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  1. Molecular Cloning Techniques

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    ... interest into fragments containing precise 5' or 3' single-strand overhangs (sticky ends), or no overhang...Gateway attB1 and attB2 sites attached to the 5’ and 3’ ends of the DNA sequence. This fragment can then ...which naturally leaves a single A overhang on the 3' end of PCR products. The complementary T comes from...covalently bound to the phosphate group on the free 3' T. The topoisomerase acts as a ligase that joins ... Read more in our TOPO Cloning blog post . Figure 3: Summary of TOPO cloning. TOPO = topoisomerase I. ... Ligation Independent Cloning (LIC) relies on the 3' to 5' exonuclease activity of T4 DNA polymerase. ... Educational Resources Molecular Biology Reference Molecular...
  2. CRISPR Library Amplification

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    ...recover, set up overnight growth (Estimated time 2-3 hours) Transformation should be performed at the end...Day 2: Harvest cells and purify DNA (Estimated time 3-4 hours) Cells should be harvested first thing in ...µL micropipette tips in a -20 °C freezer. Aliquot 3 mL SOC into each of four 14 mL Vented Falcon Tubes...cuvette and add to 14 mL vented Falcon Tube containing 3 mL SOC. Repeat for each of the 25 µl aliquots of cell...Vented Falcon Tubes should contain a total of 5 mL (3 mL SOC + 2 mL transformed Endura from two separate... Protocols CRISPR Library Amplification CRISPR Library Amplification You may also like... Pooled libraries...quantities of library for experimental applications. Repeated amplifications should be avoided as best as possible...
  3. AAV Purification by Iodixanol Gradient Ultracentrifugation

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    ... of 25% iodixanol step 5 mL of 40% iodixanol step 3 mL of 60% iodixanol step Carefully add up to 5 mL ... tubes. Repeat for each QuickSeal tube. The first 3 mL collected corresponds to the 60% phase and can ...from the 40% phase contain the purified AAV. Option #3 Puncture the QuickSeal tube slightly below the 60–...Link opens in a new window) copyright (2006). Figure 3: Example of an SDS-PAGE gel of 10 consecutive gradient.... The arrow indicates the 60–40% interface. The vertical black line indicates the location of the purified... Protocols AAV Purification by Iodixanol Gradient Ultracentrifugation AAV Purification by Iodixanol Gradient...isomolar density gradient medium suitable for virus purification and isolation of cells, organelles, lipoproteins...
  4. Gamma-Retroviral Vector Guide

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    ...Gammaretroviral vectors: Biology, technology and application. Viruses , 3 (6), 677–713. https://doi.org/10.3390/...enables additional flexibility in pseudotyping. Figure 3: Gamma-retroviral vector packaging methods. Created...self-inactivating (SIN). These plasmids have a deletion in the 3' LTR of the viral genome that is transferred into ...found on each side of the provirus. The U3 (unique 3’) contains sequences necessary for activation of viral...transcription. R is the repeat region. U3 in cis Unique 3’; contains sequences necessary for activation of viral... RNA transcription. Removal of this region in the 3’ LTR creates self-inactivating viral vectors. R in... with a constitutive promoter such as CMV or RSV. 3' LTR in cis Terminates transcription started by 5'...
  5. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) Guide

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    ...splice donor sequence at its 3' end, while the second vector carries the 3' portion of the gene with a ...Rep proteins essential for viral DNA replication and packaging. 3' ITR (RITR) in cis Right Inverted Terminal...and promotes RNA transcript longevity. Located between WPRE and 3'ITR. Not required but often included....protocols, see Addgene’s Viral Vector Protocols . Figure 3: Overview of rAAV vector production. Created with ...frequency which has been estimated to range from 0.01% to 3% depending on cell type and rAAV vector concentration...vectors for human gene therapy . Current Gene Therapy, 3 (4), 281–304. https://doi.org/10.2174/1566523034578285...enhanced gene transfer . Pharmaceutical Research, 25 (3), 489–499. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11095-007-9431...
  6. Chemogenetics Guide

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    ...Human M3 muscarinic Arrestin-2/-3 CNO* Increase Arrestin translocation Arrestin signalling Nakajima & ...5HT3 PSAM-5HT3 LGICs pair a PSAM domain with a 5-HT 3 serotonin receptor sodium- or potassium-selective ...K + ions, and activates neuronal activity. Figure 3: PSAM4-based ligand-gated ion channels, their effect...routes. Image courtesy of Ute Hochgeschwender . Table 3: Descriptions of LMOs and their activity in neurons...for opsin activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 113 (3), E358–E367. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1510899113... Huntington's disease pathogenesis. iScience, 28 (3), 112022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112022...1157–1167. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-020-0661-3 PMID: 32632286 Nakajima, K., & Wess, J. (2012). Design...
  7. Plasmids 101: Biotinylation

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    ...Sciences, 24.9 (1999b): 359–363. PubMed PMID: 10470036. 3. Said, H. M. “Biotin: The forgotten vitamin.” American...molecular biology applications for biotin and avidin. A short list of some other common applications and links...downstream application. Biotin labelled oligonucleotides can be used in a multitude of applications including... carboxylase and decarboxylases. These enzymes catalyze the transfer of carboxyl groups to organic acids...this highly specific post-translational protein modification. Most organisms have less than five enzymes ...uses of biotinylation in the lab are protein purification and immunoprecipitation experiments. Biotinylated...sites found on avidin are also ideal for signal amplification during these experiments. During detection, ...
  8. Transferable Skills Guide: Conflict Resolution

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    ...thomas-kilmann-conflict-resolution-model/, accessed Jan. 3, 2022.     Additional Resources on the Addgene blog...conflict is not always what was communicated but how it was communicated. The next step is to come up with...of lapsed communication. Making some assumptions about how something should be communicated is necessary...skill in and of itself. Conflict can also be categorized as either “personal” or “substantive”. A personality-based...traced back to one of a few trouble spots:  Communication (or lack thereof): Information sharing gets ...organization gets, and creating new avenues of communication can create as many problems as it can solve....meeting? Different teams frequently prefer to communicate in different ways, so the source of the conflict...
  9. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    ...recognizes a different PAM site and generates 5’ and 3’ staggered ends after dsDNA breaks. The Doudna lab...activated” Cas13 produces a quantifiable signal that indicates the presence of your targeted nucleic acid. To...amplified using RPA (recombinase polymerase amplification) or reverse transcriptase (RT)-RPA, respectively...RNA for subsequent detection by Cas13. This amplification step in combination with the ssRNA reporter ... introduced in 2017 so the lab made further modifications to improve their detection system. They named... SHERLOCKv2 uses far less primer in the pre-amplification step allowing for greater quantitation without...hour. Find the SHERLOCK plasmids at Addgene! Applications of the SHERLOCK detection system The Zhang lab...
  10. Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection

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    ...predict which one will work as illustrated in figure 3 (Mastop et al., 2018). Unbiased, random insertions...study its function is one of the most popular applications of fluorescent proteins. These fusion proteins...steric hindrance. For instance, GFP may occlude catalytic sites or obstruct binding sites or motifs that...that are necessary for post-translational modifications. Despite these potential issues, GFP has been used...linker sequence short In the early days of GFP applications, many were concerned with steric hindrance by...N-terminus of the donor fluorescent protein can be truncated to increase the FRET efficiency. Creating fusions...fluorescent protein and protein of interest (POI). To indicate the sequence, people often use terminology like...
  11. Plasmids 101: Gibson Assembly and Other Long-Homology Based Cloning Methods

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    ...BioTechniques 2015; 58:161-170. PubMed PMID: 25861928. 3. Jiang W, Zhao X, Gabrieli T, Lou C, Ebenstein Y, ...neighboring fragments can be created via PCR amplification with primers that contain the appropriate homologous... tools that help you design primers for PCR amplification of fragments to incorporate such regions of ...assembly meets CRISPR Gibson can be adapted to more complicated cloning schemes, such as those where the vector...CRISPR technology and is described in a recent publication by the Lockey lab (Wang, et al. 2015). In this...aspects of the SLIC methods. First, it uses a dedicated 5’ exonuclease instead of using the exonuclease...DNA fragments contain these sites at the correct location and NOT in the middle of your insert. Gateway ...
  12. Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors

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    ...without the risks associated with prolonged expression. 3. Stable expression in non-dividing cells IDLVs can...decades. Widely used across various research applications, they have become indispensable tools for manipulating... easily, without the need for time-consuming purification processes, and are powerful, due to their ability...-lasting changes in cells. However, for some applications, integration might be considered a double-edged...dividing cells because they lack an origin of replication (Banasik and McCray, 2010). However, IDLV genomes... certain types of clinical or basic research applications. Considerations for IDLV use If you’re reading...Integrase-defective lentiviral vectors: progress and applications. Gene Therapy, 17(2), 150–157. https://doi.org...
  13. CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors

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    ...base editor development going forward. Figure 3: Mechanism of gGBE. Created with BioRender.com. ...Red arrows indicate a conversion directly catalyzed by the base editor. Black arrows indicate natural cellular...researchers can now select the best tool for their application from among many options.  Conclusion With these...engineered human uracil DNA glycosylase. Nature Communications, 15(1), 4897. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467...via engineered uracil-DNA glycosylase. Nature Communications, 15(1), 6397. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467...
  14. Five Popular Model Organisms, Part 2

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    ...Model for Regeneration and Aging. Gerontology, 66(3), 212–222. https://doi.org/10.1159/000504294 Wang,...studying genetic modification for their ease of manipulation and their ability to be replicated. Because E...., 2004). Additionally, breakthroughs in gene modification tools and methods such as CRISPR have vastly...Escherichia coli as a Model Organism and Its Application in Biotechnology. In Escherichia coli - Recent...Physiology, Pathogenesis and Biotechnological Applications. InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/67306 Koornneef... bacteria with superior performance. Nature Communications, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04899...
  15. Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down

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    ...protein." (1998): 509-544. PubMed PMID: 9759496.  3. Buckley, Anthony M., et al. "LOV-based reporters ... proteins.Therefore, GFP is not suitable for applications that require anaerobic conditions. In experiments...an additional protein module that can report on location. This approach enables the study of proteins in...fusion with GFP allows for detection of genomic locations (Chen et al., 2013). GFP fluorescence overlaps...case when proteins undergo post-translational modification with fatty acyl chains. For instance, myristoylation...C-terminal consensus sequence (-CaaX). Both modifications are disrupted when GFP is fused to these sequences...
  16. Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains

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    ...strain. F- Δ(ara-leu)7697 [araD139]B/r Δ(codB-lacI)3 galK16 galE15 λ- e14- mcrA0 relA1 rpsL150(strR) spoT1...that carried out the labor-intensive process of replicating your new plasmid: the Escherichia coli bacteria...conjugation. Genes listed on F´ are wild-type unless indicated otherwise fhuA (formerly tonA) ferric hydroxamate...vectors. Used by Addgene for pooled library amplification. F' mcrA Δ(mcrBC-hsdRMS-mrr) recA1 endA1 gyrA96...typically standard; just having the gene listed indicates it is non-functional. If a gene is deleted, it... Most Popular Plasmids 101 Posts: Origin of Replication The Promoter Region – Let's Go! Mammalian Vectors...
  17. Promoters

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    ...example of a negatively-controlled operon (Figure 3). A positive-repressible operon works in the opposite...example of a positively-controlled operon. Figure 3: Lac operon regulation. Created with BioRender.com...proteins) make up the transcription complex. The most 3' portion (closest to the gene's start codon) of the...Constitutive Yeast Very strong promoter from glyceraldehyde 3-phosphage dehydrogenase; also called TDH3 or GAPDH... Educational Resources Molecular Biology Reference Promoters...BioRender.com. DNA sequences called response elements are located within promoter regions, and they provide a stable...Promoters in bacteria contain two short DNA sequences located at the -10 (10 bp 5' or upstream) and -35 positions...
  18. Colony Formation Titering Assay

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    ...with fresh media containing selection reagent Days 3–14: Change media as needed Days 14–18: Stain cells...be killed and no colonies should be visible. Every 3–4 days, gently aspirate the media and replace it with...selective reagent for 12 days with media exchanges every 3–4 days. Colonies were then stained with 0.1% crystal...selective reagent for 12 days with media exchanges every 3–4 days. After 12 days of selection, no cells have ...without calcium or magnesium, Corning 21-040-CV (cations can affect the attachment of adherent cells) 0.1%...Figure 1: A549 cells were transduced with the indicated serial dilutions of the lentiviral vector pRosetta...Figure 2: A549 cells were transduced with the indicated serial dilutions of the lentiviral vector pHAGE...
  19. Molecular Biology Protocol - Restriction Digest of Plasmid DNA

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    ... 1 µg DNA 1 µL of each Restriction Enzyme 3 µL 10x Buffer 3 µL 10x BSA (if recommended) x µL dH 2 O (to... T4 DNA Polymerase or Klenow DNA Polymerase I for 3′ overhang removal and 5′ overhang fill-in. If you ...The amount of DNA that you cut depends on your application. A diagnostic digest typically involves ∼500 ...volume usually varies from 10-50 µL depending on application and is largely determined by the volume of DNA...manufacturer’s instructions. Pro-Tip Depending on the application and the amount of DNA in the reaction, incubation...you will be using the digested DNA for another application (such as a digestion with another enzyme in a...70 °C for 15 mins, or purifying the DNA via a purification kit, such as a (Link opens in a new window) ...
  20. Virus Protocol - Generating Stable Cell Lines

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    ...Cells Day 2–3 (am): Remove media, replace with fresh media containing selection reagent Day 3–14: Change...300 200 1:10 150 350 1:50 30 470 1:100 15 485 1:500 3 497 Add 0.5 mL of a single viral dilution to each ...cell death, the cell media should be changed every 2–3 days to maintain the dose of antibiotic, which may...without calcium or magnesium, Corning 21-040-CV (cations can affect the attachment of adherent cells) 0.45...lower dilutions depending on your downstream applications. If you’ve titered your virus beforehand, you...that the transgene has integrated in different locations in the various cells in the culture. This is because...
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