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  1. dTAG - You're it!

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    ...dTAG molecule toxicity in new cell lines Treat parental cells (or cells expressing a control -- for example...dTAG system is versatile and can be used in both cell-based assays and mouse models. The dTAG system The...broad utility for degrading targets in different cellular compartments, and in vivo utility. dTAG molecules...of N- and C-terminal fusions and degradation in a cell line of interest prior to starting knock-in experiments...the FKBP12F36V-fusion chimera of interest. In the cell lines we have evaluated to date, we observed little...different contexts (for example, IZKF1 and IZKF3 are cell-type specific transcription factors with important...selective FKBP12F36V fusion chimera degradation. In the cell lines we have evaluated to date, we have not observed...
  2. Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies

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    ...strategy for bacteria to count cell divisions. The technique, called distributed cell division counting (DCDC...one bright particle that segregates into one cell during cell division. To achieve the agglomeration of ...promoter. Cells are first induced with arabinose to begin expressing the SAP-RFP fusion. Then, the cells are... new particles. With subsequent cell divisions, the fraction of cells containing the particle exponentially...plasmids to both Gram-positive and Gram-negative cells.  The Wang lab further developed a modular suite... and a desired genetic payload (ex: GFP). Thus, cells can be both sorted using FACS and isolated with ...this system in vitro and in vivo. They identified cells from 19 genera across four phyla that have taken...
  3. Mapping the 4D nucleome with CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...be applicable to studies of cell cycle progression, epigenetics and cellular reactions to external stimuli...Weissman JS, Qi LS, Huang B. Cell. 2013 Dec 19;155(7):1479-91. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.12.001. Pubmed. Find...LS, Weissman JS, Vale RD. Cell. 2014 Oct 23;159(3):635-46. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.039. Epub 2014 Oct...labeled Cas9 to label multiple genomic loci in live cells. While other systems can be used to label loci, ...CRISPR/Cas9’s ease of use and ability to label live cells make this system truly advantageous. This new technique...nuclear organization varies across the life of a cell, or how organization may be altered in disease states...dynamics, and how they change in response to the cell cycle or other stimuli.   To create a colorful Cas9...
  4. Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup

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    ...two-photon microscopy. Cell. 2022 Aug 16. pii: S0092-8674(22)00916-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.07.013 pYtags...Calcium Indicator. Front Cell Dev Biol. 2022 Jun 29;10:880107. doi: 10.3389/fcell.2022.880107. KRaION potassium...fluorescence unit fused with TRansmembrane region-to-IntrAcellular loop linkers” (MTRIA for short), where a fluorescent...inserting a circularly-permuted GFP into an intracellular loop of various G-protein-coupled receptors....fluorescent sensor for real-time measurement of extracellular oxytocin dynamics in the brain. Nat Methods....sensor relies on a change in localization to the cell membrane and not a direct change in the fluorescent...biosensors for monitoring RTK activation by shift in cellular localization. Image adapted from Farahani et al...
  5. Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons

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    ... brain, robust single-cell labeling is necessary to distinguish individual cells. The Brainbow-1.0 construct... May 5. PubMed. Zebrabow: multispectral cell labeling for cell tracing and lineage analysis in zebrafish... both of Harvard’s Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, harnessed these attributes of Cre-lox... 3.2. Brainbow labeling has also been applied to cell marking and lineage tracing in other systems, such...Brainbow highlights the trend in biology towards single-cell resolution imaging. Sanes and Lichtman endeavored...door for immunostaining analysis. To achieve even cell labeling, they generated farnesylated derivatives...fluorescent proteins, which are directly trafficked to cell membranes. Membrane trafficking of farnesylated ...
  6. Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research

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    ... Viruses are intracellular parasites and natural vehicles for genetic information. Therefore they make...make excellent tools for genetic engineering. There are several different viral vectors to choose from,...Virus (MoMLV, MMLV, MuLV, or MLV) or Murine Stem Cell Virus (MSCV) genomes whereas lentiviral vectors ...things) gene delivery, generating pluripotent stem cells, and developing gene therapies for monogenic diseases...vectors, their infectivity is limited to dividing cells. Find tips on using gamma-retroviral vectors in ...are able to transduce dividing and non-dividing cells. More detailed descriptions of the lentiviral elements...mechanism. Scientists can express siRNAs to direct the cellular RNAi machinery to silence target genes. This empty...
  7. Viral Vectors 101: Chemogenetics

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    ...neuroscience where specific tissues, cell types, or even subcellular regions of a neuron need to be targeted...pathways, giving rise to the same cellular responses. The cellular response set off by a DREADD depends ...disease, neuroscientists need to be able to probe cells and circuits without disrupting normal brain function...it provides a noninvasive method for manipulating cell activity, especially neuronal firing. What is chemogenetics...drugs. Once activated, chemogenetic receptors hijack cell signaling pathways and can lead to such responses...requires successfully introducing receptors to target cells. Targeted and specific delivery becomes especially...ability of agonists to successfully reach target cells while resulting in minimal off target effects. For...
  8. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Biosensors

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    ...be expressed. Are you looking at an intracellular or extracellular molecule? By fusing a biosensor to ...Localization within cells Fluorescence microscopy Visualize components of individual cells Separation/identification...fluorescently-labeled components Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (for cells); fluorescent HPLC (proteins or other molecules...by Olivier Pertz’s lab. Other biosensors track cellular characteristics like pH, redox state, and voltage...fluorescent signal based on ligand presence or changing cellular conditions. Other types of biosensors To focus...biosensor Before expressing a biosensor in eukaryotic cells, think about the best place for the biosensor to...domain, biosensors can be targeted to a particular cellular compartment such as the nucleus, mitochondria,...
  9. Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV

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    ...reagents and keep the cells happy. Harvesting virus Once you have transfected your cells, wait 2–5 days and...however, you’ve collected the producer cells, you’ll need to lyse the cells to let the virions out. We recommend...particles that can transduce cells, which can vary based on target cells and can be altered by freeze/...several facilities nationwide where you can obtain excellent quality, high titer rAAV (including Addgene!),...come into contact with the rAAV and apply common cell culture practices diligently throughout the production...capsid genes.  In this helper-free system, HEK293T cells, expressing Ad E1A and E1B, can be transfected with...and then collect the supernatant and/or producer cells for further processing. What component(s) you need...
  10. Hot Plasmids September 2018 - Optogenetics, RNA Localization, Fluorescent Protein, and Base-editing Tools

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    ...manipulations on cells, and has potential use for a wide range of applications in cellular biology. Van ... several cell types is the lack of a rapid and quantitative editing assay. To help accelerate the expansion... of a microtubule-associated protein to regulate cell growth dynamics Article contributed by Klaus Wanisch... by Torsten Wittmann’s lab at UCSF to modulate cellular dynamics with light by modifying EB1. EB1 normally...of the modified EB1 protein are overexpressed in cells, microtubule growth can be switched off with blue...paper demonstrated that the migration of a cancer cell line equipped with photodissociable EB1 could be... opens novel ways in manipulating and studying cellular dynamics. The photoinducible control of protein...
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