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  1. Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene

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    ...isolate bacteria containing your constructs of interest. But does it matter which antibiotic resistance... retained a functional copy of your plasmid of interest, preventing this issue. The genes and their antibiotics...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle

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    ...biologists working with vectors are, in most cases, interested in transferring genes to mammalian cells (i.e... the viral RT protein (Faras et al., 1973). Interestingly, retroviruses are generally only “pseudodiploid...
  3. Great Results Start with Great Standard Curves

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    ...curve? A poor standard curve leads to over or underestimation of an unknown sample’s concentration. To determine...within the linear portion of the graph. It does restrict the dynamic range of your standard curve, so if...
  4. AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy

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    ...showing that AAV-mediated delivery of the RPE65 gene restores vision in the dog model of LCA (Lancelot, one ... again 3. Acland G. et al., 2001. Gene therapy restores vision in a canine model of childhood blindness...
  5. Plasmids 101: Colony PCR

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    ...insert. Traditionally this has been done with restriction enzyme digest; however colony PCR can accomplish...Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn to do Restriction Cloning Try SLIC cloning Learn about Gibson Assembly...
  6. Career Insights: Technical Support Specialist

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    ...experiments with/for them. Though not the most prestigious role in a company, Technical Support is essential... open to experienced professionals with strong interest in the technical aspects of science and the drive...
  7. Designing Your Chalk Talk for the Academic Job Interview

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    ...understandable to scientists outside your field, and interesting. For example, “there is a significant need for...Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His interests include the quality control of secretory proteins...
  8. Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN

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    ... the ELN is reproducible, and only the highly restricted number of people who can access the ELN have ... the ELN arises here. Notwithstanding access restrictions based on permissions, however, in some cases...
  9. Viral Vectors 101: Pseudotyping

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    ...envelope proteins from another virus to either restrict or broaden the host cell range (tropism). Pseudotyping..., Young JAT, Callaway EM (2007) Monosynaptic Restriction of Transsynaptic Tracing from Single, Genetically...
  10. Twenty Years of Sharing: Expanding Accessibility

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    ...Let's Go! How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis Videos What is a Plasmid...Electrophoresis Inoculating Liquid Bacterial Cultures Restriction Digest Analysis We also introduced guides...
  11. Twenty Years of Sharing: Addgene's Viral Vector Service

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    ... answers to such questions, Addgene is deeply interested in pursuing them. We’ve recently revamped our...can help others as much as they've helped us.  Interested in providing feedback on AAVs at Addgene? Suggest...
  12. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    ...scientists can make mutations throughout a gene of interest based on an organisms codon usage bias to increase...when do you want to codon optimize your gene of interest? Codon optimization has become extremely useful...
  13. CRISPR Library Amplification

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    ...high-throughput next generation sequencing (NGS). Select a restriction enzyme for digest that will cut the shared plasmid...visualize that digestion on an agarose gel ( see restriction digest protocol here ). Lentiviral plasmids can...closed system of a crowded plate or culture. Try restricting growth to the bare minimum by growing at 30 ℃...
  14. Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing

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    ...could be used to routinely deliver sequences of interest to cells with efficiencies of 1-40% after G418...designing homology arms with the modification of interest, ordering them from a gene synthesis company such...
  15. Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)

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    ...protein. SunTag has two components: 1) a protein of interest that’s tagged with 10-24 copies of the short epitope...portion of the receptors recognizes an antigen of interest while the intracellular T cell receptor portion...
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