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  1. New Optogenetic Tools for Cytoskeleton and Membrane Control

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    ...channels used to control activities like neuronal signaling — think of a mouse with an LED brain implant or...movement, and more, often driven by Rho family signaling pathways. Rho guanine-nucleotide exchange factors...used SuperPLD to manipulate phosphatidic acid signaling (such as Hippo, AMPK and mTOR pathways) and to...Membrane Recruitment Systems: The Rho-Family GTPase Signaling Toolbox. ACS Synthetic Biology, 11(1), 515–521....2022.09.010.  Ridley, A. J. (2016). Rho GTPase signalling in cell migration. Current Opinion in Cell Biology...
  2. TALENs for Endogenous Zebrafish Genes

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    ...TGGACAAACGTGTCCATCtgcccgctcagcatcaCTTTATGCGCTGAGAACA gna13a TAL3088 & TAL3089 TTCCTGCCCTCCCGGACTgctatagtttgtattcCCAATTGTCTTCTCTCCA gna13b TAL3090 ...
  3. Illuminating Choices: A Guide to Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands

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    ...dyes can result in varying cytoplasmic background signals when used with the same protein (Hayashi-Takanaka... dyes can influence receptor conformation and signaling activity​​ (Sridharan et al., 2014). It's also... properties ensure a more consistent and stable signal over extended periods, which is particularly beneficial...crosstalk/crossover to reduce ‘muddying’ of the signal and facilitate clear differentiation between multiple... enable detection of finer details by improving signal-to-noise ratios. Certain dyes have been specifically...
  4. Mapping the 4D nucleome with CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...may improve the resolution, although background signal would be a concern. Another caveat of the study...protein molecules is necessary for a detectable signal, limiting the sensitivity of the technique. One...molecules (and also available from Addgene!) Since the signal level provided by SunTag is so high, cells may ...publication at Addgene. A protein-tagging system for signal amplification in gene expression and fluorescence...
  5. Rett Syndrome

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    ...interacting domain (NID) a nuclear localization signal (not essential for localization) the C - t erminal...C-terminal Anti-MECP2 (D4F3) rabbit antibody from Cell Signalling Technology Additional Resources (Link opens in...
  6. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    ...proteins play in cell signaling. Understanding how molecules in the Ras signaling pathway interact will...Ras proteins are small GTPases involved in cell signaling pathways that control many cellular processes ...containing genes from a crowd-sourced map of the RAS signaling pathway and includes 180 unique transcripts. Each...Proteins rarely act alone. Molecular processes from signal transduction to transport rely on protein-protein...actuator’s subcellular localization using trafficking signals and named it Magneto 2.0. Using Magneto2.0-p2A-...developing selective kinase inhibitors to probe these signaling pathways or develop potential therapeutics, but...
  7. The MTA at Addgene

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    ... we distribute; therefore we are not a party (signatory) to the MTAs for plasmids in our repository. Instead...material under the specified terms. This acts as the signature on any subsequent MTA for that plasmid facilitated... handled the majority of our MTA requests and signatures via an online process, though the process has...materials are requested, instead of coordinating signatures from two different institutes. Our online portal...
  8. Crowdfight, a Platform to Boost Scientific Collaboration During COVID-19 and Beyond

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    ...you to our guest bloggers Ignacio Amigo and María Hernández Sánchez! Ignacio Amigo is a science writer...This post was contributed by Ignacio Amigo and María Hernández Sánchez from Crowdfight. In March 2020...climate change. You can follow him on Twitter at @IgnacioAmigoH     María Hernández-Sánchez is a postdoctoral...
  9. Enabling Precision Functional Genomics with the Target Accelerator Plasmid Collection

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    ...classified function and a well established cellular signaling gene, thus providing a starting point for downstream...bioassays could accurately test for molecular signatures of variant function and cancer phenotypes. Broad...series of clones corresponding to known cellular signaling pathways as part of our Genetic Pathway Reference...and capable of measuring a variety of molecular signatures or cancer phenotypes. These assays were designed...
  10. Viral Vectors 101: The AAV Retrograde Serotype

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    ...biosensors . Thus, you can map what regions are signaling to a particular site while also activating or ...inhibiting gene expression, detecting neuronal signaling, or manipulating any other genetically controlled...example, say I wanted to access all the neurons that signaled from the hippocampus to Broca’s area. This could...limited to the hippocampus. Thus, only neurons signaling from the hippocampus to Broca’s area would be ...
  11. Antibodies 101: Choosing the Right Isotype

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    ...on the target protein they tend to have a strong signal and to work in a variety of applications. The desired... to a monoclonal primary antibody (A). To boost signal, consider using subclass specific secondary antibodies...primary/secondary antibody binding and therefore the signal strength (Fig. 1). Monoclonal primaries If you ... have been cross-adsorbed to reduce off-target signals. Use isotype- or subtype-specific secondary antibodies...
  12. Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools

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    ...than plasmids without this DNA. They eventually designated this fragment as the ccdB region (for “coupled... specific nucleotide sequences, preventing the cognate restriction enzyme from cleaving the DNA. A role...regulated by antisense RNA, which base pairs to cognate mRNA to inhibit its translation. The hok/sok system...presence of liver metastasis by producing a detectable signal in urine. The bottom line with plasmid addiction...
  13. Tips for Using FRET in Your Experiments

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    ...cross-talk is high and your background signal may be higher than the signal generated by the energy transfer...complementary pair of fluorophores. To maximize the FRET signal you should choose the highest quantum yield donor...excited by a specific wavelength of light and the signal is collected by using emission filters chosen for...
  14. An Integrin Antibody Toolkit from IPI

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    ...essential cell surface receptors involved in complex signaling pathways and the linkage of intra- and extracellular...processes, including cell adhesion, migration, and signaling, as well as immune response, tissue repair, and...new tools to identify integrin presence, study signaling mechanisms, or ascertain which integrins are responsible...adhesion and migration, initiating intracellular signal cascades, and allowing agile responses to mechanical...
  15. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies

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    ...bind to intracellular proteins. The fluorescence signal is detected by the flow cytometer and functions... as a proxy for protein expression. Because the signal comes from the antibody-fluorophore conjugate, ...cytometry is the ability to use multiple fluorescent signals (up to a dozen or more!) to measure the relative...applications are typically used for investigating signaling pathways or developing therapeutics. Experimentally...
  16. Deep Dive: qPCR

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    ...you to measure the intensity of signal over an entire cycle. Since signals are produced by the presence ...double-stranded DNA, when temperatures are high, signal intensity should be low, reflecting the presence...errors and allow for well-to-well normalization of signal. They are often included in commercial sets and...
  17. Seeing Red: Simple GFP Photoconversion

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    ...the expression level necessary to observe a signal. Red signal intensity increases with GFP concentration...For low-abundance GFP fusions, a photoconversion signal may not be observed. Sattarzadeh et al. found that...
  18. Visualizing Translation at the Single Molecule Level

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    ...nuclear localization signal, NLS-PCP-GFP then returns to the nucleus to bind cognate untranslated mRNAs....displacement leads to a change in the fluorescent signal: untranslated RNAs appear yellow, and translated...
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