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  1. CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems

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    ...activity in HEK293 by reducing editing from ~30% in control samples to 0-10% in Acr samples. Acr proteins can...When added to human cells six hours after the introduction of Cas9 RNPs, AcrIIA4 reduced off-target editing...specific site. 2. Temporal, spatial, or conditional control of CRISPR activity Regulating Acr proteins by inducible...molecules could achieve rapid, dynamic, and spatial control of CRISPR-Cas activity. For example, fusing AcrA4II...LOV2 domain allows anti-CRISPR activity to be controlled by blue light (Bubeck et al., 2018). 3. Reduce...Your Next Experiment Read more about Optogenetic Control of CRISPR   Resources on Addgene.org Find CRISPR...
  2. CRISPR in the Clinic

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    ...response (e.g., graft vs. host) as well as the introduction of the cancer-fighting component, CAR. Clinical... edit with the goal of ‘fixing’ mutations or introducing a desired edit, but this particular class of ...of treatments has quite the opposite aim: to destroy. One treatment currently in clinical trials includes...but are not limited to, ones targeting muscular dystrophy, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory diseases...by Kendall Morgan and updated in 2023 by Susanna Stroik.  References and Resources References Yuxuan Wu...blog CRISPR Antimicrobials Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR CRISPR 101: Drug Discovery and CRISPR...
  3. Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors

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    ... calcium binding proteins (e.g., calmodulin or troponin C). Their fluorescent readouts are used to monitor... is a FRET-based calcium reporter derived from troponin C. It is engineered with a reduced number of calcium...fluorescent state only by simultaneous (1) user-controlled illumination with violet light and (2) exposure...different versions optimized for neuron-specific, astrocyte-specific (GCaMP6 only) or mammalian cell expression...101: Viral Applications Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV Find AAV Calcium Biosensor Vectors at... Susanna Stroik...
  4. A Look at Addgene's QC Process

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    ...Tips for Plasmid Quality Control Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene Bioinformatics... has many points at which small errors can be introduced. Eventually, these errors could cause the plasmid...Figure 1. Potential points where DNA errors can be introduced, indicated by exclamation marks. Error points...Addgene, we put a lot of effort into our quality control (QC) processes to screen for and reduce these errors...non-negotiable. By maintaining a high standard of quality control, we have built a trusted plasmid catalog containing...
  5. Plasmid-based Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies: What They Are and Why You Should Be Excited About Them

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    ...are monoclonal antibodies that are generated in vitro using synthetic genes that are typically expressed... a patient’s blood), scientists can use mass spectrometry to determine the amino acid sequences of the...process of antibody selection and maturation in vitro by selecting for antigen binding from libraries ...or mammalian display (Tsuruta et al., 2017). In vitro selection allows scientists to create antibodies...into an expression plasmid, the plasmid can be introduced into host cells, such as bacterial, yeast, or...on the Addgene blog Read our Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies blog post Learn more about hybridomas...
  6. CrispyCrunch: High-throughput Design and Analysis of CRISPR+HDR Experiments

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    ...donor templates and sequencing primers for quality control. At such a scale, automation is crucial, both for... to avoid re-cutting when needed. It gives you control over your data. CrispyCrunch keeps a record of ...repair outcomes, which is important for quality control. The only ones we found that worked with NGS data... 0 and 100 for each guide, with 100 being the strongest interaction between the guide and the target and...interactions (e.g., scores <20) are reduced to 0 and strong interactions (e.g., scores >80) are transformed...weak gRNAs (CFD < 20) bind almost not at all, and strong gRNAs (CFD > 80) bind almost as much as perfect...
  7. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Protein Timers

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    ...placing FP timer DsRed-E5 under the control of Neurog3 (a gene controlling pancreatic differentiation) in ... (500 to 580 nm) over the course of 18 hours in vitro (see figure 1B in Terskikh et al.) and even displays...showed that their versatile timer could be used in vitro, in mammalian cells, in C. elegans, and in Xenopus...synthesized or long-lived transcription factors control gross changes in gene expression as new body sections...Pratik, et al. "A programmable synthetic lineage-control network that differentiates human IPSCs into glucose-sensitive...
  8. Plasmids 101: Protein Expression

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    ...101 eBook! Researchers use various techniques to control protein expression for experimental, biotechnological...successful. Some mammalian systems also allow for control over when a protein is expressed through the use...Protein expression from each of these vectors is controlled by a different promoter resulting in different...to E. coli. Of all the vectors, pET, under the control of the T7 lac promoter and induced by lactose, ...researchers often place recombinant proteins under the control of the galactose inducible promoter (GAL). Other...cell-free expression systems, proteins are assembled in vitro using purified components of the transcription and...
  9. Tips for Using BLAST to Verify Plasmids

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    ...enjoy seeing how our quality control process has changed with the introduction of next generation sequencing...sequencing results we analyze as part of our quality control process has steadily grown. On a busy week, we ... more than 200 plasmids as part of our quality control process. Consequently our team has refined our ...database sequence is ≥ 95%. [Our QC process would be trouble-free and much faster if 95% of our results were...Plasmids 101: An Inside Look at NGS Plasmid Quality Control Learn about our Snapgene-powered plasmid maps. ...
  10. Welcome to the Lab Bench! New Protocol Series Helps Trainees Get Started in the Lab

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    ...members of the lab or those taking introductory lab courses. The Intro to the Lab Bench series is meant...supplement your teaching? You’re in luck! Addgene’s Intro to the Lab Bench series was born from the shift ...meant to be an informative introduction for those who are just starting their careers in the lab and even... need a refresher on some best practices for introductory science techniques. It’s also great for teachers...
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