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TypeBlog Post...R-factors could be transferred between bacteria via cell-to-cell contact; however, scientists noted that, unlike...cytoplasmic factors that could be transferred between cells. At the time, these extranuclear agents of heredity...PMCID: PMC3785787. References: Lederberg, Joshua. "Cell Genetics and Hereditary Symbiosis" Physiological...
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Joung Lab CRISPR-Cas/RNA-Guided Nuclease (RGN) Plasmids
TypeCollection...plasmids (AsCpf1 and LbCpf1) for use in mammalian cells SpCas9 variants with no detectable off-target effects...CRISPR-Cas/RGN expression plasmids for use in human cells CRISPR-Cas/RGN expression plasmids for use in zebrafish... -
Deisseroth INTRSECT Collection
TypeCollection...to enable three-feature cell targeting. C) Example of viral targeting of cells expressing Cre AND Flp,...parameters. Figure 1: Examples of intersectional cell population definitions using recombinases. A) Cre...adeno-associated virus (AAV)-borne payloads to be expressed in cells based on a doubly-specified combination of genetic...Neve R, Huang ZJ, Deisseroth K. 2014. Targeting cells with single vectors using multiple-feature Boolean...Cortex Reveals Local and Long-Range Circuit Motifs. Cell Rep. 28(13):3450-3461. PubMed (Link opens in a new...well-defined cellular sub-populations has generally been limited to single-component cellular definitions...multiple recombinase-expression strategies to define cellular sub-populations of interest, including dual-transgenic... -
Feng Zhang Multiplexed Overexpression of Regulatory Factors (MORF) Collection
TypeCollection...Zhang Lab Plasmids The Human TFome Library Stem Cells Protocols & References MORF Plasmids MORF Pooled...Fu Z, Macrae RK, Buenrostro JD, Regev A, Zhang F. Cell 2023 Jan 5; 186(1):209-229. PubMed (Link opens in...be used for screening transcription factors for cellular programming or cancer drug resistance. Depositor...transcription factors for applications such as cellular programming or cancer drug resistance. Protocols... -
CRISPR 101: Cytosine Transversion Editors
TypeBlog Post...By taking advantage of repair pathways within the cell — in some cases, the same repair pathways that were...adenosine (A) to inosine (I, treated as G by the cell). Surprisingly, the team noticed that this editor...cytosine editing between bacteria and mammalian cells Researchers in the Xueli Zhang lab were making similar...2021). Their GBE produced C → G edits in HEK293T cells with over 50% efficiency in 23 out of 30 target ...follow the same initial mechanism as in mammalian cells — by excising the freshly edited U bases — but E...these fusion constructs improved editing in various cell types, although efficacy varied among target sequences...CGBEs at different target sequences and in different cell types, available at www.crisprbehive.design. CGBEs... -
Lentivirus Plasmids
TypeCollection...Lentivirus can transduce both dividing and non-dividing cells without a significant immune response. These viruses... in the viral particle) is delivered to a target cell upon infection. When lentivirus is used for research...the researcher wants delivered to specific target cells. This genome is encoded by plasmids called "transfer...encoded by the transfer plasmid is toxic to mammalian cells, it can be difficult to efficiently produce viral... -
A Primer on Optogenetics: Introduction and Opsin Delivery
TypeBlog Post...opsin expression in the intended brain region and/or cell type (I’ll talk more about this in detail later)...desired optogenetic construct in the brain region and cell type of interest is obviously of critical importance...wish to stimulate or inhibit neuronal firing, the cell-type specificity, the kinetics of the opsin variant...control of a generic promoter). A DIO opsin allows cell type specificity dependent on the promoter of the...expression of your opsin is no longer required to achieve cell-type specific opsin expression. However, the types...spread, and with co-localization immunofluorescence, cell-type specificity. Viruses that only express the ...experimentation. Whether you attempt to stimulate the cell body or an axon terminal also affects the length... -
Generating Mouse Models Using CRISPR/Cas9
TypeBlog Post... into a mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) line, enrich and select for cells that had successfully incorporated... when it gets exciting – the cell sends out an “SOS” signal and cellular repair mechanisms rush in to ...Cas-Mediated Genome Engineering. Cell 154:1370–1379 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.08.022 Yoon Y, Wang ...Cas-Mediated Genome Engineering. Cell 153:910–918 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.04.025 Zhang X, Liang...develop into chimeric mice (with a fraction of the cells in the adult mice derived from the engineered ESCs...Humanization (25-kbp) Created Using Embryonic Stem Cell/Blastocyst and CRISPR/Zygote Injection Approaches... -
Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery
TypeBlog Post... Guide RNA and Target DNA. Cell 156:935–949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.02.001 Ran FA, Cong ... Delivery by AAV Vectors. Cell 181:136–150 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.03.023 Additional Resources...acids) displayed cleavage activity in mammalian cells. SaCas9 produced indels at a similar efficiency ...package each piece into an individual AAV. When a cell is transduced by both AAVs, the full length gene...SpCas9 which had modest editing rates in HEK-293T cells when compared to the full-length SpCas9. In 2016... allows cleavage of HBB and CCR5 genes in human cells using compact expression cassettes. Sci Rep 5: .... -
Antibodies 101: Introduction to Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog Post...interest live within a cell,” “Does this disease change the architecture of my cells,” or “How does this ...this mutation impact the types of cells found in my tissue.” It is based on the same principles as other ... visualize a target of interest within an intact cell, tissue, or, in some cases, a whole organism. But...joined to fluorescent molecules are applied to a cell or tissue sample where they bind to their targets...to visualize a target within an intact sample, a cell in the case of ICC or a tissue in the case of IHC...IF), is an immunoassay that brings to light the cellular world. The technique allows you to ask questions... -
CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli
TypeBlog Post...construct and then introduce both plasmids into the cell. The edit in the chromosome can now take place. .... After editing, pTargetF can be cured from the cell by inducing expression of the sgRNA that targets ...all the edits you want, cure pCas9 by growing the cells at 37 °C. The new pEcCas/pEcgRNA system We ... to take place. Then plasmids are cured from the cell. Steps 1-1 and 1-2 can be done simultaneously. Image...tools for faster construction or reprogramming of cells to understand the genetic and biochemical mechanisms...phenotypes and to design a new generation of engineered cells for green chemistry and biomedical applications.... Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences in 2019. She joined... -
Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Expression
TypeBlog Post... want to make sure your cells have first reached an appropriate density. Cells in the exponential growth...collecting dead cells, and, conversely, you cannot induce too early as there are not enough cells in the culture...host protein, using up valuable resources in the cell thus leading to slowed growth. Additionally, some...such as TB or 2XYT is optimal because of the high cell-density they support; however, minimal media supplemented... -
Worm Expression Resources
TypeCollection...Worms are particularly well suited for studies in cell biology, development, and aging. Scientists can .... elegans hermaphrodite consists of 959 somatic cells, which makes them attractive for imaging and fluorescence...researchers to express desired constructs in precise cell types and/or developmental timeframes. Here we highlight... -
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) Plasmids
TypeCollection...e.g., pHelper) and specific packaging cell lines (e.g., HEK293 cells) during AAV production. Read our AAV...AAV can transduce both dividing and non-dividing cells with a low immune response and low toxicity. Although... -
Keeping Up With CRISPR/Cas9
TypeBlog Post...RNA-Mediated Gene Targeting in One-Cell Embryos. Niu Y, et al. Cell. 2014 January 30. (Pubmed) Programmable...correct disease mutations, both in mice and in human cells. But that important advance was quickly followed... -
Plasmids 101: Gram Negative and Positive Bacteria
TypeBlog Post...negative bacteria is due to differences in cell wall composition. Cell wall structure Gram positive bacteria...complex within the peptidoglycan layer, staining the cell purple. When the alcohol is added, it dehydrates...Silhavy, TJ., Kahne, D. & Walker S. The Bacterial Cell Envelope. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol. 2(5) a000414... -
CRISPR Plasmids - Parasites
TypeCollection...sequence. DSBs are preferentially repaired in the cell by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), a mechanism...PAM site. When a repair template is present, the cell may repair a DSB using homology-directed repair ... -
AAV Viral Preps
TypeCollection... tools that effectively transduce many mammalian cell types. AAV is used in a wide range of experiments...Tetracycline Transactivators, Affinity Purification, Cell Ablation Monosynaptic Neuronal Tracing Rabies Virus-Based... -
Prime Editing: Adding Precision and Flexibility to CRISPR Editing
TypeBlog Post...editing systems by manipulating cellular determinants of editing outcomes. Cell, 184(22), 5635-5652.e29. https...efficient prime editors. Cell, 186(18), 3983-4002.e26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.07.039 Lin, Q.,...correct only a minority of those variants in most cell types. But prime editing, a CRISPR technique developed...unedited DNA. The heteroduplex is resolved by the cell’s mismatch repair system, and more recent prime editing...editing demonstrated ~20-50% efficiency in HEK293T cells with 1-10% indels. Since then, further innovations...type of edit, genomic context, delivery strategy, cell type, and goal of the experiment can all impose ...nicking the non-edited strand, they can cause the cell to remake that strand using the edited strand as... -
What's New in CRISPR - May 2019
TypeBlog Post...genome-wide deamination of RNA cytosines in human cells. Thus, they engineered two CBE variants with mutations...RNA edits by >390 fold and >3,800 fold in human cells with no significant reduction in editing efficiency...mice and in zygotes. Read the paper in Molecular Cell Find the Nme2Cas9 All-in-One AAV constructs CRISPR...