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  1. Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis

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    ... Congratulations, you have a plasmid expressing your gene of interest (YGOI) and are ready to dive into...the plasmid based on the predicted sizes and organization of different features within the plasmid. Restriction...if you don't have the full plasmid sequence. Once you have purified plasmid DNA, this method can be done...example plasmid on the right has a total size of 7.3kb, including a 1.2 kb insert. The plasmid was digested...possible plasmid conformations, with relaxed and nicked marked with asterisks (*). When the plasmid is digested...functional experiments! Whether you’ve cloned the plasmid yourself or obtained it from a colleague down the...with the correct construct, and verify that the plasmid you received matches the expected sequence. Here...
  2. Handling Plasmids from Addgene - Purifying Plasmid DNA

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    ...Recovering Plasmid DNA from Bacterial Culture Recovering Plasmid DNA from Bacterial Culture You may also...concentrated plasmid DNA. This page will discuss the general procedure for purifying plasmid DNA from bacterial...perform plasmid purification without using a kit, you can find a protocol for kit-free plasmid mini-prep... the plasmid-containing supernatant. Add either ethanol or isopropanol to precipitate the plasmid DNA....high concentration of clean plasmid DNA. To improve the purity of plasmid DNA purified without a kit it...How to purify plasmid DNA from a bacterial culture, including protocols, tips, and FAQ Protocols... a new window) Promega sell kits for isolating plasmid DNA in quantities as low as a few micrograms to...
  3. Plasmids 101: Plasmid Incompatibility

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    ...First, why are plasmids incompatible? Plasmid incompatibility occurs when multiple plasmids within one cell...control plasmid replication of each plasmid using unique replication machinery. However, when plasmids have... one plasmid lost from the cell at a higher rate than the coresident plasmid. Asymmetric plasmid loss ...including one plasmid blocking replication of another and one plasmid outcompeting the other plasmid for replication... copy plasmid and the larger, low copy plasmid is more likely to be lost over time.  Is plasmid incompatibility...develop a plasmid-based tool that is easy to use with other plasmids.  How do you know if your plasmids are ...about plasmid cloning Resources on Addgene.org Download the Plasmids 101 eBook  Browse plasmids at Addgene...
  4. 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...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...cloning site. The ease of modifying plasmids and the ability of plasmids to self-replicate within a cell ...exploited for sequence verification of plasmids.   How is a plasmid constructed in the lab? Due to their...
  5. Plasmids 101: Optimizing Plasmid Yields

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    ...more cells = more plasmid. Plasmids can vary in copy number, the number of plasmid copies supported within...where your plasmid yield is sub-optimal? If you are consistently getting sub-optimal plasmid yields from... optimize your plasmid prep We'll discuss the following techniques to increase plasmid yield. Keep in ...genotype, as these mutations improve plasmid stability and yield. If a plasmid is prone to recombination Use ... a strain optimized for plasmids with repeat elements, such as viral plasmids with inverted terminal repeats...co-purify with your plasmid DNA and lead to degradation of your prep. Many plasmid prep kits recommend...levels of protein, not plasmid DNA. If you need large amounts of DNA from a plasmid in a protein expression...
  6. Plasmid Cloning by PCR

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    ... on All Things Plasmid with Our Plasmids 101 Series Get Tips on Verifying Your Plasmid Resources on Addgene.org...Check out Our Plasmid Reference Pages Deposit Your Completed Plasmids Find the Perfect Plasmid for Your Research...In its simplest form, PCR based cloning is about making a copy of a piece of DNA and at the same time...recipient plasmid (usually in the Multiple Cloning Site (MCS)), but do not cut elsewhere on the plasmid Bonus...recipient plasmid. Remember to insert your DNA in the correct orientation in the recipient plasmid by viewing... of DNA so that it can be easily cloned into a plasmid of interest. You can use similar processes to add... Interest (YGOI) for ligation into a recipient plasmid. Designing primers for PCR based cloning   ...
  7. Plasmids 101: Positive and Negative Selection for Plasmid Cloning

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    ... successfully takes up plasmid DNA. Among those that do, some now have plasmids that contain your gene...including ccdB on its destination plasmids. In the destination plasmid, the ccdB gene is flanked by recombination...selections in plasmid cloning. Additional resources on the Addgene blog Read our Plasmids 101 blog posts...purify your gene of interest, get it into your plasmid backbone, and zap the mixture of DNA into cells...gene of interest, but others will uptake plasmid backbones that re-ligated back on themselves. Therefore...strategy needs to identify cells containing the plasmid construct you’re seeking. Fortunately, there are... example, if the DNA you’re inserting into the plasmid backbone contains a kanamycin resistance cassette...
  8. Plasmids 101: Screening Strategies Used in Plasmid Cloning

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    ...once in the plasmid backbone and another enzyme that cuts within the insert. If the plasmid contains the... PCR product if the plasmid contains the insert and no PCR product if the plasmid does not contain the...resources on the Addgene blog Get all the plasmid basics in our Plasmids 101 series Find more molecular biology...If you’re cloning a plasmid, you’ll need a way to find the needle in the haystack: the one perfect clone...clone that contains the plasmid you’re looking for out of the many cells that don’t. One way to begin ... how to use positive and negative selection in plasmid cloning.  But oftentimes, a selection strategy...enough on its own to help you find your desired plasmid. In many cases, you will need a screening strategy...
  9. Plasmids 101: How to Name Your Plasmid in 3 Easy Steps

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    ...letter of a plasmid name and simply denotes that the object is a ‘plasmid’. “p” is for plasmid. pXXXXX-XXXX...information about plasmid features and tips you can use in the lab, check out more posts in our Plasmids 101 series...There are no universal rules for naming plasmids but here are some good guidelines to follow in order...people can quickly and easily identify what your plasmid contains and other important information. Tip:...Backbone name Include the empty backbone name in your plasmid name. This simple piece of information can often...important details. Once you know the backbone a plasmid is based on, you can usually derive: a) the bacterial...  Include information about the insert in your plasmid name. This is often a 3-6 letter representation...
  10. Anatomy of a Plasmid Page at Addgene

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    ... best bet is the Plasmid Map: We auto-generate a plasmid map based off of the plasmid sequence and feature...Have you ever found yourself bamboozled by all of the different kinds of information on our plasmid pages...colleagues. Top of the plasmid page The ‘breadcrumb’ trail at the top of any plasmid page gives the hierarchy... to the individual plasmid page. The depositing lab page contains all the plasmids from the same lab while...contains all the plasmids deposited from the same publication. Next up, we have the plasmid name: This is...other plasmids with similar names in the collection, but you can use this name to find this plasmid from...A quicker way to find this plasmid through search is... The Addgene plasmid number: This is the unique...
  11. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    ...four different plasmids into the producer cells (two packaging plasmids, an envelope plasmid, and the lentiviral...Lentiviruses are useful and efficient tools to introduce your gene of interest into cells. Unlike gamma-retroviruses...generation systems consist of an envelope plasmid and a packaging plasmid encoding HIV proteins gag, pol, rev...generation systems require an envelope plasmid, and two packaging plasmids, one encoding gag and pol and a second...transfer plasmids replication competent? What is SIN? A6: Most (if not all) Addgene transfer plasmids are ... 30% of the transfer plasmid. Many transfer vectors are SIN. Packaging plasmid(s) contain the minimal...Addgene's most popular lentiviral plasmids Overview of Lentiviral Packaging Plasmids Lentiviral Protocols and ...
  12. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    ... 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...designed the pOSIP (one-step integration plasmid) series of plasmids, vectors that convey both the sequence...mGRASP plasmids. Additionally, the lab recently described the use of another set of mGRASP plasmids in their... favorite plasmid technologies? Email us at [email protected]  and let us know what plasmids you would ...sgRNA libraries expand upon the CRISPR family of plasmids by offering a lentivirus-based mechanism for sgRNA...
  13. Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene

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    ...every isolated plasmid sample and normalize each to fall within a 10 fold range. Plasmids that don't meet...A broader view of the whole plasmid To confirm the sequence of the plasmid, we examine three things: ...expected and do not affect plasmid function, we will update information on the plasmid’s page. Sometimes we’re...’re missing a piece of the plasmid There are regions of some plasmids that are particularly difficult ...some plasmids will not result in one complete, circular assembly. Most of the time, these plasmids are ...bottom of the plasmid page. Viral preps and pooled libraries In addition to regular plasmid sequencing,...sequence all plasmids in the pool but instead selectively sequence the variable portion of the plasmid in the...
  14. 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 ...system plasmids are available through Addgene and are already very popular. Use these plasmids to increase... can visualize: Cell Structure Plasmids: Cell Structure Plasmids: ER mCherry-Sec61 beta BFP-Sec61...luciferase reporter gene plasmid pGL3 pGL3 luciferase reporter gene plasmids have been used extensively...find all of our Hot Plasmid articles on our website. We update the our Hot Plasmids articles every quarter...Read Our CRISPR 101 Posts Read Our Plasmids 101 Posts Read All of Plasmid Technology Posts Resources at ...
  15. Addgene's Tips for Plasmid Quality Control

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    ...One of the best things about sharing plasmids through Addgene is that we provide an added level of confidence...confidence in the plasmids we distribute through our quality control processes. Every plasmid we receive is...ensuring plasmid quality is to stay organized. Here at Addgene, we collect data on every plasmid we distribute...cloned into the plasmid) and any other important features that differentiate this plasmid from its predecessor...sequence analysis, plasmid verification, and using NCBI BLAST. Tips for high-throughput plasmid sequencing If...on the Addgene Website View our Plasmid Reference Pages Get Plasmid Backbone Information from Our Vector...take to verify the identity and quality of the plasmids we make available and provide some advice on the...
  16. Suggest A Plasmid You'd Like to Find at Addgene

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    ...Have you ever been reading a paper and thought to yourself, “Oh! This plasmid would be perfect for my...unable to find the plasmid at Addgene? Well, we’re here to help with our Suggest a Plasmid Campaign. How ...How to suggest a plasmid The scientists at Addgene work hard to seek out plasmids to add to our collections...community, we’re asking you for plasmid suggestions. Can’t find a plasmid you’re looking for in the repository... our "Suggest a Plasmid" form Fill out the form with the name of the specific plasmids you’d like to suggest...suggestaplasmid, the name of the plasmid and a publication where we can find the plasmid. While we cannot guarantee...
  17. The Power Behind NGS Plasmid Validation: seqWell

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    ...This post was contributed by guest blogger Joe Mellor, Founder and CEO of seqWell Inc. Plasmids and PCR... circularized plasmids from plexWell™ NGS data. Once Addgene produces plates of plasmid DNA, they are ...using these methods for routine processes like plasmid validation. At seqWell, Inc., our mission is to...Addgene’s large and growing collection of curated plasmids from all over the world. The rest of this piece...partnership with Addgene to sequence large numbers of plasmids. plexWell™ technology overview For any NGS experiment...individual input DNA samples (e.g. a collection of 96 plasmids on a plate) will typically have a wide range of...to, for example, assemble hundreds of different plasmids from a single Illumina MiSeq® run. As shown in...
  18. Plasmid Grant to Aid Cervical Cancer Screening in Ghana

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    ...Health and Allied Sciences in Ghana will be receiving the third Addgene/Seeding Labs plasmid grant and plans... plans to use the grant to order plasmids she can use as positive controls in PCR-based cervical cancer...similar grants back in June, Gladys will be using plasmids in creative ways that we wouldn’t necessarily ...HR HPV types, predominantly HPV 16 and 18.” HPV plasmids as positive controls To start her work, Gladys...cytological tests currently in use. Gladys will use plasmids containing a variety of HPV genes as positive ...incredibly happy to hear that Gladys will be using plasmids in a way that can potentially have a direct impact...awardees We will be opening the Addgene/Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant to a third round of applicants at the start...
  19. Enabling Precision Functional Genomics with the Target Accelerator Plasmid Collection

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    ...We've developed a new plasmid toolkit, the Broad Institute Target Accelerator Plasmid Collection, that we... post was contributed  by Jesse S. Boehm, the Associate Director of the Cancer Program at the Broad Institute...phenotypes. Broad Institute Target Accelerator Plasmid Collections To overcome this first challenge, we...developed the Broad Institute Target Accelerator Plasmid Collections, now widely available to the scientific...in our recent publications, we used the cancer plasmid collections listed above to demonstrate how gene... hope that by releasing these new and exciting plasmid collections (together with the data generated from...patients. We hope you find these new cancer variant plasmid collections useful for your studies. Many thanks...
  20. Ghanaian Researchers to Receive Plasmid Awards from Addgene and Seeding Labs

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    ...mentioned a few months ago, Addgene has been working with Seeding Labs to provide plasmid grants to researchers...construction of new plasmids. Dr. Duedu will also use polymerases produced using plasmids from Addgene to ... to announce that we’ve selected our first two plasmid grant awardees: Drs Louis Bengyella and Kwabena...doctors Bengyella and Duedu and how they plan to use plasmids from Addgene to advance their research. Louis ...cellulosic biomass. Dr. Duedu would like to use the plasmids he acquires through Addgene to produce molecular...fluorescent proteins. Dr. Duedu’s plans for these plasmids have a heavy focus on teaching. He hopes to teach...in environmental samples via PCR. We hope these plasmids will help Dr. Duedu inspire new Ghanaian scientists...
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