...putting a gene of interest directly downstream of a tissue-specific promoter sounds simpler, this modular system...Gal4 expression can be regulated by any chosen promoter, and Bloomington’s Stock Center has fly lines ...lines expressing Gal4 under a variety of promoters resulting in tissue specific expression. To express YFG... to making a new fly with hedgehog under a new promoter each time a new hypothesis is tested. Controlling...gene expression. Thus, genes and siRNA encoded downstream of the UAS sequence are only expressed when Gal4...systems in Drosophila: A synthesis of time and space, Trends Genet. 20, 384–391 (2004). PubMed PMID: 15262411...I. Bartos, S. Marka, J. C. Kagan, Environmental Stress Causes Lethal Neuro-Trauma during Asymptomatic ...

...bidirectional promoters, or the creation of bicistronic or multicistronic vectors. Unlike promoters which will... proteins from the same mRNA. We've discussed promoters before so in this blog post we’ll cover basics...screenable or selectable markers from a unique promoter, multicistronic plasmids ensure that any cells...originally discovered in poliovirus RNA, where it promotes translation of the viral genome in eukaryotic ... the upstream cistron will have a few additional residues added to the end, while the downstream cistron...scientists have reported lower expression of the downstream cistron due to factors such as the experimental...the end of the 2A sequence and the next peptide downstream.4 The "cleavage" occurs between the Glycine and...

...approximately 19 kb in length. It contains short promoter sequences at its 3’ and 5’ ends that are crucial..., the roles of specific viral sequences (e.g. promoters) can be studied by changing the minigenome cis-acting...minigenome) are under control of a T7 RNA polymerase promoter sequence. Thus, T7 RNA polymerase also needs to...leader region acts as a functional BRSV genome promoter." Journal of virology 73.1 (1999): 251-259. PubMed...Michael, et al. "The Ebola virus genomic replication promoter is bipartite and follows the rule of six." Journal...one developed for Zaire ebola virus (EBOV) are extremely useful, allowing researchers to study aspects ... systems, such as the one described here, are extremely useful research tools. In addition to the reduced...

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...TIR1 of the SCF-TIR1 ubiquitin ligase complex, promoting its interaction with the degron sequence and ultimately...studying the effects of endogenous looping on distal promoters and enhancers, or have attempted to engineer loops...LADL Anchors to genomic targets, such as a distal promoter and an enhancer. What makes LADL unique from previous...group targeted the enhancer region of Klf4 and the promoter region of Zfp462, which are over 500kB apart, ...sequence targeted by the Cas9 nuclease. The Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) requires an NGG PAM to...

... gRNA from a Drosophila U6:2 promoter and Cas9 from the actin 5C promoter. Addgene’s fly library web page... over 30 promoters and 140 genes, including constructs with unique tissue-specific promoters expressing...dCAS9-VPR expression is under the control of the TRE promoter, which allows for doxycycline-inducible expression...are cloned downstream of a minimal promoter sequence. Should one of these random stretches of DNA contain...its own transcription from the minimal promoter and its strength can be determined from its enrichment ...many different promoters, RBS’, coding sequences (CDS), and terminators of varying strengths. These can be...fluorophores, generate expression vectors with various promoters suitable for in vivo expression, and/or produce...

...cell-type specific promoters; however, those usually drive weak expression of downstream genes. Strong cell-specific...Optogenetic FLEx vectors contain a strong promoter upstream of an opsin gene (e.g., channelrhodopsin-2...cell-specific promoters, on the other side, are too long for rAAVs, which can only package sequences shorter... the antisense orientation with respect to the promoter to prevent its expression, and is flanked (“floxed...rAAVs expressing Cre under a specific cell-type promoter. Once injected into the brain, the viruses infect...thereby enabling its expression under a strong promoter only in specific neuronal cells. FLEx ensures,...for analyzing the neural circuits of behavior." Trends in cognitive sciences 15.12 (2011): 592-600. PubMed...

...technique is especially useful for introducing promoters, terminators, and other short sequences into the...creating a contiguous DNA fragment. Pro-Tip Add Extreme Thermostable Single-Stranded DNA-Binding protein...

... Pro-Tips Different brands and lots of FBS can promote or inhibit transfection. Test a variety of brands...control the multiplicity of infection (MOI) in downstream studies. This protocol was developed for 293T...fluorescent cells, these cells can still be used in downstream applications. Safety Warnings Lentivirus is generally...Microcentrifuge tubes, Neptune 3745.X 6-well tissue culture treated dish, Corning 3516 15 mL conical tubes, VWR 21008... after 20–30 passages. Do not add penicillin/streptomycin to the media, as it can affect viability and...

...transcription start site, splice sites, exons, and/or promoters to knock out lncRNA function (Hazan and Bester...of introns or the removal of exons. Disrupting promoter or transcription start site function would also...effective in reducing off-target effects since promoter and enhancer sequences remain intact (Engreitz...Local regulation of gene expression by lncRNA promoters, transcription, and splicing. Nature. 2016;539...elements that are crucial for transcription and downstream function. Rather than attempting to cut out the...For example, inserting a polyadenylation signal downstream of the transcription start site will terminate... ncRNAs While CRISPR/Cas9 has proven to be an extremely useful system for modifying and assessing ncRNA...

... elements are cloned into a plasmid upstream of a minimal promoter linked to luciferase. Activation of...enzymatic activity is measured. The effect of promoters or enhancer regions on gene expression can be ...investigate the effect of regulatory elements, such as promoters, enhancers and untranslated regions, or the effect...Cofactors/Substrates Required Not Required Signal Strength Lower Higher Sensitivity Higher Lower Background...regulatory element (wild-type or mutant) is cloned upstream of the luciferase gene in the plasmid, which is...Expression of luciferase can be monitored as a downstream measurement of miRNA efficiency on a target sequence...The gene of interest is cloned into a plasmid downstream of luciferase containing a stop codon, which ...

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...plasmids, the MCS is often downstream from a promoter. Insert Gene, promoter or other DNA fragment cloned...cloned into the MCS for further study. Promoter Region Drives transcription of the target gene. Vital...

... a tool that can help you advance your career, promote career growth, and/or switch your field of work...is larger and there are more opportunities for promotion. It’s not uncommon for bachelor’s and master’s..., i.e. Principal Scientist or Scientist I/II. Promotions don’t happen overnight though, and it might take...but in time I realized its value. My master’s strengthened my critical thinking and problem solving abilities...

...design your donor template to include a T7 promoter upstream of the left homology arm, perform in vitro...transcription to create your ssDNA. Note that the T7 promoter will not be included in the final ssDNA template...GG); this design has been shown to increase T7 promoter activity. To avoid re-cutting by Cas9 after editing...containing the homology arms on both sides and the T7 promoter on one end. Typically, Easi-CRISPR works best ...Addgene plasmids. Design PCR primers to add T7 promoter-left homology arm and right homology arm to the...template with 55-100 base homology arms upstream and downstream of the insertion site. If you are using...

... may differ (e.g., a set of various mammalian promoters), the same cloning procedure can be used to incorporate... in this method include fluorescent proteins, promoters, enhancers, polyadenylation signals, inducible...Table 1). Each construct was flanked with a CMV promoter (to drive high-level expression) and a polyA signal...multiple identical polyadenylation signals or promoters Gibson et al., 2009 MXS-Chaining, BioBricks,...and different methods are suited for particular downstream applications. The tradeoffs between various cloning...

...induce transcription at CpG regions of various promoters. Other researchers additionally fused a TAL effector...: dCas9-p300 adds H3K27ac marks to histones in promoter and enhancer regions. These marks are associated...Figure 2: dCas9-Tet1 demethylates cytosines at promoters and enhancers. This targeted demethylation is ...Figure 3: dCas9-DNMT3A methylates cytosines at promoters and enhancers. This targeted methylation is associated...-based acetyltransferase activates genes from promoters and enhancers. Nature Biotechnology 33:510–517...in the DNA oxidation and repair pathways work downstream of Tet1 to restore the DNA after cytosine removal...

...optimism they encapsulate, and the solutions they promote help motivate you to spend a little time advocating...fight is far from over here at home.  The work of promoting and defending the role of science in our democracies... take in abusing climate science skepticism to promote harmful policies that benefit polluting industries.In...marching in and of itself will be enough. IT WON’T! Promoting the incorporation of science in policy, demanding... that uses yeast cells to study how DNA damage promotes cancer. She is also a science communicator, UBC...Hundreds of scientists and supporters in Montreal took to the streets on April 22 to join in the March for...at the Goodman Cancer Research Centre at McGill University in Montreal, Canada.  Outside the lab, she ...

...Regulated Cre expression – placing Cre downstream of promoters that are active only in certain cell or...examined a number of important plasmid elements – promoters, origins of replication, protein tags, and antibiotic...Cre under a variety of ubiquitous and regulated promoters, and many loxP-containing alleles have also been...often called a “lox-stop-lox” or “LSL” cassette) upstream of a gene of interest will prevent gene expression...