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  1. Hot Plasmids - February 2022

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    ...of anti-FLAG-FB-GFP binding to FLAG-tag H2B for nuclear localization. (c) Applications of anti-FLAG-FB-...anti-FLAG-FB-GFP labeling various targets with nuclear (top, 4x-FLAG-mCherry-H2B), cytoskeletal (middle, 4xFLAG-mCherry-β-actin... editing, while gene editing can be done via a nuclease-active CasMINI. This small yet powerful system...
  2. CRISPR 101: Non-Homologous End Joining

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    ...and does not consider the missing or damaged nucleotides that are common to biological sources of DSBs...factors, including polymerases (Pol μ and Pol λ), nucleases (Artemis), and structure-specific end cleaning...the Cas9 DSB (blunt or near-blunt ends without nucleotide damage) such products are rare, probably accounting...
  3. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    ...editors with editing windows as small as 1-2 nucleotides! To reduce off-target effects associated with...they purified HF-BE3 protein for delivery in ribonucleoprotein particles (RNPs) to both zebrafish embryos...species. This toolkit includes TALEN and CRISPR nucleases, nickases, and gene activation systems as well... the amount of time that Cas9 is active in the nucleus to reduce off-target gene editing. The bacterial...
  4. RNA Extraction Without A Kit

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    ... of biologically active ribonucleic acid from sources enriched in ribonuclease. Biochemistry 18:5294–5299...effect of ammonium sulfate on the activity of ribonuclease A. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Enzymology...
  5. Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV

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    ... As a genome conversion in the transduced cell nucleus, the single-to-double stranded conversion of the...of symmetry. After uncoating in the target cell nucleus, this DNA structure can readily fold into transcriptionally...DNA folds back on itself to become dsDNA in the nucleus and is a good option if you need rapid transgene...
  6. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    ...rarely circulates, but upon viral infection, this nucleic acid can build up. The foreign dsRNA activates ...Transposable elements such as long/short interspersed nuclear elements can generate dsRNA by bidirectional transcription...constantly occurring throughout a single cell, so these nucleic acid hybrids are always around. R-loops are particularly...
  7. CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization

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    ... and its organization within the nucleus, also called the 4D nucleome. Visualizing specific loci has historically...loci, a major benchmark in characterizing the 4D nucleome. CRISPRainbow: Scaling up to 6 colors + white ...
  8. CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems

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    ...DNA cleavage Example: AcrIIC1 binds to the HNH endonuclease domain of Cas9 and prevents target DNA cleavage...off-target edits of base editors, which convert a nucleotide base pair to another base pair at a specific ...effects and cytotoxicity that result from excessive nuclease activity in tissues (Li et al., 2018). 4. Selection...
  9. AAV Vector Quality Control: Going the Extra Mile with NGS

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    ...someone grabs the wrong plasmid? What if bacteria snuck into the prep during the production process? These... Each contig is then BLASTed against the NCBI nucleotide collection database, and it may also be aligned...Next-generation Sequencing. Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids 4:e260 . https://doi.org/10.1038/mtna.2015.32...
  10. 3D Printing Meets CRISPR Cas9

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    ...protein – but were very confused because the HNH nuclease active site wasn’t even close to its reported ... DNA strand, and then activate two different endonuclease active sites. Fortunately, there is never just...displaced non-target DNA strand and shows the HNH nuclease domain swung around in close juxtaposition to ...
  11. Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions of NgAgo

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    ...stage with much-lauded CRISPR-Cas9 is DNA-guided endonuclease NgAgo! We'll discuss how NgAgo is faring with...mammalian cells and one which diminishes the endonuclease activity of the enzyme. In vivo, only nascent...someone came up with a mutant NgAgo (or a novel endonuclease) protein that can form a complex with a 5’-P-ssDNA...
  12. CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13

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    ...editing with various spacer lengths from 30-84 nucleotides, and designated this system REPAIRv1. Using next-generation...had A-to-I off-target edits around the targeted nucleotide. Introduction of guanine-mismatches in the guide... at Addgene. Gootenberg, Jonathan S., et al. "Nucleic acid detection with CRISPR-Cas13a/C2c2." Science...
  13. CRISPR 101: Making a Knock-In Cell Line

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    ...on the size of the knock-in. Single strand oligonucleotide donors (ssODNs) with homology arms as short...need to be used due to synthesis limits of oligonucleotides. These donors traditionally have larger homology...Cas break for HR is to fuse an HR protein to the nuclease. Early HR factors fused to Cas9 have been shown...
  14. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    ...commonly result in a complete loss of function while nuclease-deactivated Cas9 (dCas9) can be tethered to a ...which contains multiple point mutations in the nuclease domain. These mutations result in an inactive ...CRISPRa, sgRNAs were targeted between 150-75 nucleotides upstream of the TSS. Similar to the Brunello ...
  15. Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems

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    ...modification, protein degradation, access to the nucleus in eukaryotic screens and fusion configuration....cells, fusion proteins must gain access to the nucleus. To circumvent this requirement for transmembrane...system for the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans. Nucleic Acids Res. 2010;38(19):e184. Pubmed PMID: 20719741...
  16. CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?

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    ...many cases several exons’ worth of DNA. Any ∼20 nucleotides of DNA can serve as the target for Cas9’s single...specific? Perhaps you need to introduce a single nucleotide modification at a defined amino acid to mimic.... & Liu, D. R. Genome editing with CRISPR–Cas nucleases, base editors, transposases and prime editors....
  17. Antibodies 101: Immunoprecipitation

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    ...target protein interacts with other proteins or nucleic acids. Read on to learn more about this versatile...difficult to release proteins, including those in the nucleus, more stringent buffers may be needed. Since many...also be used to study proteins that interact with nucleic acids. Labs studying epigenetics routinely use ...
  18. Analyzing CRISPR Editing Results with ICE from Synthego

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    ... the ICE software tool soon. To request other nucleases or other features and functionalities, please ...Guide Target - This is the user-defined 17-23 nucleotide sequence of the DNA-targeting region of the guide...Protospacer Adjacent Motif (PAM) sequence for the nuclease used. Currently, ICE is configured for Cas9 fromStreptococcus...
  19. To Codon Optimize or Not: That is the Question

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    ... of the tRNA contains the anticodon,  a three nucleotide sequence complementary to the mRNA sequence. ... sequence databases: status for the year 2000. Nucleic Acids Research 28:292–292 . https://doi.org/10.1093...codon usage bias, and its potential applications. Nucl Acids Res 15:1281–1295 . https://doi.org/10.1093...
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