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  1. Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids

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    ...transfected successfully and expressing the protein. For example, fluorescence microscopy images resulting from ...it produces the expected effect, which is green fluorescent cells (Figure 3).   Figure 3: Expression of...plasmid that constitutively expresses a reporter protein (e.g., GFP or luciferase) that is either co-transfected...your cells. Regardless, the amount of reporter protein activity correlates to both the amount of DNA transfected...cells and the ability of the cells to express the protein.   In analysis of the result in Figure 1, an internal...was not successful due to the absence of GFP fluorescence from the living, viable cells. This result presents...

  2. Antibodies 101: Chimeric Antibodies

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    ...determine how Protein A and Protein B interact. You read extensive research on the two proteins and come up...to detect Protein A and green fluorophore-tagged anti-mouse IgG2a secondary to detect Protein B and successfully... an ideal antibody against Protein A and an ideal antibody against Protein B. The antibodies are both ... anti-Protein A antibody and an anti-mouse IgG2a secondary antibody to bind to the anti-Protein B antibody...are rat IgG1, then you could convert your anti-Protein B antibody to a mouse IgG2a Fc. The resulting chimeric...successfully visualize both proteins.     Figure 2: Two primary antibodies with the same isotype...secondary antibodies can be used with different fluorescent labels and both targets can be successfully visualized...

  3. Flow Cytometry Readouts: Yes, No, and Everything in Between

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    ...of a protein, a yes-no plot is the best-case result. For example, you have introduced a GFP protein into...orange peak is a baseline expression of a protein while the green (top) has an upregulated expression (shift...adjusted voltage, cells that did not receive the GFP protein are most likely to be clustered at signals below...not! When you are looking to study the level of protein expression, instead of its presence or absence,...These smears tend to occur when you are looking at proteins that are expressed regularly in cells and might...can quantify shifts in signal using the mean fluorescence intensity (MFI) of the different populations...The orange peis the baseline expression of the protein of interest. Created with biorender.com. The...

  4. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    ...homology dependent repair by enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) reconstitution. (a) Scheme of validation...incubation, you assess the level of fluorescence in your cells under a fluorescence microscope. The higher the ...containing sgRNA sequences into HEK293T cells. The fluorescence intensity was classified into four groups (4...darker than control, 1; very dark). Brighter fluorescence indicates a more successful gRNA design. Adapted...your target is inserted, disrupting the EGFP fluorescent signal, for details on this plasmid, see Mashiko...the amount of fluorescence, the better that gRNA is at causing a double stranded break at the target site...screening as little as 8-10 pups. The level of fluorescence you saw in the validation assay should give ...

  5. Antibody Validation for Flow Cytometry

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    ...and SYT1 KO cells were labelled with a green or violet, fluorescent dye, respectively. WT and KO cells were... the optimal knockdown of the protein target will depend on the protein turnover rate. If you need a more...suppress the expression of many related proteins, not just your protein of interest, which can affect your ...through an epitope tag such as FLAG/His/GFP. Fluorescent protein tags, which correlate closely with target... levels of the target protein. It may only be able to detect the target protein at the high levels caused...robust approach to antibody validation. If your protein of interest is essential to the cell’s function...population (pink histogram) compared to the WT cells (green histogram). The unfilled histograms show cells that...

  6. Hot Plasmids: Spring 2025

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    ...mini counterpart label nearby proteins with biotin. The biotinylated proteins can then be isolated and identified...for Glypicans DNA editing with STITCHR Dynamic protein labeling with TurboCas Enhancer-AAV viral preps...transporters. The intensity-based Glutamate-Sensing Fluorescent Reporter (iGluSnFR) designed and improved by ...primary visual cortex (V1) layer 2/3 (L2/3). B) Fluorescence from axonal boutons of neurons expressing iGluSnFR3...our bacterial plasmid set for expressing tagged proteins, and stay tuned for mammalian expression and AAV...therapeutic potential. Our partners at the Institute for Protein Innovation (IPI) recently released a set of highly-specific...antibodies against three of the six human glypican proteins (GPC1, GPC3, and GPC4). All IPI antibodies undergo...

  7. Optogenetics + CRISPR, Using Light to Control Genome Editing

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    ...chimeric protein consisting of Cas9 and a photo-dissociable dimeric green fluorescent protein (pdDronpa...CRY2) and calcium and integrin-binding protein 1 (CIB1) proteins. The goal of both groups was to create...composed of two fusion proteins: 1) the genomic anchor - an inactive, dead Cas9 protein (dCas9) fused to CIB1...form a functional protein due to being fused with high-affinity interacting proteins Coh2 and DocS, respectively... saCas9 protein. Stop light! Photoactive anti-CRISPRs halt Cas9 activity Anti-CRISPR proteins are a highly... architecture (Hoffman et al., 2020). Fluorescent dCas9 proteins can be used to identify specific genomic...telomere-targeting gRNA and a dCas9 fusion protein with three red fluorescent tags in U2OS cells. Upon light activation...

  9. Easi-CRISPR: Generating Knock-In and Conditional Mouse Models

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    ...make. For example, large insertions, like a fluorescent protein knock-in, suffer from low efficiency when... your desired insertion feature (e.g., a fluorescent protein), you can amplify the desired region using... of the commonly used cassettes, such as fluorescent proteins (EGFP, mCherry etc.), recombinases (Cre,... Quadros et al. recommend ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes of Cas9 protein and the separated guide RNA...cleavage sites (slashes) are shown. In this case, the green guide would be selected, since it cleaves at the...You can also use Addgene plasmids to purify Cas9 protein. The table below contains some of our favorites...alleles using long ssDNA donors and CRISPR ribonucleoproteins.” Genome Biol. 18 (2017) (1):92. DOI: 10.1186...

  10. A Primer on Optogenetics: Introduction and Opsin Delivery

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    ...co-localization immunofluorescence, cell-type specificity. Viruses that only express the fluorescent proteins are ...Thankfully the Deisseroth constructs coexpress a fluorescent protein, which allows for easy identification of ...vectors for anterograde axonal tracing with fluorescent proteins in nontransgenic and cre driver mice. Current...optogenetics plasmids! Find AAV resources! Find fluorescent protein resources!    ...of an action potential. Halorhodopsins (HR) are green/yellow-light sensitive chloride ion pumps, activation...general rule of thumb, if you can detect a strong fluorescent signal (without antibody manipulation), then ...

  11. Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing

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    ...that express one of a few different fluorescent proteins (red, green, blue). If a researcher injects a ...and neuron-specific transgene expression. Fluorescent proteins are widely used for tracing and their expression...Maday et al., 2014). It is currently unclear which proteins facilitate transport of neuronal tracing compounds...either produce a colorimetric product or are fluorescent. While dyes usually spread unidirectionally, ...biotinylated dextran amines (Veenman et al., 1992) or fluorescent molecules like rhodamine-isothiocyanate (RITC... For predominantly retrograde tracing, albumin protein labelled with horseradish peroxidase (HRP; Kristensson...germ agglutinin WGA, Schwab et al., 1978) or fluorescent molecules such as Fluoro-Gold (Schmued and Fallon...

  12. Antibodies 101: The Four ELISAs and When to Use Them

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    ... expresses the endogenous protein, since folding of the recombinant protein may differ from the native... have since adapted it for a host of different proteins and small molecules from a variety of sample types...peroxidase (HRP) or alkaline phosphatase (AP). Fluorescent tags may also be used, but for simplicity we ...multiwell plate is coated with a competing antigen (green).  The sample (purple) is preincubated with a reporter...antibodies and thus are not suitable for low abundance proteins. Because the method uses a single antibody, it... and a series of wash steps removes non-target proteins and molecules from the assay. The user then adds...endogenous sample of wild type cells, purified protein, or a peptide. The positive control will confirm...

  13. Our Most Popular Blog Posts from 2019

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    ...graphics. PS: they’re free. 3. Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection...Monomeric Fluorescent Proteins: mNeonGreen, mTFP1, and mWasabi by Jennifer Tsang Learn about mNeonGreen, mTFP1..., optogenetics, chemogenetics, plasmids, fluorescent proteins, careers, and more. These resources can ...Anti-CRISPR, 2in1 Cloning, Fluorescent Voltage Indicators, and Photoswitchable Proteins by Cary Valley, Shreya...mWasabi and find plasmids containing these fluorescent proteins at Addgene. 7. Designing Your Chalk Talk...strategies for generating GFP fusion proteins. From considering protein size and shape, linker sequences,...chalk talk, and tips for practicing.  6. The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup by Aliyah Weinstein...

  14. Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs)

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    ... of a fusion protein: Histidine tag, malate dehydrogenase, and green fluorescent protein. Biochemistry... graduate school. As a stable, easily purified protein with easily measured activity, MDH is particularly...structure, function, and interaction with other proteins.   It is important to note that research ...

  15. Hot Biosensors 2022: Year-End Roundup

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    ... blog Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Biosensors Resources on Addgene.org Fluorescent protein...short), where a fluorescent protein is inserted into one of the loop regions of any G-protein-coupled receptor...fusing two bright fluorescent proteins with different thermal quenching rates (mNeonGreen and tdTomato), ...NIR calcium reporter Near-infrared (NIR) fluorescent proteins promise better performance for in vivo use...calcium indicator using small monomeric NIR fluorescent proteins (miRFP670nano and miRFP720) and the Ca2+...engineering of potassium binding proteins, they developed a family of fluorescent potassium indicators with ...protein plasmids and resources Fluorescent protein guide: Biosensors Collection ...

  16. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    ...'ll find in this post: Yeast-based protein evolution Fluorescent tools for mammalian cells Nanobody purification...enables tracking of protease activity with a fluorescent protein--no affinity purification required! The team...cells By Angela Abitua Genetically encoded fluorescent proteins are often used to label  specific structures...biomolecules within cells. However, sometimes these fluorescent proteins might not localize to the right places, ...example, to improve nuclear localization of fluorescent proteins, they found that adding a triple nuclear...Find the sensors at Addgene! New yellow fluorescence protein-based calcium sensors (jYCaMP1), variants...nm and enable two-color imaging with red fluorescence protein-based calcium sensors. These new calcium...

  17. Fluorescent Protein Guide

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    ... Special Collections Fluorescent Protein Guide Fluorescent Protein Plasmids & Resources You May...Avoiding the Dark Side of Fluorescent Protein Fusions with mOX FPs Fluorescent Protein Kits Blog: When is a... variety of fluorescent proteins, as well as over 100 empty backbones. Fluorescent Protein Kits cpFRET...and/or function of your protein of interest by fusing it to a fluorescent protein. FRET Find FRET pairs ...standards to study protein-protein interactions or conformational changes within a protein. Biosensors Monitor...where your protein of interest resides by using a well-characterized fluorescent fusion protein. In Vivo...guide to learn about the applications of fluorescent proteins and to find the plasmids that are available...

  18. New Optogenetic Tools for Cytoskeleton and Membrane Control

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    ...photoswitchable elements into many other types of proteins. Here, we’ll highlight a few recently-deposited...license. A naturally occurring microtubule-severing protein, Katanin is of course named for the samurai sword...optogenetic module to activate or recruit your protein of interest, maybe you want to inhibit it. Restricting...development and a knockout is not feasible or when the protein of interest supports a variety of processes in ...CIB1 clustering. Fuse either CRY2 or CIB1 to your protein of interest and express the other separately, then...generate CRY2-CIB1 oligomers that trap the fusion protein away from its usual location, preventing it from...such a strategy to dissect the roles of three Rab proteins during a key stage of zebrafish development (Aljiboury...

  19. Sensing Neuronal Dopamine

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    ...researchers from some labs have developed fluorescent-protein based DA sensors (Figure 2). The dLight1 ...sensors, the new dLight1 sensor is a single fluorescent protein-based sensor. This sensor was engineered ...a GFP variant and a DA receptor such that GFP fluoresces when the receptor is bound by DA. Two variants...affinity and high-magnitude responses (increases in fluorescence) at low concentrations (e.g., 100 nm) of DA....variant bound to a DA receptor, such that the GFP fluoresces upon DA-receptor binding (Sun et al., 2018). ...These sensors also exhibit high magnitudes of fluorescent responses. Studies on the kinetics of these sensors...Sun, Fangmiao, et al. "A genetically encoded fluorescent sensor enables rapid and specific detection of...

  20. Quantifying DNA? Here are Five DNA Quantification Methods to Consider

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    ...DNA Fluorescence dyes Another way to quantify DNA would be to use fluorescent dyes that fluoresce when...and their corresponding fluorescence. That way, you can compare the fluorescence of your sample against...acids (DNA and RNA) absorb maximally at 260 nm. Proteins on the other hand absorb best at 280 nm and organic...sequencing. Unlike absorbance-based methods, fluorescence-based methods require a standard curve, a set...this method doesn’t tell you about contaminating proteins or chaotropic salts. Capillary electrophoresis...These fragments are quantified over time using a fluorescent dye that intercalates into the DNA such that ... using capillary electrophoresis which shows fluorescence units over time. Smaller fragments migrate more...

  21. Brain Initiative Collection

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    ...encoding Cre-dependent expression of the fluorescent protein EYFP from the CAG promoter Viviana Gradinaru...AAV genome that ubiquitously expresses the fluorescent protein eYFP from the CAG promoter Viviana Gradinaru...hSyn1-eYFP An AAV genome that expresses the fluorescent protein eYFP from the hSyn1 promoter Viviana Gradinaru...

  22. Technical Design of a Western Blot

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    ...for the amount of protein you are expecting.  Fluorescent proteins Fluorescent proteins, while more expensive...binding to your protein of interest. Protein preparation Before you can blot your proteins, you’ll need ...normalize your protein of interest to overall protein expression for each sample and protein. While ubiquitously...normalize your protein of interest to total protein expression. Total protein expression can be measured using...rely on primary antibodies conjugated to fluorescent proteins, instead of the more common chemiluminescent...consider the subcellular location of your protein. Proteins located in membrane-bound subcompartments,...considered if your protein is difficult to solubilize, such as a membrane-bound protein. There are many ...

  23. Plant Plasmids and Resources

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    ...Return to top Fluorescent Proteins The table below highlights plasmids that feature fluorescent or luminescent... may also like... Plant CRISPR resources Fluorescent Protein Guide Addgene Blog: Plant Biology CRISPR ...Transcription Factors RNAi Empty Backbones Fluorescent Proteins Other Resources Background Addgene’s repository...genome engineering and gene regulation to fluorescent proteins. Addgene’s collection includes plasmids ... such as the promoter or fluorescent protein of choice. ID Plasmid Description Promoter PI Return to top...Marillonnet and Johannes Stuttmann. Combined fluorescent seed selection and multiplex CRISPR/Cas9 assembly...luminescent proteins for expression in plants. You can search the table for features you are looking for, such...

  24. Hot Plasmids - May 2022

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    ...GFP-nanobody rather than a specific protein of interest. This fusion protein can then be co-expressed in essentially...stabilizes the TurboID-nanobody protein and allows TurboID to start labeling proteins in close proximity to the...application. Each visual barcode consists of a fluorescent protein coupled to a specific subcellular localization...localization peptides with four different fluorescent proteins, and inserting each visual barcode into ...reporters that drive the expression of the fluorescent protein by a specific transcription response element...approach has been hampered by the need to tag each protein of interest and, for in vivo work, generate a dedicated...zebrafish line expressing a GFP-tagged version of a protein of interest. The binding of the GFP nanobody to...

  25. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...of indels and thus frameshifts that disrupt the protein-coding capacity of a locus. When using S. pyogenes...code for amino acids near the N’ terminus of the protein, in order to mitigate the ability of the cell to...for amino acids close to the C’ terminus of the protein, to maximize the chances of creating a non-functional...nucleotides, restricting gRNAs to 5 – 65% of the protein coding region will still result in many dozens ... a specific edit, such as the insertion of a fluorescent tag or the introduction of a specific mutation...0561-9 Dempster JM, Pacini C, Pantel S, Behan FM, Green T, Krill-Burger J, Beaver CM, Younger ST, Zhivich...

  26. Deep Dive: qPCR

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    ... be used as a proxy measure for differences in protein expression. (If you're just getting started, check...fluorogenic primers Low Single self-quenching fluorescent molecule connected to a primer  No Yes ...normalize for that. Passive reference dyes are inert fluorescent dyes that are not dependent on amplification ... It is possible to multiplex qPCR when using fluorescent probe-based chemistry - theoretically, up to ... Tip🔥 The ABI machines automatically record fluorescent data on all channels - helpful if you forget ...quantification of relative mRNA abundances using SYBR Green I and real-time RT-PCR. J. Immunol. Methods 283:...

  27. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    ...method for identifying protein-protein associations. This method uses a bait protein fused to a biotin ligase...PrM N and C   Detecting protein-protein interactions with DULIP Proteins rarely act alone. Molecular...which “bait” proteins are tagged with Protein A-Renilla luciferase and the “prey” proteins are tagged with...with Rosella, a pH-sensitive fluorescent biosensor A pH-sensitive fluorescent biosensor-based assay system...ligase to biotinylate proximate proteins in the cell. These candidate proteins can be enriched via biotin ...of fusion proteins, requires less biotin, and shows enhanced labeling of proximate proteins. Overall BioID2...BioID2 improves the efficiency of screening for protein–protein interactions. The Roux lab has deposited HA...

  28. Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More

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    ...sequences for several different fluorescent proteins. Visualizing fluorescence can be challenging in plants...because of the auto-fluorescence of chlorophyll, so we looked at newer fluorescent proteins that get around...construct on the same piece of DNA. We do a lot of protein-protein interaction work and we’ve gotten some tools...Reading: Quick, Versatile Plant Transgenesis with GreenGate Plasmids  ...

  29. Antibodies 101: Secondary Antibodies

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    ...molecule, the antibody binds to a protein, and then voila! Wherever your protein of interest is, a signal will...signaling molecules are represented in light green; and proteins are represented in orange. Created with BioRender.com...molecules to identify each protein of interest, this gel-based method identifies proteins solely by weight and... isn’t giving you enough signal to detect your protein of interest, it may be time to look at the indirect...antibodies. While a primary antibody binds to the protein of interest, a secondary antibody binds to the ...signaling molecules associated, indirectly, with each protein of interest.    Figure 1: The direct ...three, secondary antibodies are indicated when the protein of interest is found in low amounts or if the conjugated...

  30. Antibodies 101: Immunoprecipitation

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    ...absence of a protein, determine if a protein is up or downregulated, examine a protein’s stability or ...Hjelm, 1972, Bjorck 1984). Protein A, Protein G, or the recombinant Protein A/G are conjugated to agarose...support while unbound proteins are washed away.  While both Protein A and Protein G have an affinity for...compatible with either Protein A or G.  While commonly used, Protein A and Protein G are not suitable for...applications, such as protein isolation from serum. In this case, Protein A and Protein G will bind both the...of the target protein or interfere with protein interactions of interest. Tagged proteins are typically...modifications, or study how a target protein interacts with other proteins or nucleic acids. Read on to learn...
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