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  1. Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More

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    ...necessary elements in order to start using the MoClo system. The paper also gives quantitative data for regulatory... convert their own coding sequence to the MoClo system. It’s quite straightforward really and we’ll be...easier for people to use the Golden Gate cloning system especially with plants in mind. When it’s ready...others at the Sainsbury are working on a lot of CRISPR tools for editing plant genomes. We will definitely...: 10.1021/sb4001504. Journal. A modular cloning system for standardized assembly of multigene constructs...
  2. Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus

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    ...vector system is the tetracycline (Tet)-regulated system. You can choose either the Tet-off system or the...the Tet-on system. In the Tet-off system a Tet-response element (TRE) is placed upstream of the promoter...kinetics as compared to the Tet-off system. One drawback of the Tet system is that it often requires the delivery...plan your experiment using the lentiviral vector system. Viral vectors have been increasingly popular in...vectors fantastic options for delivering shRNA, CRISPR/Cas9 components, and fluorescent sensors. Retroviral...create replication competent virus. Even though this system was efficient at transferring the gene of interest...so researchers set out to create a better, safer system. Unlike the MoMLV, lentiviruses, a separate genus...
  3. Learning Technical Skills at a Lab Central Workshop

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    ...cross contamination. We currently use the CosMCPrep system for this, but thought we could learn a little bit...concatemers later. The "FS" stands for Fragmentation System and this is the most important part of this newly...Lab Management Software for Biology Learn about CRISPR Pooled Libraries Resources at Addgene.org Find...
  4. Five Popular Model Organisms

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    ...investigate an array of biological systems and processes including the nervous system, development, cell signaling... Mice can be easily manipulated with tools like CRISPR to make transgenic lines. The fruit fly (Drosophila...including development, genetics, and the nervous system. The fly has also emerged as an important human...of genetic tools, such as the GAL4/UAS and LexA system, that allows scientists to easily control the level...over gene expression is possible in other model systems but can be quite difficult and time consuming. ...upon since then. If you are interested in these systems check out Gerald Rubin’s lab who created a set ...popular model organisms series, and read about new systems being developed for emerging model organisms! ...
  5. Technique: Probe Phage Genomes for Host Binding Proteins

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    ...Learn How CRISPR Can Be Combined with Phage for Antimicrobial Purposes Use Yeast Two Hybrid Systems to Probe... Bacterial Expression Vectors in the FX Cloning System Kit  Step 3: Probe random phage DNA fragments with...Probe Protein-Protein Interactions Use CRISPR For Genome-Wide Screens Resources on Addgene.org Visit ...
  6. TALEN Plasmids and Kits

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    ...also like... Addgene's Genome Engineering Guide CRISPR Plasmids Zinc Finger Kits TALENs are important ...Kit Description Depositing PI FusX TALEN Assembly System Contains 336 pFusX clones allowing for Golden Gate...were optimized for TALEN expression in mammalian systems including hard-to-transfect cell lines. Features...transient double-selection of transfected cells, the system has successfully been employed for deletion mutagenesis...
  7. AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy

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    ...humans, and its low immunogenicity is critical when systemic delivery of high doses of vectors are needed. ...trials for prevalent diseases - to name a few. CRISPR-based tools are also particularly well suited to.... Yu W and Wu Z., 2018. In vivo Applications of CRISPR-Based Genome Editing in the Retina. Front Cell ...
  8. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024

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    ...cell types in the nervous system By Ashley Waldron The mammalian nervous system is composed of myriad cell...Gilbert Labs have previously deposited their CRISPRoff system — a programmable epigenetic editor consisting...widely applicable to other targets. The modular system of linkers and spacers could enable many future...recent deposits focused on optimizing prime editing systems for specific applications! Delivering prime editors...CHARM), with several advantages over the earlier system.  Rather than overexpressing an exogenous methyltransferase...Genome-wide programmable transcriptional memory by CRISPR-based epigenome editing. Cell, 184(9), 2503–2519...for identifying other cell types in the nervous system!  Find recombinant anti-GFAP [N206A/8R] antibody...
  9. Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids

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    ...demonstrate the functionality of your experimental system and help identify opportunities for troubleshooting...or genome editing technologies, such as RNAi or CRISPR, non-targeting controls may be appropriate as they...trying to repress a gene, your control might be a system where expression of that gene is knocked out completely...controls is not a trivial endeavor, as biological systems have many variables. However daunting designing...
  10. Meet the New Addgene Board Members!

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    ...an Addgene depositor. KSQ uses a CRISPR-Cas9 platform to systematically test the function of all 20,000...he developed the first lentiviral microRNA-based system for polymerase II-regulated RNA interference. In...
  11. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) Guide

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    ...The popular CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system has been modified for use with AAV; this system represents...pseudotyping discussed below. Overview of AAV Plasmid System Common Uses of AAV AAV is commonly used in optogenetics...vivo genome editing. For more information on AAV-CRISPR, please see this blog post. Browse the article ... of cells they infect, making AAV a very useful system for preferentially transducing specific cell types...create hybrid viruses with new properties. Other system variants include: Self-complementary AAV (scAAV...delivery to different regions of the central nervous system. Burger C, Gorbatyuk OS, Velardo MJ, Peden CS, ...
  12. Deep Mutational Scanning with One Pot Saturation Mutagenesis

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    ...for advice on choosing and validating a selection system. You can test the effect of multiple mutations ...Mutations in Your Plasmids Learn How You Can Use CRISPR Pooled Libraries to Generate Mutant Populations...Addgene.org Find Plasmids from the Whitehead Lab Use CRISPR Pooled Libraries to Generate Mutants ...
  13. Transgenic Organisms, Cas9 Gene Drives, and Appropriate Safeguards

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    ...PubMed. More CRISPR-Cas9 Resources: CRISPR 101: a blog series on the basics of CRISPR-Cas technology...technology CRISPR Resources from Addgene   ... crispr...alter populations of organisms and associated ecosystems.  Because the environment is shared by everyone...
  14. Empty Backbones - Choosing Your Perfect Plasmid Backbone

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    ...Representative Empty Backbones CRISPR Genome modification lentiCRISPR v2 - 3rd gen lentiviral vector ... 2xFLAG tag in pCS for a variety of systems, including Xenopus HA Epitope tag...for RNA-guided genome editing in plants Visit our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources collection, and browse our...ultraID in mammalian cells with the Tet-On or Tet-Off system Return to top Selectable Markers Regardless of ... Lentiviral shRNA expression lentiCRISPRv2 hygro - Variant of lentiCRISPR v2 that confers hygromycin resistance...
  15. Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down

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    ...loci in living human cells by an optimized CRISPR/Cas system." Cell 155.7 (2013): 1479-1491. PubMed PMID...naturally occurring co-factor binding proteins, systems wherein a protein binds a synthetic, fluorescent...strategies works best for a specific biological system under anaerobic conditions needs to be examined...covalently label the peptide with a fluorophore. Both systems are a hybrid between a genetically encoded tag ...protein labelling in vitro and in vivo." Molecular BioSystems 12.6 (2016): 1731-1745. PubMed PMID: 26960991...
  16. Viral Vectors 101: Transductions

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    ...stably integrate (unless you used a transposon system, CRISPR targeted strategy, etc.) and episomal expression...
  17. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Monitoring Cell Mobility Using Fluorescent Proteins

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    ...in the immune system. The techniques used here could be adapted to studying other systems in which there...epithelium). At this stage, only cells from the immune system show wide scale mobility with movement from the...tracking cells is the the Cre/lox recombination system. A researcher can flank fluorescent proteins in...or off in cells expressing Cre. The result of a system like this is a mosaic of cells labelled with different...fluorescent proteins. Using one iteration of this system called Brainbow, the Ubow mouse strain has been... of other technologies such as optogenetics and CRISPR/Cas9 will help immunologists create even better...models to further our understanding of the immune system and its dynamics. References 1. Peters, Nathan...
  18. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Aptamer Fluorophores

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    ...fluorescence to create an improved fluorescent aptamer system. Knowing that GFP’s  structure stabilizes a 4-hydroxybenzylidene... References 1. Ma, Hanhui, et al. “Multicolor CRISPR labeling of chromosomal loci in human cells.” Proc...8. Sassolas, Audrey, et al. “Optical detection systems using immobilized aptamers.” Biosens Bioelectron...to target molecules. Using a technique called systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment...
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