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  1. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    ...the Day Lab, who developed neuron-optimized lentiviral vectors for in vitro and in vivo CRISPRa (Savell ...physiology. The Day Lab’s neuron-optimized lentiviral vectors can be found here. High-throughput screening...Neuron-optimized viral vectors Alternatively, Cas9 activators can be delivered to the CNS by lentivirus, which has.... This dual lentivirus system pairs ubiquitous expression of sgRNA(s) and mCherry (vector 1) with neuron-specific...their optimized vectors to highlight a key advantage of CRISPRa over traditional cDNA overexpression: ...including transgenic mice, neuron-optimized viral vectors, and high-throughput screening approaches. Here...largely precludes delivery by adeno-associated vectors (AAV). This issue was recently circumvented by ...
  2. Viral Production

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    ... the lentiviral vector, harvesting cells several days later, and isolating genomic DNA. This DNA is then...for in our reported titers. Lentiviral vectors are titered using a lentiviral droplet digital PCR (ddPCR...with serial dilutions of a lentiviral vector, incubated for 72 h, and genomic DNA is extracted. Primers and... . Browse our AAV vectors collection. AAV Data Hub Lentivirus Production Lentiviral preparations are produced... with viral vector manufacturing facilities, such as the University of Pennsylvania Vector Core (Link ...Pennsylvania Vector Core. In general, titering is performed by the facility that produced the viral vector lot....Empty vector particles can be identified after negative staining and appear darker than full vector particles...
  3. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    ...expression vectors with various promoters suitable for in vivo expression, and/or produce vectors to make...of recombinant DNA technology has allowed molecular biologists to fuse fragments of DNA together in a ...prototrophic strains. The vectors were based on the original EasyClone vectors (Jensen et al 2013) allow...CDC and cloned into a third generation lentiviral transfer vector. Each gene has been FLAG-tagged for convenient...donor vectors containing mAID and either Neo or Hygro resistance markers with CRISPR/Cas vectors targeting...the authors packaged it into lentivirus and used the resulting lentiviral library to generate a population...simultaneously incorporate multiple single-strand DNA (ssDNA) oligonucleotides (oligos), and thereby rapidly...
  4. Lentivirus Production

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    ...from a lentiviral vector transfected into 293T cells using a polyethylenimine (PEI) transfection protocol...plasmid DNA purification should include an endotoxin removal step. For high quality plasmid DNA, the plasmids...the diluted DNA mixture. Add the diluted PEI dropwise while gently flicking the diluted DNA tube. Incubate...Viral Vector Guides Mol Bio Protocols Introduction This protocol can be used to produce lentivirus from...possible range of ratios to test: Ratio of DNA:PEI μg of DNA μL of 1 mg/mL PEI 1:1 18.9 18.9 1:2 18.9 37.8...using μg total DNA to μg PEI ratios of 1:1, 1:2, 1:3 and 1:6. The 1:2 and 1:3 total DNA:PEI μg ratios provided...polyethersulfone (PES) filter Transfection grade DNAs Reagent Preparation DMEM Complete (also known as...
  5. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    ...derivatives. Unmodified Cas9 causes double stranded DNA breaks that commonly result in a complete loss of...Brunello CRISPRko sgRNA library as pooled library or lentiviral prep! Dolcetto: human CRISPRi sgRNA library While...These mutations result in an inactive RNA-guided DNA binding protein (dCas9). dCas9 is then tethered to...the Dolcetto library! Now also available as a lentiviral prep. Calabrese: human CRISPRa sgRNA library ...tracrRNA was combined with the sgRNA expression vector allowing the screen to be conducted with only two...function. Find the Calabrese pooled library and lentiviral prep here! Applications for the Root and Doench...viability genes as they are subject to an increase in dsDNA breaks that can cause cell death. Thus, CRISPR inhibition...
  6. Lentivirus ddPCR Titration

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    ...aspirate supernatant. Extract genomic DNA according to the GeneJet Genomic DNA Purification Kit instructions...., the lentiviral particles are serially diluted and used to transduce HEK293T cells. Genomic DNA is extracted... of Lentivirus Vectors You may also like... Lentivirus Colony Formation Titration Assay Lentivirus Fluorescence... (ddPCR) for lentivirus vector titration. Protocols... Protocols ddPCR Titration of Lentivirus Vectors ddPCR Titration... use droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) to titer lentivirus vectors. This protocol specifically uses primers ...Thermo Scientific, 10199-452 Reagents GeneJet Genomic DNA Purification Kit, Thermo Fisher, K0721 6-well tissue...
  7. AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy

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    .... At the time, adenoviral vectors were the most commonly used viral vectors for gene delivery, and they... better vector for ocular gene therapy: Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) While other viral vectors such as...gene can be targeted to RPE cells using a lentiviral vector and a clinical trial is ongoing. Moving forward...AdV) and lentivirus (LV) are known to transduce retinal cells, AAV quickly became the vector of choice...technician in a lab using adeno-associated viral vectors (AAVs) to treat an inherited retinal degenerative...tolerate the presence of antigens (such as viral vectors) without triggering a destructive inflammatory ...retina but only transiently. However new viral vectors capable of providing long-term gene expression ...
  8. Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)

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    ...expressing Cas9 via transduction with Cas9 lentiviral vector, lentiCas9-Blast (52962-LV, Figure 1). Some...primers flanking my edits in genomic DNA and doing PCR on genomic DNA. The surveyor assay itself was relatively...that Surveyor nuclease cleaves double stranded DNA (dsDNA) at basepair mismatches. To use this tool to ... denature and renature the dsDNA. Upon renaturation, you will generate DNA duplexes with one strand from...performing and analyzing a gene edit using Addgene’s lentiviral CRISPR tools. Schematic overview of CRISPR...gRNA-transduced Cas9-A549 cells are used as a control. DNA was analyzed by PAGE. The basis of the Surveyor...these mismatches are indicated by the presence of DNA cleavage products. The appearance of the 428 bp band...
  9. Export Control Regulations Lifted for Plasmids Containing Rabies and VSV-G Genes

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    ...producing lentiviral and MuLV retroviral particles. Use in conjunction with a packaging vector such as ...as pCMV-dR8.2 dvpr (lentiviral) or pUMVC (MuLV retroviral). Bob Weinberg pMD2.G VSV-G envelope expressing...paper for more information Miguel Sena-Esteves pcDNA-SADB19L Contains rabies viral RNA polymerase; ...
  10. Cre-lox system

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    ...components, PhyBdeltaCreC and PIF6CreN, in lentiviral vector Cbh Lentiviral Eisenhoffer 132551 AAV-U6-gRNA-TnT-Cre...circular piece of DNA (and is not maintained). Translocation: If the sites are on separate DNA molecules, a...cassette; Targeting vector for Rosa26 locus Mammalian Jacks 12238 pLOX-CW-CRE Cre CMV Lentiviral Trono 12265 ...17408 Puro.Cre empty vector Cre, Puro resistance and miRNA expression PGK Lentiviral Jacks 17736 pOG231 ...Cre-ERT2 - Tamoxifen inducible; Gateway entry vector none Entry Vector Zon 27493 pBT140 Cre CMV Mammalian Luo...coexpression CMV Lentiviral Sadelain 30205 Cre-IRES-PuroR Cre and PuroR coexpression EF-1 alpha Lentiviral Kotton...Cre-ERT2;Targeting vector for Fos locus Mammalian Luo 46389 pArcCreER Cre-ERT2;Targeting vector for Arc locus...
  11. Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus

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    ...roughly half the packaging limits of lentiviral and adenoviral vectors. While many transgene will fit within... overviews of three split vector strategies plus one additional split vector strategy for increasing the...homology directed repairs (HDR). Split AAV vector approaches Split vector approaches increase the size of the...copies of both vectors. Examples of use: Halbert et al., 2002 used an overlapping vector with 440 or 1000bp... hybrid vector, as measured by β-galactosidase activity, was 81% of that from a single vector, but significantly...ideal split vector system. Overall the efficiency of transgene expression from split vectors has been inconsistent..., Duan D (2008) A Hybrid Vector System Expands Adeno-associated Viral Vector Packaging Capacity in a Transgene-independent...
  12. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - September 2021

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    ...known or suspected to be involved in DNA damage response and DNA repair.  A new CRISPR pooled library ...only required three components: a master mix, the DNA of interest, and cell extract.    Graphical...They allow single-nucleotide modifications to edit DNA without requiring a double-stranded break. The Xiao... a) Cells are transfected with three different vectors and flow cytometry is used to sort populations ... 10 guide RNAs per gene. The lab modified the lentiviral backbone to encode the CD90.1 selection marker...
  13. Meet the New Addgene Board Members!

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    ...Baradaran’s expertise in viral safety, gene therapy vector development, vaccine development, and assay technologies...she says. In 11th grade she heard a talk about Z DNA that inspired her to major in molecular biology in...Harvard Medical School, he developed the first lentiviral microRNA-based system for polymerase II-regulated...Melina Fan and former Associate Director of Viral Vectors Karen Guerin for the journal Molecular Therapy....
  14. Empty Backbones - Choosing Your Perfect Plasmid Backbone

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    ... vector - Lentiviral shRNA expression Tet-pLKO-puro - Tet-inducible lentiviral shRNA... bacterial expression vector (see tagged expression vectors from the SGC) pPro18... Vectors from the Gradia lab pFB-LIC-Bse - Insect expression vector from Gileadi...Tet-inducible lentiviral shRNA expression pLenti CMV Neo DEST - Lentiviral Gateway destination... CMV Puro DEST - Lentiviral Gateway destination vector for gene expression...Tet-inducible lentiviral shRNA expression pLenti CMV Hygro DEST - Lentiviral Gateway destination...destination vector for gene expression pLenti CMV/TO Hygro - Lentiviral Gateway...
  15. Choosing Your Perfect Empty Backbone

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    ...protein. Mammalian vectors One of our most popular mammalian expression vectors, c-Flag pcDNA3, comes from the...will need accessory packaging vectors to generate the virus. Bacterial vectors This system is great for overexpressing...cases bacterial expression vectors are inducible (e.g. pBAD LIC cloning vector (8A)) and have an epitope...folding assays. Yeast vectors There are several types of yeast expression vectors. Consider your applications...shuttle vectors. You may prefer the more traditional approach of an autonomously replicating vector that ...conduct your custom experiment. Fly vectors The vast majority of fly vectors are based on p-element, random... to reporter vectors (e.g. pBV-Luc) and gene silencing (e.g. pLKO.1 - TRC cloning vector). Check out our...
  16. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    ...pandemic, the Krogan lab at UCSF generated lentiviral vectors expressing SARS-CoV-2 open reading frames...which all but one are cloned into pLVX vectors (for lentiviral packaging) and contain an IRES-Puro marker...(2020) Protocol and Reagents for Pseudotyping Lentiviral Particles with SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein for Neutralization...published a protocol and reagents for pseudotyping lentivirus with the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. They deposited...qPCR and antigen tests.  Labs including Jennifer Doudna’s lab and Feng Zheng’s lab had already developed...
  17. CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics

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    ...) ChiRP-seq RNA Hi-C DNA (genome-to-genome interactions) DNase-seq DNA (regions that are accessible... regions of DNA that demonstrate “spooky action at a distance.” Through the marvel of DNA compaction, ...details on DNA compaction and the structural proteins that make it possible, see the appendix DNA is a 3D...millions of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) with a lentiviral vector, an attenuated retrovirus in the same family...See below for further details. DNA is a 3D Fractal Figure 2: DNA compaction. Graphics courtesy ...For instance (chr3, 1, 10) indicates a stretch of DNA at the very beginning of the third chromosome, ten...coordinates for genetic elements like protein, RNA, and DNA (Table 1). As with GPS in the real world, coordinates...
  18. Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus

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    ...Addgene.org Browse Our Viral Vector Plasmids Read Our Lentiviral Vector Guide Read Our AAV Guide  ...of producing infectious virus (similar to lentiviral vectors) because they do not encode all of the necessary...on the Addgene Blog Read Other Posts on Viral Vectors Check out Our Scientist's Guide to Ebola Contribute... viral vector...of bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) from cDNA: BRSV NS2 is not essential for virus replication...
  19. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    ...macromolecules used in scientific research such as DNA or protein. It comes as no surprise then that stability...Base modifications What is more stable than RNA? DNA! One way to make your gRNA more efficient on a budget...ribonucleotides for deoxynucleotides. A partially DNA gRNA is surprisingly well-tolerated by the Cas9 protein....org  View Addgene's collection of empty gRNA vectors View Addgene's CRISPR resources Request ready-to-use...-to-use viral preps of select CRISPR lentiviral plasmids Additional resources on the Addgene Blog  How...
  20. CRISPR Plasmids - Empty gRNA Vectors

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    ... Empty Vectors Many gRNA empty vectors have been deposited at Addgene. To find the gRNA vector for your...genome engineering from a single lentiviral vector Mammalian Lentiviral expression of Cas9, dCas9, or dCas9...Mammalian/Lentiviral BbsI none S. pyogenes Puro, TagBFP Yusa lentiGuide-Puro 52963 Mammalian/Lentiviral BsmBI...Mammalian/Lentiviral BsmBI none S. pyogenes Zhang pL-CRISPR.EFS.GFP 57818 Mammalian/Lentiviral BsmBI yes...Mammalian/Lentiviral BfuAI none S. pyogenes Puro Wolfe pL-CRISPR.EFS.tRFP 57819 Mammalian/Lentiviral BsmBI...Mammalian/Lentiviral BsmBI none S. pyogenes ccdB Wei pLKO5.sgRNA.EFS.PAC 57825 Mammalian/Lentiviral BsmBI ...Mammalian/Lentiviral BsmBI yes, cut S. pyogenes Puro Ebert pL-CRISPR.SFFV.PAC 57829 Mammalian/Lentiviral BsmBI...
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