...opsin expression in the intended brain region and/or cell type (I’ll talk more about this in detail later)...desired optogenetic construct in the brain region and cell type of interest is obviously of critical importance...wish to stimulate or inhibit neuronal firing, the cell-type specificity, the kinetics of the opsin variant...control of a generic promoter). A DIO opsin allows cell type specificity dependent on the promoter of the...expression of your opsin is no longer required to achieve cell-type specific opsin expression. However, the types...spread, and with co-localization immunofluorescence, cell-type specificity. Viruses that only express the ...experimentation.  Whether you attempt to stimulate the cell body or an axon terminal also affects the length...

... into a mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) line, enrich and select for cells that had successfully incorporated... when it gets exciting – the cell sends out an “SOS” signal and cellular repair mechanisms rush in to ...Cas-Mediated Genome Engineering. Cell 154:1370–1379 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.08.022 Yoon Y, Wang ...Cas-Mediated Genome Engineering. Cell 153:910–918 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.04.025 Zhang X, Liang...develop into chimeric mice (with a fraction of the cells in the adult mice derived from the engineered ESCs...Humanization (25-kbp) Created Using Embryonic Stem Cell/Blastocyst and CRISPR/Zygote Injection Approaches...

... Guide RNA and Target DNA. Cell 156:935–949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.02.001  Ran FA, Cong ... Delivery by AAV Vectors. Cell 181:136–150 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.03.023 Additional Resources...acids) displayed cleavage activity in mammalian cells. SaCas9 produced indels at a similar efficiency ...package each piece into an individual AAV. When a cell is transduced by both AAVs, the full length gene...SpCas9 which had modest editing rates in HEK-293T cells when compared to the full-length SpCas9. In 2016... allows cleavage of HBB and CCR5 genes in human cells using compact expression cassettes. Sci Rep 5: ....

...construct and then introduce both plasmids into the cell. The edit in the chromosome can now take place. .... After editing, pTargetF can be cured from the cell by inducing expression of the sgRNA that targets ...all the edits you want, cure pCas9 by growing the cells at 37 °C.     The new pEcCas/pEcgRNA system We ... to take place. Then plasmids are cured from the cell. Steps 1-1 and 1-2 can be done simultaneously. Image...tools for faster construction or reprogramming of cells to understand the genetic and biochemical mechanisms...phenotypes and to design a new generation of engineered cells for green chemistry and biomedical applications.... Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences in 2019. She joined...

...interest live within a cell,” “Does this disease change the architecture of my cells,” or “How does this ...this mutation impact the types of cells found in my tissue.” It is based on the same principles as other ... visualize a target of interest within an intact cell, tissue, or, in some cases, a whole organism. But...joined to fluorescent molecules are applied to a cell or tissue sample where they bind to their targets...to visualize a target within an intact sample, a cell in the case of ICC or a tissue in the case of IHC...IF), is an immunoassay that brings to light the cellular world. The technique allows you to ask questions...

... want to make sure your cells have first reached an appropriate density. Cells in the exponential growth...collecting dead cells, and, conversely, you cannot induce too early as there are not enough cells in the culture...host protein, using up valuable resources in the cell thus leading to slowed growth. Additionally, some...such as TB or 2XYT is optimal because of the high cell-density they support; however, minimal media supplemented...

...RNA-Mediated Gene Targeting in One-Cell Embryos. Niu Y, et al. Cell. 2014 January 30. (Pubmed) Programmable...correct disease mutations, both in mice and in human cells. But that important advance was quickly followed...

...negative bacteria is due to differences in cell wall composition. Cell wall structure Gram positive bacteria...complex within the peptidoglycan layer, staining the cell purple. When the alcohol is added, it dehydrates...Silhavy, TJ., Kahne, D. & Walker S. The Bacterial Cell Envelope. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2(5) a000414...

...target a broad range of dividing and non-dividing cell types with almost 100% efficiency. Unlike lentiviruses...recombination of adenovirus plasmids in either mammalian cells or microorganisms, including bacteria and yeast....can then be transfected into mammalian packaging cell lines to generate adenovirus particles. Read our...

...p53 are in promoting cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, or senescence in damaged cells. The p53 name arose ...or E2 Cyclin G CCNG1 CCNG2 Cyclin G1 or G2 CDC25 Cell division cycle 25C Cdk4/6 CDK4 CDK6 Cyclin-dependent...member 10b E2F-1 E2F transcription factor 1 Fas Fas cell surface death receptor Gadd45 GADD45A GADD45B GADD45G...transcription factor and tumor suppressor activated by cellular stress. Cancer...transcription factor and tumor suppressor activated by cellular stresses like DNA damage, oxidative stress, and...

...editing systems by manipulating cellular determinants of editing outcomes. Cell, 184(22), 5635-5652.e29. https...efficient prime editors. Cell, 186(18), 3983-4002.e26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.07.039 Lin, Q.,...correct only a minority of those variants in most cell types. But prime editing, a CRISPR technique developed...unedited DNA. The heteroduplex is resolved by the cell’s mismatch repair system, and more recent prime editing...editing demonstrated ~20-50% efficiency in HEK293T cells with 1-10% indels. Since then, further innovations...type of edit, genomic context, delivery strategy, cell type, and goal of the experiment can all impose ...nicking the non-edited strand, they can cause the cell to remake that strand using the edited strand as...

...genome-wide deamination of RNA cytosines in human cells. Thus, they engineered two CBE variants with mutations...RNA edits by >390 fold and >3,800 fold in human cells with no significant reduction in editing efficiency...mice and in zygotes. Read the paper in Molecular Cell Find the Nme2Cas9 All-in-One AAV constructs CRISPR...

... vectors and genetically target them to specific cell populations. They demonstrated use of the LITEs ...non-invasively, its use is not restricted to cultured cells but extends to freely moving animals, as established...no means limited to particular model organisms or cell types. “This tool is really flexible and modular...novel mode of optogenetic control of endogenous cellular processes." The LITE system can now be applied...

...Control of Gene Expression. Cell 152:1173–1183 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.02.022 Sajwan S, Mannervik...and Fluorescence Imaging. Cell 159:635–646 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.039 Zhou H, Liu J,...from when looking to activate genes across diverse cell lines.   dCas9-VP64 Description CRISPR activation...large and are not expressed consistently throughout cells. VPR Description VPR fuses a tripartite complex ...activation levels than SAM in some loci across Drosophila cell lines (Sajwan et al., 2019). SPH SPH combines components...

...Inhibitor of CRISPR-Cas9. Cell 170:1224-1233.e15 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2017.07.037 Li C, Psatha...Off-Switches for CRISPR-Cas9. Cell 167:1829-1838.e9 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2016.11.017 Shin J, Jiang...concern is that the longer Cas remains active in a cell, the greater chances there are for off-target edits...within the first six hours. When added to human cells six hours after the introduction of Cas9 RNPs, AcrIIA4...CRISPR/Cas9 Toxicity in Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells. Molecular Therapy - Methods & Clinical Development...

...Single-Domain Camelid Antibodies. Cell 181:1004–1015.e15 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.04.031 Zimmermann ...coronaviruses and enable the virus to enter host cells. To do this, they injected the spike protein from...camelid antibodies that bind to the spike proteins in cell culture, and inhibit these viruses.  But llama ...hidden in the molecular crevices proteins on the cell surface. Figure 1: Comparison of common antibody...blog Opto-Nanobodies: Using Light to Manipulate Cell Signaling and Protein Purification RANbodies: Reporter...

... genetic loci within a single cell. One might imagine transfecting cells with both the nuclease-positive...nuclease-competent Cas9, obviating the need to generate new cell lines or transgenic animals expressing dCas9 as ...reliance on orthogonal Cas9 species. Within a single cell, full-length guides targeting one set of genetic...knockin mice for genome editing and cancer modeling." Cell 159.2 (2014): 440-455. PubMed PMID: 25263330. PubMed...

... for Mapping Multiprotein Complexes in Human Cells.” Cell Rep. 13: 621-633. PMID: 26456817. Find plasmids...Chromosomes). Using their PITCh plasmids, GFP knock-in cell lines can be created in about a month and a half...locus-specific gRNAs Step 4: Select for puromycin resistant cells Step 5: PCR amplify and sequence the locus to verify...crispr.mit.edu. They tested their system in HEK293 cells, integrating the GFP-Puro cassette into the FBL ...

...sequence. DSBs are preferentially repaired in the cell by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), a mechanism...PAM site. When a repair template is present, the cell may repair a DSB using homology-directed repair ...Cas protein and a target-specific gRNA in the same cell at the same time. Single plasmids containing both...

...fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). This is not possible in plants outside of limited, single cell protoplast...genes known to be essential for cell growth. Together, this excellent work highlights the importance of...visually identified subpopulation. For traditional cell culture, enriching your active RNAi subpopulation...where he investigated how plants achieve polarized cell growth in the lab of Luis Vidali. For his next adventure...Screens for Effective Gene Silencing in Plants. Plant Cell 25:1507–1522 . https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.113.112235...Augmin in Phragmoplast Microtubule Generation. Plant Cell 24:1478–1493 . https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.112.098509...exquisitely and robustly self-organize at the cellular and multicellular scale.     References Bezanilla M, Perroud...

...at lower copy numbers within bacterial cells, and bacterial cells with multimers grow more slowly compared...stable and more prone to being lost in bacterial cells compared to monomers, although this can be prevented...increase the frequency of base substitution in human cells. J Biol Chem. 2011 Mar 25;286(12):10017-26. doi:...plasmids leading to the formation of plasmid multimers. Cell. 1976 Dec;9(4 PT 2):707-16. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674...supercoiled plasmid DNA concatemers in mammalian cells. J Gene Med. 2009 May;11(5):444-53. doi: 10.1002...essential for plasmid monomerization and stability. Cell. 1984 Apr;36(4):1097-103. doi: 10.1016/0092-8674...

...degraded, cell still can methylate DNA   hsdS(rk-,mk-) Unmethylated DNA not degraded, cell cannot methylate... gal Mutation in galactose metabolism pathway Cells cannot grow on galactose only gyrA, gyrA96 DNA...permease inactivated, lactose cannot be taken up by cell mcrA, mcrBC Inactivation of pathway that cleaves...gene that maintains the plasmids at ~250 copies per cell.  F- ∆lac169 rpoS(Am) robA1 creC510 hsdR514 endA...rpsL20 xyl-5 leu mtl-1 Stbl4   Electrocompetent cells for cloning and storage of unstable DNA and lentiviral...

...stimulate AraC binding to I1 and I2 sites. Supplementing cell growth media with glucose decreases cAMP and represses... Because transcription machinery differs between cell types or organisms, promoters are similarly variable...variable. Bacterial promoters only work in prokaryotic cells and typically only in the same or closely related... were derived. Similarly, the various eukaryotic cell types (mammalian, yeast, plants, etc.) require unique...

...aiming to dedifferentiate mouse brain cells into neural stem cells. I was quite unsuccesful (although I...versatile means of delivering genes to many different cell types with minimal immunological effects. AAVs are... used in experiments targeting genes to specific cell types in the brain, mapping neuronal networks, and...

... results, but also confirm expression in target cells. While the various AAV serotypes can be used to ...Chemogenetics offers noninvasive methods for manipulating cell activity, particularly in the brain, and holds promise... systems such as Cre-lox allow for more accurate cell and tissue targeting. While promoters and AAV serotypes...allowing you to further restrict gene activation to cells expressing both Cre and GFP. The GFP dependent FLPo...

... Process ChIP can be done for either tissues or cells. The process is very similar for both, though tissue...fragmenting the DNA, spin down the samples to remove cell debris, which will collect in a pellet. The supernatant..., these are mostly fairly standard molecular and cell biology techniques. What’s all the fuss? Well, ChIP...will also have to be optimized for both tissue or cell type, amount of protein, and desired fragment length...

...path.   Yeast as a model organism Yeast are single cell, eukaryotic organisms formally classified as fungi...similarity to the ancient yeast strains and metazoan cells.   Applications for K. phaffii There’s a number ...protein bang for your media buck - it grows at higher cell densities than most of its counterparts, yielding...oxidative reactions. They are found in all eukaryotic cells and peroxisomes are where methanol metabolism occurs...and S. cerevisiae (budding). Yeast make for an excellent model organism for a few reasons: Affordable...in methylotrophic organisms. K. phaffii is an excellent model for peroxisome studies since their peroxisomes...

...of viruses used to deliver CRISPR components to cells or organisms under study. In the past we’ve left... they want to do is to quickly generate a single cell line and proceed to use it for experiments.” - ...representation in the viral prep, infect target cells, and, finally, conduct the screen. To help alleviate...deliver gRNA and therefore, must be used to infect a cell line already expressing Cas9. As John Doench (Broad...screen for genes involved in a wide variety of cellular processes. While these are widely requested and...

... (iPS) Cells - 2008 was marked by the influx of plasmids for reprogramming differentiated cells into pluripotent... pluripotent stem cells. Plasmids from Shinya Yamanaka's lab and James Thomson's lab were the most frequently...

...and introducing it into cells. Protocol for Genomic Deletions in Mammalian Cell Lines CasPEDIA : An encyclopedia...interest and correspond to edited and non-edited cell populations. For more information, see the bioRxiv...134.7 KB Musunuru CRISPRs in human pluripotent stem cells pCas9_GFP ; gRNA empty vector Link O'Connor-Giles...Bauer Protocol for Genomic Deletions in Mammalian Cell Lines pSpCas9(BB) (pX330) Link Parrott NEBuilder...

...restriction digests needed in molecular biology, and thaw cell lines. There are many different types of water baths...

...there isn’t a template strand left behind that the cell can use to repair. Figure 3: General overview...complex in nucleotide unwinding steps. Molecular Cell, 70(3), 385-394.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel...formation by a type I-C CRISPR Cascade. Molecular Cell, 83(5), 746-758.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel...broad and unidirectional genome editing in human cells. Nature Communications, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038...CRISPR–Cas systems for genome engineering in human cells. Nature Biotechnology, 37(12), 1471–1477. https:...

...mammalian cells. This was the first codon optimized membrane protein expressed in mammalian cells. In this...sequence. That means there are 61 possible tRNAs. Cells however, may not express all 61 of these tRNAs and... are also optimized for expression in mammalian cells. For example, Henry Lester’s lab optimized the C...Caenorhabditis elegans GluCl ion channel genes for mammalian cells dramatically improves expression levels. Journal...

... for EM is not something you find in the average cell and molecular biology lab, and EM is limited in ...ultrastructural relationships that influence everything from cell division to memory, but don’t have access to the...fix (and maybe label) your sample (i.e. cultured cells or tissues).  Step 2: attach anchors to your sample...properties of the sample itself. For example, cultured cells are typically easier to expand than mouse brain ...2016) Protein-retention expansion microscopy of cells and tissues labeled using standard fluorescent proteins..., Mohar B, Eddison M, et al (2022) Visualizing cellular and tissue ultrastructure using Ten-fold Robust... Zwettler FU, Guennec ML, et al (2019) Imaging cellular ultrastructures using expansion microscopy (U-...

...the next step is to transform competent E. coli cells and select the positive clones. The entry clone ... expression of the human KRAS gene in mammalian cells. STEP 1: Generate an Entry Clone There are a few...ccdB gene. Since the ccdB product is toxic to the cell, Gateway cloning efficiency can reach >99%. ...digest! Then, you can transform or transfect the cells that you want to use for your experiments and verify...Phage (Lambda) and Higher Organisms (Cambridge, MA: Cell Press). Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog...

... attack the cell wall of bacterial cells; however, Mycoplasma species do not possess cell walls. As a ...bacteriophage (viruses that only infect bacterial cells), or a bacterium picking up resistance genes from...conserved, non-negotiable process within the bacterial cell, antibiotic resistance is very likely to develop...

...your assay will scale. Or you don’t have enough cells to execute genome-wide perturbations. So, while ...lentiGuide expressing only an gRNA, for use with cells that already have Cas9). Each library consists of...be useful when screening for phenotypes, such as cell-non-autonomous effects, that do not lend themselves...

...sequence. DSBs are preferentially repaired in the cell by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), a mechanism...PAM site. When a repair template is present, the cell may repair a DSB using homology-directed repair ...Cas protein and a target-specific gRNA in the same cell at the same time. Single plasmids containing both...

...plasmids (AsCpf1 and LbCpf1) for use in mammalian cells SpCas9 variants with no detectable off-target effects...CRISPR-Cas/RGN expression plasmids for use in human cells CRISPR-Cas/RGN expression plasmids for use in zebrafish...

...interaction networks of specific proteins in living cells. Until recently, the enzymes most frequently used...but requires H2O2, which can be toxic in living cells. BioID was derived from biotin ligase and uses far...Alexander Green lab found a solution: a low-cost, cell-free detection assay that can be completed without...family, known to be involved in cytoskeletal control, cell growth, and endocytosis. Recently, the Sidhu group...to studying membranes, organelles, and other subcellular compartments is via proteomics--the study of ...