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  1. Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    ... be used for measuring protein expression or localization in cells, or even single-particle tracking of...named according to the number of strands in the canonical beta-barrel structure. Most frequently, the proteins...fluorescence complementation analysis under physiological conditions. Shyu YJ, Liu H, Deng X, Hu CD. Biotechniques...fluorescent proteins as tags and biosensors for multiscale imaging. Shcherbakova et al. Nat Commun. 2016...split-FP options. While the BiFC interaction is typically irreversible and requires some time for chromophore...

  2. Plasmids 101: The Wide World of Natural Plasmids

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    ...Mother Nature’s toolbox. Natural plasmids, also called environmental plasmids, are all around us! A plasmid...carrying genes for bacterial toxins like colicin typically also carry the necessary resistance genes to help...cells survive their own secretions. Pro tip! Historically, colicin-producing plasmids have been referred...which strains of E. coli contain this F plasmid is critical for successful Gateway cloning. In addition, scientists... Vogel, T. M., & Simonet, P. (2001). Laboratory-scale evidence for lightning-mediated gene transfer in...Characteristics and Potential Applications in Biotechnology. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 24(4), 155–208. https...

  3. Illuminating Epigenetics with A FRET Based Biosensor

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    ...histone-derived peptide) which can localise the construct specifically to the histone protein of interest...becomes. This prevents the cellular machinery from physically interacting with the genes in the compacted region...grandchildren; in this study,epigenetic changes were statistically significantly associated with reduced life-span... Chi-Wang, Cindy Y. Jao, and Alice Y. Ting. "Genetically encoded fluorescent reporters of histone methylation...methylation in living cells." Journal of the American Chemical Society 126.19 (2004): 5982-5983. PubMed PMID:...

  4. Starter Guide to induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Part 2:  Reprogramming and Transdifferentiation

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    ...several ways. Below is a table listing some of critical differences (adapted from Zhou and Melton, 2008...this process. Moreover, it is much easier to genetically modify cells during the reprogramming process...This opens up a wide range of possibilities in clinical situations. In cases where the objective is to...Kushi) Mukherjee is the Editor of Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, a Cell Press reviews journal. She...from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Connect with her on LinkedIn @ https://...PMCID: PMC2854424. 23. Burridge, P.W., et al., Chemically defined generation of human cardiomyocytes. Nat...pluripotent stem cells via temporal modulation of canonical Wnt signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2012....

  5. Truncated gRNAs for Regulating Gene Expression

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    ...Chavez, researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. CRISPR/Cas9 technology...has facilitated the development of a simple and scalable means of making targeted genetic edits. Cas9 is... a gene of interest, they have been shown to dramatically alter levels of expression. Cas9’s ability to...Lance-Byrne is a graduate student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where her research is focused on...Orthogonal gene knockout and activation with a catalytically active Cas9 nuclease." Nature biotechnology ...Options for CRISPR Genotyping Cas9 Activators: A Practical Guide Additional Resources on Addgene.org Check...

  6. No Llamas Required - Synthetic Nanobodies Against Membrane Proteins

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    ...domain fragment derived from a camelid antibody called a heavy chain antibody (HCab). Because of their...their small size, nanobodies can be synthetically expressed off of plasmids in bacteria, and they can target...enables rapid selection of synthetic nanobodies, called sybodies, against membrane protein targets in as...with a large and diverse pool of sybodies that hypothetically contain ones that bind strongly to your target... identifying sybodies that bind strongly and specifically to the protein of interest. The Seeger lab used...van Schie L, Hoffmann M, Pöhlmann S, Graham BS, Callewaert N, Schepens B, Saelens X, McLellan JS (2020) ...

  7. Plasmids 101: Degron Tags

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    ...protein must be expressed (inducibly, ectopically, stably… it’s your call). The TIR1 F-box protein will associate...their fused protein under certain conditions (typically the addition of an exogenous small molecule). ... size from several kDas up to ~35 kDa and are typically knocked-in via gene targeting or cloned in-frame...proteasomal degradation. Adapted from Nabet et al., Chemical Biology, 2018.    HaloTag The HaloTag was ...protein structures, interacting partners, and localization. Thankfully, this is a hot topic with many resources...

  8. Of Myc and Men

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    ...antibodies for every potential new target and basically impossible if you wanted to distinguish between...C-terminus post-translationally, which turned out to be critical for antibody recognition. As such, the peptide...interest and proteins tagged with it needed to be chemically treated before the antibody could detect them...investigating mechanisms of endoplasmic reticulum localization, Munro and Pelham casually introduced the Myc-tag... recognized by its antibody without additional chemical modification steps and when the epitope was within... of new versions of Myc1-9E10 mentioned above basically involve taking the Myc1-9E10 variable regions ...

  9. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    ... editing. Specifically, these types of CRISPR systems work using a multi-Cas complex called Cascade (CRISPR-associated... Cas3. Cas3 can induce genomic alterations on a scale that other Cas effectors can’t, while maintaining...recruit Cas3, which carries out the brunt of the mechanical work for editing. Class 1 CRISPR systems make...unraveling the double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) in what is called a reeling mechanism (see next section for details...debilitating disease! This is, of course, only hypothetical at this point. More time and energy must be ...

  10. Fluorescent Tagging of Endogenous Genes with SapTrap

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    ...systems. FPs have been used to track protein localization, cell structure, intracellular trafficking, ...tagged proteins can lead to improper protein localization, protein aggregation, or disruption of normal...Also, it remains challenging to screen for the genetically modified strains that contain your newly tagged...recently developed a modular plasmid assembly toolkit called SapTrap to improve CRISPR genomic tagging in C....Protein Tagging. Beyond simply monitoring protein localization and activity, CRISPR tagging systems can be ...endogenous proteins for studying protein expression, localization, and protein-protein interactions. Additionally...

  11. Addgene's Cancer Collection Pages Connect the Research Community

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    ... the pharmaceutical industry for years. They have proven very difficult to target therapeutically due ...however, have yet to slay the beast. On a global scale, tens of millions of new cancer cases arise and ...fit. Kevan Shokat’s group at the University of California, San Francisco, is approaching the Ras problem... cancers, and synthesizing compounds to bind specifically to their mutated residues. For Ras researchers...represented, making the results of any such study as clinically relevant as possible. Connecting the research...

  12. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    ...delivery methods below: Chemical transfection   Lipid mediated Cationic polymers Calcium phosphate Cells... some CRISPR mammalian expression systems, the typical applications for each, and potential delivery methods... or introducing mutations and tags, while a catalytically dead dCas9 can be used in conjunction with activator... be constitutive or inducible. U6 promoter is typically used for gRNA. May contain reporter gene (e.g....Medium Medium Medium Difficulty Easy Easy Easy Physical transfection   Electroporation / Nucleofection...

  13. Genome-wide Screening Using CRISPR

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    ...is certainly not the first means to carry out so-called “forward genetic screening experiments”, it is ...in a particular phenotype. CRISPR can be readily scaled up for genome-wide screening due to the broad range...experiments you use them for! A well-developed biological question and experimental system are absolutely... to skewed results. Selecting a cell type - Theoretically, any cell type can be used in a CRISPR screen...screens check out Addgene’s 2016 publication “Practical Considerations for Using Pooled Lentiviral CRISPR...McDade JR, Waxmonsky NC, Swanson LE, Fan M (2016) Practical Considerations for Using Pooled Lentiviral CRISPR...

  14. AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS

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    ...neuroscience research is the lack of a method for genetically manipulating neurons throughout the whole brain...CNS and PNS.That is until the Gradinaru Lab at Caltech stepped up to the challenge. Find the PHP Plasmids...astrocytes. Why screen for IV deliverable AAVs? Typically AAVs are directly injected into the brain, but...throughout the body and is often difficult to surgically access. Therefore an IV injection is an ideal...pictures (see figure 4). It also enables single-cell anatomical study and neuronal tracing, aka determining where...mechanistic studies and gene therapy treatments for neurological diseases). The Gradinaru Lab has a lot going...

  15. Isolating Genomic Regions of Interest with the CRISPR System

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    ...immunoprecipitation (enChIP) using CRISPR." Biochemical and biophysical research communications 439.1 (2013):...genomic alterations. These studies utilize a catalytically inactive form of Cas9 known as dCas9 (Jinek ...interactions at this site (Fujita and Fujii, 2013). They call this method engineered DNA-binding molecule-mediated...begun to make important discoveries in various biological fields. In 2015, the Fujii Lab identified non-coding... Fujita, Toshitsugu, et al. "Identification of physical interactions between genomic regions by enCh IP‐Seq...

  16. Capturing a Moment with Marc Zimmer’s “The State of Science”

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    ... non-scientist friends and family is Part Five, called simply “Bad Science.” Zimmer kicks off the section...science, or misuse science, and that is what I would call bad science.”  The three chapters in this section...Zimmer provides several. In Part Three of the book, called simply “Old Science,” he describes the now infamous...are “old,” they lead Zimmer to one of his most critical observations: “Today the most successful scientists...optogenetics and CRISPR of course address some of the ethical implications of using these technologies, but also... certainly still is and will continue to be a “critical consequence of ...the marginalization of science...

  17. Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies

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    ...using a mammalian production system, cell lines typically used include Human Embryonic Kidney (HEK) cells...also need to know the extinction coefficient to calculate the concentration. At 280 nm, the extinction coefficient...protein standard and the concentration may be calculated using imaging software. Any bands on the gel ...validated to ensure they bind their antigens specifically. Possible applications for validation include...Sellick C, Varley P, Rockberg J, Chotteau V. Small-scale bioreactor supports high density HEK293 cell perfusion... MS, Carpenter JF, Lengsfeld CS. Do not drop: mechanical shock in vials causes cavitation, protein aggregation...

  18. Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene

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    ...  Ampicillin Ampicillin, often just called amp, is the historical king of the antibiotic resistance realm... antibiotic resistance genes so that you can specifically isolate bacteria containing your constructs ...immediately after it has been heat-shocked or electrically zapped. As a result, a shorter recovery period... of antibiotics, which induce cell death by intercalating into DNA and generating DNA breaks. The Sh ble... antimicrobial agents in MIC trays. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 23(5), 959–961. https://doi.org/...

  19. CRISPR Antimicrobials

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    ...the bacterial population. But what if we could specifically target only virulent or antibiotic resistant...antibiotics by their suppliers, and public health and medical organizations are working to help educate the public...encoded by a high-copy plasmid. In the case of the genomically encoded quinolone resistance, mediated by a single...represented here by cells of different colors, specifically targets bacteria with the given genomic or plasmid...Yosef et al. suggest that it could be valuable in medical settings where antibiotic resistant bacteria have...narrow bacterial host range. To further potential clinical applications, Ando et al. recently engineered ...

  20. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    ...scientists often refer to as “retroviruses” are technically gamma-retroviruses - another, separate member...differences may seem subtle they result in a key physiological difference between lenti- and retroviruses. ...transfer vectors for transient transfections? A2: Technically, yes. Will it actually work? That depends. The...when using a plasmid backbone that was designed specifically for transient expression (find some useful backbones...RRE, and psi packaging signal. Viral components typically total <1.5kb, which is rarely more than 30% of...terms of biosafety? A8: According to the American Biological Safety Association, "the two major risks of lentiviral...
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