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  1. Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems

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    ...γ-retroviral packaging plasmids are not interchangeable. General envelope plasmids, such as VSV-G (Vesicular...in trans by specific plasmids. This method, therefore, reduces the number of plasmids that are required ...encoded by the transfer plasmid, but instead are provided in trans by other plasmids or the packaging cell...do many γ-retroviral plasmids have similar names? The nomenclature of the plasmid backbone is meant to...components are needed: γ-Retroviral transfer plasmid encoding a transgene, sgRNA, or shRNA of interest..., which facilitate integration of the transfer plasmid sequences into the host genome. Typically, it is... genome upon viral transduction. Most transfer plasmids available from Addgene were derived from MoMLV...
  2. The MTA at Addgene

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    ...organizations choose to share their plasmids under an OpenMTA, which allows plasmids to be used for both research...If you’ve deposited or requested plasmids from Addgene, then you’ve been involved in the material transfer...Even though this process is essential to sharing plasmids around the globe, it can be a bit of a mystery...use agreements. The UBMTA, which is the MTA most plasmids at Addgene are shared under, is well-understood...we are not a party (signatory) to the MTAs for plasmids in our repository. Instead, we facilitate the ...institutes. But they’re not! The vast majority of our plasmids are distributed under the UBMTA, which is widely... our process that differs.  When you deposit a plasmid with Addgene, your organization’s tech transfer...
  3. QC Sequencing Technologies at Addgene

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    ...deposited plasmids. To resolve QC issues, assembly issues, and difficult-to-sequence plasmids, other sequencing...it to the plasmid information or depositor-provided sequences to confirm the correct plasmid components...Addgene The Power Behind NGS Plasmid Validation: seqWell Addgene’s Tips for Plasmid Quality Control Additional...general overview of the QC process at Addgene. All plasmids go through this same initial QC process using ...impractical for whole-genome (and often, whole-plasmid) sequencing.  Prior to short-read sequencing, Addgene...information on this process, see our blog post on NGS plasmid quality control. NGS is generally cheaper if you...it typically results in high accuracy for full plasmids. However, NGS might not be the best choice for...
  4. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    ...beneficial for plasmid clearance. It is more convenient to update the spacer(20nt) on pEcgRNA plasmid as only.... pCutamp cures the plasmids by targeting the ampR promoter in all three plasmids. pCutamp is then removed... 13 plasmids with 14 rounds of transformation in 30 days. Figure 2: (A) MUCICAT plasmids for ... original pCas/pTargetF system consists of one plasmid that expresses the S. pyogenes Cas9, a temperature-sensitive...the pTargetF construct and then introduce both plasmids into the cell. The edit in the chromosome can ...the pMB1 replicon, resulting in cutting of the plasmid. At this point, subsequent introductions of pTargetF...addition of the sgRNA sequence in pEcgRNA. Next both plasmids are transformed in E. coli with the donor DNA ...
  5. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    ... target plasmid and pX330-sgRNA plasmid (Mashiko et al. 2013). The pCAG-EGxxFP target plasmid contains...pCAG-EGXXFP plasmid along with the individual gRNAs in their PX330 plasmids (or similar plasmids for gRNA... (c) The pCAG-EGxxFP target plasmid was co-transfected with pX330 plasmids containing sgRNA sequences ... system floating around, and many pre-designed plasmids containing these variants ready for purchase. ...multi-cloning site (MCS) between EGFP fragments. The pX330 plasmid contains humanized Cas9 expression cassette and... you can insert this region into a pCAG-EGXXFP plasmid using standard cloning techniques (The XX indicates...the EGFP fluorescent signal, for details on this plasmid, see Mashiko et al., 2013). Testing the efficacy...
  6. Kwabena Duedu on Public Health, Biofuels, and Doing Science in Ghana

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    ... awarded plasmids from Addgene as a successful applicant to the Addgene, Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant. For...Learn about the Addgene, Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant Read about Plasmid Grant Recipient, Gladys Kaba Resources... fellow nonprofit, Seeding Labs, to distribute plasmids to researchers in developing regions and thereby...accelerate their research. Kwabena came across the plasmid grant in Seeding Lab’s Newsletter and recently ...plans to use his research experiences as well as plasmids from Addgene to bring new opportunities to Ghanaian... Kwabena applied for the Addgene, Seeding Labs plasmid grant. 7:12 - 7:11 : Kwabena's work in Christopher... recent recipient of the Addgene, Seeding Labs Plasmid grant and is working on a variety of projects in...
  7. Easing the Protein Purification Process with pCri

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    ... As reviewed in our Plasmids 101 series, proteins are overexpressed from a plasmid construct, most often...multiplexing. pCri plasmids are divided into two sets, each of which includes plasmids with different varieties...on the Addgene Blog Plasmids 101: E. coli strains for protein expression Plasmids 101: Protein tags ...varieties of tags, both N- and C-terminal. Each set of plasmids uses the same restriction enzymes for cloning ...for one protein quickly and easily. These tagged plasmids also include cleavage sites should one need to...other tags used in the pCri system, please see Plasmids 101: Protein Tags. Beyond E. coli: purifying ...subtilis and Pichia pastoris pCri also includes plasmids designed for protein expression in systems other...
  8. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - June 2019

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    ...Chemogenetics Plasmid Serotype Name 119472  AAV5  AV SYN PSAM4 GlyR IRES EGFP   Biosensors Plasmid Serotype...inventory of serotype testing AAV New control AAVs Plasmid Serotype Name 105530  AAV1 pAAV.CMV.PI.EGFP.WPRE.bGH...biosensor AAV inventory New glutamate sensors Plasmid Serotype Name 106176  AAV1  pAAV.hSynapsin.SF-iGluSnFR.S72A...pAAV.hSynapsin.SF-iGluSnFR.S72A New calcium sensors Plasmid Serotype Name 104496  AAV1 pGP-AAV-CAG-FLEX-jGCaMP7f-WPRE...pAAV-hSynapsin1-FLEx-axon-GCaMP6s New voltage sensors Plasmid Serotype Name 119036  AAV1  pAAV-hsyn-flex-Voltron-ST...of DREADDs / Chemogenetics AAVs New DREADDs Plasmid Serotype Name 75033  AAV1 pAAV CD68-hM4D(Gi)-...pAAV SYN1 HA-hM3D(Gq) New chemogenetics AAV Plasmid Serotype Name 119741  AAV5  AAV SYN flex PSAM4...
  9. Addgene's Top Blog Posts from 2020

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    ...service features 210 plasmids: empty backbones, fluorescent protein tags, SARS-CoV-2 plasmids, etc. It is our...to Elute and Store Your Plasmid DNA? by Paolo Colombi Should I store my plasmid in TE, Tris, or water?...Here we cover five methods to do this. 5. Plasmids 101: Plasmid Incompatibility by Leah Schiesow If you're... We've had 11 blog posts on COVID-19 featuring plasmid tools from depositors who quickly shared their ...you're thinking about hosting multiple plasmids in one cell, it might be that you can't stably maintain...This blog post features two mechanisms that cause plasmids to be incompatible. 4. RNA Extraction Without...CRISPR to detect SARS-CoV-2, including many with plasmids deposited at Addgene! 2. DNA Purification Without...
  10. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Online Molecular Biology Tools

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    ... in one place. Plasmid mapping These tools are for viewing, editing or making plasmid maps, but can also...make plasmid maps. Free for academic users. Serial Cloner: Free desktop-based software for plasmid design...design and mapping. ApE (A plasmid Editor): A free, donation-based plasmid analysis tool including editing...Utah.   Figure 1: A plasmid map created in SnapGene of Blue Flame plasmid pET21a-BirA.   DNA / ...Primer design. Plasmid mapping. DNA sequence analysis. We all have our favorite tools for tackling these...The free SnapGene Viewer is great for looking at plasmid maps and viewing sequencing traces, while the paid... paid version provides more tools for plasmid mapping and design (Figure 1). Benchling: While you might...
  11. A new platform for fast functional characterization of potentially cancerous mutations

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    ...collection of plasmids each carrying a single gene with a defined mutation or gene fusion. Plasmids carrying...cancer research, like PIK3CA (Plasmid 116771: pHAGE-PIK3CA) and EGFR (Plasmid 116731: pHAGE-EGFR), are represented...Resources on Addgene.org Find plasmids for your research Find cancer research plasmids and resources ...mutations, and the group has deposited several hundred plasmids from this study with Addgene. Read on to learn...learn more about their work, and how these plasmids can help cancer researchers studying an assortment of...well. They called this library the CTD2 FASMIC Plasmid Collection for “Functional Annotation of Somatic...cancer research community, but what else are these plasmids useful for? They could be used to more thoroughly...
  12. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - May 2020

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    ...our control plasmids in new serotypes, as well as a new Cre dependent GFP control plasmid for expression...protein expression The Krogan lab quickly shared plasmids expressing SARS-CoV-2 proteins at the beginning.... Now, we've turned some of the most requested plasmids into lentiviral preps to speed up COVID-19 research...Testing AAV inventory for the entire collection! Plasmid Serotype Name Depositor 27056 AAVrg pAAV-Ef1a-DIO...constructs that allow for targeted expression. Plasmid 75470 is now available in AAV1 for Flp-dependent... mCherry reporter. We now also offer AAVrg for plasmid 83898, which targets expression of ChR2 to forebrain...interneurons through the mDlx enhancer element. Plasmid Serotype Name Depositor 75470 AAV1 pAAV-CAG-FLEXFRT-ChR2...
  13. Pooled Library Amplifications

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    ...recombined plasmid to overtake full-size plasmids (or for smaller plasmids to overtake larger plasmids, if the...How many unique plasmids does your library contain?), the variance of size of plasmids in your library...lead to issues such as recombination and loss of plasmid diversity, so Addgene strives to distribute aliquots...library (How important is it that every single plasmid in your library is present, and how will you ensure...30 to 200 times as many colonies as individual plasmids in your library. As an example, if you want 100x... your library, and your library contains 5,000 plasmids, your goal for your transformation would be to...libraries often contain thousands, if not millions, of plasmids, they are generally electroporated into electrocompetent...
  14. Identifying Sequence Elements with SnapGene's Feature Database

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    ...features was our collection of popular plasmid sequences. These plasmids contain features such as antibiotic... our SnapGene powered plasmid maps Learn how we use SnapGene during the plasmid quality control process...out full plasmid sequencing at Addgene Additional Resources on Addgene.org Example plasmid analysis ...design was done painstakingly by hand. Records of plasmid construction were often incomplete or nonexistent...popular aspects - its ability to annotate a raw plasmid sequence and display frequently used genes and ...when the DNA sequence has changed. Identifying plasmid control elements Coding sequence features are relatively... boundaries for control elements in commercial plasmids were inconsistent and sometimes clearly wrong....
  15. Sharing Your Lab Protocols: Using Apps to Save Time & Track Your Experiments

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    ... requested plasmids. I wondered how many scientists have used the protocol for this plasmid, and if it... your protocols onto your plasmid page, scientists who request your plasmid will have easy access to your...restriction digest of plasmid DNA, and bacterial transformation. And more plasmid-related educational resources...be found in our Plasmids 101 blog series. Want to learn more about sharing your plasmids via Addgene? Check... resources, such as protocols, Plasmids 101 articles on various plasmid features, and reference tables...deposit their plasmids to the repository. These protocols show up on the related plasmid pages and can...http://www.addgene.org/ If you’re working with plasmids and you decide to share them using Addgene’s repository...
  16. Trends in CRISPR and SynBio Technologies

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    ...is a global nonprofit plasmid repository. Over 2,000 labs have deposited plasmids to Addgene and we distribute...opportunity for Addgene to present our own data on plasmid deposits and distirbution for these fast moving...distribute over 130,000 plasmids in 2014. Thus, we are in a unique position to observe and quantify how...scientific community. Data on CRISPR and synBio plasmid sharing In a recent review on CRISPR technology...trends for Zinc Finger, TALE, CRISPR, and SynBio plasmids over time. You can see these data in the slide...molecular biology technology? Have you deposited your plasmids yet?      ...
  17. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - December 2019

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    ...constructs from Christopher Harvey’s lab. These plasmids localize opsins to the soma to avoid off target...neighboring neurons. We have also packaged hChR2(H134R) plasmids from Karl Deisseroth’s lab, which includes pAAV-hSyn...H134R)-EYFP that is both Cre and Flp dependent. Plasmid Serotype Name 124603 AAV9 pAAV-EF1a-DIO-ChrimsonR-mRuby2... has now expanded to offer many of our control plasmids in new serotypes. See our Serotype Testing AAV...AAV inventory for the entire collection! Plasmid Serotype Name 51502 AAV5 pCAG-FLEX-EGFP-WPRE 114471... jGCaMP7 from Janelia, including three jGCaMP7 plasmids now packaged in AAVrg. jGCaMP7s, the variant with...post Overview of AAV Encoded Calcium Sensors). Plasmid Serotype Name 104489 AAVrg pGP-AAV-syn-jGCaMP7b-WPRE...
  18. Addgene's Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015

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    ...CRISPR mediated genome engineering. 10. Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids Need help thinking about the types ...Scientists eBook Download the Plasmids 101 3rd Ed. eBook Read the Most Recent Plasmids 101, CRISPR 101, and Career... two eBooks (Management for Scientists and the Plasmids 101 2nd ed, the 3rd edition has now been released...top of the many developments in science and the plasmids, technologies, and researchers behind them. As...most popular posts continue to be those from our Plasmids 101 and CRISPR 101 series. These posts aim to ... the background they need to get started using plasmids and the revolutionary CRISPR technology in their...and how it’s used in CRISPR genome editing.   2. Plasmids 101: Cre-lox Cre recombinase can be used to generate...
  19. DNA Purification Without a Kit

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    ... Read our Plasmids 101 blog series Find other plasmid protocols and tips Browse our plasmid cloning blog...alkaline lysis plasmid miniprep Starting material: 2 mL bacterial culture Product: plasmid DNA This kit-...kit-free plasmid miniprep protocol from Addgene follows a similar workflow as a column-based plasmid extraction... or agarose gel slices Product: plasmids or DNA fragments The plasmid purification and DNA gel extraction...depending on the type of DNA you’re purifying (plasmid, genomic, or DNA fragments from agarose).    In...causes the proteins and genomic DNA to precipitate. Plasmid DNA is free in solution. Proteins and genomic DNA... removed by centrifugation. At this point, the plasmid DNA sample can be treated with RNase to remove ...
  20. Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)

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    ...packaging plasmids. The cells need three different plasmids to produce AAV: 1) the RepCap plasmid which provides...AAV plasmid standard and AAV transfer plasmids. It’s easy to contaminate a workspace with plasmid, not...going to lie, AAV transfer plasmids are kind of a pain to work with. These plasmids contain ITRs which are...AAV’s protein shell, or capsid; 2) the pHelper plasmid which expresses adenovirus genes which help mediate...mediate AAV viral replication; and 3) the transfer plasmid which encodes a transgene of interest that’s packaged...structures that are prone to deletion from the transfer plasmid. The good news is there’s a few simple ways to ...multiple bacterial cultures of your AAV transfer plasmid at 30 °C instead of 37 °C and then screen for ITR...
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