...envelope have high infectivity in a wide range of cell types, so they’re ideal for work with primary cells or...envelope protein (Env), usually from VSV-G due to wide infectivity, is often used as a substitute for HIV..., used both for targeted modification and genome-wide screening.   Lentiviral vectors in the clinic Since... check out our lentiviral plasmid and biosafety guides before beginning your experiment. Let us know how...PMCID: PMC4273606. 4. Improved vectors and genome-wide libraries for CRISPR screening. Sanjana NE, Shalem...Genome-Scale, Knockout Screening Read about Genome-Wide Screening Using CRISPR/Cas9 Additional Resources...Resources on Addgene.org Check out Our Lentivirus Guide Learn about Virus Biosafety Find Lentiviral Vectors...

...plasmid from a bacterial culture, it is important to consider your experiment.  It will dictate the amount of...260 and 230 nm ratios should fall ~2 - 2.2, and provide an indication of purity versus chaotropic agents...agents as guanidine thiocyanate and guanidine hydrochloride used during plasmid extraction. Figure...be entirely endotoxin free. Endotoxin is a lipopolysaccharide of the cell wall of Gram negative bacteria... For these reasons commercially available kits provide extra washing steps to favor the removal of this...want to utilize your plasmid DNA, so that you can decide what will be the optimal type of plasmid preparation...Brush up on molecular biology protocols using our video collection ...

...restriction sites into which you can clone your 20 nucleotide guide sequence of choice (for generation of a gRNA... to the puromycin resistance gene through a 2A peptide. The puromycin resistance gene enables selection...plasmid post transfection. The 2A "self cleaving" peptide causes the ribosome to translate Cas9-2A and the...the Puromycin resistance gene as separate peptides. PX459 This is the vector backbone. This particular...cleavage site). Finally, in addition to the 2A peptide on its C-terminus, SpCas9 is also fused to a 3X...Resources on the Addgene Website Visit our CRISPR Guide Pages Browse Our CRISPR Collection Find gRNA Design...

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...advantages and disadvantages of each, and some considerations when using the method. ELISA basics All ELISAs...methods. For enzymatic signal detection, users provide a substrate that the enzyme converts into a detectable...those studying low abundance antigens may want to consider alternative detection methods.      Figure...conjugated primary antibody. The reporter reacts with a provided substrate and produces a signal that is directly...can be challenging since scientists must first identify two independent antibodies that work well together... of conjugated antibodies   Additional considerations No matter what ELISA method you choose, it ...sample of wild type cells, purified protein, or a peptide. The positive control will confirm that the procedure...

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...recombinant Adeno-associated virus (AAV) has been widely used to deliver genetic tools to the brain because...neuronal circuits. Epitope tags are short antigenic peptide sequences, attached to a protein of interest (POI...simian virus 5-derived epitope (V5), the synthetic peptide FLAG, the synthetic streptavidin-binding strep-...both (Viswanathan, 2015). For Looger’s team, an ideal probe should combine the solubility, cell tolerance...imaging experiments, the second color is usually provided by red fluorescent proteins such as tdTomato or...smFPs can label fine neuronal structures with high fidelity and at lower concentrations than GFP. smFPs enable...N-cadherin in neurons and show that smFPs fusions provided better labels than fusions to 3 or more HA tags...

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... will outline a simple method for selecting the guide RNA, validating its efficacy in vitro, and using...d like to manipulate in mind. Now it’s time to consider where you would like to attack this gene. Should... When the target sequence was digested by sgRNA guided Cas9 endonuclease, homology dependent repair (HR... It can take roughly 3 months from the day you decide to do a gene modification experiment in mice to...have your F0 generation (barring life’s little accidents and stuff ups). This is a huge improvement on ...production of mouse lines that could be used to study a wide variety of phenomena, it’s possible that we’ll learn...of off-target effects of CRISPR/Cas-derived RNA-guided endonucleases and nickases." Genome research 24.1...

... in lower lentiviral titers. Another factor to consider is the age of your culture post thaw. In general...lower titer virus. In such cases you may want to consider concentrating your viral prep. Storage can also.... For long-term storage, viral preps should be divided into single-use aliquots, and stored at -80°C. ... start to a successful infection, one point to consider is how the virus is being titered. Most titering... that routinely produce lentivirus may want to consider testing a variety of cation and serum sources .... “Mycoplasma contamination of cell cultures: Incidence, sources, effects, detection, elimination, prevention...About Viral Vector Elements Learn How to Do Genome-Wide Screens with CRISPR Lentiviral Vectors Additional...

...and stability. TRX and signal peptide tags help proteins with disulfide bonds fold properly. If a TEV ...the subcellular localization and the number of disulfide bonds in your protein - two parameters that affect... and efficient multiplexing. pCri plasmids are divided into two sets, each of which includes plasmids ...designed for these systems may include a signal peptide (SP) that routes the protein through the secretory...secretory pathway to improve folding and disulfide bond formation. If one prefers expression in E. coli, the...thioredoxin A (TRX)-containing vector can improve disulfide bond formation. pCri also includes a special feature...

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...ultimately flattening the curve, it has become evident that widespread testing is crucial in controlling this ...PCR using Taq Polymerase and then transcribed to provide RNA substrates for Cas13. Cas13, upon finding complementarity...RPA, this technique uses Taq polymerase which is widely available and less expensive. Instead of using ..., field-deployable nucleobase detection and identification using FnCas9 (FELUDA) Sensitivity: – 110 femtomolar...FnCas9, this is also a good way to diagnose single nucleotide variations. Also, FnCas9 cleaves in a range of..., field-deployable nucleobase detection and identification using FnCas9. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.07.028167....org Get the basics about CRISPR in our CRISPR guide Browse our entire COVID-19 plasmid collection ...

...Over 25 million people worldwide are currently infected with the lentivirus HIV-1. Today, HIV-1 can be...the virus doesn’t completely disappear; it just hides in latently infected cells. To truly cure HIV-1,...removal of the HIV-1 genome from infected cells, an idea that became much more realistic with the advent ...Cas9/gRNA expression. A pooled analysis found no evidence of Cas9 cleavage at predicted off-target sites...into a therapy, these papers present tantalizing evidence that an HIV-1 cure may be within our reach. Similar... disease that infects over 250 million people worldwide. As we’ve previously seen in the CRISPR field,... Learn to Use CRISPR Pooled Libraries for Genome-Wide Screens Additional Resources onf Addgene.org ...

...different ways to clone DNA fragments which have provided appealing alternatives to restriction enzyme cloning..., I highly recommend watching this entertaining video created by our friends on the Cambridge 2010 iGEM...fragments to incorporate such regions of homology. This video gives a helpful demonstration of how to use Snapgene...the process works best with fragments over 200 nucleotides. This may be because the exonuclease could chew... through an entire fragment shorter than 200 nucleotides before the annealing and polymerization steps...methods (Kahl 2013). However, Gibson assembly isn’t ideal for synthetic biology standards, which rely up on...Type IIS restriction endonucleases) to cleave DNA outside of the recognition sequence. This requires that...

...deletions are defined using 2 loxP variants (only identical loxP sites can mediate recombination.) The deletions...Optimizing the system: Brainbow-3 Although Brainbow provided neuroscientists with the vast array of colors ...variety of fluorescent proteins to find those with ideal characteristics (low aggregation, high photostability...produces a minimum of 8 colors. The use of AAV provides spatial and temporal control without the need ...Drosophila and zebrafish. Brainbow in Drosophila has aided in the mapping of neural circuits, such as connections... tool to mark and follow single cells due to the wide array and high stability of colors. Sanes and Lichtman...further refinements of the Brainbow technique will provide important insights into the complicated physical...

...open a heart to look at the inside. We do a lot of interactives and videos, as well, to supplement the...addition to testing those experiments. “We also do videos demonstrating an experiment or a technique to students...gel [for] electrophoresis or doing a dissection video. I did that in January. This involves going in front...the courses encompass what they want to teach.” Besides working with students and faculty, Caitlin also...would be to take any opportunity in the lab or outside the lab: write!” Caitlin did this by editing 15...on Facebook. “I think this helped me say with confidence when I interviewed, ‘I write science. I edit ...

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...their interest in science more generally to people outside of academia. Here are my recommendations on some...magazines or newspapers or other places online, and consider how those stories are being told. Twitter can ...science blogs written by practicing scientists. 3)   Consider starting up your own twitter feed or talking about...Close the gap between science and society 6)   Consider participating in a future SciFund Challenge. While...motivated more by the desire to help close the widening gap between science and society by connecting ... Santa Cruz, has been turning scientists into confident and connected science writers since 1981. That... both your plasmids and your research stories. Consider practicing communicating your research by guest...