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  1. Plasmids 101: Sequence and Ligation Independent Cloning (SLIC)

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    ...issue is sequence similarity. If fragments in a multicomponent assembly have 5′ or 3′ sequence homology...If cloning methods had personalities, SLIC (sequence- and ligation-independent cloning) would be a true...reliable cloning method, but it is limited by its sequence constraints. The long overhangs must not contain... often limited to specially designed plasmids. Sequence- and ligation-independent cloning: A SLIC makeover...depositor Stephen Elledge. His new method, named sequence- and ligation-independent cloning (SLIC), eliminated...and linearized vectors must have homologous DNA sequences (20–60 bp) on either end and single-stranded 5...multicomponent assembly, as fragments with overlapping sequence homology can be assembled in a unique order with...
  2. Plasmids 101: Cre-lox

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    ... long asymmetric core spacer sequence. The asymmetry in the core sequence gives the loxP site directionality...the canonical loxP sequence is ATAACTTCGTATA-GCATACAT-TATACGAAGTTAT. The loxP sequence does not occur naturally...in P1) sites are 34-base-pair long recognition sequences consisting of two 13-bp long palindromic repeats...inserting loxP sites at deliberate locations in a DNA sequence allows for very specific manipulations as discussed...or on separate pieces of DNA. Both 13bp repeat sequences on a single loxP site are recognized and bound...: If the sites face in the same direction, the sequence between the loxP sites is excised as a circular...indicates which bases may vary from the canonical sequence. Among these are loxN (GtATACcT), lox2272 (GgATACtT...
  3. Plasmids 101: Using Transposons in the Lab

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    ...: The transposon is the DNA sequence that moves around. This DNA sequence encodes the proteins the transposon...the protein that’s required for the transposon sequence to move from one DNA site to another. This protein...Different transposons insert at different DNA sequences or target sites. Integration of most transposable...results in the duplication of this target site sequence at the site of insertion.  Types of transposons...behind the CAG DNA footprint from its terminal sequences at the excision site after cleavage by the transposase...transposons, it does not leave behind a DNA footprint sequence after excision. piggyBac can mobilize DNA over...Beauty and piggyBac, Tol2 has a weak consensus sequence for its preferred target integration site: TNA...
  4. Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus

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    ... site donor and acceptor sequences were tested and with the optimal sequences, the group achieved ~80%... non-endogenous sequences, such as a 77bp long highly recombinogenic homology sequence derived from the...trans-plicing, splice site donor and acceptor sequences are used to reconstitute the two pieces of the...step, but optimization of the exon-splitting site sequence can enhance the rate of trans-splicing (Lai et..., the 5’ half of the transgene, a splice donor sequence and the region of homology. The AAV encoding part...contains the region of homology, a splice acceptor sequence, the 3’ half of the transgene. The full length...mechanism. The splice site donor and acceptor sequences and the homologous region of the two vectors can...
  5. Visualizing Genomic Loci with CRISPR-Sirius

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    ...localized to specific loci based on the guide RNA sequence. A year later, they developed CRISPRainbow (Ma...set of gRNA scaffolds that contain two hairpin sequences (either MS2, PP7, or boxB) that each recruits ... CRISPRainbow labeling. Two MS2, PP7, or boxB sequences inserted into the sgRNA generates blue, green,... labeling. A combination of MS2, PP7, or boxB sequences in the same sgRNA will generate additional colors...living cells. Broccoli aptamers are nucleic acid sequences that bind to the small molecule, DFHBI-1T to induce...of the success of the MS2 and PP7 RNA hairpin sequences in CRISPRainbow, they knew they could be good ...created another sgRNA containing the PP7 hairpin sequence (sgRNA-Sirius-8XPP7) to recruit GFP to the loci...
  6. Golden Gate Assembly Upgrades: More Fragments, Faster Assembly, and Higher Fidelity

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    ...achieved by the sequencing of plasmids isolated from blue or white colonies. Sequencing of blue colonies...showed the expected complete sequence for the lacI/lacZ genes (1), while sequencing of white colonies showed...overhang sequences under standard reaction conditions. This data set allows quantitation of sequence-dependent...restriction enzymes and careful choice of junction sequences guided by experimentally-derived DNA Ligase fidelity...indicating successful reconstruction of the coding sequence for beta-galactosidase in the lacI/lacZ cassette... Gate assembly through application of ligation sequence-dependent fidelity and bias profiling." bioRxiv... Potapov, Vladimir, et al. "A single-molecule sequencing assay for the comprehensive profiling of T4 DNA...
  7. CRISPR 101: Making a Knock-In Cell Line

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    ...homologous sequence to the right and/or left of the knock-in site. The length of that sequence and the makeup...Knock-in mutations typically require an exact DNA sequence to be incorporated at a precise genomic location...introduce the edit. Finally, you must stipulate what sequence to introduce, which is done through the design...to the targeted locus on either side of the new sequence. This homology will guide the cell to use the ...which will result in the incorporation of your sequence, a.k.a a knock-in! So how does the donor get used... can efficiently knock-in a few hundred bps of sequence. However, if you have a larger knock-in (200 bp...al., Nat Chem Biol). Mutate the PAM or sgRNA sequences Cas9 likely goes through multiple rounds of cleavage...
  8. Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems

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    ...interest: The transgene sequence is flanked by long terminal repeat (LTR) sequences, which facilitate integration...the transfer plasmid sequences into the host genome. Typically, it is the sequences between and including...Leukemia Virus) or MSCV (Murine Stem Cell Virus) sequences. Packaging genes (viral Gag-Pol): Gag is a structural...virus post‐transcriptional regulatory element; sequence that stimulates the expression of transgenes via...the 5' and 3' ends of the provirus). Contains sequences necessary for activation of viral genomic RNA ...the addition of a poly A tract just after the R sequence. This post was written and updated by multiple...
  9. Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis

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    ...expected sequence. Here at Addgene, we use NGS-based quality control to confirm the sequence of all the...cleaving sequences which are similar, but not identical, to their defined recognition sequence. Most enzyme...successfully even if you don't have the full plasmid sequence. Once you have purified plasmid DNA, this method...NCBI for YGOI to find the particular reference sequence if necessary. The example plasmid on the right... dna sequencing results...
  10. CRISPR Library Amplification

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    ...diagnostic digest and high-throughput next generation sequencing (NGS). Select a restriction enzyme for digest...low rate, is not typically a problem as these sequences are not efficiently packaged into lentiviral particles...
  11. xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility

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    ...CRISPR enzymes require a short PAM sequence adjacent to the targeted sequence at the locus of interest. SpCas9...engineered alternative Cas9s binding distinct PAM sequences. Now, Hu et al., working in David Liu’s lab, have...PAM-interacting domain. However, these alternative PAM sequences are longer and often more complex than NGG, resulting... for and interest in enzymes with shorter PAM sequences and/or broader PAM flexibility. Creating xCas9...plasmid library contained all 64 possible NNN PAM sequences adjacent to a protospacer. If ω-dCas9 could recognize...permitting phage propagation and keeping that dCas9 sequence in the pool. According to this logic, ω-dCas9 ...off-target effects across 5 gRNAs with NGG PAM sequences were actually lower for xCas9 3.6/3.7 than for...
  12. Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - A Neuroscientist’s View

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    ...adding a nuclear localization sequence (SV40 Large T nuclear localization sequence) and expressing it from ... of the DNA sequence of interest can lead to poor expression of genes within that sequence and should ...between target sites of the same sequence in FLEx vectors, the DNA sequence that should be inverted is flanked...differ in their sequence. Recombination between the two target sites with identical sequence leads to inversion...when it was discovered that it is not the exact sequence of the asymmetric target site core but its 8 bp...inversion of the flanked DNA sequence and the interior target sites. In a second step, the two compatible...
  13. Plasmids 101: FLEx Vectors

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    ..., a SSR will invert the DNA sequence between the sites. If a DNA sequence is floxed in the same orientation...the BFP coding sequence in the sense orientation, followed by the mCherry coding sequence in the antisense...reporter DNA sequence (such as GFP) in the sense orientation, followed by coding sequence of the gene ...loxP sites, while FLP binds FRT sites. When a DNA sequence is flanked by target sites (floxed) in opposing...loxP and lox511 sites after the inverted GeneR sequence in the opposing orientation, you have created ...
  14. Channelrhodopsins with improved light sensitivity for minimally-invasive optogenetics

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    ...recombinant channelrhodopsin sequences. The model first removed sequences from the library predicted to...reducing the library to 1,161 sequences. Thirty of these remaining sequences were selected for characterization...to have improved photocurrent properties: The sequence and structures that determine membrane expression...model was trained to predict if a channelrhodopsin sequence would result in a functional channelrhodopsin,...library of ~120,000 predicted channelrhodopsin sequences would have photocurrent properties best suited...for less-invasive optogenetics experiments. The sequences in this library were designed using structural...
  15. Design Tips for Prime Editing

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    ...scaffold sequence into the genome, ensure it is not homologous to the target genomic sequence (Chen et...experimental design, especially the design of the RNA sequences you’ll use in prime editing. We thought we’d collect...both the genomic location to be edited and the sequence of the edit, so its design changes for every new... prime editing application. And optimizing its sequence is important, as prime editing efficiency is affected...content are most likely to be successful, although sequences with G/C content outside this range can still ... more important to test different lengths and sequences, as unintended secondary structures in your pegRNA...Created with BioRender.com. What to edit The sequence you choose to install can influence the success...
  16. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    ...anticodon,  a three nucleotide sequence complementary to the mRNA sequence. The 3’ end of  the tRNA binds...the amino acid that corresponds to the anticodon sequence. That means there are 61 possible tRNAs. Cells...and thus protein expression without altering the sequence of the protein. As DNA synthesis has become quite...scientists to re-synthesize DNA with the most optimized sequence. Unfortunately, it is not always easy to identify... certain systems, synonymous changes to a gene sequence can cause unexpected detrimental results to the...could remove information encoded in the primary sequence of a particular gene which could affect translation...available online to both determine and synthesize DNA sequences for optimal expression in your system of choice...
  17. Multiplexed Capture of Promoter-enhancer 3D Chromatin Structures Using CRISPR

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    ...They found that DNA sequences targeted by the gRNAs were the top enriched sequences in the experiment and...supporting roles. Enhancers are cis regulatory DNA sequences that, when bound by transcription factors, can...looping with the photo “developed” by analyzing DNA sequencing data. While “pictures” generated with current...chimeric DNA fragments by PCR or next-generation sequencing. Figure 1: Overview of the key steps of... DNA fragments can be detected by PCR or deep sequencing. A drawback of the original CAPTURE method...gRNA expression. Additionally, CAPTURE 3C-based sequencing requires a large number of cells (~5x107). Together...BioTAP-tag is a 69 aa long biotinylation targeting sequence that is recognized by biotin ligases normally ...
  18. Kiran Musunuru on the Newest TALEN Genome-Editing System

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    ...desired sequences. TALENs are much more reliable. If you design them for a particular sequence, there ...can be programmed to bind to essentially any DNA sequence desired. This technology allows you to create ...do you use this kit to target a particular DNA sequence? Musunuru: The kit includes 832 plasmids containing...DNA-binding domain to recognize any desired 15 base pair sequence in the genome in rapid fashion. The two remaining...there is a much better chance they will bind that sequence. That’s the revolutionary aspect: TALENs take a...: The power here is that you could potentially sequence a large number of individuals and find several...
  19. CRISPR-Cas14: a family of small DNA-targeting enzymes enabling high-fidelity SNP genotyping

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    ...cleave a targeted sequence of ssDNA. Unlike Cas9, Cas14 does not require a PAM sequence. In addition to ... types of nucleic acids and required a certain sequence specificity in the middle of the gRNA to be activated...mutations. By providing a gRNA specific of a viral sequences, for instance, the enzymes are activated and can...Fluorescent signal indicates the presence of this viral sequence in the assay. By adding Cas14 to the mix, you ...
  20. Making CRISPR Plasmids Using Fragmid

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    ... and then plasmid sequencing if you can. To quote Doench, “Whole plasmid sequencing is just part of doing...enzyme that cleaves outside of its recognition sequence. This means that each component can be designed...? The Doench lab tested the Fragmid system by sequencing 60 individual assemblies created over five months...82 of the correctly banded clones for plasmid sequencing and found 98% of the plasmids were perfectly ...confirm that at least one plasmid was the correct sequence for every individual assembly. What destination...051 (for stable fly cell lines; attL and attR sequences for genome integration by phiC31) Drosophilia...pRDB_053 (for transgenic flies; gypsy insulator sequences; white + selectable marker; attB site for genome...
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