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  1. Sensing Neuronal Dopamine

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    ...sensor was engineered from a GFP variant and a DA receptor such that GFP fluoresces when the receptor ...on a similar strategy: a GFP variant bound to a DA receptor, such that the GFP fluoresces upon DA-receptor...viral vectors 101 eBook Resources on Addgene.org Learn about Addgene's viral service Find viral protocols...associated with the brain’s reward circuits are generally linked to dopamine (DA), a well-known reward chemical...in freely moving mice Record DA dynamics of optogenetically activated and inhibited neurons in live mice...neuronal imaging of dopamine dynamics with designed genetically encoded sensors." Science 360.6396 (2018): eaat4422... PMCID: PMC6287765. Sun, Fangmiao, et al. "A genetically encoded fluorescent sensor enables rapid and ...
  2. Hot Plasmids - June 2020 - Barcoded CRISPR Library, Sparse Cell Labeling, Calcineurin Reporter, and DNA Staining Dye Alternative

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    ...the sgRNAiBAR library covers every annotated human gene, it enables genome-wide screening with a high MOI...a stop cassette upstream of an effector/reporter gene. In cells where the stop cassette is removed, the...fish, and mice, by replacing the effector with a gene of interest in the cells you are studying. Read .... https://doi.org/10.1101/788679 A destabilized GFP reporter for calcineurin activity in yeast Article...calcineurin-dependent response elements (CDREs) and drives gene expression. Because calcineurin is required for ...antifungals that target calcineurin. Current calcineurin gene reporters are based on the bacterial βgal assay,...reporter consisting of a quickly-degraded destabilized GFP variant fused to a 4X CDRE repeat. In addition to...
  3. Inntags: Innovative Protein Epitope Tagging

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    ...effects of GFP fusions to inntags or traditional FLAG, HA, and Myc tags. Impressively, IT6-GFP did not reduce...yeast cell size or viability compared to untagged GFP overexpression, while the rest of the fusions had...: 315-323. Pubmed PMID: 23435261. Resources at Addgene Read about other Protein Tags in our Plasmids 101...
  4. Opto-Nanobodies: Using Light to Manipulate Cell Signaling and Protein Purification

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    ...this general design scheme to generate two more OptoNBs, one against mCherry and one against GFP. Insertion...Lab monitored how AsLOV2 insertion into mCherry or GFP nanobodies affected binding of their target proteins...co-localization with a membrane-localized mCherry or GFP protein. With this system, if the OptoNB can bind....  AsLOV2 Inertion Site mCherry #1 mCherry #2 GFP Loop 1 dark-induced dark-induced dark-induced ...telephone, until the message reaches the nucleus where gene expression changes lead to cell proliferation and... on Addgene.org Find nanobody expression plasmids here Learn more about optogenetics in Addgene's optogenetics...loop 1 always generated OptoNBs with dark-induced binding, but insertion into loop 6 generated both blue ...
  5. Using Phosphoserine to Study Protein Phosphorylation

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    ...TOPO E17TAG GFP and pGEX-6P-1. The pCRT7 NT TOPO vector contains a mutant pSer-containing GFP that can be...plasmid - Addgene # 68292 C321.ΔA bacterial strain – Addgene #68306 pCRT7 NT TOPO E17TAG GFP plasmid -...during optimization experiments. This version of GFP will contain a phosphoserine at amino acid 17 instead...instead of a stop codon, which will allow full length GFP to be translated), and second, through a gel shift...protein. Up to 80% p-Ser incorporation into E17TAG GFP has been achieved with the Rinehart system (6); however... - Addgene #68295 SupD plasmid – Addgene # 68307 For further technical reference and protocols for use...candidate regulatory kinase is known, it’s possible to generate non-phosphorylated recombinant protein and perform...
  6. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Aptamer Fluorophores

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    ...nature of GFP fluorescence to create an improved fluorescent aptamer system. Knowing that GFP’s  structure...Protein Activity with GFP Resources at Addgene.org Find the Spinach Plasmids at Addgene Find Broccoli Plasmids...Resources on the Addgene Blog Tips for Using FRET in Your Experiments Learn more about GFP Controlling Protein...increase its fluorescence, essentially mimicking GFP.  Though the aptamer, called Spinach, required longer...and used in assays for over half a century; the Addgene blog has an excellent primer and tips from experts...can be created in many different ways, but the general premise is that an aptamer in its unbound state...likely to trigger immunoresponses. Nucleotides, in general, are far less immunogenic than proteins. Assays...
  7. Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research

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    ...among other things) gene delivery, generating pluripotent stem cells, and developing gene therapies for monogenic...and lentiviral vectors that are used for gene regulation, gene of interest expression, knockout, and screening...gamma-Retroviral Transfer Vectors   Expressing your gene of interest pMKO.1 GFP (Plasmid #10676) Retroviral vector for...for cloning and expressing your gene of interest with GFP expression.  Cloning and expressing RNAi pMKO...technology CAG-GFP-IRES-CRE (Plasmid #48201) This retroviral vector from the Gage lab encodes GFP and Cre-recombinase...Experimental uses include: Cre-dependent gene expression, gene knockout, and selection marker removal. ...Expressing your gene of interest pLenti-puro (Plasmid #39481) You can clone your gene of interest into...
  8. CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization

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    ...detect gene copy number based on the number of fluorescent puncta observed. By labeling two genes of a ...Proteins Control Protein Activity with GFP Resources on Asddgene.org Find Fluorescent Protein Plasmids ...vivo. Catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) cannot induce gene editing, but it retains its gRNA-directed targeting...signal to noise ratio of the system, they modified GFP-dCas9 and the gRNA scaffold to enhance complex assembly...the amount of background fluorescence from unbound GFP-dCas9. With these improvements, labeling efficiency...Chen et al. successfully labeled protein-coding genes with both intronic and exonic gRNAs. In fact, the...also monitor the spatial relationship of the two genes over time, at a range of distances from 2-75 Mbp...
  9. Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1

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    ...array plus a GFP tag. Four weeks post-infection, there was strong expression of Cpf1 and GFP in the targeted...Cpf1 multiplexing method, other multiplex CRISPR gene editing methods relied solely on Cas9. Overall, ...4 targets when an array of 4 crRNAs, Cpf1, and a GFP tag were transfected on a single plasmid. This is...Lastly, an AAV vector was used to multiplex edit 3-4 genes in a primary culture of mouse neurons and in vivo...~75% of neurons were co-transduced with Cpf1 and GFP.  Of these neurons, ~15% had indels at all 3 targeted...summary of multiplexing efficiency in vivo. Multiplex gene editing with CRISPR-Cpf1 is one of the latest developments...transfection, viral transduction) for simultaneous multi-gene editing with a single crRNA array. Are you interested...
  10. Hot Plasmids June 2018 - Reverse transcriptase, nanobody, and protein-DNA interaction tools

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    ...includes a set of plasmids each containing an anti-GFP nanobody fused with a different functional element...using different detection methods. Since the anti-GFP nanobody is able to bind fluorescent proteins derived...here can be used to target any protein fused with GFP, YFP, mCerulean, or other related fluorophores. Find...specifically investigated protein binding at the TERT gene, but this method enables the unbiased discovery ...cDNA sequencing and RNA sequencing of complex heterogeneous RNA samples. Furthermore, such high processivity...
  11. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - September 2021

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    ...systems allow researchers to understand bacterial gene clusters that produce useful natural materials, ...capable of robust expression of high G+C content genes, as validated through monitoring the expression ...coding sequence for a green fluorescent protein (GFP). The success of the A-to-G conversion could be seen...through the success of the change in expression of GFP, for the stop codon should have changed from “TGA...cytometry is used to sort populations by mCherry and GFP expression to check for ABE’s. b) Quantification ...human mRNA binding proteins with 10 guide RNAs per gene. The lab modified the lentiviral backbone to encode...pooled library from Junjie Chen's lab targets human genes known or suspected to be involved in DNA damage ...
  12. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Monitoring Cell Mobility Using Fluorescent Proteins

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    ... to track where GFP labelled B cells were in mounted slices of these organs. These GFP labelled cells ...enabled by fluorescent proteins The optimization of GFP and its derivatives by the late Roger Tsien changed...stimulus. Using an epifluorescence microscope and GFP fusion proteins controlled by promoters specific ...the immune lineage, scientists could easily track GFP expressing cells. For example, by harvesting lymph... the infiltration of neutrophils expressing LysM-GFP (green) into a draining lymph node after infection...molecule (see figure to the right). The excitation generated by these two-photons occurs only at a chosen focal...Laser include: Blue-green fluorescent proteins like EGFP Yellow-orange fluorescent proteins like TagRFP, ...
  13. Viral Production at Addgene

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    ... later, Cre-dependent GFP expression was detected with direct fluorescence. GFP was not detected in the...genomes (vg)/cell, pAAV-CAG-FLEX-rc [Jaws-KGC-GFP-ER2] (Addgene 84445-AAVrg) alone at 1.1E6 vg/mL, or both... Karl Deisseroth (Addgene viral prep # 55632-AAVrg). pAAV-CAG- FLEX-rc [Jaws-KGC-GFP-ER2] was a gift from... plasmid encoding rep and serotype-specific cap genes, and a plasmid encoding adenoviral helper sequences...viral vectors are tested in vitro and in vivo for gene expression and/or function. These data are sometimes...copies of the lentiviral Rev responsive element (RRE) gene and the cellular ribonuclease P/MRP 30 kDa subunit...vector genome titers by droplet digital PCR. Human Gene Therapy Methods, 25(2), Article 2. https://doi.org...
  14. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2025

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    ...fused to GFP forms fluorescent biomolecular condensates. A GFP-nanobody fused to the killswitch (GFP-nb–KS... killswitch can be genetically fused to a protein of interest or targeted to a GFP fusion protein using...using an anti-GFP nanobody (Figure 4). Once incorporated into a condensate, the killswitch disrupts its ...CRISPRa components to adipose cells to activate genes involved in converting white adipose tissue (WAT... metabolizing glucose to dissipate heat. Of the genes they tested, activating UCP1 had the most potent...increasing oxygen consumption and upregulating other genes normally expressed in BAT. When donor-derived CRISPRa-AAV-treated... as well as extensive validation of the cell and gene therapy, so please check it out! Find AAV-CRISPRa...
  15. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024

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    ...capture module (SpyTag-GFP nanobody) assembled on beads. C) Micrograph of H1.8-GFP nucleosomes collected...editing, this epigenetic strategy doesn’t induce DNA damage or permanently alter a gene product; it simply...In MagIC-cryo-EM, target proteins (expressed as a GFP fusion in this proof-of-concept study) are captured...SpyTag-SpyCatcher linkers and spacer proteins ending with a GFP nanobody (Figure 1). This enrichment streamlines ...) 3D model of the obtained structure of the H1.8-GFP-bound nucleosome. Images adapted from Arimura et ...on Prime-editing-Assisted Site-Specific Integrase Gene Editing (PASSIGE), their previously-reported technique...). Efficient site-specific integration of large genes in mammalian cells via continuously evolved recombinases...
  16. Fluorescent Protein Travel Awards - FLiPs and Fluorescent Protein Biosensors

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    ...lactose released activates expression of GFP from the lac operon. GFP expression can then be used to determine...(including lactose), and a lac operon controlled GFP. When the enzyme breaks down the HMO of interest,...Fatima's work and keep checking back in with the Addgene blog for future award opportunities. Xin Zhou:...when exposed to ultraviolet light. To do so, she generated fusion proteins in which Dronpa domains flanked...Proteins, or FLiPs.  Xin later optimized these first generation FLiPs by mutating Dronpa to lower its aggregation...second sensor is a fusion protein consisting of sfGFP fused to a His-tagged ABC transporter known to bind...Chemical Biology! Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn More about Photosactivatable Fluorescent...
  17. What's New in CRISPR - Winter 2018

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    ...plasmids Tagging human transcription factors with GFP Kevin White’s lab recently deposited a set of CRISPR...plasmids to tag human transcription factors with GFP. As part of the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE...proteins for optogenetic control of CRISPR-Cas9. By combining AcrIIA4, a Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 inhibitor... a few of the new CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR...adapted for detecting SNPs. Learn more from this Addgene blog post Read the paper in Science Find the...the Cas14 plasmids Anti-CRISPR proteins for optogenetic control of CRISPR-Cas9 Anti-CRISPR proteins that...editing is now possible. Learn more from this Addgene blog post Read the paper in Nature Methods Find...
  18. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024

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    ...Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics, 228(2), iyae126. https://doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyae126.   Gene disruption in...with expression levels comparable to GFP during early embryogenesis (Figure 3). mScarlet-I3 also offered...tags for live imaging in C. elegans CRISPR/Cas9 for gene disruption in M. abscessus  Bioluminescent reporter...through the middle of each embryo are shown, comparing GFP, wrmScarlet (mScarlet), and the new mScarlet3 and...developed a novel dual-plasmid CRISPR/Cas9 system for gene disruption in Mycobacterium abscessus, an increasingly...Here, the researchers were able to target multiple genes in M. abscessus either simultaneously or stepwise...system is induced to cause disruption of the target gene. Lastly, curing the mCherry-sgRNA plasmid leaves...
  19. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    ... cassette to the gene of interest. The gene to be expressed is amplified using a gene-specific forward...sgRNA-targeted gene, resulting in increased activation of endogenous transcription of the target gene. The brilliant...of downstream genes. Nihongaki et al describe the targeted activation of endogenous genes and detail the...efficiency and gene expression. The pUCXKT vector ensures that all screened plasmids contain a gene variant*...resistance gene (missing the first two codons). Two stop codons are inserted between the truncated gene and ...both the GFP and the RFP proteins in the nucleus. During the first round of translation, the GFP proteins... inducible, gene knockdown with shRNA or shRNA-miR30, (2) tamoxifen-inducible CreERT2 gene deletion, (...
  20. Multicolor Animals: Using Fluorescent Proteins to Understand Single Cell Behavior

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    ...deletion of one or several of these genes permits the expression of genes farther downstream in the construct... two tandem sets of genes aligned head-to-head and the deletion of one of the gene pairs. Brainbow 2.0... from the default GFP (green) to RFP, CFP, or YFP fluorescence. In Brainbow 2.1, GFP is tagged with a ...recombination in this mouse generates cells that randomly express either nuclear GFP, membrane CFP, cytoplasmic...Brainbow uses a Cre/lox system to label neurons. Genes encoding the fluorescent proteins are organized ...organized in tandem with a single promoter, but only the gene directly following the promoter is expressed. Cre-mediated... which uses Cre to trigger the inversion of two genes aligned head-to-head. Another variation, Brainbow...
  21. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    ...reporter gene (e.g. GFP) to identify and enrich positive cells or a selection marker to generate stable ...permanently knock out or knock-in a gene? Do you want to activate or repress gene expression? Are you trying to...separate transfer vectors. May contain reporter gene (e.g. GFP) to identify and enrich positive cells. Likely... create a fusion with a reporter protein such as GFP? All of these outcomes can be most effectively achieved...conjunction with activator or repressor domains to control gene expression. Base editors can help you make precise... for each, and potential delivery methods.   General considerations for planning your CRISPR experiment...Wildtype Cas9 or Cas9 nickase are appropriate for generating knockouts or knock-ins, or introducing mutations...
  22. Our Most Popular Blog Posts from 2019

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    ...Joachim Goedhart shares some strategies for generating GFP fusion proteins. From considering protein size... PS: they’re free. 3. Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection by ... biology over the past year: CRISPR, optogenetics, chemogenetics, plasmids, fluorescent proteins, careers...proteins at Addgene. 7. Designing Your Chalk Talk for the Academic Job Interview by Erik Snapp Addgene depositor...2020! Additional resources on the Addgene Blog Read other Addgene news Find the most recent plasmid ...posts Resources at Addgene Browse the repository Find educational resources at Addgene Search for plasmids...discovery. We’ve documented many new tools on the Addgene blog and have created and updated guides on various...
  23. Fluorescent Tagging of Endogenous Genes with SapTrap

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    ...easily modified to tag hundreds of genes, generating powerful genetic screening libraries. Additional protein... to screen for the genetically modified strains that contain your newly tagged gene. Most insertions can... to generate high-throughput targeting vectors. These vectors can be used to tag endogenous genes and ...-Throughput CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Modification in Caenorhabditis elegans.” Genetics. 202(4) (2016):1277-88....Since the discovery of GFP over 50 years ago, the growing spectrum of fluorescent proteins (FPs) has ...protein fusions is to replace the genomic copy of your gene of interest with a fluorescent protein fusion. CRISPR...repair pathway, a new user-defined DNA sequence (like GFP) can be inserted at the DSB. CRISPR has allowed scientists...
  24. Capturing a Moment with Marc Zimmer’s “The State of Science”

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    ...section. The GFP story has its own Franklin in Doug Prasher, who originally isolated the GFP gene but was ...years, but lay readers may be less familiar with gene drives and their ramifications. Readers unfamiliar...the identification of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) and its development into an essential tool in biology...time on Addgene’s role in the rapid dissemination of these technologies, proposing that “Addgene, with ...contributed to the steadily increasing distrust the general public has in science and scientists (as discussed...replace scientists themselves.  The sections on optogenetics and CRISPR of course address some of the ethical...has been a key driver of the technology.” As an Addgene vet of 12 years, I’m very familiar with the role...
  25. Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids

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    ...expression of Gene X using shRNA expressed from a plasmid   Figure 1: Expression Level of Gene X The results... level of Gene X in cells treated with Plasmid A is similar to the expression level of Gene X in the untreated...backbone itself on gene expression in your target cells. In experiments employing gene targeting or genome...trying to repress a gene, your control might be a system where expression of that gene is knocked out completely... shRNA targeting human Gene X in Plasmid A is the decreased expression of Gene X. Ergo the positive control...targeting human Gene X. The non-targeting control also assesses any effects of the general introduction ... wherein Plasmid A (encoding shRNA against human Gene X in backbone Y) was transfected into human cells...
  26. New Viral Vectors - Fall 2024

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    ...viral prep pAAV-CAG-GFP AAV9-X1.1 Controls Edward Boyden New serotype pAAV-hSyn-EGFP AAV PHP.eB Controls...AAV9. You can now target these cells with AAV-CAG-GFP packaged in AAV9-X1.1!  We also have eight new AAV-PHP.eB...preps available in the Addgene viral vector repository! This includes the first Addgene prep packaged in the... AAV1 Optogenetics Karl Deisseroth New serotype pAAV-hSyn-hChR2(H134R)-EYFP AAV2 Optogenetics Karl Deisseroth... Brian O'Neill.  More resources on the Addgene blog Addgene's Data Hub What is a Virus (and a Viral Vector...other new AAV vectors as well — including next-generation biosensors for GABA, dopamine, serotonin, and...Table 1: New ready-to-use viral vectors in the Addgene repository  Name Serotype Category Depositor...
  27. Hot Plasmids - November 2023

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    ...delivery of genetic cargo  By Alyssa NeuhausTo improve delivery and reduce off-target effects of gene therapy...transcriptional activation events as bands of induced GFP-iPAK4 expressed under promoters like the tet-responsive...fluorescent signal in the ticker tape from cFos::GFP-iPAK4 within an hour. Analyzing the ticker tape images...to red at 12 h, and PMA activation induces cFos::GFP-iPAK4 at 3 or 6 h. Scale bar 5 µm. Images adapted...system to improve on-target delivery of genetic cargo Optogenetic proximity labeling and TransitID Tracking...continuous evolution and protein engineering to generate seven new prime editors, PE6a–g, that overcome...10.1038/s41467-023-40788-8. PMID 37612276.   Optogenetic proximity labeling and TransitID By Mike Lacy...
  28. Plasmids 101: Gene, enhancer, and promoter trapping

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    ...exon of a gene, and thus they do not disrupt the gene expression of the gene they monitor. Gene traps Gene...expression of a nearby gene. The reporter gene serves as a proxy for the endogenous gene – its expression levels...predicted genes have unidentified roles as well (Vanni, et al). Is it true that this many genes are truly...modifying the gene of interest in any way. For example, if green fluorescent protein (GFP) was the reporter... infer that the gene which GFP was monitoring was being expressed in the same pattern. These systems suggest...biologically relevant situations. Tissue-specific genes – the genes of interest may not be expressed in the tissue...are working with. Development-specific genes – if a gene functions at multiple stages in development...
  29. Bright Monomeric Fluorescent Proteins: mNeonGreen, mTFP1, and mWasabi

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    ...substitutions to LanYFP and the addition of the enhanced GFP (EGFP)-type termini. mNeonGreen was reported as the ... to 3 times brighter than the most commonly used GFPs and YFPs. Its excitation maxima is at 506 nm and...Oregon created mTFP1 by transforming E. coli with a gene library of approximately 484 variants, including... your research Subscribe to the Addgene blog Resources on Addgene.org Learn about the Michael Davidson...Allele Biotechnology that now can be deposited at Addgene. What makes these fluorescent proteins unique and...was then screened through successive rounds of mutagenesis for the brightest teal fluorescent proteins that...scientists from Florida State University, they used a mutagenesis approach and found that specific amino acid changes...
  30. Choosing Your Fluorescent Proteins for Multi-Color Imaging

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    ...imaging with this set are mTagBFP2, EGFP or one of the improved GFP variants, mRuby2 or TagRFP-T, and an... / em 527 nm) can be imaged together but CFP and GFP (ex 488 nm / em 507 nm) show some crosstalk between...TagRFP to give a brighter signal than mCherry. In general, filter sets designed for Rhodamine / Cy3 will ...mammalian cells, one of the improved folding variants of EGFP like mEmerald or Clover is probably best; mNeonGreen...and have reported brightness measurements. Here, EGFP outperforms the improved folding variants, presumably...set of proteins the green and red proteins are generally the most detectable and so should be used to tag...
  31. Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene

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    ...leader sequence. Using a variety of GFP and RFP fusions as their test genes, the researchers at the BIOFAB ...translational repressor to down-regulate a gene of interest. You can generate PUF proteins with a wide variety ...restriction enzymes and standardized primers to clone your gene of interest into both sequencing (pInitial) and ...abundance (meaning they are unlikely to be found in your gene of interest) and prevent incorporation of extensive...kit contain a variety of promoters to facilitate gene expression in bacteria, yeast, mammalian cells, ...various combinations of protein tags (His, Avi, and GFP) as well as protease sites to facilitate protein ...hope this kit will allow you to quickly study your gene of interest in a variety of model systems, thereby...
  32. Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)

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    ...binding scFv that’s fused to GFP. When the multiple copies of the scFv-GFP fusion bind the SunTag scaffold...also allows for screening scFv generated from the B cell antibody genes from diseased or vaccinated humans...   Some phage display libraries screen antibody genes from B cells of immunized animals, but it's possible...scFv that’s fused to a fluorescent protein such as GFP. The HA frankenbody works just like an antibody-based....1791  Deal CE, Balazs AB (2015) Vectored antibody gene delivery for the prevention or treatment of HIV ...also allows for generations of scFvs against two antigens that are impossible to generate scFvs against ...probe, but is easier and cheaper to generate since it’s genetically encoded.   Translational applications...
  33. Visualizing Genomic Loci with CRISPR-Sirius

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    ...each recruits a different fluorescent protein (BFP, GFP, or RFP) to the genomic loci of interest. Pairs of...hairpin sequence (sgRNA-Sirius-8XPP7) to recruit GFP to the loci of interest. To determine how the sgRNA-Sirius... observing low-copy genomic loci or single copy genes. If you want to visualize genomic loci brightly,...PP7, or boxB sequences inserted into the sgRNA generates blue, green, or red colors for labeling. A combination... PP7, or boxB sequences in the same sgRNA will generate additional colors. Image from Ma et al., 2016 ...CRISPR-Sirius a try. Find CRISPR-Sirius plasmids at Addgene. References Ma, Hanhui et al. “Multicolor CRISPR...PubMed PMID: 30377374. Additional resources on the Addgene blog Download our CRISPR eBook Learn about fluorescent...
  34. New Neuroscience Tool: The iGluSnFR3 Glutamate Sensor

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    ...regulation. To create iGluSnFR, the Looger lab wedged GFP between two halves of a bacterially derived periplasmic...increase in fluorescence intensity from the inserted GFP. After characterizing iGluSnFR in vitro, showing ...zebrafish, and mice. Second Generation iGluSnFR: SF-iGluSnFR In the second generation of iGluSnFR, the Looger...Looger lab swapped eGFP for sfGFP to create SF-iGluSnFR. This improved variant has higher expression levels...being deposited at Addgene. Other plasmids and pAAVs can be ordered directly from Addgene. The Podgorski ... for Synaptic Imaging However, the first two generations of iGluSnFR had limitations: they were not optimal...extrasynaptic glutamate release. Building on the previous generation of the SF-Venus-iGluSnFR (itself an improvement...
  35. The Twelve Days of Antibodies

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    ...to me…  A recombinant anti-GFP!    🎶On the third day of Antibody, Addgene gave to me…  An online Antibody...Antibody, Addgene gave to me…  An Antibodies 101 eBook!  🎶On the second day of Antibody, Addgene gave to...Antibody, Addgene gave to me…  A recombinant Anti-Arl13b!    🎶On the fifth day of Antibody, Addgene gave ...gave to me… The Addgene Antibody Data Hub!    🎶On the sixth day of Antibody, Addgene gave to me… A recombinant...Antibody, Addgene gave to me… Antibodies developed by IPI!   🎶On the eighth day of Antibody, Addgene gave ...Antibody, Addgene gave to me…  A recombinant Anti-APP!   🎶On the eleventh day of Antibody, Addgene gave to...Anti-DYKDDDDK!   🎶On the ninth day of Antibody, Addgene gave to me… A neuroscience antibody collection!...
  36. Stabilized Bacterial Promoters: Constant Gene Expression at any Copy Number

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    ...of where the genes were expressed. What’s the use of stable gene expression? Constant gene expression can...Researchers express genes of interest from plasmids in order to study gene function or to engineer cells...input and gene expression is the output. The input, plasmid copy number, directly influences gene expression... varied in size or carried different genes. In these cases, gene expression also remained stable regardless...media and growth stage can both affect gene copy number. Moreover, gene copy number is affected differently... constitutive promoter upstream of GFP increased expression of GFP six-fold, but a stabilized promoter...the levels of gene expression from stabilized promoters were equivalent whether the genes were expressed...
  37. Hot Plasmids - February 2022

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    ...anti-FLAG-FB-GFP binding to FLAG-tag H2B for nuclear localization. (c) Applications of anti-FLAG-FB-GFP labeling...between MARCH5 and WSB2 genes using Cas12a’s ability to knock out multiple genes in parallel. Lastly, this...to induce high levels of gene activation for both reporter and endogenous genes. It is highly specific ...cellular targets Optimized genetic screening technique using Cas12a for multiplexed gene perturbation The Penn...10846-1.   Optimized genetic screening technique using Cas12a for multiplexed gene perturbation by: Gabrielle...many CRISPR-based genetic screening methods have primarily used Cas9 to knock out genes, researchers at ...multiple genes within a single cassette provides increased simplicity for combinatorial genetic screens...
  38. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    ...limits the delivery of larger transgenes, such as base editors which have a gene size of ~5.2 kb. To overcome...Article contributed by Jennifer Tsang AAVs are a great gene therapy delivery mechanism, but their small packaging...levels similar to that of a single AAV expressing GFP. The lab tested the base editors in vivo and achieved...dosage comparable to those currently used in human gene therapy trials. They further tested the base editors...voltage indicators, however, fall short compared to GFP-based sensors in terms of response and brightness...expression levels from different promoters, and inhibited gene expression using CRISPRi. The kit functions in the...that increases temporal and spatial precision of gene expression and reduces toxicity as compared to previous...
  39. Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies

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    ... and allows translation of the reporter gene resulting in GFP signal. With the addition of standards, ...well as a selectable marker and a desired genetic payload (ex: GFP). Thus, cells can be both sorted using...ribosome binding site (RBS) followed by a reporter gene. The hairpin blocks translation by sequestering ...antibiotic resistance markers, promoters, and inducible gene expression systems in bee gut microbiome species...or preparation, and deliver CRISPR components for gene disruption or CRISPRi. While designed to study the...address these questions, biologists often use next-generation sequencing. Sequencing the 16S rRNA reveals the... also study the microbiome by using engineered genetic tools and reporter microbes. Let’s take a look ...
  40. Viral Vectors 101: Biosensors

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    ...interest (analyte), and accumulation of ATP activated GFP expression (receptor), then the transducer could ...plate reader, or any other instrument which measured GFP levels and converted that signal into a readable ... on the Addgene blog An Overview of AAV Encoded Calcium Biosensors Illuminating Epigenetics with a ... systems that measure biological phenomena by generating an output which is directly proportionate to ...antibody, enzyme, DNA, etc. The receptors job is to generate a quantitative signal upon recognizing the analyte... (fluorescence, pH, etc.). The transducer will generate a numerical value which represents the amount ...: Almost all of the biosensors discussed are genetically encoded, and luckily, we have pre-designed plasmids...
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