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TypeProtocol...spectrophotometer. A spectrophotometer uses the absorbance/transmission of light through a liquid to determine the concentration...measured under the 260/280 column (A good purity ranges from 1.80-2.00). Repeat for each sample. Notes:...
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Plasmid Modification by Annealed Oligo Cloning (with Protocols)
TypeProtocol...Digest of Plasmid DNA DNA Ligation Bacterial Transformation Summary Oligo overlap cloning can be used anytime...the vector with 0.75-6 ng of annealed oligos). Transform 2-3μL into your favorite competent bacteria and... -
Using a Light Microscope Protocol
TypeProtocol...your cell culture dish. Microscopes come in a huge range of shapes and sizes - from phone-sized, foldable...powerful (but are cheap and accessible) to massive transmission electron microscopes that allow us to see cellular... -
Protocol - How to Run an Agarose Gel
TypeProtocol...the solution has a tendancy to boil over. Placing saran wrap over the top of the flask can help with this...are usually referred to as ‘bands’ due to their appearance on the gel. Pro-Tip If you will be purifying ... -
Pouring LB Agar Plates
TypeProtocol...x (0.220 L) = 8.14 g pre-mixed LB-agar powder. Transfer the LB-agar powder you’ve measured out into an...molten agar from boiling over in the autoclave. Transfer the sterile water (in our case 220 mL) to the ... -
CRISPR Guide
TypeGuide..., 1163–1171. PMID: 23979020 Cong, L., Ran, F. A., Cox, D., Lin, S., Barretto, R., Habib, N., Hsu, P. D...38688943 Hsu, P. D., Scott, D. A., Weinstein, J. A., Ran, F. A., Konermann, S., Agarwala, V., Li, Y., Fine..., 17 (5), 471–479. PMID: 32203383 Nishimasu, H., Ran, F. A., Hsu, P. D., Konermann, S., Shehata, S. I....CRISPR-Cas9. Cell , 167 (7), 1829-1838.e9. PMID: 27984730 Ran, F. A., Hsu, P. D., Wright, J., Agarwala, V., Scott...Nature Protocols , 8 (11), 2281–2308. PMID: 24157548 Ran, F. A., Cong, L., Yan, W. X., Scott, D. A., Gootenberg...may be a single-stranded oligonucleotide, double-stranded linear DNA, or a double-stranded DNA plasmid. ...including transposons, integrases, and recombinases, with Cas enzymes. CRISPR Transposases Transposon systems... -
Lentiviral Vector Guide
TypeGuide...deletion is transferred to the 5’ LTR after one round of reverse transcription, inhibiting transcription of the...cannot be used in direct transfections for transient expression of a transgene. For more detailed protocols... Increases transduction efficiency and transgene expression. Packaging plasmid gag in trans Precursor ...packaging plasmids. tat in trans Trans-activator; binds TAR to activate transcription from the LTR promoter...crossover event between the transfer plasmid and genes provided in trans . Transduction The process of artificially... typically ranges from 8–10 kb, encoded on RNA (Figure 1). This RNA is reverse transcribed into the provirus...for third generation) plasmids: Transfer plasmid — contains transgene, sgRNA, or shRNA of interest flanked... -
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) Guide
TypeGuide...double-stranded DNA genome. Adeno-associated viruses (AAV), however, are small single-stranded DNA viruses...plasmids are needed: Transfer plasmid (also known as cis plasmid) — containing the transgene of interest between...Production Cloning Cloning your transgene, gRNA, or shRNA of interest into the transfer plasmid can be done with...three production plasmids (transfer, packaging, and helper plasmid) are transfected into cells which then ... to display neuronal retrograde transport, AAVrg. Retrograde transport refers to the direction of movement...machinery to synthesize the complementary strand, transgene expression may be delayed. To overcome this...express a viral element necessary for RABV trans-synaptic transport. Learn more about these and other initiatives... -
Adenovirus Guide
TypeGuide... the transduced cells, transgene expression delivered through rAdV vectors is normally transient and short-lived...Adenoviral genomes range between 26–45 kb in length and contain multiple heavily-spliced transcripts flanked by...double-stranded DNA genome. Adeno-associated viruses (AAV), however, are small single-stranded DNA viruses... and late adenoviral transcript regions between the two ITRs with the transgenes of interest. The size...Shuttle plasmid (also known as transfer plasmid) — containing the transgene of interest, the ITRs, and homology...possibility that recombination between the transfected adenoviral transfer plasmid and the E1 region integrated...Production Cloning Cloning your transgene, gRNA, or shRNA of interest into the transfer plasmid can be done with... -
Promoters
TypeGuide... sense or coding strand of the transcribed gene. The coding strand is the DNA strand that encodes codons...to the mRNA transcript produced. The antisense strand is referred to as the template strand or non-coding...non-coding strand as this is the strand that is transcribed by the RNA polymerase. DNA sequences called response...initiation of transcription whereas transcription factors promote the initiation of transcription. The most...template for the translation of a protein. RNA polymerase III transcribes genes encoding transfer RNAs (tRNA...reference material covering promoters, transcription and the transcription complex. Plasmid... to DNA. RNA polymerase transcribes DNA to mRNA which is ultimately translated into a functional protein... -
Gamma-Retroviral Vector Guide
TypeGuide... Increases transduction efficiency and transgene expression. Packaging plasmid gag in trans Precursor ...crossover event between the transfer plasmid and genes provided in trans . Transduction The process of artificially...gamma-retroviruses ranges from 9–11 kb, encoded on RNA (Figure 1). This RNA is reverse transcribed into the provirus...need three plasmids (Figure 2): Transfer plasmid — contains transgene, sgRNA, or shRNA of interest flanked...Production Cloning Cloning your transgene, gRNA, or shRNA of interest into the transfer plasmid can be done with...described above (envelope, packaging, and transfer) are co-transfected into the HEK293T packaging cell line... at random locations throughout the genome. Gamma-retroviral vectors tend to prefer transcription start... -
Molecular Biology Reference
TypeGuide...molecular biology, that proteins are translated from RNA, which is transcribed from DNA. DNA is comprised of ...Region Drives transcription of the insert. The promoter is designed to recruit transcriptional machinery ... a base on one strand pairs with a particular base on the other, complementary, strand. Specifically, ... single stranded DNA adding nucleotides according to the sequence of the complementary strand. The replication...on the random incorporation of modified, fluorescently tagged bases onto the growing DNA strand in addition...respectively) that are organized into a double stranded helix. The order of these 4 nucleotides makes ... determinant. Plasmids are fragments of double-stranded DNA that typically carry genes and can replicate... -
Protocol - How to Streak a Plate
TypeProtocol...also like... Making LB Agar Plates Bacterial Transformation Recovering Plasmid DNA from Bacterial Culture... -
Optogenetics Guide
TypeGuide...wavelengths, ranging from blue to yellow to red. Red light exhibits better tissue penetrance, which may ...including protein activation, membrane localization, and transcriptional activation. In the widely used...synthetic two-part transcription factors - Cry2 and CIB1 are fused to a transcriptional activation domain...trafficking signals to localize opsins to the cell membrane. Microbial opsins, such as those described below... at physiological pH and trafficks well to the membrane. Excitatory (Depolarizing) ChR Variants. The optogenetic...from Kir2.1 and ER export signal provide improved membrane targeting 589 Archaerhodopsins Arch Light-activated...neuronal activation/inactivation periods. These can range from msec (hChR2) to “long lasting,” e.g. seconds... -
Plan Your Experiment
TypeGuide...For easy-to-transfect cell types (e.g. HEK293 cells), transfection with standard transfection reagents may...mammalian cell line that can be transfected at high efficiency Lentiviral transduction Cas9 and gRNA can be present...present in a single lentiviral transfer vector or separate transfer vectors May contain reporter gene ...screens using CRISPR AAV transduction CRISPR elements are inserted into an AAV transfer vector and used to ...ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes are advantageous due to the transient Cas9 expression. The table below summarizes the...details, see Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors ) Transient or stable expression of Cas9 and/or gRNA in a ... mammalian cell lines Useful for difficult to transfect cell types, can also be used in vivo A common ... -
Protocol - How to Purify DNA from an Agarose Gel
TypeProtocol... gels, so you will want to stay in the 0.7-0.8% range if possible. You will want nice crisp bands. This... -
Antibody Guide
TypeGuide...proteins by size. Transfer proteins from the gel to a membrane. Incubate the membrane with an unconjugated...block the membrane to remove excess antibody and prevent unwanted binding. Incubate the membrane with a ...Wash and block the membrane. Activate the HRP with a substrate kit. Image the membrane using either X-ray...hybridoma cells into plasmids. Plasmids are then transfected into cells and induced to express antibodies....variable regions, shown in light blue and light orange, that bind to a specific antigen, triggering an...constant region, and is shown in dark blue and dark orange. The constant region is a stable part of the antibody...responsible for the variable region goes through a randomized reorganization process, creating a unique binding... -
Protocol - How to Perform a Diagnostic Digest
TypeProtocol... bacterial endonucleases that recognize a large range of DNA sequences. Given the variety of these enzymes... -
Centrifugation
TypeProtocol... tubes. Depending on the centrifuge their speed ranges can vary, but are typically lower than some other... -
Cloning
TypeGuide...by certain bacteria and archaea, cleave double stranded DNA (dsDNA) at specific sequence sites in the ...into fragments containing precise 5' or 3' single-strand overhangs (sticky ends), or no overhang (blunt .... They also cut specific target sequences, that range from 4 to 13 base pairs, and produce predictable...' end of dsDNA fragments to generate 3' single-stranded overhangs. DNA polymerases synthesize DNA molecules... 4 nucleotides and lastly DNA ligase fuses DNA strands together. In Gibson assembly DNA fragments with...nicks in the DNA to create one piece of double stranded DNA. A major benefit of Gibson cloning is that...enzyme or Gateway recombination sites). Any double stranded DNA fragments can be used, so if properly designed...