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  1. RNA Interference in Plant Biology: New Tools for an Old Favorite

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    ...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...
  2. Plasmids 101: Expressing shRNAs for RNA Interference

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    ...miRNA and piRNA can be found endogenously in many cell types, while shRNA and siRNA are synthetic constructs...methods. shRNA processing Following delivery into cells using viral vectors or plasmids, shRNAs hijack the...shRNAs is to generate stable knockout or knockdown cell lines. In fact, it was the go-to choice for many...shRNAs are a quick way to create stable knockdown cells lines, and you can usually find validated shRNA ...Resources References Bartel, D. P. (2004). MicroRNAs. Cell, 116(2), 281–297. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0092-...degradation of RNA-induced silencing complex. Molecular Cell, 82(1), 30–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2021.11.026...
  3. Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains

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    ...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...
  4. Plasmids 101: Inducible Promoters

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    ...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...
  5. A Novice's Perspective on Neuroscience - SfN2017

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    ...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...
  6. With Our New Viral Service, We're Taking CRISPR Further!

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    ...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...
  7. K. phaffii: Rising to the Occasion

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    ...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...
  8. Antibodies 101: ChIP

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    ... 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...
  9. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - May 2020

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    ... 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...
  10. Fluorescent Proteins: FRET

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    ...influenced by many factors, such as the organism or cell type, relative position and orientation of the fluorophores... (Unpublished) FRET Indicators - Live and Fixed Cells Additional Resources at Addgene Learn more on the...
  11. CRISPR Plasmids - Cascade-Cas3

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    ...bound to DNA, and the break can be repaired by the cell’s endogenous repair mechanisms. Cas3 belongs to the...
  12. Getting to Know Expansion Microscopy

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    ... 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-...
  13. Plasmids 101: Gateway Cloning

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    ...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...
  14. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    ...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:...
  15. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    ... 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...
  16. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    ...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...
  17. CRISPR Kinome Libraries Available: Pooled and Individual Plasmid Formats

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    ...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...
  18. Troubleshooting Your Plasmid Cloning Experiment

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    ...product, the transformation may not result in any cells, or all the colonies screened might not contain ...verify the strain and the efficacy of your competent cells (when they get old, they lose competency). If all... look at your experimental design. Full lawn of cells. The antibiotic in your plate might not work. Check...acknowledged in hundreds of publications including Cell, Nature, and other journals.   Paolo Colombi is ...
  19. Why and how to start studying chromatin (with Addgene's help)

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    ... R, Schmalhorst PS, Jude JG, Zuber J, Gerlich DW Cell. 2017 Aug 24;170(5):956-972.e23 Screen identifies... R, Schmalhorst PS, Jude JG, Zuber J, Gerlich DW Cell. 2017 Aug 24;170(5):956-972.e23 Rapid and phosphoinositol-dependent... Rando OJ, Xue Y, Swiderek K, Kuo A, Crabtree GR Cell. 1998 Nov 25. 95(5):625-36. An architectural role..., Ensminger AW, Fox AH, Chess A, Lawrence JB Mol Cell. 2009 Mar 27;33(6):717-26. Reporter-nanobody fusions...
  20. Protein Tagging with CRISPR/Cas9: A Conversation with Mendenhall and Myers

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    ...also gives cells antibiotic resistance to neomycin so that you can select the population of cells with the...Only a small percentage of the proteins inside a cell have a commercial antibody against them. There’s...antibody. It’s an epitope not found in human or other cells. It was made artificially. That means you aren’t...
  21. OCaMP: A New Calcium Indicator for Neural Imaging

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    ... nerve and muscle function, hormone release, and cell signaling throughout the body. Because calcium levels...used simultaneously to monitor or control different cell types or signals in the brain. For this to work,... researchers can image multiple brain regions or cell types at once using existing indicators. For example...available through Addgene. Whether you're working with cell cultures, slice preparations, or in vivo imaging...
  22. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    ...slightly more efficient and less toxic to mammalian cells (Allen, et al., Frontiers in Genome Editing).  Some...enhance CRISPR-Cas genome editing in human primary cells. Nat Biotechnol 33, 985–989 (2015). https://doi....Enhance CRISPR Genome Editing Systems in Mammalian Cells. Frontiers in Genome Editing, 28 (2021). https:/...deactivation with photocleavable gRNAs. Molecular Cell 81, 7, 1553-1565 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016...evolved ways to prevent degradation of important cellular RNA molecules with post translational modifications...transfection efficiency and even track localization in cellular experiments. There are many suitable dyes to choose...
  23. Hot Plasmids December 2018 - C. elegans RNAi, TurboID, Detecting Viral Outbreaks, and Protein Binding Specificity Tools

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    ...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 ...
  24. Technologies Enabled by NanoLuc® Luciferase

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    ...successfully infected/expressing cells by flow cytometry. The isolated cells were injected into mice and imaged...to changes in intracellular calcium and is useful for direct imaging of events in cells and brain explants...packaged into a retrovirus for infection of host cells. The fluorescent moiety of the BRET reporter was...imaging multiple proteins at the same time in live cells using fluorescent proteins (FPs) can be problematic...available through Addgene (Plasmid #83926). Live-Cell Voltage Sensor  Ingaki and colleagues (8) were interested...including monitoring multiple cellular events such as the dynamics of subcellular structures and gene expression...other cellular proteins. BRET-based biosensors utilizing NanoLuc® luciferase Many intracellular sensors...
  25. Brzezinski Lab CRISPR Collection

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    ...enhancers in the retina alters photoreceptor and bipolar cell fate specification, yet differs from deleting both...
  26. Fluorescent Protein Guide: In Vivo Imaging

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    ...microscopy is a powerful tool to study proteins and cells, but imaging in deep-tissue organs or whole animals...Proteins: Empty Backbones Fluorescent Proteins: Subcellular Localization Luciferase Plasmid Collection Viral...
  27. Deaminet 2026: Breakthroughs in Base Editing, Deaminase Biology, and Therapeutic Translation

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    ...efficient prime editors. Cell, 186(18), 3983–4002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.07.039 Gupta, A.,...resulting deaminase edits. Applied in primary T cells, the method nominates over 460-fold more off target...suppressor tRNAs achieved ~30% protein rescue in cell models of Batten and Tay-Sachs disease. In vivo,...editing efficiencies were sufficient to prime robust T cell responses, converting immunologically cold tumors...APOBEC3B as an active driver able to reshape tumor cell biology and point to high APOBEC3B tumors as potential...demonstrated that even subclonal A3A expression (~10% of cells) can reshape entire ovarian tumors via IL 6–mediated... APOBEC3B-driven mutagenesis increases dendritic cell infiltration in head and neck cancer models, converting...
  28. The 12 Days of CRISPR

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    ...function using transcriptional recording sentinel cells! 🎵 On the 11th day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me...activation and interference screens for primary human T cells🎵 On the 3rd day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: ...Enhanced prime editing systems by manipulating cellular determinants of editing outcomes🎵 On the 5th ...
  29. Harnessing TnpB for Genome Editing: A Compact and Versatile Tool for Your Research

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    ...editing reagents into cells. Viral vectors, because of their natural ability to infect cells, have emerged as...which poses a challenge for efficient delivery into cells, particularly via viral vectors. While viral delivery...for gene editing and allows targeting of specific cell types, it has a limited capacity to carry large ...biolistic, or PEG-mediated transformation into plant cells. Conclusion & Future Directions TnpB represents...
  30. CRISPR 101: Homology Directed Repair

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    ...repair fix DNA double-strand breaks?  In eukaryotic cells, repair of DSBs occurs primarily by two pathways...used, however, these are generally more toxic to cells than their plasmid counterparts. Another consideration...how to fix a broken relationship. Pardo B, et al. Cell Mol Life Sci (2009). PubMed. Regulation of DNA...break repair pathway choice. Shrivastav M, et al Cell Research (2008). PubMed. Mechanisms of DNA double-strand...Improve HDR Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells Resources on Addgene.org Browse All CRISPR Plasmids...double-strand break (DSB). DSBs can be caused by intracellular factors such as nucleases and reactive oxygen...
  31. The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9

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    ...Class 2 CRISPR-Cas System. Cell 163:759–771 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2015.09.038 Find plasmids...are capable of cleaving genomic DNA in mammalian cells and zebrafish embryos, and they can be used to modify... adapted for targeted RNA cleavage in mammalian cells. The REPAIR (RNA Editing for Programmable A to I...reveals specificities of Cpf1 endonucleases in human cells. Nat Biotechnol 34:863–868 . https://doi.org/10.1038...specificities of CRISPR-Cas Cpf1 nucleases in human cells. Nat Biotechnol 34:869–874 . https://doi.org/10.1038...
  32. Antibodies 101: Conjugation

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    ...and Protein Modifications in Cells and Tissues in Situ. Curr Protoc Cell Biol 89:e115. https://doi.org... like proximity ligation, immuno-PCR, and single-cell applications (Hegazy, et al., 2020; Niemeyer, et...epitope and transcriptome measurement in single cells. Nat Methods 14:865–868. https://doi.org/10.1038...
  33. Plasmids 101: FLEx Vectors

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    ...delivered using AAV injection, the majority of the cells surrounding the injection site will become infected... ensure that the reporter remains silent until a cell or tissue-specific Cre is provided. Since the FLEx...used to study the physiology or behavior of certain cell populations.  Acknowledgement:Through a partnership...FLEX switch targets Channelrhodopsin-2 to multiple cell types for imaging and long-range circuit mapping...for monitoring Cre-mediated recombination at the cellular level in the mouse. 2003 PubMed PMID: 12665802...
  34. Antibodies 101: Affinity Reagents

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    ...in transfected eukaryotic cells, allowing for them to be used as intracellular inhibitors.  Aptamers are...small enough to be expressed in bacterial and other cell systems. Since the majority of these alternative...the constant region. Nonspecific binding, caused cell receptors for the constant region, is also reduced..., peptides, amino acids, drugs, metal ions, and cells. They can be used either with or as fluorophores... may sound. Validated antibodies are still an excellent option for many applications, and frankly, if ...
  35. Tagging Optogenetics and Chemogenetics Receptors: Fluorescent Proteins and Other Options

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    ... be expressed in the same cell, but not necessarily at the same subcellular compartment as the opsin or...modulate the activity of neurons and other brain cells. Since the opsins or chemogenetic receptors used...neuropil conceals identification of opsin-expressing cells). For other things to keep in mind when making fluorescent...cerevisiae by use of an epitope addition method. Mol Cell Biol 8:2159–2165 . https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.8.5.2159...
  36. Supporting Rare Disease Research with BeHeard 2017

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    ...plasmids to upregulate their expression in specific cells. With a more concrete understanding of the molecular...molecules targeting SMN1 and its partners in mouse cell lines. Dr. Di Schiavi hopes that these studies will... of ~30 patient derived peritoneal mesothelioma cells lines and assess their tumorigenesis. These experiments...
  37. Illuminating Epigenetics with A FRET Based Biosensor

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    ...genes should be ‘read’ by the cellular machinery. This is how most cells in the body contain the same ...visualise changes in histone methylation in living cells. Essentially this reporter construct consists of...recognise lysine 27 methylation. When tested in living cells where methylation of these sites was controlled,...fluorescent reporters of histone methylation in living cells." Journal of the American Chemical Society 126.19...complex of DNA and histone proteins that compacts cellular DNA into chromosomes and reduces the risk of dangerous...the more compacted it becomes. This prevents the cellular machinery from physically interacting with the...
  38. Quickest Way to Deposit Plasmids: The Deposit Spreadsheet

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    ... question about what should go into a cell, hover over the cell and instructions will pop up. When you...spreadsheet (Figure 2) and are described in Table 1. Some cells have drop-down options for you to choose from, while... into the appropriate full and partial sequence cells. *Note: If you believe you need to deposit a collection...
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