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  1. Plasmid-based Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies: What They Are and Why You Should Be Excited About Them

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    ... be introduced into host cells, such as bacterial, yeast, or mammalian cells, for antibody production ...Nanobodies and recombinant binders in cell biology. Journal of Cell Biology 209:633–644 . https://doi.org...animals and bleed dates and even clonal hybridoma cell lines can produce more than one mAb (Bradbury et...plasmid or from an integrated sequence in a stable cell line. The genes encode the heavy chain and light...antibody protein binds an antigen. Image from Fvasconcellos.     How are Recombinant Antibodies Made...
  2. Illuminating Epigenetics with A FRET Based Biosensor

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    ...genes should be ‘read’ by the cellular machinery. This is how most cells in the body contain the same ...complex of DNA and histone proteins that compacts cellular DNA into chromosomes and reduces the risk of dangerous...the more compacted it becomes. This prevents the cellular machinery from physically interacting with the...visualise changes in histone methylation in living cells. Essentially this reporter construct consists of...recognise lysine 27 methylation. When tested in living cells where methylation of these sites was controlled,...fluorescent reporters of histone methylation in living cells." Journal of the American Chemical Society 126.19...
  3. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    ...unwinding steps. Molecular Cell, 70(3), 385-394.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2018.03.031 Xiao, Y., ...CRISPR Cascade. Molecular Cell, 83(5), 746-758.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2023.01.024 Morisaka, ...there isn’t a template strand left behind that the cell can use to repair. Figure 3: General overview...broad and unidirectional genome editing in human cells. Nature Communications, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038...CRISPR–Cas systems for genome engineering in human cells. Nature Biotechnology, 37(12), 1471–1477. https:...
  4. Getting to Know Expansion Microscopy

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    ... for EM is not something you find in the average cell and molecular biology lab, and EM is limited in ...ultrastructural relationships that influence everything from cell division to memory, but don’t have access to the...fix (and maybe label) your sample (i.e. cultured cells or tissues).  Step 2: attach anchors to your sample...properties of the sample itself. For example, cultured cells are typically easier to expand than mouse brain ..., Mohar B, Eddison M, et al (2022) Visualizing cellular and tissue ultrastructure using Ten-fold Robust... Zwettler FU, Guennec ML, et al (2019) Imaging cellular ultrastructures using expansion microscopy (U-...2016) Protein-retention expansion microscopy of cells and tissues labeled using standard fluorescent proteins...
  5. CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?

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    ...Generating a no-fuss genetic knockout  Knock-out cells or animals are engineered by introducing Cas9-mediated...transcription by blocking its initiation. In mammalian cells, robust repression requires targeting dCas9 along...study essential genes whose knockout would cause cell lethality. The Krüppel associated box (KRAB) is ...repressing target genes in a variety of species and cell types can be found on Addgene’s website. Activating...activating target genes in a variety of species and cell types can be found on Addgene’s website. ...optimized for expression in different species and cell types including (but not limited to) bacteria, yeast... have delivered Cas9 and a sgRNA to your target cells, it is time to confirm that your target sequence...
  6. CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors

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    ...base editing. Molecular Cell, 84(7), 1257-1270.e6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2024.01.021 Tong, H.,... edit A → Y (Y = T or C) in 67.17% of screening cells (Tong, Wang, et al., 2023). Based on this promising...the base editor. Black arrows indicate natural cellular processes. Created with BioRender.com. The...Cas9 nicks the non-edited strand to encourage the cell to repair the DNA using the edited strand as a template... efficient A•T-to-C•G base editing in mammalian cells and embryos. Nature Biotechnology, 42(4), 638–650...efficient T-to-G and C-to-G editing in mammalian cells. Nature Biotechnology, 42(10), 1538–1547. https:...
  7. A Scientist's Guide to Ebola

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    ... infected cells to go undetected by the immune system in a novel way, by shielding host cell surface proteins... itself to escape vesicles within host cells and turn the cell into a veritable virus factory.  Their ... sets off.  The virus works its way into immune cells in ways that aren’t fully understood. Much of the... viral attachment and fusion. Once inside a host cell, new evidence in PLoS Pathogens shows that the Ebola...
  8. Plasmid Preps: Different Purity, Different Quantities, Different Uses

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    ...lipopolysaccharide of the cell wall of Gram negative bacteria like E. coli that affects tissue culture cell line viability...introduces transformation grade plasmids into a bacterial cell. Transformation grade DNA  Transformation is ...transformation of chemically and electrocompetent cells is minimal (picogram range). It can be extracted...Figure 3: Need to introduce plasmids into mammalian cells? Use transfection grade DNA. Transfection is ...process of inserting an external plasmid in mammalian cells and it will likely require micrograms of plasmid...
  9. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Immunofluorescence

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    ...interest live within a cell,” “Does this disease change the architecture of my cells,” or “How does this ...IF), is an immunoassay that brings to light the cellular world. The technique allows you to ask questions...this mutation impact the types of cells found in my tissue.” It is based on the same principles as other ... visualize a target of interest within an intact cell, tissue, or, in some cases, a whole organism. But...joined to fluorescent molecules are applied to a cell or tissue sample where they bind to their targets...to visualize a target within an intact sample, a cell in the case of ICC or a tissue in the case of IHC...
  10. Plasmids 101: Expressing shRNAs for RNA Interference

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    ...silencing complex. Molecular Cell, 82(1), 30–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2021.11.026 Kilikevicius...miRNA and piRNA can be found endogenously in many cell types, while shRNA and siRNA are synthetic constructs...methods. shRNA processing Following delivery into cells using viral vectors or plasmids, shRNAs hijack the...shRNAs is to generate stable knockout or knockdown cell lines. In fact, it was the go-to choice for many...shRNAs are a quick way to create stable knockdown cells lines, and you can usually find validated shRNA ...Resources References Bartel, D. P. (2004). MicroRNAs. Cell, 116(2), 281–297. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0092-...
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