...in culture for up to 20 additional days at which time the cells are scraped, and lysed by multiple freeze-thaw...effect.” Amplification can be repeated multiple times (2-4 rounds) at increasing scale over the course...mL of sample. The purity of the sample can be estimated by looking at the ration of DNA (260nm) versus...

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...foreign DNA, and the Cas9-gRNA RNP is degraded over time, using RNPs may limit the potential for off-target... Cas9-gRNA RNP will be degraded by the cell over time. As a result, RNP mediated CRISPR experiments may...B., et al. "A thermostable Cas9 with increased lifetime in human plasma." Nature Communications8.1 (2017...

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... increasing HDR efficiency to read more about optimizing this distance. Homology arms and types of donors...apoptosis in as little as 10 hours, so read up on the timing of this approach carefully (Lin et al., eLife)!...homology-directed human genome engineering by controlled timing of CRISPR/Cas9 delivery. eLIFE. (2014) 10.7554/...

...colony PCR can accomplish the same thing in less time and for less money. The key steps to colony PCR ... on a gel   Now that your PCR is complete, it’s time to run the products on an agarose gel to determine... biology tool kit. Consider giving it a try next time you’re screening for positive clones! Tips and ...

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...can have low affinity for these tags and even multimeric tags are frequently insufficient for detection...Fluorescent proteins such as GFP have been used for a long time as probes to study connectomics (how neural circuits...microscopy. Sample preparation for these techniques sometimes makes it more difficult to detect protein tags...

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...authors) are currently working on improving and optimizing ARGs, with Marjorie focused on bacterial ARGs...imaging (Fig. 2d). Creating a cell line can be a time-intensive endeavor. That is why we also included...Genomically mined acoustic reporter genes for real-time in vivo monitoring of tumors and tumor-homing bacteria...

...choices. Check out our SpCas9 containing plasmids, optimized for a variety of species.   Specificity concerns...variety of Cas9 containing plasmids that have been optimized for expression in different species and cell types...delivered Cas9 and a sgRNA to your target cells, it is time to confirm that your target sequence has been modified...

...therapeutic applications where longer retention times often increase therapeutic efficacy (Ahmed et al...re-solubilize and re-fold scFvs from inclusion bodies, it’s time-consuming and laborious.  To avoid this, one or ...https://doi.org/10.3390/antib2020193  Khantasup K, Chantima W, Sangma C, Poomputsa K, Dharakul T (2015) Design...

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...imaging of genomic loci in living human cells by an optimized CRISPR/Cas system." Cell 155.7 (2013): 1479-1491... al. "Expanded palette of Nano-lanterns for real-time multicolor luminescence imaging." Proceedings of...29472486. 17. Adjobo-Hermans, Merel JW, et al. "Real-time visualization of heterotrimeric G protein Gq activation...

...to serve as a primer for DNA repair synthesis, ultimately leading to the formation of double Holliday junctions...Challenges: Standardization and HDR CrispyCrunch Optimizing Donor DNA for Enhanced CRISPR Genome Editing ...Methods in Enzymology Vol. 546; (2015). PubMed. Optimization of Genome Engineering Approaches with the CRISPR...

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