

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    ...popular control AAV encoding GFP. Check out our inventory of serotype testing AAV New control AAVs ...about. Controls Plasmid Serotype Name 37825  AAVrg (20 µL size serotype testing) pAAV-CAG-GFP 50465...intersectional studies And more! Control AAV We’re always excited to add new control AAVs to our inventory since... Plasmid Serotype Name 105530  AAV1 pAAV.CMV.PI.EGFP.WPRE.bGH 37825  AAV1 pAAV-CAG-GFP 59462  AAV2...optogenetics inhibitors Plasmid Serotype Name 99039  AAVrg pAAV-CamKII-ArchT-GFP (PV2527) 105679  AAV5...Chemogenetics Plasmid Serotype Name 119472  AAV5  AV SYN PSAM4 GlyR IRES EGFP   Biosensors Plasmid Serotype...our entire AAV inventory. Our new AAVs include: Control AAVs for serotype testing jGCaMP7c for calcium ...
  25. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - Spring 2019

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    ...pAAV.hSyn-FLEX.iGABASnFR.F102G pAAV-Syn-Archon1-KGC-GFP-ER2 pAAV-Syn-FLEX-rc [Archon1-KGC-GFP-ER2] pAAV-FLEX-tdTomato pAAV-GFAP104...pAAV-mDlx-NLS-mRuby2 CAG-NLS-GFP pAAV-hSyn-mCherry Read on to learn more!  Calcium sensor AAV The GFP-based calcium...pAAV-Syn-Archon1-KGC-GFP-ER2) and cre-dependent version (pAAV-Syn-FLEX-rc [Archon1-KGC-GFP-ER2]) of this membrane-embedding...serotype you’d like to be notified about. Controls Plasmid Serotype Name 114472  AAV5, AAV8  pAAV-...indicators Plasmid Serotype Name 119036  AAV1  pAAV-hsyn-flex-Voltron-ST Chemogenetics Plasmid Serotype...cre-dependent version at Addgene! Fluorescent protein and control AAV These fluorescent protein expression vectors...interneurons. These vectors can also be used as the control vectors for experiments encoding a fluorescent-...
  26. Plasmids 101: FLEx Vectors

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    ...In a previous post from our Plasmids 101 series, we learned how the Cre-loxP recombination system can... even in the presence of Cre recombinase. This plasmid now specifically drives expression of mCherry instead... should contain a reporter DNA sequence (such as GFP) in the sense orientation, followed by coding sequence...transduced reporter gene. Generating a FLEx switch to control expression of an optogenetic reporter would ensure...et al. Nat Biotech 2003): In the presence of Cre, GFP expression is lost, allowing for rescued expression...2286602. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3406316. Find FLEx plasmids from these Addgene depositors: Ed Boyden Bernardo...
  27. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    ...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles ...recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need...need. If you'd ever like to write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here.        AAV delivery... Figure 1: The base editor is split into two plasmids and co-transfected into cells for reconstitution...levels similar to that of a single AAV expressing GFP. The lab tested the base editors in vivo and achieved...voltage indicators, however, fall short compared to GFP-based sensors in terms of response and brightness...overcome this overlap, Yiyang Gong’s lab created two plasmids containing a red-shifted Ace-mScarlet, a fusion...
  28. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    ...subset of the new plasmids and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need...They generated plasmids tagged with EB3 to mark the growing tips of microtubuli and plasmids tagged with ...and dCas9-VPR targeting plasmids can be found at Addgene. Check out these plasmids for piggyBac gRNA delivery...highlights from recent CRISPR plasmids. To find all of the CRISPR plasmids available from Addgene, head... Find the plasmids at Addgene The MoClo CRISPR/Cas Toolkit for plants includes 95 plasmids consisting... Find the plasmids at Addgene! A new tool for synthetic biology uses CRISPRi to control gene expression...
  29. Fluorescent Biosensors for Measuring Autophagic Flux

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    ...decrease in red puncta. Find the mRFP-GFP-LC3 plasmid at Addgene! GFP-LC3-RFP-LC3∆G: A fluorescent probe ...an internal control. Autophagic flux is estimated by the GFP/RFP ratio: a decrease in GFP fluorescence...Addgene! mRFP-GFP-LC3 tandem fluorescent protein This autophagy biosensor contains mRFP and GFP fused to the...flux. mRFP-GFP-LC3 functions as an autophagy bionsensor via the same mechanism as Rosella: GFP is quenched... that releases an internal control Another autophagy biosensor is the GFP-LC3-RFP-LC3ΔG probe. It’s similar...molecule of GFP-tagged LC3 for every one molecule of RFP-tagged LC3∆G. Like the unmodified LC3, GFP-LC3 is ...decrease in autophagic flux.   Find the GFP-LC3-RFP-LC3∆G plasmid at Addgene! References Klionsky, Daniel...
  30. Hot Plasmids May 2018 - Optogenetics, Decaffeination, Biosensors, and Fluorescent Protein Tools

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    .... Various soCoChR plasmids described in this work including the soCoChR-GFP plasmid as well as several...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles ...recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need...write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here.     Listen to the Hot Plasmids episode! Expanding...blue light.  Similarly, light can also be used to control homo-oligomerization of a protein fused to CRY2...further probe cellular function. The CRY2clust Plasmid can be found here. Park et al. Nat Commun. 2017..., the Barrick lab has deposited the pDCAF3-IS5 plasmid containing a synthetic operon that enables the ...
  31. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2025

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    ...fused to GFP forms fluorescent biomolecular condensates. A GFP-nanobody fused to the killswitch (GFP-nb–KS...the new plasmids, antibodies, viral preps, and more in the repository through our Hot Plasmids articles...future improvements. Find PinkyCaMP plasmids and FRCaMPi plasmids! Fink, R., Imai, S., et al. (2024)....protein of interest or targeted to a GFP fusion protein using an anti-GFP nanobody (Figure 4). Once incorporated...license. With 143 plasmids deposited from this paper, a large menu of tool and control constructs is available...cell types, and tissues. Find cell-surface HRP plasmids here! Wu, L., et al. (2025) The cell-surface ...systems, both in vitro and in vivo. Find MitoTRACER plasmids here! Borcherding, N., & Brestoff, J. R. (2023...
  32. Hot Plasmids Spring 2024

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    ...protein (Plasmid #141391-LV [+N]) or membrane protein (Plasmid #141386-LV [+M], negative control) were immunoblotted...of the new plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in our repository through our Hot Plasmids articles.  ... over the original CROPseq. Find CROPseq-multi plasmids here Walton, R.T., Qin, Y., Blainey, P.C. (2024...potential improvements to the editor. Find PE7 plasmids here!     Figure 2: PE7 improves prime...also immunoblotted against vinculin as a loading control (right panel). Image from Addgene. These antibodies...conjugated with its HaloTag domain.  Find Voltron2 plasmids here! Abdelfattah, A.S., et al. (2023) Neuron...Figure 5: A) Representative confocal images showing GFP expression from ssAAV5s with hIBA1 or hIBA1a promoters...
  33. Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    ...Green sfGFP Split super-folder GFP, our most-requested GFP(1–10) and GFP(11) Versatile protein tagging ...popular split-FP plasmids from our catalog to help you find the right split-FP plasmid for your experiment...the plasmids from the associated paper:   Color Base FP Description Article (Link to Plasmids) PI ... Huang spGFP Split superpositive GFP Split-superpositive GFP reassembly is a fast, efficient, and ...live cells.  Controls  When designing experiments, it’s important to include proper controls to assess the...base FP (for example, EBFP2(1–10) can be used with GFP(11)). Some of the articles linked below only provide... EBFP2 EBFP2(1–10) and Capri(1–10) for use with GFP(11) Multiplexed labeling of cellular proteins with...
  34. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    ...Every quarter we highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles...their Cas9 and gRNA backbone plasmids with Addgene. Additional control plasmids for the TKO library will ...Neurosci 2016. PubMed PMID: 26950006 Plasmid ID Plasmid Name Plasmid Type 74309 pcDNA3.0-TRPV4-p2A-ferritin-p2A-mCherry...features and applications of a partiular plasmid or set of plasmids. We hope that these articles make it ... you to find and use the plasmids you need. You can find all the hot plasmids from 2016 below. With over...over 45,000 plasmids, we can't write posts for every great plasmid that comes into the repository, but...write about your plasmids in a future blog post. No time to read? Listen to our hot plasmids segment on the...
  35. Using Phosphoserine to Study Protein Phosphorylation

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    ...expression plasmid encoding the ORF to be expressed Finally, the researcher needs a plasmid encoding their...TOPO E17TAG GFP and pGEX-6P-1. The pCRT7 NT TOPO vector contains a mutant pSer-containing GFP that can be...be used as a positive control during optimization experiments. This version of GFP will contain a phosphoserine...-phosphorylated or ‘wild type’ control protein. The ‘wild type’ control can be made one of two ways. First...using the same expression plasmid. This is a particularly important control when creating a phosphoserine-incorporation...Sep-OTSλ plasmid - Addgene # 68292 C321.ΔA bacterial strain – Addgene #68306 pCRT7 NT TOPO E17TAG GFP plasmid...Find Synthetic Biology Plasmids Find Bacterial Expression Systems Find Plasmids for Protein Purification...
  36. Opto-Nanobodies: Using Light to Manipulate Cell Signaling and Protein Purification

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    ...light-based control of signaling pathways. This is particularly exciting because using light to control signaling...  Option #2 may sound like fiction, but light-controlled protein purification is now a reality thanks ..., and their use for protein purification and controlling cell signaling. Key components of OptoNBs OptoNBs...Lab monitored how AsLOV2 insertion into mCherry or GFP nanobodies affected binding of their target proteins...co-localization with a membrane-localized mCherry or GFP protein. With this system, if the OptoNB can bind...insertion into loops 1 and 6 resulted in light controlled binding, but with opposite effects: insertion...more OptoNBs, one against mCherry and one against GFP. Insertion of AsLOV2 into loop 1 always generated...
  37. Viral Production at Addgene

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    ...the transfer plasmid, a plasmid encoding rep and serotype-specific cap genes, and a plasmid encoding adenoviral... later, Cre-dependent GFP expression was detected with direct fluorescence. GFP was not detected in the...subunit (RPP30) as a control for normalization purposes are being used. Quality Control Mycoplasma Our 293T.... coli. In addition, plasmids are typically prepared using endotoxin-free plasmid purification kits.   ...virus preps are titered and subjected to quality control by Addgene before being distributed to customers...production protocols, titering methods, and quality control are described below. AAV Production AAV distributed...probes targeting the ITR elements and an internal control of known titer (protocol modified from Lock et ...
  38. Hot Plasmids: May 2026

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    ...research, popular plasmids for a common lab enzyme, and more! Read on to find: Plasmids and recipes for...Isotype Control from IPI By Ashley Waldron We are excited to now offer a rabbit IgG isotype control made ...Every few months we highlight some of the new plasmids, antibodies, viral preps, and other materials ...materials in the repository through our Hot Plasmids articles. This month, we’ve got some new biosensors for neuroscience...for homemade benzonase New isotype control antibody from IPI Next-generation norepinephrine biosensors ...Fortunately, the Pojer and Arrowsmith Labs have shared plasmids you can use to express and purify your own supply...your preference or needs. Plus, the MBP-Benzonase plasmid is available to industry as well as academic scientists...
  39. Visualizing Translation at the Single Molecule Level

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    ... an inducible promoter (Plasmid 64542 or 64543) Before translation, both GFP and RFP are bound to the...Addgene.org Find Fluorescent Protein Plasmids Check Out Other Hot Plasmid Technologies ...researchers explore the complexity of translational control in cellular physiology. Ribosome profiling Ribosome...switching, TRICK requires the following components: a GFP protein that binds to the coding region of a reporter...reporter mRNA via a PP7 coat protein (NLS-PCP-GFP) an RFP protein that binds to the 3’ UTR of the reporter...appear yellow. The act of translation pushes NLS-PCP-GFP off of the mRNA, leaving only a red FP bound to the... contains a nuclear localization signal, NLS-PCP-GFP then returns to the nucleus to bind cognate untranslated...
  40. AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS

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    ...(cap) expressing plasmids is generated. Diversity is introduced into the cap plasmid library by inserting... comparison, capsids were packed with a GFP transgene and GFP intensity and transduction efficiency of...Caltech stepped up to the challenge. Find the PHP Plasmids Here! Their Solution: Use the CREATE method to...region of the cap gene. In this special CREATE cap plasmid, loxP sites flank the downstream polyA sequence...sequence. When viruses produced from this plasmid pool are injected into an animal with cell-type-specific Cre... do these AAVs transduce the CNS and PNS? Both plasmids infect the PNS or the CNS much better than the...AAV.PHP.eB and AAV.PHP.S had 1.5- to 2-fold higher GFP intensity compared to the strains they were derived...
  41. What's New in CRISPR - Winter 2018

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    ...CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR plasmid tools...Science Find the Cas14 plasmids Anti-CRISPR proteins for optogenetic control of CRISPR-Cas9 Anti-CRISPR... Find the anti-CRISPR plasmids Tagging human transcription factors with GFP Kevin White’s lab recently...deposited a set of CRISPR plasmids to tag human transcription factors with GFP. As part of the Encyclopedia...CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by function Find recently deposited plasmids ...Read the paper in Science Find the new SHERLOCK plasmids More precision with dual-nuclease Cas9-Cas9 ...Nature Communications Find the Cas9-Cas9 chimera plasmids A modular toolkit for genome editing in plants...
  42. Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!

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    ...Reporter Gene like Luciferase and GFP Resources on Addgene.org Find Plasmids for Your Research     ...Once you've gotten to know what a plasmid is in general, it's time to take a look at some of its parts...origin of replication are necessary to replicate plasmids and make sure the cells maintains it. Here, we'll...the promoter, which is necessary for getting the plasmid express our gene of interest. This element is responsible...target genes. The sequence of the promoter region controls the binding of the RNA polymerase and transcription.... This means that the promoter present in your plasmid backbone must to be compatible with the type of...transcript, you will also need to make sure your plasmid has a promoter suited to working in your host organism...
  43. Fluorescent Protein Travel Awards - FLiPs and Fluorescent Protein Biosensors

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    ...sugars (including lactose), and a lac operon controlled GFP. When the enzyme breaks down the HMO of interest...lactose released activates expression of GFP from the lac operon. GFP expression can then be used to determine...Xin hypothesized that she could make enzymes controllable by tethering them to Dronpa, a fluorescent protein...their ability to be precisely spatio-temporally controlled as a key advantage over other inducible enzyme...Photosactivatable Fluorescent Proteins Use Light to Control CRISPR Genome Editing Choose the Brightest Fluorescent...Addgene.org Find Fluorescent Protein Biosensors Browse Plasmids from the Tsien Lab Browse the Michael Davidson...
  44. Hot Plasmids - October 2022

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    ...of the new plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. ... blot for the myc-tagged protein GFP-smFP-myc expressed from Plasmid 98926. See the Applications section...Think we missed something hot? You can pitch a Hot Plasmids section (antibodies and viral preps welcome!) ... you can also find several other constructs in plasmid form. Fig. 1: Summary of the approach and...JEDI-2p viral preps here (and here!)Find JEDI-2p plasmids here!  Liu, Zhuohe et al. Sustained deep-tissue...represent a long-sought tool for researchers to control K+ gradients and can be used as a potent optogenetic... improve the performance of HcKCRs. Find HcKCR plasmids here!   Govorunova EG, et al. Kalium channelrhodopsins...
  45. Fluorescent CRISPR Reporters: SRIRACCHA and GEmCherry2

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    ...via HDR using the supplied donor plasmid will express GFP. If there’s GFP expression, presumably the endogenous...  A donor plasmid that contains a puromycin resistance gene linked to an in-frame H2B-GFP. This visual...also found in the reporter gene). A control RFP expression plasmid.  With this set up, all successfully...integrated GFP reporter leaving you with just your desired genomic edit.  Find SRIRACCHA plasmids at Addgene...in the genome) and an out-of-frame H2B (histone)-GFP reporter into the genome of mammalian cells.  ...the gRNA used when transfecting your cells.  A plasmid that contains Cas9. The Madison lab also created...and repaired by NHEJ as well. The ratio of RFP to GFP expressing cells provides a real-time read out of...
  46. Plasmids 101: Repressible Promoters

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    ...from the Church lab uses this system to control expression of GFP.)  To turn this inducible system into ...Promoters control the binding of RNA polymerase and transcription factors. Since the promoter region ...promoters can be regulated via positive or negative control. Positive Repressible: An activator protein is ...system, Gossen and Bujard created the tetracycline-controlled transactivator (tTA). They fused TetR with the...Tet-Off system.  For more information on Addgene Tet plasmids, see our Tetracycline resource page. Cumate Switch...interest to be expressed. These permit exquisite control of gene expression and tracing of gene expression...that sometimes it is necessary or desirable to control or look at multiple genes at the same time.  The...
  47. New England Biolabs Cell-Imaging Plasmid Collection

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    ...pCLIPf-H2B Control Plasmid CLIP-tag Control for nuclear localization 101130 pCLIPf-Cox8A Control Plasmid CLIP-tag...pSNAPf-Cox8A Control Plasmid SNAP-tag Control for mitochondrial localization 101124 pSNAPf-H2B Control Plasmid...SNAP-tag Control for nuclear localization 101123 pSNAPf-ADRβ2 Control Plasmid SNAP-tag Control for cell...CLIP-tag Control for mitochondrial localization 101125 pCLIPf-NK1R Control Plasmid CLIP-tag Control for cell...pMCP-GPI Control Plasmid ACP/MCP-tag Control for cell surface localization 101131 pACP-GPI Control Plasmid...-tag Control for cell surface localization 101128 pACP-ADRβ2 Control Plasmid ACP/MCP-tag Control for cell...Cell-Imaging Plasmid Collection New England Biolabs Cell-Imaging Plasmid Collection Technology Plasmids Supplemental...
  48. Stabilized Bacterial Promoters: Constant Gene Expression at any Copy Number

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    ...both positively and negatively controls the output. In this case, plasmid copy number is the input and ...to decouple gene expression and plasmid number. In a suite of plasmids modified from pSC101 with copy ...of all types of plasmids, the stabilized promoters were also tested in different plasmid backbones that...stationary phase, the number of plasmids per cell increases 4-5 fold (for pUC plasmids) or ~2 fold (for p15a, ...trans-acting RepA protein under the control of IPTG. Because RepA is a plasmid replication initiator protein... constitutive promoter upstream of GFP increased expression of GFP six-fold, but a stabilized promoter...genome or a plasmid. Thus, a stabilized promoter can allow a system to be moved from a plasmid to the genome...
  49. X-CHIME: Context Dependent Germline Knockout in Immune Cells

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    ...Table 1). The four systems Name Function Plasmid Transduction Marker Mouse Strain C-CHIME... out a pair of genes pXPR_219 Violet-excited GFP (vex) Rosa26-Cas9 I-CHIME Inducible knockout...knockout of a single gene pXPR_068 Violet-excited GFP (vex) Rosa26-FlpO-ERT2; H11-Cas9 L-CHIME ...types (lineage-based) pXPR_070 Violet-excited GFP (vex) Lineage-Cre; Rosa26-Cas9 S-CHIME Knocks...of genes sequentially pXPR_220 Violet-excited GFP (vex) Rosa26-FlpO-ERT2; H11-Cas9 Table 1: X-CHIME...Concept These systems were benchmarked on positive control genes in CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. To demonstrate ...  The X-CHIME deposit also includes pXPR_071, a plasmid that leads to higher titer lentivirus preparations...
  50. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    ...Every quarter we highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles...brief articles provide a synopsis of a plasmid or group of plasmids' functions and applications. We hope... you to find and use the plasmids you need. You can find all the hot plasmids from 2017 below. With over...over 50,000 plasmids, we can't write posts for every great plasmid that comes into the repository, but...write about your plasmids in a future blog post. No time to read? Listen to our hot plasmids segment on the...editing for precise genome modification. Plasmid ID Plasmid Name Cas9 Variant Speacial Features 85169... to the Addgene blog to get all the latest hot plasmid updates!     Tol2 Gateway-compatiable toolbox...
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