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  1. 10 Great Guest Posts We're Thankful For

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    ...Favorite Fluorescent Protein Oligomerizes in Cells GFP oligomerization can lead to misleading artefacts ... your research, check out this post! R Bodies: Membrane-Rupturing Microscopic Tools In this post, Jessica...also showed that R-bodies can rupture E. coli membranes. Read the full post for potential applications...
  2. Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down

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    ...S65T) in the original jellyfish GFP (AvGFP) to create enhanced GFP (EGFP), a variant with improved brightness... There are numerous GFP variants. Here I use the name ‘GFP’, which refers to mEGFP. This variant was made...examined on a case-by-case basis. GFP is sensitive to acid The chromophore of GFP can exist in a protonated and...its acid tolerance is maintained in cells.   GFP is big GFP is a 28 kDa protein that resembles a cylinder...2013; Hilaire et al., 2017). GFP can only be used for tagging proteins GFP fusion proteins are made by ... a fusion with GFP allows for detection of genomic locations (Chen et al., 2013). GFP fluorescence overlaps... al., 2018). GFP is not tolerated in my fusion It is standard practice to attach the GFP to the N- or ...
  3. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    ...dim GFPs The availability of the three dimensional structure of GFP, its brighter mutant S65T-GFP, and...and GFP shRNA. Mice carrying the R26DsRedR; CRUSH-GFP; and Nestin-Cre alleles showed efficient GFP knockdown...identified a family of GFP proteins in the cephalochordate Branchiostoma floridae, named bfloGFPs. They went on...and demonstrate that they can successfully create GFP fusion proteins with a variety of genes across the...enabled scientists to engineer a wide variety of GFPs with diversity in fluorescence brightness, intensity...relies on several observations: Rapamycin is a membrane-permeable pharmacological agent that can rapidly...extraneous proteins bound to its outer mitochondrial membrane. Sequestration is accomplished by knocking down...
  4. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    ...GABA-ergic interneurons. These include mDlx-GFP, hDlx-FLEX-GFP, hDlx-Flex-dTomato, mDlx-GCaMP6f, hDlx-GiDREADD-dTomato...with plasmids encoding FPs tagged with the plasma membrane targetin sequence derived either from p63(1-29...non-specific labeling. For labeling the plasma membrane, they tested different target sequences for improved...pMAK463 (NBαMouse-IgK, Addgene #140701) pMAK464 (NBαEGFP, Addgene #140702) The pMAK461-64 plasmids were...introduced into the hPSC genome using AAV1 and contain an EGFP reporter. Expression of the dCas9-KRAB activator...
  5. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies

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    ...blot showing GFP expression in cells that have been transfected with a plasmid encoding GFP. Actin, a common...SDS-PAGE, and are subsequently transferred to a membrane. A primary antibody recognizing the protein of...is added, and will bind to that protein on the membrane. Then, addition of a secondary antibody allows...bind to proteins on the cell surface, or the cell membrane can be permeabilized to allow antibodies to bind...
  6. Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs

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    ...excellent choice for fusions with integral membrane proteins and membrane associated proteins (i.e. GPI-anchored...including the secretory pathway (Figure 2), the inner membrane space of mitochondria and chloroplasts, the extracellular...Lindsey M. Costantini, and Erik L. Snapp. "Superfolder GFP is fluorescent in oxidizing environments when targeted...
  7. Special Delivery: Fluorophore Targeting for FRET Studies

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    ...they cannot cross cell membranes, so they are best used either with plasma membrane proteins (such as GPCRs...His  44 35-63 Plasma membrane protein, permeabilized cells  Cy5NTAc 32 25-45 GFP (fluorescein is similar... Most importantly, these compounds cross cell membranes, thus enabling FRET measurements in intact cells...Intact Cells Cy3NTAc Poly His  63 50-90 Plasma membrane protein, permeabilized cells  Cy5NTAc 43 34-...Intact Cells Cy3NTAc Poly His  65 52-94 Plasma membrane protein, permeabilized cells  Cy5NTAc 59 47-...
  8. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferase

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    ...such as excitation of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) because of the nature of the chemical reaction compared...to using a high-intensity laser to rapidly excite GFP. As a result of the different mechanisms to produce...as the most efficient means to disrupt the cell membrane and deliver the substrate; however, secreted luciferase...
  9. Viral Production at Addgene

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    ... later, Cre-dependent GFP expression was detected with direct fluorescence. GFP was not detected in the...viral genomes (vg)/cell, pAAV-CAG-FLEX-rc [Jaws-KGC-GFP-ER2] (Addgene 84445-AAVrg) alone at 1.1E6 vg/mL, ...prep # 55632-AAVrg). pAAV-CAG- FLEX-rc [Jaws-KGC-GFP-ER2] was a gift from Edward Boyden (Addgene viral...filtration through a 0.45 µm polyethersulfone (PES) membrane. The preparations are then aliquoted, frozen, ...
  10. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    ...levels similar to that of a single AAV expressing GFP. The lab tested the base editors in vivo and achieved...voltage indicators, however, fall short compared to GFP-based sensors in terms of response and brightness...-opsin GEVIs. With an increase in the neuron’s membrane potential, Ace absorbance increases and results...
  11. Fluorescent Protein Guide: Biosensors

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    ...Calcium erGAP3 (GFP-Aequorin Protein) for imaging of Ca+ dynamics in endoplasmic reticulum GFP-Aequorin Protein...FlincG3 (GFP-based cGMP sensor) for imaging in C. elegans neurons Using a Robust and Sensitive GFP-Based ...trafficking to the plasma membrane Acute disruption of the synaptic vesicle membrane protein synaptotagmin...measurements of membrane charges A FRET sensor enables quantitative measurements of membrane charges in live...2020 GENIE Project Calcium jGCaMP7 High-performance GFP-based calcium indicators (Constitutive or Cre-dependent...sensor iATPSnFR1.0 and iATPSnFR1.1 (cytoplasmic, membrane-displayed, expression in neurons, astrocytes) ...cyclic AMP) Signaling reporter island (SiRI) with GFP-based fluorescent reporter cAMPr Spatial Multiplexing...
  12. Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons

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    ...proteins, which are directly trafficked to cell membranes. Membrane trafficking of farnesylated derivatives enables...fluorescent proteins: RFP (red), YFP (yellow) and M-CFP (membrane tethered cyan). Without Cre recombination, RFP...-2.1 construct can express one of four colors (n-GFP, RFP, YFP or M-CFP.) The construct contains two tandem... and sequence overlap (coral mOrange2, jellyfish EGFP, and sea anemone mKate2.) They then successfully... is retained in Brainbow-3.0, but with mOrange2, EGFP and mKate2 as the fluorophores; mOrange2 is the ...
  13. Hot Plasmids February 2024

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    ..., Myc and SV40 Nuclear Localization Signals, and GFP. B) Workflow to assess Cas9-PAGE editing with viral...variants:   Figure 2: Inner mitochondrial membranes imaged with structured illumination microscopy...2023). StayGold variants for molecular fusion and membrane-targeting applications. Nature Methods, 1–9. https...
  14. The Michael Davidson Collection: One-Stop Shop for Fluorescent Proteins

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    ...from Joachim Goedhart: Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection.  ...F-Actin to mitochondria, from the nucleus to cell membrane, this collection has fluorescently tagged versions...sun, from the standard oldies but goodies (e.g., EGFP and YFP) to the new and improved fruit colors (e.g...
  15. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Protein Timers

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    ... of vesicle fusion and release from the plasma membrane by fusing various vesicle cargoes to FP timer ...fusing Medium-FT to LAMP-2A, a lysosome-associated membrane protein, and following its subcellular localization...Fluorescent Protein Aggregation Catch Up On Your GFP Basics Get Advice on Choosing Your Fluorescent Protein...
  16. AAV Molecular Tools

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    ...Cre-dependent Cre-dependent expression of membrane-bound GFP and synaptophysin-mRuby for labeling of axon...System Activity Serotype PI 124364 pAAV-FLEX-DTR-GFP CBA-driven, Cre-dependent Cre-dependent expression...expression of diphtheria toxin receptor fused to GFP for studying cell ablation. 2 Jessell , Azim 45580 pAAV-... Serotype PI 98747 pAAV-FLEX-EGFPL10a EF1a-driven and Cre-dependent EGFP-tagged ribosomal L10a 5, rg* ...and synaptophysin-EGFP for labeling of axon terminals. 1 Zeng 71760 pAAV hSyn FLEx mGFP-2A-Synaptophysin-mRuby...Serotype PI 51509 AAV phSyn1(S)-FLEX-tdTomato-T2A-SypEGFP-WPRE Syn-driven, Cre-dependent Cre-dependent expression...
  17. Technologies Enabled by NanoLuc® Luciferase

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    ...fluorescent protein that could be co-imaged with GFP using the same wavelength for excitation. The result...optogenetic accuators to depolarize or hyperpolarize membranes. Traditional FRET reporters could not be used ...Venus fluorescent protein in conjunction with a membrane-inserted voltage sensing domain (LOTUS V; Luminescent...Universal Sensing of Voltage). With this sensor, membrane depolarization increases the BRET signal whereas...
  18. Year of the Camelid: Antibody Style

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    ...highlighted back in 2015, where sdAbs were used to create GFP scaffolds for transcriptional activation.  sdAbs ...Llamas Required - Synthetic Nanobodies Against Membrane Proteins More resources from addgene.org  Plasmids...
  19. Hot Plasmids - October 2022

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    ...photoactivation of HcKCR1 in mouse neurons. D) Membrane voltage traces of action potentials in a HcKCR1...Addgene’s western blot for the myc-tagged protein GFP-smFP-myc expressed from Plasmid 98926. See the Applications...
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