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  1. CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...You’ve probably heard that only 2% of our genome is made of protein-coding genes, and you might be wondering...encode proteins. They play important roles in many cellular and regulatory processes, but much of their functionality...screening for functional long noncoding RNAs in human cells by Cas9 targeting of splice sites. Nat Biotechnol...non-coding RNAs with the CRISPR/Cas9 system in human cell lines. Nucleic Acids Research. 2014;43(3):e17. doi...
  2. Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools

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    ...mazF gene and a gene for Zeocin resistance (Figure 2). This MazF-ZeoR cassette is flanked by two direct...unstable, meaning that the cells must continually produce antitoxin to avoid cell death. In the case of plasmids...addiction systems” require dividing cells to retain plasmids - if a cell does not inherit plasmid due to ...will be degraded leaving the cell to be killed by the more stable toxin. Cells only survive if they retain...10% of cells while plasmids containing the plasmid addiction system were retained in 75% of cells. They...consist of a toxin which can affect a variety of cellular processes and an antitoxin that suppresses the...designated this fragment as the ccdB region (for “coupled cell division”). The encoded toxin-antitoxin system consists...
  3. Hot Plasmids - November 2023

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    ... vivo and in vitro applications.   Figure 2: Modular features of DIRECTED particles where the ... between living cells by TransitID. Cell, 186(15), 3307–3324.e30. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.05.044. PMID... efficient prime editors. Cell, 186(18), 3983–4002.e26. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2023.07.039. PMID: 37657419...lentivirus and MMLV gag, to specific cell types. It can also make CAR-T cell therapy more accessible by simplifying...Optogenetic proximity labeling and TransitID Tracking cellular history with protein ticker tape Teaching an old...called DIRECTED (Delivery to Intended REcipient Cells Through Envelope Design). This modular approach ...viral surface, expanding the range of targetable cell types. DIRECTED is compatible with fusogens from...
  4. Viral Vectors 101: Preparing Pooled Libraries

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    ...replicate, then purify the DNA.     Figure 2: A pooled library page with protocol links boxed in...transduction of cells, resulting in cell population mutated by the viral pooled library. These cells can then...transduce your cells.  Titering After generating your lentivirus, you’ll want to infect your cells with the ...of a cell being infected by only one viral particle, but it also increases the chances that a cell doesn...adequately represented in the cell population, you’ll need to infect many more cells than the number of plasmids...appropriate packaging and envelope plasmids into HEK cells allows production of lentivirus. Purification of...small aliquot is not enough to transfect producer cells, so your first step will be to amplify the library...
  5. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    ...CRISPR in human cells) is a CRISPR-Cas13 based antiviral method to degrade RNA from SARS-CoV-2 sequences and...for labeling specific structures within cells. HeLa cells were transfected with plasmids encoding...protein evolution Fluorescent tools for mammalian cells Nanobody purification CRISPRi and CRISPRa system...selection in the cytosol (instead of on the yeast extracellular surface) which enables tracking of protease ...mCitrine gene. mCherry is constitutively expressed. Cells are then cultured and FACS sorted. Image from Mateo...labeling structures and compartments in mammalian cells By Angela Abitua Genetically encoded fluorescent...or specific localization of biomolecules within cells. However, sometimes these fluorescent proteins might...
  6. Advancing Biology with Zebrafish: Genetic Tools for Developmental Studies and More

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    ...externally fertilized, transparent progeny (Figure 2). These features give it a leg up (or a fin up?) over...development. Single cell sequencing-based lineage tracing Recently, gene expression in all cells of the developing...proportions of otherwise normal cell types are produced, rather than novel, abnormal cell types. Sequencing-based...understanding how genes control biology (a fact celebrated by the Nobel prize committee). But as the field...applications. For example, specific tissues such as blood cells or neurons can be fluorescently labeled, allowing...divisions, and movements of each of the thousands of cells in the developing zebrafish embryo have been tracked...developing zebrafish embryo has been mapped using single cell RNA sequencing approaches (Harland, 2018). Several...
  7. New CRISPR Tools: Cas7-11 and PASTE

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    ...rate of 10-55% - the PASTE system.     Fig. 2: Schematic of programmable gene insertion with PASTE...no detectable effect on cell viability – meaning there was no measurable cell toxicity – using Cas7-11...such as mouse embryonic stem cells and glioblastoma cells. PASTE Development and discovery The first ...observed in non-dividing cells, meaning that this system wasn’t dependent on the cell’s intrinsic machinery...turning potential into impact. In molecular and cellular biology, this happens through the development ...exclusively on this space — developing tools for cellular targeting. Lately, they’ve been working on two... shRNA and Cas13 systems in a range of mammalian cell lines. However, in those same comparisons, the AbuGoot...
  8. Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors

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    ...al (Nature. 1988 Jul 28;334(6180):320-5.) PubMed. 2. A segment of the 5' nontranslated region of encephalomyocarditis...them. Why Use multicistronic vectors? Detecting cells that are expressing your gene, especially if you...reporters allow you to easily screen or select for cells that are expressing your gene of interest at high...promoter, multicistronic plasmids ensure that any cells that are positive for your marker should also be...anytime you want to express multiple genes in the same cell. Although it is possible to drive co-expression ...promotes translation of the viral genome in eukaryotic cells.1,2 Since then, a variety of IRES sequences have...discovered - many from viruses, but also some from cellular mRNAs. What they all have in common is the ability...
  9. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    ... PMID: 25184501. PubMed Central PMCID: MC4262738. 2. Doench, John G., et al. "Optimized sgRNA design to...when trying to screen a limited number of cells like primary cells or in vivo. Recently, the labs of David... cultured cells as well as more difficult conditions such as model systems and primary cells. References...with both A375 (melanoma) and AT29 (colon cancer) cells and assessed the libraries performance via the depletion...important criterion for probing a limited number of cells. Get the Brunello CRISPRko sgRNA library as pooled...subject to an increase in dsDNA breaks that can cause cell death. Thus, CRISPR inhibition (CRISPRi) libraries...study screening for vemurafenib resistance in A375 cells. The SAM system (CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation...
  10. Design Tips for Prime Editing

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    ...inhibit editing (Anzalone et al., 2019). Figure 2: Starting lengths for optimizing your pegRNA primer...editing systems by manipulating cellular determinants of editing outcomes. Cell, 184(22), 5635-5652.e29. https...Guide RNA and Target DNA. Cell, 156(5), 935–949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.02.001 Yan, J., Oyler-Castrillo...type of edit, genomic context, delivery strategy, cell type, and goal of the experiment. Now, onto the ...nicking of the unedited strand and encourage the cell to use the edited strand as a template during DNA...also allows certain unintended edits to escape cellular surveillance. To limit unintended incorporation...https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.09.018 Nelson, J. W., Randolph, P. B., Shen, S. P., Everette, K. A...
  11. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    ...systems utilize with type I-F Cascades. Figure 2: Cascade complex from CRISPR type I-E. Created with...unwinding steps. Molecular Cell, 70(3), 385-394.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2018.03.031 Xiao, Y., ...CRISPR Cascade. Molecular Cell, 83(5), 746-758.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2023.01.024 Morisaka, ...there isn’t a template strand left behind that the cell can use to repair. Figure 3: General overview...broad and unidirectional genome editing in human cells. Nature Communications, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038...CRISPR–Cas systems for genome engineering in human cells. Nature Biotechnology, 37(12), 1471–1477. https:...
  12. Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples

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    ...that numbers are not switched around or misread.  2. Track the container - It is just as important to ... reader and an Excel spreadsheet. Start by scanning the sample barcodes into the cells in the same order...using an electric charge to help the DNA enter the cells. Some samples require a reduced antibiotic concentration...concentration or need to be transformed into different cells than were originally requested. Most of our samples...tubes and use this ID to name the corresponding Excel sheet.3. Be specific  - When assigning a physical...storage process - from deposited DNA to transformed cells and finally to bacterial glycerol stocks that are...
  13. Protocols for Molecular Biology, Plasmid Cloning, and Viral Preps

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    ...BSL-1 and BSL-2 Labs Learn how to best protect yourself when working in BSL-1 and BSL-2 labs Watch the...Two (BSL-1 and BSL-2) Safety measures for laboratories operating at BSL-1 and BSL-2 Watch the Video! Water...Generating Stable Cell Lines with Lentivirus Genomically integrate your DNA sequence into a cell line Isolating...Isolating a Monoclonal Cell Population by Limiting Dilution Generate monoclonal cell lines from a polyclonal...polyclonal pool of stable cells AAV Production in HEK293 Cells Produce adeno-associated virus to deliver your...Extraction Without a Kit Extract RNA from tissues or cells without a commercial kit Plasmid Cloning Protocols...Transfection Introduce plasmid DNA to mammalian cells Lentivirus Production Produce lentivirus with a ...
  14. Corralling and Cornering the Goldilocks Antibody

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    ...non-specific binding in our IHC condition.   Fig. 2: Schematic of the goldilocks antibody selection process... Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative Cell Census Network, the Wu lab will be screening over...
  15. Protocol - Bacterial Transformation

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    ...each transformation tube by placing the bottom 1/2 to 2/3 of the tube into a 42°C water bath for 30-60 ...depending on the competent cells you are using). Put the tubes back on ice for 2 min. Add 250-1,000 μl LB...the competent cells in your hand instead of on ice Reduce step 4 from 20 - 30 mins to 2 mins on ice before...commonly referred to as 'competent cells.' Many companies sell competent cells, which come frozen and are prepared...that came with your competent cells. Pro-Tips Commercial competent cells range significantly in their ...SOC media Competent cells DNA you'd like to transform Procedure Take competent cells out of -80°C and thaw...use electro-competent cells. Instead of relying on the heat-shock to cause the cells to take up the DNA,...
  16. Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations

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    ...GUS-staining is a very useful visual reporter (Figure 2). The GUS enzyme cleaves a substrate, which will then...roots, as functional chloroplasts and leaf specific cell types are missing in roots. The development of transgenic...transformation” usual means that neither a stable cell line or plant is regenerated from the transformed...with the gene of interest is transferred into the cells. But for C. roseus, Agrobacterium infiltration into...fused to a protein of interest to elucidate the subcellular localization of your protein of interest. Find...Intrinsic GUS-like activities in seed plants." Plant cell reports 9.1 (1990): 1-5. PubMed PMID: 24226366. ...
  17. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    ...Hoogsten base pairs and wobble pairs.  Figure 2: (A) The codon wheel depicts the 64 codons that encodes...mammalian cells. This was the first codon optimized membrane protein expressed in mammalian cells. In this...sequence. That means there are 61 possible tRNAs. Cells however, may not express all 61 of these tRNAs and... are also optimized for expression in mammalian cells. For example, Henry Lester’s lab optimized the C...Caenorhabditis elegans GluCl ion channel genes for mammalian cells dramatically improves expression levels. Journal...
  18. Antibody Validation Using the Indirect ELISA Method

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    ...vapors. Workflow Timeline Day 1: Antigen Coating Day 2: Blocking Day 3: Primary antibody incubation Day 4...with 96-well plates 1–10 µL single channel pipette 2–20 µL single channel pipette 20–200 µL single channel...serial dilutions of the purified antigen as follows: 2 ng/µL : Add 100 µL of 20 ng/µL stock into 900 µL PBS...microfuge tube and vortex. 1 ng/µL : Add 450 µL of 2 ng/µL stock into 450 uL PBS in a microfuge tube and...37 °C for 30 min , or overnight at 4 °C . Section 2: Block the plate Prepare the wash buffer (0.05% Tween...incubate on a microplate shaker set to 400 rpm for 2 h at room temperature or overnight at 4 °C . Section...
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