...tagging proteins, as it can be fused to the N- or C-terminus (or even in the middle of proteins) and performs...Kroupova et al., 2024). This construct contains the Lon and TBD domains, part of the HB domain, and several... tag antibody produced by our partners at the Institute for Protein Innovation (IPI), part of a new collection...short, linear epitope derived from the P and V proteins of Simian virus 5 (SV5) (Randall et al., 1987)...a fusion of mouse variable and rabbit constant domains and is recommended for use in western blots (Figure... own antibody or want to swap out the constant domains, the plasmids for the heavy chain and light chain...Antibody here!   Anderson, Z., Zhu, H., Riedel, T., Moshinsky, D., Meijers, R. (2024). Western Blot for Anti-V5...

... antibody on crosslinked proteins. In the case of histone modifying proteins, which bind quite strongly...that ChIP uses native proteins (so antibodies validated only for denatured proteins may not be a good choice...another. For instance, a sample may need more or less cross-linking to firmly attach the proteins to the DNA...is an extremely useful technique that provides insight into protein:DNA interactions. ChIP works by using...exploring these interactions, and can give valuable insight into DNA expression and protein interactions, including...the downstream analysis process. And ChIP itself begins at...  Crosslinking Once you have your sample, ...other until you are ready to separate them. Most proteins are not likely to remain attached to the DNA throughout...

...Takeda et al., 2002). G proteins: The receptor is coupled with heterotrimeric G proteins on the intracellular... catalyzes the biotinylation of proteins near the GPCR. These proteins are then identified with mass spec... into two parts: the receptor itself and the G-proteins it associates with.  Receptor: GPCRs are also...recognizes the appropriate ligand to activate the G proteins. It is estimated that there are approximately ...intracellular side of the cell membrane. Heterotrimeric G proteins are important molecular switches in signal transduction...subunits: alpha (Gα), beta (Gβ), and gamma (Gγ). G proteins are divided into four subtypes, based on their...role of 14 of the 16 non-visual heterotrimeric G proteins that can be activated downstream of GPCRs. This...

...non-dividing cells Insertional Mutagenesis Possible Adenovirus Remains Episomal (Little Risk...access into the cell. The viral envelope and its proteins determine what type of cell the virus will target...can be engineered to be cell type specific. Once inside the host cell, the virus unleashes its cargo – ...Image courtesy of National Human Genome Research Institute. Its genome, however, isn’t enough to ensure...ensure the virus can replicate and spread. Instead, viruses replicate by hijacking the host’s system to ...signals which can traffic their viral particles inside the nucleus, without the need for envelope disassembly...kb, but viral packaging is less efficient when inserts are on the higher end. Adeno and adeno-associated...

...be limited by a few caveats. Since fluorescent proteins (FP) require external light activation, you can...practical due to the low intensity of luminescent proteins. To make luminescent imaging a reality, Addgene...including optogenetics, biosensors, and fusion proteins. Solving the problems of low luminescence By...generates much less signal than comparable fluorescent proteins. This weak emission hasn’t stopped some scientists...scientists from using chemiluminescent proteins for imaging, but it has precluded widespread adoption of the...eliminates the need for an excitation light source. Instead, a luciferase substrate like coelenterazine is ...Nano-lanterns and showed that these three luminescent proteins can be used together in cells. As Nano-lanterns...

...S-shaped curve. Sparse proteins may not be detected at all, while overloaded proteins may saturate the detector...choose. Housekeeping proteins as loading controls Ubiquitously expressed proteins like β-actin or GAPDH... be careful relying on so called “housekeeping proteins.” Fully quantifying a western blot requires a ...semi-quantitative western blots. No pipetter is perfect, and proteins may not transfer precisely evenly across the entire...transfer errors — not to any factors from before the proteins even hit the gel. But what if your experiment ... this S-shaped relationship poses problems for proteins of very different abundance, consider the following...controls. These are often called “housekeeping proteins” and are detected with an antibodies, just like...

...why at Experimental Designs Consulting (EDC), we instead have our clients focus on their experimental needs...parties are clear on the goals and the resources. Instead of creating a start up budget, create a start up... a start up award by giving you step by step instructions on creating a budget, making decisions based...specific aims. This is actually why a department/institute is interested in you. Your science will define...greater than $5,000 but this can depend on the institution/funding source. Major equipment includes large...academic job titles in the regions where the host institute is located. For example, salaries in Kansas versus...is important to ensure that you’re looking at institutes that have the means to support your work. For...

...cells. The Brainbow-1.0 construct contains three fluorescent proteins: RFP (red), YFP (yellow) and M-CFP...injection to insert these Brainbow constructs into mice. When they imaged the mouse brains, they found ...Brainbow-1.1 scales up the system to four fluorescent proteins, with recombination events specified by three ...colors (n-GFP, RFP, YFP or M-CFP.) The construct contains two tandem invertible segments, each with two ...The remaining cassette can invert as long as Cre remains expressed; once Cre is removed from the system,...intensity, caused partially by fluorophore photoinstability, as well as the tendency of fluorophores to... First, they screened a variety of fluorescent proteins to find those with ideal characteristics (low ...

...the gene/insert by aligning to NCBI entry or using BLAST.   Confirming tags and fusion proteins. We’ll...of the plasmid.   Confirming the insert We usually confirm the insert through BLAST or by direct alignment...Confirming tags and fusion proteins Finally, we confirm promoters, tags, fusion proteins, and selectable markers...and user friendly, to own the process entirely remains a large undertaking. Priority number one was to...by the depositor. Depositing labs often provide insert sequences or annotated Genbank files that are useful...We look for point mutations, truncations, and insertions that could compromise function. When we do find...promoter, and rabbit beta-globin splice acceptor, contains sequence that is over 80% GC. Some IRES sequences...

...Optogenetics, the use of light sensitive proteins (opsins) to manipulate cell activity, enables researchers...optogenetics.  Common opsins used in zebrafish Optogenetics functions through opsins which are light sensitive...sensitive proteins. Opsins used in optogenetic studies are not native to vertebrates and are commonly introduced...fluorescent tags and activation of light sensing proteins. Furthermore, during the first 2 weeks of life...system for behavioral studies. In neuroscience, opsins are typically ion channels that allow charged particles...these charged particles and whether they make the inside of the neuron more positive or more negative.  ...  Neuronal stimulation: Depolarization When the inside of the neuron becomes positive over a certain threshold...

... primers used to amplify the insert have sequences specific to the insert with an additional 15-17 bases...and insert. Once you’ve confirmed that the PCR was successful, mix together the vector and insert PCR ...Connecticut. Molecular cloning is the isolation, insertion and amplification of a recombinant DNA without... of specific sequences for base pair overhangs, insert and vector purification, and, most importantly,...independent, it does not require purification of insert or vector products, nor does it require the use...In FastCloning, you PCR both the vector and the insert in separate reactions and then combine the products...procedure To start the FastCloning process, the insert and vector are first PCR amplified. The forward...

... the overhangs of the assembled inserts. After ligation of the insert into the vector, the BsaI site is...transformants by colony PCR confirmed the insertion of the Lambda insert at the same high frequencies as the...single “one-pot” reaction to form complex, multi-insert modular assemblies that enable biosynthetic pathway... BsaI, and a DNA ligase such as T4 DNA ligase. Inserts, either precloned or in amplicon form (shown above...ordered, pre-determined manner. If the original insert religates into its original vector, it will subsequently... assembly: High efficiency and accurate single-insert assembly Intermediate 5- or 12-fragment assembly...assembly More complex 24-fragment assembly Single insert cloning efficiencies were measured based on the acquisition...

...depositing lab page contains all the plasmids from the same lab while the publication page contains all the plasmids...s plasmid number here. Gene/insert: This describes what has been inserted into the backbone, and provides...the gene/insert, this information can be found here. There may be more than one gene inserted into a backbone...associated, such as when a plasmid contains certain fluorescent proteins. Finally, for many plasmids you ... backbone, and each is given its own gene/insert section on the plasmid page. Tags are listed according...or C terminus of the transcribed and translated insert. If it is an empty vector with a tag, it’s terminus.... coli lab strain DH5a, but others may require strains such as ccdB survival (for Gateway plasmids).  ...

.... Inhibitory opsins are usually light-driven pumps that pass ions (Cl-, H+, Na+) against the concentration...Light-gated ion channels Light activated ion channels (rhodopsins) either excite or inhibit neuronal activity upon... of light (Vierock et al., 2021). Step-function opsins are chimeric ion channels that turn on with a light-pulse...are many different opsin (natural and engineered proteins responsive to light in combination with retinal...activation inhibitory (ArCH) proton pump passing ions against the concentration gradient. Created with BioRender.com...pathways? Here’s where photoswitchable intracellular proteins come into play. Photoswitches can be used to activate...partners such as light, oxygen, and voltage (LOV) domains, phytochrome B (PhyB), and cryptochrome 2 (CRY2...

...fluorescent proteins to make better reporters and the second couples NLuc to fluorescent proteins to make ... imaging multiple proteins at the same time in live cells using fluorescent proteins (FPs) can be problematic...fluorescent protein fusions for imaging Fluorescent proteins are fantastic imaging tools but their use is limited...tissues. To avoid absorbance of heme-containing proteins in whole animals, light at or above 600 nm wavelengths...fluorescent protein fusion (OgNLuc). Both fluorescent proteins can be excited by Nluc emission and the lab has...maturation time compared to similar orange fluorescent proteins. In their work, the authors noted how CyOFP1 could...of the Enhanced Nano-Lanterns to other cellular proteins. BRET-based biosensors utilizing NanoLuc® luciferase...

...well — namely that they can cause cancer via insertional mutagenesis (which HIV does not do). Furthermore... yet retroviruses are RNA-containing viruses  (Robinson et al., 1965)! You may be beginning to realize...the fact that the virus must have its structural proteins expressed from a reverse-transcribed piece of ...DNA called a “provirus.” This DNA is synthesized inside of what is called the “target cell” (or host cell...reverse transcriptase are packaged (Wu et al., 1997) inside of the capsid . This is useful for viral reproduction... The RT protein is made by a separate set of instructions in the same producer cells as the virus. Because... particle, some of the RT protein gets packaged inside of the vector particle, along with its RT-deficient...

...applied not only in coli K-12 strains, but also in E. coli B and W strains. The optimized plasmid curing...pEcCas/pEcgRNA system in 4 E. coli K-12 strains, 2 E. coli B strains, 1 E. coli W strain, and 1 Tatumella...optimizing strains with low efficiency.       Sheng Yang obtained his Ph.D. from Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry...2015). In addition to the pMB1 replicon, pTargetF contains the sgRNA targeting the genomic site of interest... system.   Figure 1: The editing process begins with the addition of the sgRNA sequence in pEcgRNA...method was much simpler and took only ~32 hours instead of ~60 hours. We successfully tested the pEcCas...precise control over copy number. MUCICAT system contains 4 plasmids: pDonor, pTnsABC, pQCascade and pCutamp...

...distances. For instance, how much force can be generated by conformational changes in proteins? How can information...produced by orchestrated movements of networks of proteins consuming molecular fuel sources. While the importance...rupture E. coli spheroplasts to release encapsulated proteins. Video by ACS. For a more cartoony explanation...rearranging into different polymerization states. Instead, R body monomers respond to pH changes by undergoing... variety of conditions. They are composed of 4 proteins encoded in a single operon and were first expressed...

...Antibodies are composed of two light chains and two heavy chains. The ends of the branches contain the...distribute monoclonal antibodies against popular fluorescent proteins (GFP and YFP) and protein tags (...binding specificity allows scientists to target proteins of interest for labeling, quantification, purification...cell lines. The DSHB was created by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)...distribution funds our operation. Antibodies are glycoproteins that are part of the humoral immune system. ...hybridoma lines, each producing a monoclonal antibody against a target antigen. This contrasts with polyclonal...popular monoclonal antibodies include those directed against human transcription factors such as PAX7, PAX6,...

...Medicine (CMM), Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, in Sweden. It can be very time consuming... benefit of working with surface proteins is also that such proteins are easily studied in living cells...Medicine (CMM), Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, in Sweden. He has a particular interest...screen, each gene is not targeted by only one gRNA, instead many different gRNAs are used for each gene. At...molecules were involved in the phenotype. Surface proteins  My group works on immune cells in different contexts.... Thus, a screen can be used to target surface proteins to determine which contact points are involved... used to interfere with the identified surface proteins, and such antibodies could thus be interesting...