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  1. Tips for Titering Your Lentiviral Preps

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    ...ensure that the correct transfer plasmid was used in the transfection; if preparing several different ... your packaging cell line, prepped your DNA, transfected and harvested your lentivirus. Now it’s time ...for expression of a gene carried on the transfer plasmid or quantifying the number of viral copies that ... that comes from amplification of the original plasmid which can over-inflate results. A packing vector...antibiotic resistance genes carried on transfer plasmids. Target cells are transduced with serial dilutions...
  2. CRISPR Plasmids - Drosophila

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    ... Cas9 plasmid Bullock and Port 51026 U6-BbsI-crRNA dU6 BbsI Transfection none, need Cas9 plasmid O'Connor-Giles...CRISPR Plasmids: Drosophila Browse CRISPR Plasmids By Function Genome Editing Cut Base Edit Nick Prime...gRNA expression plasmid to target the dCas9-activator to your specific locus. ID Plasmid Gene/Insert Promoter...with a wide variety of Cas-containing plasmids. ID gRNA Plasmid Promoter Cloning Enzyme(s) Delivery Resistance... none, need Cas9 plasmid Bullock and Port 49330 pAc-sgRNA-Cas9 dU6 BspQI Transfection Puromycin yes, cut...Liu 45946 pU6-BbsI-chiRNA dU6 BbsI Transfection none, need Cas9 plasmid O'Connor-Giles , Harrison , Wildonger...suggestions for other plasmids that should be added to this list? Fill out our Suggest a Plasmid form or e-mail...
  3. Genomic Deletions in Mammalian Cell Lines

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    ...usage of the pSpCas9(BB) plasmid (pX330) (Addgene plasmid ID 42230). This plasmid allows for the simultaneous...another transfection method such as cationic liposome-based transfection. Optimize transfection conditions...utilized, such as pX458 (Addgene plasmid ID 48138) or pX459 (Addgene plasmid ID 48139), which include GFP ...for MEL cells. However, transient transfection of CRISPR/Cas9 plasmids may be successfully adapted to ... with a PCR cloning kit) into a plasmid vector. Transform the plasmid into DH5α E. coli cells and plate...Mammalian Cell Lines Other Addgene Resources CRISPR Plasmids CRISPR Guide Addgene Blog Posts Addgene is proud...multiple sgRNAs may be expressed from a single plasmid. Add “CACC” before the 20-mer guide sequence and...
  4. Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview

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    ...consisted of three plasmids: the packaging, envelope, and transfer plasmids. The packaging plasmid carried a mutated...and host genome integration. After co-transfection of these plasmids, 293T cells released transgene-containing... packaging and envelope plasmids are two of Addgene’s most requested plasmids! Lentiviral particles with...Many CRISPR plasmids are designed for lentiviral use, including Addgene’s top requested plasmid in 2015: ...itself due to a few missing proteins. The envelope plasmid contained a viral envelope to dictate the tropism...the vector could infect. Finally, the transfer plasmid encoded the desired transgene flanked by HIV-1 ...recombination between the transfer and packaging plasmids does exist. To further reduce this possibility...
  5. Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells

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    ...three plasmids — a transfer plasmid containing your gene of interest plus two packaging plasmids (three...baculovirus plasmid. Production of baculovirus requires only two plasmids — your transfer plasmid and the ...three packaging plasmids for 3rd generation lentivirus production). The packaging plasmids are widely available...to worry about cloning your transfer plasmid. The transfer plasmids have different packaging capacities...in mammalian cells is relatively quick. After transfection, HEK-293T cells start producing virus within...systems, it is standard to do only one passage (transfection). This differs from typical insect cell preparations...called a bacmid. Like AAV and lentiviral packaging plasmids, bacmids are readily available, so the amount ...
  6. Viral Production at Addgene

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    ...Pennsylvania Vector Core. Transfections are performed using the transfer plasmid, a plasmid encoding rep and serotype-specific...with primers targeting the transfer plasmid used in the transfection. PCR products are analyzed by gel .... coli. In addition, plasmids are typically prepared using endotoxin-free plasmid purification kits.   ... serotype-specific cap genes, and a plasmid encoding adenoviral helper sequences. AAV preparations are...contamination is minimized by using an endotoxin-free plasmid purification protocol. To minimize the immunogenic...offline and discarded. Confirmation of the transfer plasmid Addgene uses a rigorous barcode matching system...microbial contamination. Purity When possible, all plasmids used for viral production are propagated in the...
  7. TALEN Plasmids and Kits

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    ...List of plasmid kits and accessory plasmids available from Addgene for generating your own specific TALE...Yamamoto Additional Plasmids for Use with Addgene TALEN Kits For Use With: ID Plasmid Depositing PI Description...destination plasmids were optimized for TALEN expression in mammalian systems including hard-to-transfect cell...TALE Toolbox 49622 - 49647 24 plasmids Thoru Pederson TALEColor plasmids: destination vectors for use ...suggestions for other plasmids that should be added to this list? Fill out our Suggest a Plasmid form or e-mail... TALE plasmids. Genome... Genome Engineering TALENs TALEN Plasmids and Kits You may also like... Addgene's Genome...
  8. Antibody Validation for Flow Cytometry

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    ...approach often involves the transient transfection of expression plasmids in a given cell line. For flow cytometry...interference (RNAi). The most common method is transfection of short interfering RNA (siRNA). Knockdown ... (tagged or untagged) protein When expression plasmids are available, or the necessary expertise to clone...antibody should be able to detect even in cells transfected with low efficacy. But since there can be large...differences between endogenous expression and transfected overexpression, this approach cannot confirm ...
  9. Plan Your Experiment

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    ...For easy-to-transfect cell types (e.g. HEK293 cells), transfection with standard transfection reagents may...Additionally, many plasmids containing validated gRNAs are now available through Addgene. These plasmids contain ...particular model organism. There may not be a perfect plasmid for your specific application, and in such cases...different activators exist, including the multi-plasmid SAM system. Select Expression System To use CRISPR...to generate stable cell lines (for details, see Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors ) Transient or stable expression...or gRNA in a mammalian cell line that can be transfected at high efficiency Lentiviral transduction Cas9...and enrich positive cells Packaging and envelope plasmids provide the necessary components to make lentiviral...
  10. Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies

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    ...can be produced through a single or dual-plasmid transfection, depending on whether the heavy and light...contained to one plasmid or if they’ve been separated onto two. You’ll first transfect your cells with ... great collection of ready-to-use rAbs and rAb plasmids!). Since recombinant antibodies conveniently allow...with your plasmid(s), and then wait 7-14 days (in mammalian cells) to collect the cell culture supernatant...on the Addgene blog Introduction to Antibodies Plasmid-based Recombinant Antibodies Polyclonal Antibodies...
  11. DNA Service - Cloning Grade DNA

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    ...Grade DNA (cgDNA) for over 200 plasmids in our collection. The plasmids available in this format include...variety of popular plasmids and backbones with high cloning potential. By making these plasmids available as...individual plasmid page to find current pricing information Standard Quality Control Plasmid verified by...next generation sequencing Plasmids Available as Cloning Grade DNA ID Plasmid Description Industry PI FAQ...grade DNA preps of this plasmid available, but helps to inform us of which plasmids would be most helpful... our most popular plasmids! DNA... DNA Service: Cloning Grade DNA Service Details Plasmids Available FAQ Addgene...
  12. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    ... target plasmid and pX330-sgRNA plasmid (Mashiko et al. 2013). The pCAG-EGxxFP target plasmid contains... (c) The pCAG-EGxxFP target plasmid was co-transfected with pX330 plasmids containing sgRNA sequences ... simple matter of transfecting HEK293T cells with your modified pCAG-EGXXFP plasmid along with the individual...individual gRNAs in their PX330 plasmids (or similar plasmids for gRNA expression), one gRNA at a time.... system floating around, and many pre-designed plasmids containing these variants ready for purchase. ...multi-cloning site (MCS) between EGFP fragments. The pX330 plasmid contains humanized Cas9 expression cassette and... you can insert this region into a pCAG-EGXXFP plasmid using standard cloning techniques (The XX indicates...
  13. pCXLE toolkit: Efficient episomal plasmid-based method to reprogram peripheral blood cells to iPSCs

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    ...maintained DNA plasmids that express reprogramming factors To date, the mRNA transfection method has not...and to model diseases in vitro. Find stem cell plasmids at Addgene Many sources of adult somatic cells...generating hiPSCs for clinical purposes: mRNA transfection- this allows transient expression of the reprogramming...group is an optimized mixture of three episomal plasmids (Table 1) encoding the reprogramming factors. ...enhance the reprogramming efficiency, an extra plasmid, pCXWB-EBNA-1 is used in the reprogramming cocktail...increases protein expression from the other episomal plasmids. When used on PBMCs, the pCXLE episomal vector...available at Addgene. Table 1: List of pCXLE episomal plasmids, their Addgene ID numbers and the reprogramming...
  14. Don’t FRET: Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation Makes Visualizing Protein-Protein Interactions Easy

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    ...This is straightforward in easy-to-transfect cell lines where plasmid dosage can be tightly controlled....because it relies on a single BiFC pair. Find BiFC plasmids for your experiment at Addgene! How to Design ...BiFC constructs are expressed transiently by transfection or stably impacts the success of BiFC experiments...Resources on Addgene.org Find fluorescent protein plasmids and resources Visit our Molecular Biology Reference...
  15. CRISPR Plasmids - C. elegans

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    ...Cas9 plasmid Joung 46170 PU6::klp-12_sgRNA cU6 PCR (see paper) Transfection none, need Cas9 plasmid Calarco...gRNA expression plasmid to target the dCas9-activator to your specific locus. ID Plasmid Gene/Insert Promoter...with a wide variety of Cas-containing plasmids. ID gRNA Plasmid Promoter Cloning Enzyme(s) Delivery Resistance...Calarco 47943 pMB70 cU6 BsaI Transfection none, need Cas9 plasmid Boxem 47941 pMB60 T7 BsaI In vitro transcription...elegans none, need Cas9 plasmid Ristow Do you have suggestions for other plasmids that should be added to this...CRISPR plasmids that have been designed for use in C. elegans. CRISPR... CRISPR C. elegans CRISPR Plasmids: C. elegans...
  16. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET

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    ... create fusions with a gene of interest. These plasmids will be most useful for constructing intermolecular...ratio of acceptor to donor fusions varies with transfection efficiency and any unpaired fluorescent proteins...measure (overexpressing a gene or protein after transfection). Future of FRET The first genetically encoded...
  17. Our Most Popular Blog Posts from 2019

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    ...feature some recently deposited plasmids every quarter. The “hot plasmids” from last March were quite popular...behalf of scientists. 9. Plasmids 101: Positive and Negative Selection for Plasmid Cloning by Jennifer Tsang...changes.   1. Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection by Alyssa...past year: CRISPR, optogenetics, chemogenetics, plasmids, fluorescent proteins, careers, and more. These...s the top 10 blog posts from the year. 10. Hot Plasmids - March 2019 - Anti-CRISPR, 2in1 Cloning, Fluorescent... about mNeonGreen, mTFP1, and mWasabi and find plasmids containing these fluorescent proteins at Addgene... Read other Addgene news Find the most recent plasmid blog posts Find the most recent CRISPR blog posts...
  18. Luciferase Plasmid Collection

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    ...Collections Luciferase Plasmids Luciferase Plasmid Collection You may also like... Fluorescent Proteins Blog...luciferase. Plasmids are Gateway cloning compatible. Learn more about DULIP in our 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016...luciferase reporter. These plasmids improve over the original STARR-seq plasmids by using the bacterial ORI...otherwise noted, these plasmids are meant for expression in mammalian systems. ID Plasmid Luciferase Type(s...luciferase expression plasmids; these are noted with the viral service icon . ID Plasmid Luciferase Type Promoter...AAV9-CRISPR knockout plasmid. Renilla luciferase is used to monitor viral transfection Feng Zhang 21471 pLenti...AAV-CRISPR knockout plasmid. Firefly luciferase is used to moniter viral transfection Sidi Chen 109396 TBG-Vector...
  19. Plasmids 101: Dimers and Multimers

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    ...Addgene blog:  Plasmids 101: What is a plasmid? Plasmids 101: Origin of ReplicationPlasmids 101: PCR...process known as plasmid multimerization. Plasmid Multimerization Early studies on plasmid topology recorded...ligate the plasmid, and re-transform the ligated plasmid to recover the monomeric form of the plasmid. Have... monomer of Plasmid 12259: pMD2.G (depicted on the left) is ~5.8 kb in length. The plasmid can exist on... have been utilizing full plasmid sequencing services to verify the plasmids, including long-read sequencing... the sequencing results for their plasmids, they found the plasmids were much longer than expected, and...tandem. Such plasmids are known as multimers, and they are the result of multiple plasmid copies combining...
  20. Antibody Production

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    ... low levels of co-purified plasmid from transfection. This residual plasmid is extracted and amplified...vectors, human embryonic kidney cells are transfected with the plasmid(s) encoding the heavy and light chains...compared to an untransfected control and the protein size is confirmed. Residual Plasmid Sanger Sequencing...the Sanger method, and aligned with the parental plasmid sequence to confirm the antibody’s identity. For... The fluorescence pattern is compared to an untransfected control. Immunohistochemistry (IHC) Tissue sections...
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