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TypeCollection... engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microb Cell Fact, 12 :96. https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2859-...
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CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome
TypeBlog Post...mammalian cells. Co-expression markers EGFP and PuroR enable sorting and selection of transduced cells. Grant...in the Mammalian Genome. Cell 167:233–247.e17 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2016.08.056 Find plasmids...targeted DNA demethylation. Cell Discovery 2: . https://doi.org/10.1038/celldisc.2016.9 Find plasmids from...the epigenome may make certain processes, like cellular reprogramming of iPSCs, more efficient. In general...for targeted cytosine demethylation in mammalian cells. This plasmid is used with pcDNA3.1-MS2-Tet1-CD ...vectors and targeted delivery into hard-to-manipulate cell types. They have also fused LSD1 to x-Cas9(3.7)....modifiers may be more frequently inherited by daughter cells. For example, KRAB induced silencing was transient... -
Recombinase-based State Machines Enable Order-dependent Logic in vivo
TypeBlog Post... require minimal cellular perturbation. Also, this method requires live, intact cells; the sequencing ...Synthetic recombinase-based state machines in living cells” (1), into a more straight-forward, concise explanation...mutations, and environmental conditions drive certain cellular behaviors, but little is known about the order... may be used to better understand and engineer cellular processes that are influenced by temporally ordered... our paper (1), we allowed individual bacterial cells to form colonies on a plate and then we performed..., but more population-wide (as opposed to single-cell) approach is to interrogate state with qPCR. The...cytometry. However, expressing reporters will consume cellular resources and therefore this state read-out method... -
Split-BioID: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions
TypeBlog Post... expressed in cells via plasmids or by the creation of stable cell lines and these cells are then grown... complex. Not performed in a native cell context. For AP-MS, cells are lysed before the bait protein is...and interacting proteins in mammalian cells. The Journal of cell biology. PubMed PMID: 22412018. PubMed...against PPIs that aren't stable outside the native cell context. The Split-BioID method Enter Split-BioID...tagging of proteins in both BioID or Split-BioID, cells are lysed, protein extracted, and labeled protein...proteins that interact with the bait in a native cell contact. Other PPI methods may require protein interactions...interactions to remain stable (or to be stabilized) during cell lysis and lysate fractionation. Important considerations... -
Chromoproteins: Colorful Proteins For Molecular Biology Experiments
TypeBlog Post... them into your cells, you can simply look for blue colonies to determine which cells have taken up the... that the cellular fitness cost varied greatly between chromoproteins. In some cases, cells containing... mScarlet as the donor in HeLa cells. Find ShadowR for mammalian cell expression here Now that you...cloning experiment worked just by looking at the cells on the plate. For example, if your plasmid contains...Here, the chromoprotein is expressed and gives the cell a magenta (amilCP) or purple (tsPurple) color. Though...added which induces expression of the toxin. Any cells that grow after this point will be those that have...resonance energy transfer (FLIM-FRET) in living cells (Figure 4). They created ShadowR by modifying the... -
Plasmids 101: Optimizing Plasmid Yields
TypeBlog Post...large amounts of carbohydrates that can inhibit the cell lysis process. To ensure that lysis is complete,...strains adapted for protein purification use the cell’s resources to produce high levels of protein, not...difference? In the simplest of terms, more volume = more cells = more plasmid. Plasmids can vary in copy number...of plasmid copies supported within each bacterial cell in your culture. Copy number is partially specified...richer media or adding supplements can improve your cell density, leading to an improved plasmid DNA yield... supplements to the media You can achieve higher cell density using a nutrient-rich broth such as Terrific...glucose (in moderation) may also serve to increase cell density and plasmid yield. Start with a single, ... -
Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors
TypeBlog Post...them. Why Use multicistronic vectors? Detecting cells that are expressing your gene, especially if you...reporters allow you to easily screen or select for cells that are expressing your gene of interest at high...promoter, multicistronic plasmids ensure that any cells that are positive for your marker should also be...anytime you want to express multiple genes in the same cell. Although it is possible to drive co-expression ...promotes translation of the viral genome in eukaryotic cells.1,2 Since then, a variety of IRES sequences have...discovered - many from viruses, but also some from cellular mRNAs. What they all have in common is the ability... cistron due to factors such as the experimental cell type and the specific genes cloned into the vector... -
What's New in CRISPR - March 2020
TypeBlog Post...for studying the bacterial cell cycle, asymmetric cell division, and cellular differentiation, but it takes...crescentus Multiplexed gRNA for human pluripotent stem cells CRISPR-based DNA demethylation Optogenetic repressors...complex remains in the cytoplasm. Read the paper in Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Find the optogenetic...Figure 1: Serial dilutions of CRISPRi in Caulobacter cells for ctrA gene expression using various dCas9. Image...lab repressed ctrA, a gene encoding an essential cell cycle regulator. The lab expressed both dCas9 and...piggyBac transposon system for human pluripotent stem cells Lindy Barrett’s lab developed new fluorescently ... of multiplexed gRNAs in human pluripotent stem cells. Previously, CRISPRi or CRISPRa depended on continued... -
DNA Purification Without a Kit
TypeBlog Post...broken out of cells with a solution of salts, detergent, and ball bearings. Then a cellulose dipstick is... kits and typically follow the same principles: cells are lysed, RNAs and proteins are removed to leave... could be digested with restriction enzymes. Cellulose nucleic acid purification Starting material: plant... plant, microbe, blood, or mammalian cells or tissue Product: total nucleic acids While glass or silica...silica are commonly used to bind and purify DNA, cellulose also efficiently binds, or at least entraps nucleic...and RNA from plants, microbes, blood or mammalian cells in 30 seconds or less without using a pipette. ... absorb the nucleic acids. Containinants bind cellulose less tightly than nucleic acids, so placing the... -
Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle
TypeBlog Post...synthesized inside of what is called the “target cell” (or host cell) by the viral protein reverse transcriptase...reverse-transcribed DNA into the host cell’s genome and then use cell machinery for transcription and translation...1971). Noninfectious ARK mouse embryo cell lines in which each cell has the capacity to be activated to ..., interested in transferring genes to mammalian cells (i.e. transferring DNA), yet retroviruses are RNA-containing...separate set of instructions in the same producer cells as the virus. Because it is made at the same time...viral genes. It is derived from the host/producer cell membrane, and acquired as an envelope during exocytotic...particles do once they come in contact with target cells (Fig. 3). Figure 3: The life cycle of... -
Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus
TypeBlog Post...choose cell lines that are highly transfectable. The amounts of each plasmid transfected into cells are ... polymerase gene or using cells that stably express T7 (e.g. BSR T7/5 cells) (1). We hope that minigenomes...capable of being replicated and transcribed in the cell when the appropriate viral proteins are provided... RNA-dependent RNA polymerase into the infected cells. The EBOV polymerase replicates the viral genome...on separate plasmids and are co-transfected into cells alongside a plasmid encoding the minigenome. These...transcribed (and the viral mRNAs are translated) by cellular machinery. NP encapsidates the negative sense,...polyadenylate the mRNA. These mRNAs are translated by cellular host machinery (as viral mRNAs would be in the... -
CRISPR Plasmids - Base Edit
TypeCollection... inosine, which is treated like guanosine by the cell, creating an A to G (or T to C) change. Adenine ... -
Plasmids 101: Stringent Regulation of Replication
TypeBlog Post...replicating too quickly can slow cell growth or even kill the host cell. For stringently controlled plasmids...All plasmids rely on their host cell's replication machinery in order to replicate—but not always to ...be synchronized with the replication of the host cell's chromosomal DNA. Plasmids are said to be under... stringent control when they depend on the host cell’s initiation proteins to start their own replication... occurs at the appropriate time—for example, the cell must have enough nutrients available to complete...the amount of active DnaA available is one of a cell’s best tools to regulate DNA replication. DnaA negatively...energy source, ATP binding is one more way for the cell to control DNA replication. A variety of other proteins... -
Hot Plasmids Spring 2024
TypeBlog Post...with enrichment, single-cell sequencing, and optical pooled screens in human cells. Addgene offers vectors...reverse transcriptase enzymes, inhibition of host cell proteins, and modifications to the pegRNA. The Britt...shows enhanced editing efficiencies in a number of cell types at different genomic loci — in some cases,... editing efficiencies at different loci in U2OS cells. Image adapted from Yan et al. 2024 under a CC-BY..., target distinct epitopes on the SARS-CoV-2 nucelocapsid protein, one of the virus’s most abundant proteins...western blots (Figure 3). Figure 3: HeLa cells transduced with SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein ...desirable than having many closely-packed labeled cells. Plus, Voltron2’s fluorescence is tunable by changing... -
Neuronal labeling with Spaghetti Monster
TypeBlog Post...of neuronal sub-cellular structures GFP is limited in its ability to label subcellular structures in the...ability to interact with protein partners within the cell. However, antibodies can have low affinity for these... generally bright, stable and well tolerated by cells. They can be used for protein localization, isolation...trigger protein aggregation which is toxic for the cells and affects the labeling of small structures like...team, an ideal probe should combine the solubility, cell tolerance, and optional fluorescence of FPs with...used to amplify the direct smFP signal within sub-cellular structures. For instance, smFPs have been used...example, N-cadherin (cadherin-2) is a postsynaptic cell adhesion protein that plays a critical role in neural... -
Sonic Hedgehog? Sleeping Beauty? Learn About the Genes Behind Addgene’s Conference Room Names
TypeBlog Post... are filled with early mitotic cells as well as necrotic or dead cells (Jiang and White-Cooper, 2003)....Ivics et al 1997. Spaghetti Squash, a regulator of cellular contraction You may think that a gene called "...the fly actomyosin cytoskeleton that regulates cellular contraction. This network is composed of actin...interact with each other to generate forces that cause cells and muscles to contract depending on the context...context. Contraction is critical for processes such as cell movement/motility, development, cytokinesis, and...scientists who discovered comr thought the sperm cells in mutant flies looked like a “whole bunch of cookie...are part of a genetic cascade that determines the cell fate of the dorsal mesoderm in developing Drosophila... -
Antibody Neutralization Response Against Pseudoviruses Expressing SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Variants
TypeBlog Post...expressing target cells. Any neutralized pseudoviruses would be unable to get into the target cells and this can...disease severity and survival. Cell 184:476-488.e11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.12.015 Garcia-Beltran...vaccine-induced humoral immunity. Cell 184:2372-2383.e9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.03.013 Additional resources...vaccines and allows the virus to gain entry into human cells via human ACE2 receptors. In their assay, the pseudoviruses...result was similar to studies that used live virus (Cele et al., 2021). “We weren't completely shocked [with...quick to deposit their plasmids at Addgene to accelerate ongoing COVID-19 research. “I hope that by sharing...Balazs. References and Resources References Cele S, Gazy I, Jackson L, Hwa S-H, Tegally H, Lustig... -
Donations from Addgene to Yield Answers for Rare Disease Researchers
TypeBlog Post...transformation of healthy cells into melanoma cells. They’ll combine induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) technology...gene appears to play a role in many cell processes involving cell membrane dynamics. When they learned...: This year, the BeHEARD (Helping Empower and Accelerate Research Discoveries) Award attracted submissions...still no treatment available. Aguilar is a basic cell biologist. He got interested in Lowe Syndrome initially...the gene, it piqued their interest. They obtained cells from patients with the condition to reveal some ...explore the effect of various OCRL1 mutations on cell behavior in greater detail. The goal is not just...now plan to use CRISPR-Cas9 technology to create cell lines and/or mouse models carrying different SOX10... -
Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning Applications and Kits
TypeBlog Post...can be used in bacterial and cell-free expression systems, mammalian cells, yeast, flies, and even plants...transport studies in HEK cells, recombinant protein purification in bacterial cells, and a two-hybrid protein...for synthetic biology applications in bacteria or cell-free systems. The approach is particularly useful...tags to your proteins, then the CIDAR Kit is an excellent option (Iverson et al., 2016). CIDAR offers a ...add-on kit and is compatible with E. coli and/or cell-free systems. Protein expression in yeast MoClo ...plant-specific parts you‘ll need, including sub-cellular localization signals, plant markers, and reporters...of expression and integration needed in mammalian cell types, and comes with a large library of common ... -
Transferable Skills Guide: Time Management
TypeBlog Post...splitting my cells first. Time management through planning I probably wouldn’t have fallen into my cell splitting...for Scientists. Back when I used to do mammalian cell culture, I would often respond to friends asking...there in a few minutes, I just need to split some cells.” Inevitably, this task would take longer than I...since my days as an undergrad working with cancer cell lines. As I started planning out my own experiments.... In my anecdote above, I prioritized splitting cells over meeting up with friends, but didn’t realize...mean in terms of the utility of your tasks. In my cell splitting anecdote, I probably could have grabbed...with friends and come back to the lab to split my cells later. Eating with friends has a somewhat immediate...