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  1. Advancing Biology with Zebrafish: Genetic Tools for Developmental Studies and More

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    ...Microscopy-based lineage tracing can help illuminate how signaling pathways—such as those regulated by one-eyed pinhead—contribute... study also showed that in the absence of the signaling pathway regulated by one-eyed pinhead, incorrect...transform zygotes into adults and explain how signaling pathways control this process. Additional zebrafish...
  2. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    ...found that adding a triple nuclear localization signal or including fusions with Histone 2A or 2B can ...biotinylation via BirA and AviTAG. pMAK contains the signal peptide of MBP, followed by the desired nanobody...NB) sequence, an AviTAG, and 6xHis tag. The MBP signal peptide allows the NB to be exported to the periplasm...
  3. Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs

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    ... Fluorescent Protein Fusions Observing a bright signal for the first time after cloning an FP fusion with...illustrated the quantitative increase in fluorescent signal achieved when utilizing an optimized moxFP as opposed... opposed to standard FPs. The increase in signal is not due to a brighter FP, but rather because of the...
  4. Hot Plasmids: Spring 2025

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    ...somatosensory cortex, while iGluSnFR4s produces larger signal-to-noise ratios in two-photon imaging, making it...single action potential-evoked axonal glutamate signals. Shading denotes SEM. D) Summary of ΔF/F0, Time-to-peak...Waldron Glypicans are important modulators of cell signaling pathways during embryonic development and cancer...
  5. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning Applications and Kits

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    ...you‘ll need, including sub-cellular localization signals, plant markers, and reporters (Engler et al., 2014...protein degradation on chimeric antigen receptor signaling (Kim et al., 2024). The EMMA Toolkit is another...et al. Degron-Based bioPROTACs for Controlling Signaling in CAR T Cells. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory,...
  6. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry

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    ...the associated fluorochrome, emits a fluorescent signal that is captured by detectors. The strength of ... bind to a primary antibody thus amplifying the signal.       Intracellular protein targets, measured... FITC and that from PE. During compensation the signal arising from a specific fluorochrome is removed...
  7. Which Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques is Best for Me?

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    ...provides a high contrast image in which a bright signal overlays a perfectly black background. In addition...to more rapid photobleaching and a reduction in signal intensity. 2-Photon microscopes restrict excitation...light-reducing pinhole. By collecting more photons, a higher signal to noise ratio can be achieved (6). Super-resolution...
  8. Rett Syndrome

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    ...interacting domain (NID) a nuclear localization signal (not essential for localization) the C - t erminal...C-terminal Anti-MECP2 (D4F3) rabbit antibody from Cell Signalling Technology Additional Resources (Link opens in...
  9. Empty Backbones - Choosing Your Perfect Plasmid Backbone

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    ...vector that adds a C-terminal nuclear localization signal pGADCg - Gateway yeast expression vector that adds...adds an N-terminal myristoylation signal GST Protein purification pEBG - N-terminal GST ...
  10. Plasmids for Stem Cell Research

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    ...cells via temporal modulation of canonical Wnt signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 May 29. Palecek...Chemical modulation of transcriptionally enriched signaling pathways to optimize the conversion of fibroblasts...
  11. Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing

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    ... do it (i.e. where the signals come from and what implications their signaling is likely to have). Anterograde...neuron to another at synapses resulting in faint signals (Schwab et al., 1979; Buttry & Goshgarian, 2015...
  12. Easing the Protein Purification Process with pCri

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    ...improves protein solubility and stability. TRX and signal peptide tags help proteins with disulfide bonds...Plasmids designed for these systems may include a signal peptide (SP) that routes the protein through the...
  13. New Norepinephrine Indicators: nLightG and nLightR

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    ...sensitive than nLightR, both generating a measurable signal after electrical stimulation with a single pulse...pulse, while nLightR gave a measurable signal not at one pulse, but at the second test point, ten pulses...
  14. In Living Color: The Skinny on In Vivo Imaging Tools

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    ...exactly what iRFPs achieved. Those proteins allowed a signal-to-background ratio in mammalian tissues 20-fold... In addition, PA FPs can improve the achievable signal-to-background ratio, thus, allowing higher resolution...
  15. Multifunctional Neural Fibers: Modulation from Gut to Brain

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    ...molecular level. The brain is constantly influenced by signals it receives from the entire body, making it difficult...advance our knowledge of brain-visceral organ signaling. The problem  Previously, there were very few...
  16. Hot Plasmids - January 2023

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    ... Monoclonal antibodies can yield relatively low signal in immunoassays due to only having one binding ...you to use them in parallel to help amplify your signal - giving you the benefit of a polyclonal, with ...
  17. The Importance of High Titer for AAV Transductions

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    ...not need to be as high to achieve an observable signal in your experiment, therefore titer may not need...fluorescent proteins required to get a good fluorescent signal. It may not be necessary to concentrate this type...
  18. Visualizing Translation at the Single Molecule Level

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    ...displacement leads to a change in the fluorescent signal: untranslated RNAs appear yellow, and translated...reporter. Because it contains a nuclear localization signal, NLS-PCP-GFP then returns to the nucleus to bind...
  19. Choosing Your Fluorescent Proteins for Multi-Color Imaging

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    ... set, we would expect TagRFP to give a brighter signal than mCherry. In general, filter sets designed ...all organisms and that if you want the brightest signal, you may need to try several proteins in your system...
  20. A Novice's Perspective on Neuroscience - SfN2017

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    ...technique can be applied to an important neuronal signalling pathway - if you’ve got a useful tool, there’...neuronal networks, and selectively activating signaling pathways. Many scientists came to the Addgene ...
  21. Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody

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    ...antibody is ideal as it will help to amplify the signal. Some applications use either direct (primary-conjugated..., remember that a secondary should be used when signal amplification is needed.  Species  Next, check ...
  22. Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors

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    ... an enzyme co-factor, a crosslinking agent, a signaling ion, and an allosteric modulator. Because of its...pdb-top069609. Palmer AE, Tsien RY. Measuring calcium signaling using genetically targetable fluorescent indicators...
  23. Adenoviral Vector Production and Troubleshooting

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    ...Gutless Ad maintain only the ITRs and the packaging signal (Ψ), both of which are essential for assembly of...sequences and retain only the ITRs and packaging signal in cis. Therefore, co-infection with a helper adenovirus...
  24. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)

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    ...light to detect, measure, and control molecular signals, cells, and groups of cells in order to understand... into distinct populations based on fluorescent signal. Thus, FACS can be used to separate cells expressing...
  25. Career Insights: Technical Support Specialist

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    ...Blot protocol and then blame the antibody when no signals are obtained. Or someone may heat an ELISA plate...during incubation steps in order to enhance the OD signals and then complain about high background. In many...
  26. Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)

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    ...SunTag scaffold, the intensity of the fluorescent signal is boosted and enables single molecule tracking... T cell receptor portion of the CAR facilitates signal transduction and release of cytotoxic granules ...
  27. Plasmids 101: Biotinylation

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    ...binding sites found on avidin are also ideal for signal amplification during these experiments. During ...interest leading to amplification of the reporter signal and easier detection. This strategy is referred...
  28. Five Popular Model Organisms

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    ...including the nervous system, development, cell signaling, aging, and mechanotransduction to name a few....Leifer’s lab utilized the worm to study calcium signaling in the entire adult brain, using a plasmid that...
  29. Synthetic Biology - Strains

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    ...Metabolism Networks & Gene Regulation Sensing & Signaling Strains Browse Addgene's collection of synthetic...
  30. Synthetic Biology - Metabolism

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    ...Metabolism Networks & Gene Regulation Sensing & Signaling Strains Browse Addgene's collection of synthetic...
  31. TALEN Expression Vectors

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    ...have a FLAG epitope tag and nuclear localization signal at their amino-terminus. The expression vectors...
  32. Institute for Protein Innovation

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    ...conserved proteoglycans crucial for regulating cell signaling during development. The IPI collection includes...
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