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  1. AAV Vector Quality Control: Going the Extra Mile with NGS

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    ...the purification step because they are inside the virus itself. While these impurities are generally considered...Prokaryotic Sequences during Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Production and Their in Vivo Persistence after Vector... in rAAV Vector Preparations by Single-stranded Virus Next-generation Sequencing. Molecular Therapy - ...Control Testing of Recombinant Adeno-Associated Viruses. In: Methods in Molecular Biology. Humana Press....org Find Ready-to-Use AAV Find Ready-to-Use Lentivirus Browse Viral Plasmids ...
  2. Fluorescence Titering Assay

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    ...cells with fluorescence V V = Virus Volume, mL For example: If 15 µL of virus added to 150,000 cells resulted...Fluorescence Titering Assay for Lentivirus You may also like... Viral Vector Guides Virus Blog Posts Mol Bio Protocols...the cells overnight. If using freshly collected virus, filter through a 0.45 μm polyethersulfone filter...freeze-thaw. If you are freezing and aliquoting virus, it is recommended that you titer from the frozen...titer associated with freeze-thaw. If using frozen virus, rapidly thaw the lentiviral aliquot on ice prior...the dilution factors (method 1) or the volume of virus (method 2): Method 1 Method 2 $$T = {N*F*D\over ...used in downstream applications. Safety Warnings Lentivirus is generally considered biosafety level 2+. Please...
  3. History of CRISPR Cas - A tale of survival and evolution

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    ...adaptive defense strategy against life-threatening viruses. Evolving to survive Although the CRISPR sequences...ticket to ensure prokaryotic survival; however, viruses, too, are famous for their ability to devise new...strategies to reproduce within a host cell. A few virus particles have learned to circumvent the CRISPR/...
  4. Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview

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    ...viral vector systems based on retroviruses like Moloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV). The vectors could integrate...Resources on Addgene.org Check out Our Lentivirus Guide Learn about Virus Biosafety Find Lentiviral Vectors...possibility of creating a replication-competent virus via recombination between the transfer and packaging...events necessary to create a replication-competent virus. Second, Tat is eliminated through the addition ...useful viral vectors in the lab. Advantages of lentivirus include a large genetic capacity and the ability...dividing cells. Another type of vector, based on adenovirus, could infect non-dividing cells, but without... Didier Trono and collaborators turned to the lentivirus HIV-1, well-known to infect non-dividing cells...
  5. AAV Purification by Iodixanol Gradient Ultracentrifugation

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    ...ultracentrifugation to get pure adeno-associated virus (AAV) preps for use in your research....Ultracentrifugation You may also like... Viral Vector Guides Virus Blog Posts Mol Bio Protocols Introduction This protocol...an isomolar density gradient medium suitable for virus purification and isolation of cells, organelles,... remove iodixanol prior to use of your purified virus. Nonetheless, we recommend performing a buffer exchange...fewer fractions once you have a good idea when the virus elutes from the gradients. In a biosafety cabinet..., or you will lose a significant amount of your virus. When the first fraction is collected, move the ... off the walls of the filter to recover as much virus as possible. Store at 4 °C for short term (2 weeks...
  6. Virus Protocol - Generating Stable Cell Lines

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    ...they vastly outnumber the virus particles. Incubate the cells with the virus for 48–72 h. Gently aspirate...Viral Vector Guides Virus Blog Posts Mol Bio Protocols Viral Service Introduction This protocol can be...downstream applications. If you’ve titered your virus beforehand, you can narrow this range according ...6-well plate will hold 5 dilutions plus one 'no virus' control well). Perform a "reverse transduction"...added to the wells that already contain 0.5 mL of virus solutions at various dilution. Make sure to use ...Transducing too many cells relative to the number of virus particles reduces the transduction efficiency, resulting...Typically, cells transduced with lower dilutions of the virus will have higher levels of expression. Consider ...
  7. Newly Updated AAV Data Hub!

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    ...labelled with an AAV1 Cre virus combined with a Cre-dependent AAV9 tdTomato virus in the mPFC.  The AAV9 ...
  8. FLEx Technology and Optogenetics: Flipping the switch on gene expression with high spatial and temporal resolution

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    ...brain, researchers inject genetically modified viruses encoding microbial rhodopsins into specific cerebral...and Maguire, 2016). Recombinant adeno-associated viruses (rAAVs) have become increasingly popular for gene...cells? This can be achieved using Cre-dependent viruses, such as the optogenetic FLEx vectors in combination...cell-type promoter. Once injected into the brain, the viruses infect all the cells with an inactive opsin gene...References Abdallah, Khaled, et al. "Adeno-associated virus 2/9 delivery of Cre recombinase in mouse primary...
  9. Download Science-Themed Zoom Backgrounds from Addgene

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    ...working with AAV or lentivirus in your research, you might want to use one of our virus backgrounds. Addgene...barcoding libraries, and more. Download the green virus background.           Maybe your viral research...well as transfer plasmids. Download the orange lentivirus background.         We also have ready-to-use...background for you, too! And we have a COVID-19 and coronavirus collection page, where you can find plasmid tools...
  10. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) Plasmids

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    ...Adeno-associated viruses (AAV) are small viruses originally discovered as contaminants of adenovirus stocks. One... presence of another "helper" virus, such as adenovirus or herpes virus, in order to propagate. This is...Viral Plasmids Adeno-associated Virus (AAV) Plasmids Adeno-associated Virus (AAV) Plasmids Additional Resources... requirement has been circumvented with “helper-virus free systems,” which enable the production of infectious...infectious AAV particles without the use of a helper virus. Instead, specific gene products can be provided...infectious AAV particles, a helper plasmid (encoding adenovirus E4, E2A and VA) and a RepCap plasmid (encoding... Helper plasmid for AAV packaging, expressing adenovirus E4, E2A and VA James M. Wilson RepCap Plasmids...
  11. Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection

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    ...introduced into bacterial or eukaryotic cells via a virus or viral vector. One example are bacteriophages ...can be done with lentiviral and Adeno Associated Viruses (AAV). Lentiviral and AAV can be used to create... basic molecular biology, plasmid cloning, and viruses. References Baltrus, David A., and Karen Guillemin...bacteria have gained antibiotic resistance and virulence. Scientists have studied how HGT occurs in nature...
  12. Clear and Accessible Writing

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    ...ultracentrifugation so that a scientist can extract virus from the correct layer.  Third, think about the ...at the interface of the 40% layer containing the virus and 60% iodixanol layer, with the bevel pointed ... the tube allows air to enter the column so the virus will flow out the bottom syringe."Feel free to share...
  13. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    ...which types of cells a virus can infect. The VSV-G envelope protein enables this virus to infect many different...lentiCRISPR v2 great? It produces a ~10 fold higher titer virus, making it ideal for CRISPR pooled library screening...posts Read our viral vector blog posts Read our lentivirus guide Resources on the Addgene website Browse...
  14. A Primer on Optogenetics: Introduction and Opsin Delivery

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    ...that offer his constructs. Importantly, control viruses (not expressing the opsin) are also available. ... optogenetics experiment you may need to inject virus into 20 or more mice and the injections must be ... practice with die injection prior to using the virus. You may need to adjust coordinates based on your...co-localization immunofluorescence, cell-type specificity. Viruses that only express the fluorescent proteins are ...affects the length of time you may need to allow the virus to express. For example, if you inject into the ...
  15. Microbiology Resources

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    ...Plasmids for Viruses Species Dengue Hepatitis Influenza Mumps virus Rubeola (measles) West Nile virus (WNV) ... your microbe of interest, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, fungi, and more. Plasmid...range of microbial fields, including bacteria, viruses, parasites such as protozoa, and fungi. Find plasmids...complementation constructs - Lahaye Lab Vaccinia virus ORF library : Expression library that contains each... the predicted open reading frames for vaccinia virus - Bennink and Yewdell Labs Yarrowia lipolytica Golden...
  16. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    ...the lentivirus HIV-1. Today, HIV-1 can be controlled with antiviral therapies such that the virus is undetectable... undetectable in the blood. But the virus doesn’t completely disappear; it just hides in latently infected...infection, which would make it easier for an “escape” virus to propagate and infect adjacent cells. It will ...of viral DNA efficiently suppresses hepatitis B virus. Sci Rep. 2015 Jun 2;5:10833. PubMed PMID: 26035283...
  17. Viral Production

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    ... specific virus in order to generate high quality preparations. After production, all virus preps are ...Resources Lentivirus Production Titer Quality Control Resources Overview of Viral Production Viruses are generated...experiment using our virus protocols . Browse our AAV vectors collection. AAV Data Hub Lentivirus Production Lentiviral...preps available from Addgene. After receiving your virus from Addgene, read our detailed recipient instructions...contamination. In the event of contamination, all of the virus produced in the line will be taken off-line and ...preps available from Addgene After receiving your virus from Addgene, read our detailed recipient instructions...instructions for next steps. Plan an experiment using our virus protocols . Browse our plasmid collection of popular...
  18. Lentivirus Production

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    ...replace with fresh media. Day 3-4 (am): Harvest virus Equipment Class II, Type A2 Biological Safety Cabinet...DMEM Complete or OptiPro SFM. Incubate the cells. Virus can be harvested at 48, 72, and 96 h post transfection... Protocols Lentivirus Production Lentivirus Production You may also ...this protocol to generate lentivirus Protocols...Introduction This protocol can be used to produce lentivirus from a lentiviral vector transfected into 293T...lines or transfection reagents. Once produced, lentivirus can be used for a variety of downstream applications...
  19. Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells

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    ...delivery vehicle that’s based on mouse leukemia virus (MLV) virus-like particles (VLPs). VLPs lack viral genomes...box.  Nanoblades are engineered murine leukemia virus (MLV)-like particles loaded with Cas9-gRNA ribonucleoproteins...with a mix of VSV-G and the baboon endogenous retrovirus Rless glycoprotein (BaEVRless) had high rates...
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