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  1. Exploring Applications of the Bioluminescent HiBiT Tag

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    ...kinase essential for cell proliferation signaling. CRISPR knock-in HiBiT-tagged EGFR cells allowed researchers... carried by extracellular vesicles (EVs), edited transcripts could endow neighboring cells with pro-oncogenic...Degradation of Misfolded CFTR. Cells, 12(23), 2741. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12232741  Kamio, T., Kono, Y.,... fusions utilizing bulky tags can disrupt normal cell biology and make it hard to capture true protein...researchers with a means to quickly iterate, work across cell models, and even introduce mutations. This vector-based...and other fluorescent proteins revolutionized live-cell protein detection, their bulk (~27 kDa) can perturb...Bioluminescence detection is a cornerstone of modern cell-based assays and enables ultra-sensitive detection...
  2. Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene

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    ...prevent cell death. One of the cool things about amp is that it's exclusively toxic to dividing cells. The... continuous cellular processes (e.g., protein synthesis), while amp only affects the cell wall synthesis...Check icon" %} Spectinomycin Excellent No Just bacteria Not SHuffle cells {% icon icon_set="fontawesome...icon" %} Zeocin Excellent No Bacteria, plants, and eukaryotes Not Tn5-containing cells {% icon icon_set..., penicillin, and is a beta-lactam that inhibits cell wall synthesis. The AmpR (amp resistance) gene produces...synthesis step during cell division. This is nifty because the recovery period after transformation (the dreaded...at 37 degrees) can be shortened since the plated cells will have time to produce beta-lactamase prior to...
  3. When is a Monomer not a Monomer? The Top Three Ways Your Favorite Fluorescent Protein Oligomerizes in Cells

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    ...transcriptional reporter or as a general cytoplasmic label of cells, there's no problem. You're OK. However, if you ...(POI) to GFP to study the protein's behavior in cells, in solution or something in between, you are using...fluorescent protein (FP) could be forming dimers in cells. Why should you care? Three simple ways a dimeric...nanomolar Kd will exist primarily as a dimer in cells while a protein with a high micromolar or low millimolar...millimolar Kd is unlikely to form dimers in a cell. The Kd of EGFP is 0.11 mM [2]. Following the simple...might think EGFP is unlikely to form dimers in a cell. Unfortunately, things are not quite so simple. ...research situations, the relevant volume is that of the cell. For the physical behaviors associated with a molecule...
  4. Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs

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    ...numerous cell biology assays. However, there has been a pervasive view that most FPs in a cell will fold...fluorescent fusion proteins in cell biology."Current Protocols in Cell Biology (2005): 21-4. Pubmed PMID...Lee. "Fluorescent proteins: a cell biologist's user guide." Trends in cell biology 19.11 (2009): 649-655...Fluorescent proteins in cellular organelles: serious pitfalls and some solutions." DNA and cell biology 32.11 (...-fusions on quantitative imaging experiments and cell physiology in general. Pitfalls of Fluorescent Protein...quantitative imaging experiments or even negatively impact cells (see Figure 1). When behaving properly, FPs enable...dynamics of fluorescent protein fusions in live cells in real time. Previously, we have described a number...
  5. Supporting Rare Disease Research with the 2020 BeHEARD Awards

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    ... trigger the activation of dendritic cells, macrophages, T cells, and the recruitment of neutrophils. ... says. In induced pluripotent stem cells derived endothelial cells from women who are missing an entire...detect molecules outside of the cell and translate those signals into cellular responses. For example, GPCRs...maintaining the nutrient and ionic balance of the cells,” says Dr Sangeetha Iyer, ACD’s Scientific Advisor...that solute channels typically expressed on other cell types can compensate for or bypass the dysfunction...collection to perform a functional screen in mammalian cells to identify any solute channels that can compensate...be able to validate their findings in mammalian cells with both human and murine targets thus informing...
  6. Creating accessible biology activities in schools with BioBits

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    ...on freeze-dried, cell-free (FD-CF) components. Making proteins outside of a cell - cell free extracts Typically... into a host cell (through a process called transformation), essentially giving the cell all the instructions...to dispose of the live cells. The alternative is to express the protein in a cell-free manner. This is ...electrophoresis to separate DNA or transforming cells with green fluorescent protein, these activities...transcription and translation. Unfortunately, having live cells in a classroom presents equipment needs, such as...operating the rest of the car as well. Similarly, cell free expression systems contain all the parts needed...handle a living, replicating organism. Furthermore, cell free systems can be freeze-dried into pellets (FD-CF...
  7. Viral Vectors 101: AAV Serotypes and Tissue Tropism

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    ...particle sneaks its way into cells. Generally, AAV serotypes have a primary cellular receptor and sometimes ...transduction efficiency, and is an excellent choice for targeting cardiac cells (Bish et al., 2008). It can ...-associated viruses. Cell, S0092-8674(25)00692-0. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.06.026 Halbert, ... Therapy: An Overview. Cells, 12(5), 785. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12050785 Kaludov, N., Brown, K....tissue tropism, allowing them to target particular cell types. Figure 1: Diagram of AAV components...key that lets AAVs “unlock” and infect specific cells. This protein shell packages the vector’s genetic...multiple coreceptors, which may be present on different cell types and sometimes vary between target species ...
  8. Viral Vectors 101: AAV Variables That Matter

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    ... where many different cell types, or even different phenotypes of the same cell type, are intermingled...postsynaptic cells when used at very high titers (Zingg et al., 2017), which can lead to cells in far away...Therapy: An Overview. Cells, 12(5), 1–41. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12050785 Murlidharan, G., Samulski...Therapy: An Overview. Cells, 12(5), 1–41. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12050785 Kanaan, N. M., Sellnow...experimental conditions and measurements; (2) the cells you’re targeting; (3) how much expression is needed... capsids, which determine how a virus enters the cell. Different serotypes utilize a number of different...co-receptors, and other mechanisms to gain entry into the cell (Dudek et al., 2018; Korneyenkov & Zamyatnin, 2021...
  9. An Introduction to Adenovirus

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    ... AdVs is dependent on modulation of the host cell’s cell cycle; inhibition of the innate immune system... in the producer cells where there is E1 and E3 gene complementation. In target cells that are infected...death of adenoid cells in vitro (Rowe et al., 1953). While overt death of the targeted cells is less likely...infection for efficient cell lysis and release of adenovirus from infected cells. J Virol, 70(4), 2296.... & Verma, I. (1998). Cellular immune response to adenoviral vector infected cells does not require de ...production and/or by genes present in the HEK293T cell line used (which have fragments of the AdV genome...achieves persistent transgene expression in certain cell types (Tatsis et al., 2007), potentially because...
  10. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)

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    ...measure, and control molecular signals, cells, and groups of cells in order to understand their activity...Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS): This is a type of flow cytometry that separates mixtures of cells into distinct...Thus, FACS can be used to separate cells expressing GFP from cells that are not. Developmental/transgenic... localization profiles, acting as a biosensor or cell marker, studying protein-protein interactions, visualizing... was non-toxic and could be expressed in living cells, enabling the study of dynamic, physiological processes...monitor gene expression from that promoter in a given cell type. This type of transcription reporting was among...find optogeneic actuators and sensors at Addgene. Cell marking/selection: Expression constructs like plasmids...
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