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  1. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferases

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    ...luciferase assays require cell lysis as the most efficient means to disrupt the cell membrane and deliver ...produced. A similar approach can be used to analyze cell signaling pathways or miRNA knockdown. BRET for ...advantageous properties. This approach can improve live-cell imaging by avoiding autofluorescence and phototoxicity...can permit measurements of luminescence from live cells. Luciferase variants with incompatible substrates...
  2. Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies

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    ...system, antibodies are produced by B cells. Each individual B cell produces antibodies that all recognize...also all the same isotype. But together, all the B cell clones in the immune system make different isotypes...antibodies starts with selecting just one of these B cell clones for further antibody production, polyclonal... blood from the immunized animal. The red blood cells and the serum are separated, and the serum - which...
  3. Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 3: Genome Engineering in Flies

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    ...Drosophila cell line, I’ve studied a transcription factor important for T cell differentiation (a cell type ...regeneration and homeostasis in the Drosophila midgut. Cell. 137, 1343–55 (2009). PubMed PMID: 19563763. PubMed...et al. Digoxin and its derivatives suppress TH17 cell differentiation by antagonizing RORγt activity. ...
  4. Luminescent Imaging with Nano-lanterns

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    ...have become indispensable tools for molecular and cell biologists over the last two decades, but their ...quantum yield, and when transiently expressed in cells, generates much less signal than comparable fluorescent...three luminescent proteins can be used together in cells. As Nano-lanterns are not subject to photobleaching...Nano-lanterns, Takai et al. continuously imaged cells for about 4 hours! The latest enhanced Nano-lanterns... al. “Luminescent proteins for high-speed single-cell and whole-body imaging.” Nat Commun. 3 (2012): 1262...
  5. R Bodies: Membrane-Rupturing Microscopic Tools

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    ... can rupture E. coli spheroplasts (cells which have had their cell walls removed with lysozyme). This ...protein fusions allowed us to image R bodies inside cells, and these constructs may be useful to future scientists...applications. For example, you could use them to lyse cells (and surrounding membranes) in keeping with their...assemble and function, we might be able to endow cells with new ways to interact mechanically with their...
  6. PRIDICT: Predicting Efficiencies of Prime Editing Guide RNAs

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    ... diverse prime editing systems in multiple cell types. Cell, 186, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell...suited for prediction of very diverse edit types and cell contexts. Figure 1: High-throughput screening...by Thousands of Reporters Integrated in Parallel. Cell, 154(4), 914–927. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CELL...regulation and epigenetic manipulation of prime editing. Cell. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2024.03.020 Mathis...double-strand break repair pathway balance. Molecular Cell, 81(10), 2216-2230.e10. https://doi.org/10.1016/...
  7. Of Myc and Men

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    ...For about as long as the disciplines have existed, cell and molecular biologists have been continuously ... peer into the mysterious, microscopic world of cells. The development of antibodies as tools allowed ...monoclonals would help the field explore Myc’s role in cell proliferation and tumorigenesis.  Using two different...specific for human c-myc proto-oncogene product. Mol Cell Biol 5:3610–3616. https://doi.org/10.1128/mcb.5.12.3610... and immunoglobulin heavy chain binding protein. Cell 46:291–300. https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(86...signal prevents secretion of luminal ER proteins. Cell 48:899–907. https://doi.org/10.1016/0092-8674(87...
  8. Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    ...measuring protein expression or localization in cells, or even single-particle tracking of the bound complex...(1–10) and GFP(11) Versatile protein tagging in cells with split fluorescent protein. Kamiyama et al. ...tracking of protein-protein interactions in living cells. Shao et al. Commun Biol. 2021 Yujie Sun   For...bright enough for single-molecule tracking in live cells.  Controls  When designing experiments, it’s important... fragments themselves can sometimes interact in cells and produce background signal (especially for some...some older split-GFP constructs or certain cell environments). Also consider that a protein fusion may...
  9. Don’t FRET: Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation Makes Visualizing Protein-Protein Interactions Easy

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    ...Proteins in Living Cells Using Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation. Molecular Cell 9:789–798. https...manner. This is straightforward in easy-to-transfect cell lines where plasmid dosage can be tightly controlled...fluorescence-based method for directly visualizing PPIs in cells. The ease with which BiFC can be visualized makes...visualization of protein interactions in living cells. Nat Protoc 1:1278–1286. https://doi.org/10.1038...(BiFC) Analysis of Protein Interactions in Live Cells. Cold Spring Harb Protoc 2013:pdb.prot076497. https...
  10. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Aptamer Fluorophores

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    ..., peptides, amino acids, drugs, metal ions, and cells (even pathogenic bacteria). That range is possible... combination of SELEX and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) of E. coli transformed with aptamer...and FACS, Broccoli is inherently more stable in cells. The new aptamer also has a higher melting temperature...cassettes, thereby extending their use into mammalian cells. They’ve also dimerized Broccoli to further enhance...Multicolor CRISPR labeling of chromosomal loci in human cells.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112(10) (2015): 3002...Aptamers as a Tool to Study RNA-Modifying Enzymes.” Cell Chem Biol. 2016 Mar 17;23(3):415-25. PubMed PMID...
  11. CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?

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    ...Generating a no-fuss genetic knockout  Knock-out cells or animals are engineered by introducing Cas9-mediated...transcription by blocking its initiation. In mammalian cells, robust repression requires targeting dCas9 along...study essential genes whose knockout would cause cell lethality. The Krüppel associated box (KRAB) is ...repressing target genes in a variety of species and cell types can be found on Addgene’s website. Activating...activating target genes in a variety of species and cell types can be found on Addgene’s website. ...optimized for expression in different species and cell types including (but not limited to) bacteria, yeast... have delivered Cas9 and a sgRNA to your target cells, it is time to confirm that your target sequence...
  12. Evolution of Lab Techniques

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    ...Neuroscience at Harvard University. Just as computers, cell phones, and cars become more technologically advanced...gene mutation is the genetic test used for sickle cell anemia (2). Southern blotting, in conjunction with... of the mutated β globin gene that causes sickle cell anemia. The mutation happens to destroy a sequence...conducted on a sample from an individual without sickle cell anemia, two DNA fragments are observed because the... site where MstII cuts. In a patient with sickle cell anemia the enzyme does not cut the DNA so only one...Wai Kan. "A sensitive new prenatal test for sickle-cell anemia." New England Journal of Medicine 307.1 (...transgenic constructs and mice." Current Protocols in Cell Biology (2009): 19-10. PubMed PMID: 19283728. PubMed...
  13. Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetic Tools

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    ...positively charged ions to rapidly pass through the cell membrane and initiate an action potential - a very...light source delivers light pulses to the subject/cells expressing the optogenetic tool causing a change...such as Na+, K+, and Ca++ to passively enter the cell with the concentration gradient to depolarize it...the concentration gradient and hyperpolarize the cell (Mattis et al., 2012). Bicistronic vectors combine...different wavelength, turns it off, allowing the cell to be excited over a sustained period of time (Gong...affect how rapidly you can activate or inhibit a cell in succession and maintain fidelity with the stimulus...many downstream signaling mechanisms that are often cell-type specific. If it is something you’re considering...
  14. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    ...mammalian cells. Co-expression markers EGFP and PuroR enable sorting and selection of transduced cells. Grant...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...enhancers. As the effects of these tools are likely cell type- and context-dependent, it may make sense to...Editing DNA Methylation in the Mammalian Genome. Cell 167:233–247.e17 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell...CRISPR-based approach for targeted DNA demethylation. Cell Discovery 2: . https://doi.org/10.1038/celldisc.2016.9...
  15. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning

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    ...requires making complex manipulations to cells. For example: in a cell there are proteins which interact with...TU, or even an individual part, will behave in a cell. For unpredictable cases, MoClo provides two answers...allow you to study natural genetic circuits in the cell. Natural and synthetic product production A major...biofuels, drug precursors, etc., microbially or in cell-free systems. These pathways typically involve multiple...
  16. Hot Plasmids - March 2019 - Anti-CRISPR, 2in1 Cloning, Fluorescent Voltage Indicators, and Photoswitchable Proteins

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    ...indicator. Archon1 can embed itself into the cell membrane where cell voltage can then be measured. Archon1 ... it. Using a robotic picking approach to select cells with variant characteristics they wanted, the team...approach to control protein-protein interactions in cells because the protein binders can be customized for...TOM20 (pTriEX Tom20 mVenus BoPD). In dark adapted cells expressing these plasmids, tgRFP fluorescence localizes...
  17. Rosella: A Fluorescent pH-Biosensor for Studying Autophagy

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    ...analyzing autophagy of cytosol and organelles in yeast cells. Autophagy (Greek for “self-eating”) is induced ...radio-labeled long-lived proteins as a proxy for autophagy. Cells are cultured with isotope-labeled amino acids for...fluorescence regardless of its localization in the cell. SEP’s pH sensitivity means Rosella will fluoresce...measurements of macroautophagy and mitophagy in mammalian cells using a single fluorescent biosensor. Scientific...(2010). Methods in Mammalian Autophagy Research. Cell,140(3), 313-326. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2010.01.028....
  18. Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens

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    ...screening for genes that, when turned on, make melanoma cells resistant to treatment with a BRAF inhibitor. (The...Weissman and his colleagues demonstrated in a paper in Cell that they could typically achieve 90-99% knockdown...straightforward to apply the new library for use in various cell types and in live mice. Therapeutic uses in humans...Shehata SI, Dohmae N, Ishitani R, Zhang F, Nureki O. Cell. 2014 Feb 27;156(5):935-49. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.02.001...Ploegh HL, Bassik MC, Qi LS, Kampmann M, Weissman JS. Cell. 2014 Oct 23;159(3):647-61. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.029...
  19. Antibodies 101: Epitope Availability

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    ... have been extracted from a cell, instead of when it is attached to a cell membrane.  Picking the Right...epitopes that are available on the outside of the cell. The same protein may have different epitopes available...need to validate on denatured proteins or on live cells. But for others, you may need to validate that it...
  20. Understanding GPCR Signaling Using TRUPATH

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    ...To respond to environmental conditions, cells must be able to detect extracellular stimuli. One way they...complex converts a signal received by a GPCR on the cell’s surface into action that can result in the initiation...protein transducers. To use the TRUPATH system, cells are transfected with plasmids expressing the GPCR... and the appropriate Gγ-GFP2 and Gβ constructs. Cells are then treated with the luminescent enzyme substrate...
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