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  1. Harnessing TnpB for Genome Editing: A Compact and Versatile Tool for Your Research

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    ...However, both of these proteins are quite large — comprising approximately 1000–1400 amino acids — which poses...DNA cargos. As a result, the search for smaller, compact genome editors has become a key focus in recent... TnpB nucleases represent an exciting class of compact genome editors, typically only around 400 amino...408 amino acids long — making it one of the most compact genome editors to date. We have developed multiple...a 20-nucleotide (nt) guide sequence that is complementary to the DNA target. The 20-nt guide region binds...Oligo 2: Add 'ggcc' to the 5′ end of your reverse complement guide (see Figure 1). Perform standard phosphorylation...annealing of the two oligos. Figure 1: Components of TnpB, schematic of pKb-TnpB1 and pKb-TnpB2...
  2. Proximity Labeling: A Powerful Tool for Protein Complex Purification and Proteomic Mapping

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    ...approach to monitor the composition of spatiotemporally defined protein complexes." Nature communications...neighboring proteins. Thus to capture protein complexes, scientists can simply express a bait protein ...domain to allow for promiscuous biotinylation. Compared to BioID, BioID2 exhibits enhanced proximal labelling...mutants, the 35 kD TurboID, which has 15 mutations compared to BirA and the 28kD miniTurbo, which has the ...the N-terminus domain deleted and 13 mutations compared to wild type BirA. TurboID and miniTurbo both enable...interactions Split-BioID combines a protein fragment complementation (PCA) technique with proximity labelling to...vivo technique where two proteins are fused to complementary reporter proteins that can only assemble when...
  3. Advice for Starting a Biotech Company from a Grad Student turned Entrepreneur

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    ... a startup company. However, like many like-minded people, I quickly realize that a company requires more... and tested in the “market” by competing in business plan competitions. After much learning, the focus...plan competition and advance investors to the next stage of diligence." In business competitions everything... goals and vision for the company; this will help avoid future complications and potential conflicts that...during graduate school and turn it into a biotech company. Transitioning an idea from academia to a startup...clearly communicate their idea at various levels of complexity and abstraction and convince people with diverse...concept development and participating in business competitions. When the team was unable to secure enough money...
  4. CRISPR Activators: A Comparison Between dCas9-VP64, SAM, SunTag, VPR, and More!

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    ...VPR fuses a tripartite complex with dCas9 to activate transcription. This complex consists of the VP64 ...sequences, CRISPR/Cas systems rely on a guide RNA complementary to the sequence of interest. Upon binding, CRISPRa...rely on fusion proteins while others re-engineer components of Cas systems themselves. SunTag, SAM, and VPR...consistently shows the highest levels of gene activation compared to other CRISPR activators, making it a popular...once), however, SAM exhibits activation levels comparable to other popular activation methods (VPR and ...initial dCas9-VP64 activator, but lower levels compared to the SAM system. Its activation levels are similar...to that of SunTag. An advantage to this method compared to other notable CRISPR activators is that it ...
  5. Don’t FRET: Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation Makes Visualizing Protein-Protein Interactions Easy

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    ...Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (BiFC). What is bimolecular fluorescence complementation? Bimolecular fluorescence...often easier said than done. Fortunately, a complementary method exists for visualizing protein-protein... fluorescence complementation is a method for detecting protein-protein interactions that uses split fluorescent...fragments that individually lack fluorescence. When complementary FP fragments are fused to two hypothesized protein...interaction partners (PIPs), the FP fragments form the complete FP because the PIPs they’re tethered to bring ...into close proximity (Figure 1). Formation of the complete FP results in a fluorescent signal that can be...  Applications for bimolecular fluorescence complementation BiFC has been used to directly visualize PPIs...
  6. Unique and persistent IDs for improved reproducibility: Addgene now supports RRIDs and compact identifiers for all plasmids

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    ...known PID formats are resolvable compact identifiers, which are Compact Uniform Resource Identifiers (CURIEs... authors comply with journal policies, Addgene now provides an RRID and a resolvable compact identifier...lost (e.g. a supplier is bought out by another company and catalog number changes) the original identifier...the specific plasmids used. RRIDs and resolvable compact identifiers now exist for all Addgene plasmids!...which has the Addgene ID #87155. The resolvable compact identifier format for lenti-Cas9-VQR is the URL...to include the option of citing with resolvable compact identifier and RRID formats. Let’s go back to our...the entire line. Cite plasmid using a resolvable compact identifier and RRID “lenti-Cas9-VQR-Blast was a...
  7. Addgene-Seeding Labs plasmid grant round 3: microbial drug resistance and biofilms, antidiabetic plant components, visualizing brain injury - and a glowing robot fish

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    ...biofilm formation. The quest for plant compounds to treat complications of diabetes Gloria Otito Izu, PhD...Her goal is to identify and isolate pure plant compounds with antidiabetic properties that can ameliorate...nephropathy, one of the major pathophysiological complications of diabetes mellitus. Recombinant human proteins...expression systems here) and the activity of the plant compounds on these proteins will be tested. Investigating...
  8. Immunology Research Plasmids and Resources

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    ...major histocompatibility complex, class I, A FLJ26655, HLAA HLA-B major histocompatibility complex, class...major histocompatibility complex, class II, DO beta DOB HLA-DPA1 major histocompatibility complex, class... Name Synonyms C3 complement component 3 ARMD9, ASP, CPAMD1 C5 complement component 5 CPAMD4, FLJ17816...R33729_1, SF20 C3 complement component 3 ARMD9, ASP, CPAMD1 C3AR1 complement component 3a receptor 1 AZ3B...HNFAG09 C5 complement component 5 CPAMD4, FLJ17816, FLJ17822, MGC142298 C5AR1 complement component 5a receptor...major histocompatibility complex, class II, DM beta D6S221E, RING7 HLA-DOA major histocompatibility complex...
  9. Antibody Guide

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    ...capture protein:DNA complexes. After capture, the DNA is released from the complex and can be sequenced...is licensed to multiple companies for sale. Before purchasing, directly compare the product information... size comparison of peptides. Independent antibody validation This method validates by comparing your ...configuration of a protein or a protein:protein complex. Due to their increased manufacturing requirements...from antibody fragments (shown in Figure 2) to completely unrelated molecules. Examples include: scFv -...nanostructures. Figure 2: An antibody (IgG, far left) compared to alternative affinity reagents (left to right...conjugating and signaling molecules, as some buffer components can interfere with the conjugate or conjugation...
  10. CRISPR Guide

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    ...type I Cas effector, composed of several separate Cas enzymes that form a complex called Cascade (see ...transposase components. Type I (generally) includes tnsA , tnsB , tnsC , and tniQ . In comparison, type V-...nuclease pair for every genomic target. Due to its comparative simplicity and adaptability, CRISPR rapidly became...approach. Engineered CRISPR systems contain two components: a guide RNA ( gRNA or sgRNA ) and a CRISPR-associated...Cas enzyme). The gRNA is a short synthetic RNA composed of a scaffold sequence necessary for Cas-binding...have extended CRISPR applications to increasingly complex functions, including the ability to selectively...mechanisms of CRISPR and some of the ways the CRISPR components are leveraged to achieve specific goals, such...
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