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  1. 5 Tips for Troubleshooting Viral Transductions

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    ...Many researchers find themselves plagued by troubleshooting a virus-based experiment at one point or another...will share five hail Marys that have helped me troubleshoot some technical obstacles when working with virus... enzyme digest and compare it to some reliable controls. 2. Viral stocks may be sensitive to freeze thaw...instead of storing it briefly at -80 °C. If troubleshooting, the safest option may be to avoid freezing... to a target cell by reducing the repulsive electrostatic forces between these two negatively-charged ...not work if the virus does not have the proper tropism to infect the packaging cells. Another method of..., and Martin L. Yarmush. "Polybrene increases retrovirus gene transfer efficiency by enhancing receptor-independent...
  2. Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids

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    ...replicate controls.  Transfection controls: empty vector and internal control A transfection control measures...Negative controls: untreated cells, empty vector control, and non-targeting control Negative control conditions...lacking the proper controls are invariably inconclusive and unreliable. Proper controls provide the constant...about the various controls that can be used for plasmid-based experiments. What are control plasmids? Generally...experiment, delineate its requisite control plasmids, and discuss why these control plasmids are critical for the...use of proper control plasmids would address and answer these questions. Types of control plasmids Part...the target cells. One transfection control is an empty vector control; specifically, the plasmid without...
  3. Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors

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    ...pMSCV-pBabeMCS-IRES-RFP IRES Retroviral pMSCV-IRES-YFP II IRES Retroviral pCMMP-MCS-IRES-Puro IRES Retroviral pEF1a-...bidirectional promoters, or the creation of bicistronic or multicistronic vectors. Unlike promoters which will...upstream cistron will have a few additional residues added to the end, while the downstream cistron will ... Plasmid Name Multicistronic Element Expression Type MSCV-IRES-EGFP IRES Retroviral pMSCV-pBabeMCS-IRES-RFP...transcripts for each gene that is expressed, multicistronic vectors simultaneously express two or more ... so in this blog post we’ll cover basics of multicistronic vectors: why they are useful, how they work... and how to get started with them. Why Use multicistronic vectors? Detecting cells that are expressing...
  4. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry Controls

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    ...familiar with the basics of controls in experimental design, you’ll need a few controls specific to flow as an...nonspecific binding. Flow specific controls The three types of flow cytometry controls we’ll discuss are single ... may need to include additional controls like FMO or isotype controls, which we’ll describe a bit later...color control for every fluorophore you intend to use in your panel. Using single color controls On a ...your single color controls may not be accurate for your samples. The single color controls should be used...plots for a single color control. A) A flow plot showing a single color control for the APC channel. B)...likely to require FMOs. Isotypes Isotype controls are negative controls that allow you to determine what level...
  5. Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle

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    ...The Retroviridae (commonly called retrovirus) family — of which HIV is a member — may seem like an unlikely...molecular biology. “Retroviruses” is an umbrella term which encompasses 1.) the gamma-retroviruses — that have...have been developed into retroviral vectors and 2.) a subclass of retroviruses called the lentiviruses (...foundation for producing and using retroviral vectors effectively. Retroviral structure   Figure 2:..., as the viral particle emerges. Retrovirus life cycle Retroviruses go against the grain of the Central...unlikely candidate to use as a viral vector, but retroviruses have been developed into some of the most widely...Lentiviruses are sometimes referred to as “complex retroviruses ” (Cullen, 1992) because of their more complicated...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV

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    ...work, although it’s less effective in vivo than in vitro. On the other hand, if you’re interested in expressing...and serotype selection. Promoters and serotype control, respectively, cell-specific gene expression and...viral infection. Cre or Flp dependent switches control gene expression via switches placed in your cell...updates from Addgenies Karen Guerin and Susanna Stroik. Didem Goz Ayturk is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Connie...System: Towards Gene Therapy For Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. InTech. doi: 10.5772/53023 Veldwijk, Marlon R...
  7. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET

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    ...if the two proteins form a complex. To help troubleshoot your experimental setup as a potential source...FRET measurements and serve as a type of positive control. In the case of an unfavorable donor-acceptor orientation...
  8. Troubleshooting Your Plasmid Cloning Experiment

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    ...cloning process, there are also many ways to troubleshoot the cloning experiment. Here are some tips that...cloning strategy you followed. While most of the troubleshooting regarding this step has to be strategy specific...software. Now that you've read our plasmid troubleshooting guide, you hopefully have some new strategies...
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