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  1. Hot Plasmids - June 2019 - Optogenetics, Acoustic Reporter Genes, microRNAs, and the CRISPR-Cas9 system CHIME

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    ...cleavage, and suppresses neuronal transmission within minutes. Constructs using the photodimerizer system CRY2...Escherichia coli and Salmonella Typhimurium. This work demonstrates engineered gas vesicles as the first reporter...is regulated in the 3’ UTR by four miRNA target sites and thereby serves as a sensor of miRNA presence...population, or identify differentiation and disease states. This collection of reporter plasmids is amenable...
  2. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    ... 49,000 times! Their long-lasting popularity illustrates the utility these tools have in many different...pyogenes with an invariant sgRNA scaffold and cloning sites for inserting the guide sequence (pSpCas9(BB)). ...notice the “V2.0” at the end of this plasmid which indicates that there was a prior version of this plasmid...retroviral). Fun fact: published in 2003, this plasmid predates Addgene’s founding. Find pCMV-VSV-G. pRSV-Rev...
  3. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - May 2020

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    ...control AAV in smaller aliquots of 20ul for serotype testing to help you pick the best AAV for your experiment...GABA-ergic interneurons (83895). See our Serotype Testing AAV inventory for the entire collection! Plasmid...activated, this DREADD acts through the Gq pathway and promotes neuronal firing. Plasmid Serotype Name Depositor...functional Cre enzyme that induces recombination of lox sites. This system takes advantage of the extensive supply...
  4. Synthesized by Ginkgo Bioworks, Shared by Addgene: SARS-CoV-2 Plasmids for Many Expression Systems

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    ...none of these constructs have been functionally tested by Ginkgo Bioworks or Addgene. If you used plasmids...combinations of WT, codon optimized, untagged, cleavage sites (thrombin and TEV), and C-terminal tags (StrepII...first pass QC. The lab team manually transforms, innoculates, and performs DNA minipreps for small batches...mutation.  Once the samples arrive, each group of plates will have select samples prepared and screened ...
  5. Antibodies 101: Monoclonal Antibodies

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    ...of Producing Monoclonal Antibodies, 1999). This creates an immortal cell population that will continue ...of molecules including proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates, in this blog post we’ll focus on antibodies...lots over time. Specifically, the antigen-binding sites of the antibody - the paratopes - may change and... Addgene’s antibody plasmid collection Read the latest on Addgene's new antibody project ...
  6. Choosing a CRISPR Nuclease: Site Accessibility, Specificity, and Sensitivity

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    ... PAM specificity, allowing for the targeting of sites that were previously unavailable. Figure ... with a broader PAM specificity can target more sites. Created with BioRender.com. Specificity Specificity...variants that were able to target different PAM sites (NGG, NGAN, NGNG, NGAG, and NGCG). Since then, the...eSpCas9 and SpCas9-HF across a number of different sites. Using a combined random and directed mutagenesis...
  7. CRISPR 101: Non-Homologous End Joining

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    ...finishes repair of most types of breaks in tens of minutes – an order of magnitude faster than HDR. NHEJ is...paired end complex The paired end complex then ligates compatible DNA ends together, thus repairing the...Aprataxin, Tdp2) that function to make ends better substrates for ligation. Although we do not describe these...vastly reduces breaks and mutations at off-target sites. Christina Mork contributed to the update of this...
  8. Kiran Musunuru on the Newest TALEN Genome-Editing System

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    ...relevant to the disease in question – cardiomyocytes, adipocytes or neurons, for instance – to see how...Cell Stem Cell paper, for example, we generated hepatocytes to examine the effect of a gene on cholesterol...Musunuru: The CRISPR/Cas9 system is easier to use as testified by the fact that the TALEN kit includes 834 plasmids...
  9. Deep Dive: qPCR

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    .... ANOVA, t-test, multiple regression analysis, and non-parametric analogous Wilcoxon tests have all been...variation into your data. Try different types of pipettes and pipetting methods to find what’s most consistent...plate. Compare the CT values within each set of triplicates to understand variation due to technical error...reproducibility’s sake!   Fig. 2: Setting up triplicates in multiple configurations can help you identify...
  10. Stabilized Bacterial Promoters: Constant Gene Expression at any Copy Number

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    ...the accumulation of toxic intermediates or the shuttling of the intermediates into other pathways. In cases...of plasmids, the stabilized promoters were also tested in different plasmid backbones that varied in size...gene copy number is affected differently by growth rates when a gene is expressed from a plasmid as opposed...
  11. RaPID Detection of RNA-protein Interactions

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    ...DNA-protein interactions or to analyze chromatin states (CHIP-seq, FAIRE-seq, Cut & Run) and to detect ...signal at the same time point. E. coli’s BirA* was tested at its optimum 18 hour time point, but one minute...physiological expression levels; however, knock-in of BoxB sites into endogenous DNA sequences could allow one to...Human genetic disease. RaPID can also be used to test how RNA variants associated with human disease affect...
  12. To Each HIS Own

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    ...then eluted using a high imidazole buffer that outcompetes the interaction between the protein of interest...empirically determined. In addition, some metal ion substrates, such as those containing Co2+, have a lower ...affinity for polyhistidine than more commonly used substrates such as Ni2+ and are therefore more selective... systems, consider using these more selective substrates along with stringent wash conditions.   Find ...
  13. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    ...those sites can be excised by intentional introduction of the Cre recombinase. This is a time-tested system... yet permanent gene excision. Essentially, LoxP sites are knocked in flanking a gene of interest (or a...system but does require knock-in of the LoxP sites, which is more difficult than a simple knock out. Looking...
  14. CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)

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    ... form a clean DNA break, Cas3 locates its target sequence and initiates single stranded DNA degradation...exist with unique cutting features and evolved PAM sites, making Cas9 an adaptable choice for many genome...Cas12’s primary difference from Cas9 is that it generates staggered breaks, also known as sticky ends. Cas12a...
  15. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    ...repeat region on its 3’ end. This repeat region associates with the trans-activating crRNA (tracrRNA) which...at the same site, is 2’-fluoro (2’-F), which substitutes a fluorine for the hydroxyl group at the 2’ position...coupling several of them together, for example phosphorothioates with 2’-O-methyl modifications, proved more...Addgene’s validated gRNA repository to find pre-tested gRNA sequences for your next CRISPR experiment....
  16. Channelrhodopsins with improved light sensitivity for minimally-invasive optogenetics

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    ...allowing an influx of ions into the neuron which generates an action potential (Figure 1). This light-induced...channelrhodopsins to the brain. This delivery route concentrates lots of channelrhodopsins in one region of the...broad transduction of the nervous system which eliminates the need for intracranial injections. When packaged...dopamine is an important neurotransmitter that promotes reward-motivated behavior, if the channelrhodopsins...
  17. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    ...splitting removes any exogenous sequences and regenerates a native peptide bond at the split site. ...to that of a single AAV expressing GFP. The lab tested the base editors in vivo and achieved therapeutically...used in human gene therapy trials. They further tested the base editors by correcting a mutation that ...synthetic biologists to use Type IIS restriction sites to easily assemble multiple DNA fragments. This ...
  18. Transferable Skills Guide: Cross-team Communication

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    ...these plates now” to a fellow team member. But, at Addgene, we use seven different types of “plates” (Fig... meetings. A lot of our LIMS planning involved “plates,” and our scientists and lab technicians always...information Prescribing an official name to all of our plates, tubes, and racks meant we had fewer errors in ...
  19. Gendered Innovations: Why Does Sex of the Cell Matter?

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    ...science and engineering. “Fix the Institutions” promotes gender equality in careers through structural ...“Fix the Knowledge” or “gendered innovations” stimulates excellence in science and technology by integrating...combinations of donor/recipient interaction should be tested before being ruled out; there are many factors ...the importance of analyzing sex, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) now requires that sex be included...
  20. Writing Scientific Manuscripts: Literature Searching, Reading, & Organizing

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    ...your search and sorting the results (relevance, dates etc). The links for the titles can generally take...you provide, Google Scholar will send you daily updates with relevant literature. Organizing the literature...margins. If you prefer, printing and hand-writing notes is still possible, but not feasible for every paper... University. She is a fan of photosynthesis and writes about autotrophs and biochemistry on her blog. ...
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