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  1. Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...require a single-component nuclease to mediate cleavage rather than the multi-subunit complex employed by ...repair templates should remove the PAM sequence. Comparing Cpf1 and Cas9 on-target and off-target efficiency...lower than that of the widely used SpCas9 and comparable to SaCas9. As seen with Cas9 orthologs, Cpf1 ...sophisticated genome-wide analysis. At many of its computationally predicted off-target sites, Cpf1 does not mediate...sites, according to Kim et al. Kim et al. also compared the ratio of total off-target to on-target modification...
  2. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    ... and/or are too expensive, time-consuming, and complex to use outside of standard laboratories. In the...step allowing for greater quantitation without compromising sensitivity. To detect multiple targets in ...signal of a single target. Csm6 can cleave ssRNA complementary to a crRNA of interest (Niewoehner and Jinek...with high sensitivity and specificity without compromising speed, ease of use, and portability. This method...molecular and clinical diagnostic applications. The company Mammoth Biosciences has been started based on DETECTR...ES, Koonin EV, Zhang F (2016) C2c2 is a single-component programmable RNA-guided RNA-targeting CRISPR effector...
  3. An Inside Look into Addgene's Dev Team

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    ...find a comparable library if it’s gone stale or we will need to update our code to be compatible with the...parts to our software, which has grown with the company. It would be easy to assign each developer to a.... Third party libraries are reusable software components that can be incorporated into software. You can...or they make significant changes that make it incompatible with our software. When this happens, we need...took us a total of two years, from planning to completion, to do this upgrade while continuing to add new...
  4. Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools

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    ... assortment toxins to claim territory or kill competing microorganisms, but did you know bacteria also...subunit of DNA gyrase and trapping it in the cleaved complex. This results in DNA breakage and cell death. Conversely...toxin-antitoxin roles. Restriction modification systems are composed of restriction endonucleases and methyltransferases...populations to retain more of these plasmids as compared to those without the restriction modification ...described, the hok/sok systems consist of three components: Host killing (hok), a long-living toxin that...K. Burley. "Crystal structure of the MazE/MazF complex: molecular bases of antidote-toxin recognition....
  5. Advancing Biology with Zebrafish: Genetic Tools for Developmental Studies and More

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    ...morpholinos. When injected into zygotes, morpholinos complementary to a target mRNA inhibit its translation either...observation unlocked novel research into genetic compensation, a previously unknown mechanism of gene regulation...established body plan including head, eyes, and tail. Compared to the opaque mouse embryo, where similar processes... been tracked using microscopy and advanced computational approaches (Keller et al., 2008). This microscopy-based...generation time and labor-intensive maintenance compared to invertebrate model systems, and their resistance...References El-Brolosy, Mohamed A., et al. "Genetic compensation triggered by mutant mRNA degradation." Nature...
  6. Designing Your Chalk Talk for the Academic Job Interview

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    ...research proposal will distinguish between competing models. Comparing model A vs. B is more constructive than...about the time and resources required to feasibly accomplish the aims and clarify what type of aim you are...scaffolds with patient stem cells to generate compatible functional livers.” Why are you the best person...exist to solve the problem. What will you have accomplished in 5-10 years? You need to be able to describe...learned and/or now be possible to do? Research accomplishments are remembered for the problem solved, not ...
  7. Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery

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    ...editing is the potential for off-target effects. To compare the off-target effects of SpCas9 and SaCas9, Zhang...normal and liver injury markers were not increased compared to a control AAV-GFP. Not only did the AAV-SaCas9...had modest editing rates in HEK-293T cells when compared to the full-length SpCas9. In 2016, Chew et al...cleavage of HBB and CCR5 genes in human cells using compact expression cassettes. Sci Rep 5: . https://doi....Desmarais J, Nogales E, Doudna JA (2019) CasX enzymes comprise a distinct family of RNA-guided genome editors..., Nureki O (2014) Crystal Structure of Cas9 in Complex with Guide RNA and Target DNA. Cell 156:935–949...
  8. Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Expression

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    ...proteins. lon protease: Strains where this is completely deleted (designated lon or Δlon) similary reduce... and a p15A origin of replication, making it incompatible with other p15A plasmids. pLys comes in two ...measures that can help get you back on track: Compatibility: Double-check your plasmid backbone and expression...expression strain to make sure they are compatible. An arabinose-inducible plasmid will not express in an...strain for example, nor will a p15 plasmid be compatible with a pLys strain. Your strain may require additional...better at 30°C or room-temperature, which is accomplished by growing your culture to the desired density...
  9. Antibodies 101: Normalization and Loading Controls for Western Blots

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    ...across the entire blot. So how can you accurately compare different lanes? In relative quantification, the... conclusions, and it’s also problematic for computational quantification. Outside the linear detection...individual protein. This ensures you are truly comparing the abundance of your POI as a fraction of the...detection ranges of multiple targets. Convenient! Comparison of loading control approaches Cartoons are nice...all, but we’ll leave you with this real-world comparison of different loading control approaches from ...different methods of quantifying total protein are compared. While a higher slope indicates higher sensitivity...
  10. Plasmids 101: Biotinylation

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    ...metabolites. Biotin acts as a carboxyl carrier from one compound to the other. These biotin dependent enzymes are...discovered in the 1960s, strepavidin. The Biotin-avidin complex can then be used and/or manipulated for a scientist...immunoprecipitation experiments. Biotinylated proteins or complexes can be easily purified using columns or beads ... sample. Any free biotin-binding sites on this complex can bind to your biotinylated antibody. This creates...creates a large meshwork of biotin-avidin complexes bound to your protein of interest leading to amplification...This strategy is referred to as the Avidin-Biotin Complex (ABC) immunohistochemistry (IHC). For more information...
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