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  1. Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice

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    ...vector containing homologous ends to the breakpoint promotes homologous recombination of the targeting vector... process. The addition of small molecules that promote homologous recombination or the use of long single-stranded...recessive traits and their impact on diseases or treatments, but are not useful for genetic engineering. ...initially inhibited by the presence of a stop cassette upstream of the target gene in the targeting vector. The...
  2. Delivery Methods for Generating iPSCs

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    ...expresses multiple reprogramming factors driven by one promoter. While lentivirus has similar rates of reprogramming...control. Additionally, Sendai virus doesn’t rely on promoters for transcriptional regulation, so it requires... mini-plasmids. They contain only a eukaryotic promoter and the cDNA(s) to be expressed and they don’t...phosphatase, expression of embryonic proteins, and promoter demethylation and expression of endogenous pluripotency... cellular defenses against ssRNA: phosphatase treatment, substituting cytidine with 5-methylcytidine, ...
  3. Teaching an Old DOG New Tricks: Controlling Protein Activity with GFP

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    ...very realistic. Envisioning GFP as a substrate promoting dimerization, Tang et al. tested pairs of their... they activate gene expression from different promoters. Moving to an in vivo system, Tang et al. electroporated...at LoxP sites. Placing a lox-STOP-lox cassette upstream of a gene of interest blocks transcription when...
  4. Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors

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    ...neuron-specific expression (hSyn promoter) and pan-mammalian cell expression (CAG promoter). An improved version ...distinct cell subtypes for efficient expression and downstream monitoring. This targeted approach allows scientists...
  5. Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria

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    ...allows for customization with strain-specific promoters, antibiotic resistance selection markers, gRNAs...nature allows for the customization of guides, promoters, selection markers, and different versions of ...trimethoprim when compared to control gRNA treated or untreated bacteria. Had the folA gene product not been..., Oren Rosenberg, and Carol Gross provides a streamlined suite of tools for using CRISPRi in many types...tri-parental mating scheme. Mobile-CRISPRi integrates downstream of the highly conserved glutamine-fructose-6-...and right Tn7 end sequences (green) integrates downstream of the glmS gene in the recipient's genome. Antibiotic...were grown in presence of trimethoprim, cultures treated with a folA gRNA were more sensitive to trimethoprim...
  6. Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More

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    ...plant lab, so it includes everyone’s favorite promoters, plus a few new ones that are not used so much...know how to start. They might want to use our promoters and terminators, but then they aren’t sure how...motivates her research, the MoClo Kit she and Sylvestre Marillonnet share with the scientific community...with the Athena SWAN Charter and it has really strengthened the network of female scientists. Twitter has..., Jonathan D. G. Jones, Nicola J. Patron, and Sylvestre Marillonnet. ACS Synth. Biol., Just Accepted Manuscript...
  7. Pathways Over Time Plasmids Engage Students in Functional Genomics Research

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    ... the pYES2.1 plasmid is controlled by the GAL1 promoter. The cloning procedure adds both V5 and His6 epitope...grow in the absence of methionine. Since the GAL1 promoter controls MET/Met gene expression, complementation...Associate Professor at Boston College. National reports stress the importance of providing authentic research ...
  8. PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing

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    ...Addgene are perfect for expressing GFP from a given promoter, and the technique can be adapted to other transgenes...observed will be dependent on both the endogenous promoter and the 3’ UTR of the locus of interest, since...of a GFP-Puro cassette into a given locus, just upstream of a stop codon. Briefly, the PITCh vector should...since the GFP-Puro will be inserted just upstream of a stop codon. One potential concern is if the GFP-Puro...
  9. INTEGRATE: Bacterial Genome Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons

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    ... VchINT, three separate plasmids and multiple promoters were used to express the necessary components ...required genes and the CRISPR RNA under the same promoter, and a donor plasmid (pDonor) encodes the mini-transposon...labs (Peters et al., 2017; Klompe et al., 2019; Strecker et al., 2019), which direct RNA-guided transposition...Halpin-Healy et al., 2020). Genomic targets require an upstream 2-bp PAM sequence for recognition by QCascade;...from the donor molecule, and inserts it ~50 bp downstream of the genomic target site bound by QCascade ...structures known as cointegrates (Vo et al., 2020; Strecker et al., 2020).  CRISPR-transposons for bacterial...et al., 2019). Recently, the lab introduced a streamlined expression approach (Fig. 2A), involving two-...
  10. Deciphering the Mysteries of Behavior with Viral Vectors

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    ... and triggering release of the stress hormone norepinephrine to promote vigilance. A recent study investigated... "Dorsal raphe neuroinflammation promotes dramatic behavioral stress dysregulation." Journal of Neuroscience...readout for associated emotional phenomena like stress levels, but researchers have to be mindful of motivation...coeruleus (LC) is known to play a major role in the stress response circuit by integrating neuronal signalling...freezing response, a form of immobility caused by stress and fear. Such a behavior can be monitored in an... 1970s to test the efficacy of antidepressant treatment in rodents. In this test, an animal is placed ... cortical noradrenergic excitability upon acute stress." The EMBO journal 37.21 (2018). PubMed PMID: 30209240...
  11. Protocol - pLKO.1 – TRC Cloning Vector

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    ...10878/ . Description Vector Element U6 Human U6 promoter drives RNA Polymerase III transcription for generation...transduced cells. hPGK Human phosphoglycerate kinase promoter drives expression of puromycin. Puro R Puromycin...with effective gene silencing: Starting at 25nt downstream of the start codon (ATG), search for 21nt sequences...position 15-19. Avoid targeting introns. Avoid stretches of 4 or more nucleotide repeats, especially repeated...Bovine Serum (FBS) Invitrogen: #16000 Penicillin/Streptomycin Invitrogen: #15140-122 Polypropylene tubes VWR...be passaged in DMEM + 10% FBS with penicillin/streptomycin, cells should be plated at this step in DMEM...10% FBS without antibiotics (no penicillin or streptomycin). Day 2: b. Perform the transfection in the ...
  12. Addgene’s Top 10 Blog Posts from 2014

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    ...Competent Cells By Melina Fan Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go! By Kendall Morgan Plasmids...the experts in the CRISPR/Cas field, have been extremely helpful for scientists that are looking for more...on “Making Your Own Competent Cells” has been extremely popular, generating many additional questions....
  13. A New Generation of Adenine Base Editors Improves Editing in Primary Human Cells

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    ...studies have shown that one base change in the promoter region of gamma hemoglobin (HGB1/2) leads to continuous.... ABE8 efficiently edited the fetal hemoglobin promoter and caused persistent expression of fetal hemoglobin... domain can edit the short single-stranded DNA stretch that is accessible. Image from Gaudelli et al.,...
  14. Chromoproteins: Colorful Proteins For Molecular Biology Experiments

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    ... toxin gene (regulated by a rhamnose-inducible promoter) and a chromoprotein gene. Allelic exchange occurs...it is under the control of a rhamnose-inducible promoter. The resolution step leads to the desired mutation... the loss of their symbiotic algae, during heat stress. For other organisms, like the sea anemone, scientists...
  15. Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview

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    ...a chimeric 5’ LTR containing a Tat-independent promoter. Although safer, this system may be more cumbersome... vectors integrate into the genome, they could promote oncogenesis by altering local gene expression. ...HIV-1 envelope. As of 2013, 65 patients had been treated with this therapy, which lowered viral load and...15(2):78-82. PubMed PMID: 23322669. 6. Genetic treatment of a molecular disorder: gene therapy approaches...
  16. Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems

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    ...that also contains a reporter gene cloned downstream of a promoter containing the target sequence of the ...as the “prey”) in close enough proximity to the promoter of the reporter gene to activate expression (Figure...fusion protein shown is still able to bind to the upstream activation sequence (UAS) of its target gene, ...
  17. Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools

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    .... MazF expression is under control of the AOX1 promoter whose expression is induced by methanol. Once ...luciferase-expressing plasmids to examine in vivo-induced promoters in the Vibrio cholerae vaccine strain CVD 103-...However, the sok antisense-RNA binds a sequence downstream of the mok SD resulting in a double stranded ...
  18. Synthetic Biology, Artificial Chromosomes, iGEM & More - Interview with Tom Ellis

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    ...screening direct interactions between drugs and promoters of oncogenes. He returned to academic research...Podcast features guest host and Addgene European Outreach Scientist, Benoit Giquel. Traveling from our offices...in Academia. Will it all pay off? Chapter 2: The Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation - A shared...Tom Ellis! Dr. Ellis is a lead researcher at the Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Imperial ...project. His team also investigates bacteria and extremophiles for biotechnology and has been directly involved...
  19. The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup

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    ...transcription by placing the aptamer downstream of a known promoter. Addgene’s Plasmids 101: Aptamer Fluorophores... RNA Polymerase III. By expressing Corn under promoters for transcripts uniquely transcribed by RNA Polymerase...for imaging in live cells. By placing Spinach downstream of a riboswitch, metabolite binding to the riboswitch...ability to track RNA dynamics in a model of Fragile-X tremor/ataxia syndrome (Strack et al., 2013). Since then...
  20. CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide

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    ...Cas9 would have an off-target that lands in the promoter of another gene, thereby driving aberrant transcription... said, we generally pick guides by putting the promoter of the gene into a gRNA finder such as WU-CRISPR...targeting the guides to a region less than 200 bp upstream of TSS for best results but up to 400 bp works...10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.029 Konermann S, Brigham MD, Trevino AE, Joung J, Abudayyeh OO, Barcena C, Hsu PD, Habib...
  21. Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing

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    ...the targeting vector is inserted downstream of a functional promoter (gene traps). The resultant gene ...pAAV-TK-Acceptor has a conventional heterologous promoter-driven TK-neoR gene. To modify these tagging vectors...pAAV-SEPT-Acceptor, the preferred vector, contains a promoterless splice acceptor-IRES-neoR gene, which enhances...AAV preps generally used for gene editing are low titre, and are therefore able to infect only a small subset...
  22. Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains

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    ...your plasmid – you carefully selected the optimal promoter for your gene of interest, painstakingly cloned...Plasmids 101 Posts: Origin of Replication The Promoter Region – Let's Go! Mammalian Vectors Looking ..., and may have even put a fluorescent protein downstream, separated by an IRES element. You did a lot ...subunit S12 of 30S ribosome Confers resistance to streptomycin Tn10   Confers resistance to tetracycline ...galK rpsL (StrR) endA1 nupG fhuA::IS2 DB3.1 Streptomycin  HB101 derivative. For propagating plasmids ...lacY1 proA2 rpsL20(Smr) xyl5 Δleu mtl1 DH10B Streptomycin MC1061 derivative. General cloning and storage...lacZYA-argF)U169, hsdR17(rK- mK+), λ– HB101 Streptomycin Hybrid of E. coli K12 and E. coli B (mostly ...
  23. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    ...following changes. In pCas9, we 1) replaced the promoter of gRNA-pMB1 with PrhaB, 2) changed the replicon...pCutamp cures the plasmids by targeting the ampR promoter in all three plasmids. pCutamp is then removed... B strains, 1 E. coli W strain, and 1 Tatumella citrea, with a total of 70 sites edited. We optimized ...
  24. Twenty Years of Sharing: Expanding Accessibility

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    ... pages, we added curation fields for purpose, promoters, expression types, and more, all of which help...How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Editing The Promoter Region - Let's Go! How to Verify Your Plasmid ... easier access to export-controlled items by streamlining permissions and paperwork. Through updating ...
  25. Plasmids 101: Broad Host Range Plasmids

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    ...resistance cassettes (Prior et al. 2010), inducible promoters with different degrees of stringency and inducibility...Development of constitutive and IPTG-inducible integron promoter-based expression systems for Escherichia coli ...spheroides, Salmonella spp., Serratia marcescens, Streptomyces lividans, Synechococcus spp., Thiobacillus ferrooxidans...
  26. What's New in CRISPR - December 2019

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    ...this system is tunable via a rhamnose-inducible promoter. While this system was optimized for Burkholderia...deaminase (TadA) to a catalytically impaired Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9. They called this editor Target-ACE...
  27. Luciferase Plasmid Collection

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    ...renilla_polyA Firefly/Renilla Insertion of 5' promoter/enhancer regions upstream of Firefly luciferase. Renilla luciferase...pSGDlucV3.0 Firefly/Renilla Insertion of 5' promoter/enhancer regions upstream of Firefly luciferase. Renilla luciferase...investigate the effect of regulatory elements, such as promoters, enhancers and untranslated regions, or the effect...available that are driven by a strong constitutive promoter and can be used to monitor transfection or viral...plasmids by using the bacterial ORI as the core promoter, which was a source of false positives with the...Description PI 16539 pBV-Luc Firefly Insertion of 5' promoter/enhancer regions Bert Vogelstein 12178 pIS0 Firefly... Renilla luciferase under the control of a CMV promoter is present for normalization William Kaelin 71248...
  28. Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus

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    ...AAV encoding part A of the transgene contains a promoter and the 5’-fragment of the transgene, followed... encoding part A of the transgene contains the promoter, the 5’ half of the transgene, a splice donor ...degron, or degradation sequence, upstream of the 5’ splice donor and downstream of the 3’ splice acceptor of...of wild-type dystrophin in normal muscles, mice treated with the overlapping split vector had an improvement...codon from donor A in any of the reading frames downstream of the gRNA target site so that transcripts undergo...
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