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  1. Plasmids 101: Inducible Promoters

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    ...promoters commonly used in plant research. Promoter Subtype Promoter Example Activator Addgene Plasmid/Kit ... releases heat shock factor 1 (HSF-1), which subsequently binds to heat shock elements in the promoter...

  3. Flow Cytometry Readouts: Yes, No, and Everything in Between

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    ...MFI makes it easier to identify and study these subtle shifts. Additionally, you can gate off the histograms...the presence/absence of your marker but there are subtle shifts in expression, using a histogram plot and...

  4. Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems

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    ...transgenes via increased nuclear export. LTR Subcomponents: -U3 -R -U5 LTR; Long terminal repeats; U3...bigger than ∼3 kb are packaged less efficiently. Subcomponents: U3; Unique 3'; region at the 3' end of viral...

  5. How Addgene Creates Content

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    ...It should be no surprise then that a lot of our subject matter comes straight from you, whether you realize...second review from someone less familiar with the subject for clarity. Our content covers a lot of very ...

  6. AAV Q&A with Tim Miles

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    ...CLOVER Center at CalTech? If so, you may have submitted a question that didn’t get answered live - but...Find Adenovirus Plasmids Adenovirus Guide Page Subscribe to Viral Vectors Blog Posts ...

  7. Antibodies 101: Buffers, Storage, and Conjugates

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    ...freeze-thaw-freeze cycle before, or otherwise been subject to mishandling?  Is the experiment you’re planning...the same assay. This is one of the most complex subjects in antibody-based protocols - but thankfully this...

  11. Plasmids 101: Blue-white Screening

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    ...β-galactosidase enzyme can break down a dye-linked substrate called x-gal (5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-β-D-galacto-pyranoside... genes that allow for the use of a particular substrate in defined medium, without which the cells cannot...

  12. CRISPR 101: Non-Homologous End Joining

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    ...for recruitment of a kinase (DNA-PKcs) and a two subunit DNA ligase (XRCC4-ligase IV); together with some...Aprataxin, Tdp2) that function to make ends better substrates for ligation. Although we do not describe these...

  13. RaPID Detection of RNA-protein Interactions

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    ...BASU, is derived from a BirA* homolog found in B. subtilis. BASU was  compared head-to-head with the E. coli...experiments. These background proteins were then subtracted from Ramanathan et al.’s RaPID datasets. Applications...

  17. Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV

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    ...helpful when wanting to target specific neuron subtypes, since AAVs tend to be very neuro-permissive (...AAV8 vectors with broadly active promoters from subretinal injections of neonatal mouse eyes at two different...

  18. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    ...at the same site, is 2’-fluoro (2’-F), which substitutes a fluorine for the hydroxyl group at the 2’ position...advantages, bridged nucleic acids with N-methyl substitutions are slightly more efficient and less toxic to...

  19. Antibodies 101: Secondary Antibodies

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    ...secondary antibodies generated against isotype subclasses, such as mouse IgG2 or IgG4. This can be important...secondary antibodies which recognize specific isotype subclasses of primary antibodies can increase the possible...
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