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  1. When is a Monomer not a Monomer? The Top Three Ways Your Favorite Fluorescent Protein Oligomerizes in Cells

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    ...these situations in cells are described below (See Figure 1).   Figure 1: Each problem with dimerizing... in nature are prone to dimerization (i.e. EGFP) [1, 2] or even form obligate tetramers (i.e. DsRed) [...dimerizing fluorescent proteins is illustrated. 1) Membrane proteins fused to FPs that dimerize can form dynamic...active state due to closure by FP dimerization.   1. Transmembrane fluorescent protein fusions Transmembrane...bright, non-physiological, and difficult to ignore [1, 2]. 2. Fusion to an obligate dimer or oligomer Several... For a more detailed discussion see [5]. Problems 1 and 2 depend on protein concentrations. An imperfect... distance runner, gardner, and cook.   References 1. Snapp, E.L., et al., Formation of stacked ER cisternae...
  2. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    ...complexity. Figure 1: Schematic of Class 1 CRISPR types. Class 1 includes type I with a Cas3 effector...collection! A "complex" system Cas3 is part of the Class 1 CRISPR family, which means it requires multiple Cas...the brunt of the mechanical work for editing. Class 1 CRISPR systems make up the majority of CRISPR-based...CRISPR-based immune systems in bacteria and archaea. Class 1 is further broken down into different types, with ...making up type I, the most abundant type in the Class 1 category. These type Is can then be further broken...editing in human cells. Nature Communications, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13226-x Cameron...Cas11. Type I-E Cascades contains all five of these Cas proteins, while type I-C Cascades do not contain...
  3. Mouse Modeling, Part 2: Breeding and Crossing Mice

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    ...approximately 1 in 16 mice that harbor homozygous alleles at both of your genes of interest. About 1 in 4 mice...In Part 1 of our mouse modeling blog series, we covered techniques that can be used to introduce genetic...mice in your experiment. As you’ve learned in Part 1, there are many types of genetically engineered mice..., and assuming Mendalian patterns of inheritance: 1. Genotype your parental mice In order to ensure that...example of mice that are derived from crosses. In Part 1, we explained how genetic recombination in mice expressing...expressed, or inducible (this is explained more in Part 1 of this series). In any case, Cre is a dominant phenotype... allele decreases. Crossing mice to generate a desired phenotype Instead, genetic engineering should be...
  4. Bricking Science: Portraying Scientific Reality Through LEGO

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    ...thanks to our guest blogger, Dalila Cunha de Oliveira. Dalila Cunha de Oliveira is a PhD student in Hematology...post was contributed by guest blogger, Dalila Cunha de Oliveira. Bricking Science is an idea built, literally...motion videos is very time consuming; producing a 1-2 minute video takes an entire week of our free time...with my husband, I thought about how the limitless design possibilities of the LEGOs were mirrored by the...made, colorful laboratory. When we started, the hardest part of the process was to embed personality in...
  5. CRISPR-mediated Plant Base Editors

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    ...increases the generation of the desired T-A base pair. Figure 1: Transition mutation (C>T, G>A,...excision repair mediated by uracil glycosylase (Figure 1). The presence of a uracil glycosylase inhibitor (... A-T base pair is converted to a G-C pair (Figure 1). As the cellular inosine excision repair is not as...Target-AID based (CBE-2)-  and rAPOBEC based (CBE-1)-  CBEs are successful base editors in rice, tomato...deaminase can edit in a stretched window ranging from 1-17 bp relative to the PAM sequence (Zong et al., 2018...which recognize PAM sequences other than NGG (Table-1). Type Nickase Cas9 (D10A) Deaminase PAM requirements...locus/loci, choose a base editor variant from Table 1 depending on the PAM sequence. Avoid targeting a ‘...
  6. Cancer, Inflammation and Immunity - Harnessing the Body’s Defenses to Fight Cancer

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    ...aggregation, and potentiates the effect of PD-1 blockade.“ (Ref 4). PD-1 helps tumor cells evade the immune system...a positive effect on cancer treatment (Ref 1). As described in the presentation, starvation or the use...of the immunosuppressive cell surface receptor PD-1. This immunosuppressive environment in turn may represent...  (Chimeric Antigen Receptors) CAR T cells and PD-1 modulators. An exciting development in immunotherapy...free deposit and distribution service! References: 1. Pietrocola, Federico, et al. "Caloric restriction...field of Immuno-Oncology, a sizzling hot topic, includes studies on novel cancer therapeutics such as  ... with T cell receptor engineering (Ref 5)  as described by Blue Flame Addgene depositor Professor Michel...
  7. Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle

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    ...can use Figure 1 to compare the genomes of these two family members.   Figure 1: Gamma-retrovirus...Retroviruses” is an umbrella term which encompasses 1.) the gamma-retroviruses — that have been developed...of retroviruses called the lentiviruses (like HIV-1) — that have been developed into lentiviral vectors...Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 54(1), 137–144. https://doi.org/10.1073/PNAS.54.1.137. ...1997). Functional RT and IN incorporated into HIV-1 particles independently of the Gag/Pol precursor protein...RNA as template. Journal of Molecular Biology, 79(1), 163–183. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2836(73)90277...Aids Full-Length Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 DNA Synthesis. Journal of Virology, 82(5), 2376. https...
  8. An “elegans” Approach to Better CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency

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    ...perform pha-1 co-conversion are available through Addgene. In 2019, Farboud et al. described another similar...effective recovery of knock-ins, but did result in 1-2 kilobases of additional sequence being introduced...facilitating recovery of edited animals. Figure 1: In the background are 504 restriction digests of ...selection for repair of a temperature-sensitive pha-1 mutation significantly enriches for knock-in of 2x... 3xFLAG epitopes into other, non-linked loci; pha-1(e2123) mutant worms are perfectly viable at 15 ºC,...https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku289 Chen C, Fenk LA, de Bono M (2013) Efficient genome editing in Caenorhabditis... DNA double-strand breaks up to 54 bp from the desired insertion site result in efficient editing. Repair...
  9. Hot Plasmids February 2024

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    ...Biotechnology, 10.1038/s41587-023-01756-1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-023-01756-1. PMID: 37095348. Breaking...minute incubation, even with multiplexed guides. Figure 1: A) Cell-penetrating Cas9, fused to HIV...expressing COX8a-mStayGold. Scale bars 10 μm (main), 1 μm (inset). Image reused from Ando et al. 2023, under... membrane-targeting applications. Nature Methods, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-023-02085-6. PMID...StayGold fluorescent protein. Nature Biotechnology, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-023-02018-w. PMID...broad tropism in primates. Nature Communications, 14(1), 3345. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38582-7... They fused the Cas enzyme to cell-penetrating peptides and co-incubate it with an “assist peptide” that...
  10. Plasmids 101: Repressible Promoters

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    ...Claude Desplan. “Power tools for gene expression and clonal analysis in Drosophila.” Nat Methods 9(1) (2011...Bacillus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2019 Jan;103(1):303-313. doi: 10.1007/s00253-018-9485-4. Epub 2018...Methods Mol Biol. 2016;1478:53-78. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6371-3_3. PMID: 27730575; PMCID: PMC5270762. ...2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07852-7 De Boer, Herman A., Lisa K. Comstock & Mark Vasser. ... and lac promoters.” Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 80(1) (1983): 21-5. PubMed PMID: 6337371. PubMed Central...to the promoter and turning transcription OFF. Despite their bacterial origins, Tet systems function well...promoters can be used in the repressible manner described above, as well as the inducible manner detailed...
  11. Addgene Depositors Get More Citations

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    ...of publication. Table 1 provides an example calculation of the weights. Table 1: Journal Weighting Example...amassed nearly 2,400 citations in its first four years (1). In addition to publishing in Science, Professor ...papers without plasmids deposited with Addgene (Figure 1). Even aggregated this much, you can see the 2013...(F) Weight (=F/E) (G) Weighted Citations (=C*G) 1 2010 3 Nature  3.3% 10.5%   3.2  9.6 2 2010...website at: http://www.neil-t.com/ .   References 1. Cong, Le, et al. "Multiplex genome engineering using... Science. For each publication, Web of Science provides basic bibliographic information and uses its vast...
  12. COVID-19 Resources

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    ...cells . Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 5 (1), 283. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41392-020-00426-x ...scientists. Antibodies ID Recombinant Antibody Description PI 211756 Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Protein...secretion, and codon-optimized versions designed for your expression system. Some of the following...Plasmid Distribution to Industry page. ID Plasmid Description Industry PI Additional Addgene resources SARS-CoV...SARS-CoV-2 Viral Pseudotyping Collection – This page includes a table of all spike expression plasmids in our... SARS-CoV, MERS, BAT-CoV Plasmids ID Plasmid Description Industry PI Due to export control regulations...plasmids related to these genes below. ID Plasmid Description Industry PI Additional Addgene resources ACE2...
  13. Technique: Probe Phage Genomes for Host Binding Proteins

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    ...which is also gaining a lot of new traction lately (1, 2), depends on knowledge of the structure(s) a given...RBPs successfully identified using this method. Step 1: Prepare a random fragment library of phage DNA This...first step involves digesting phage genomic DNA into 1-3 kb (approximately gene-sized) fragments so that ...in the bulk of resultant fragments falling between 1 and 3 kb results in optimal likelihood of capturing...solution-soaked filter paper (colony-side up) and leave for 1 h at room temperature. After this, it is helpful to...proteins expressed by your library. After blocking for 1 h at room temperature with gentle shaking, gently ... to incubate the membranes overnight in 500 mM to 1 M NaCl in order to enhance folding of the recombinant...
  14. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    ... Then plasmids are cured from the cell. Steps 1-1 and 1-2 can be done simultaneously. Image from Li et...coli K-12 strains, 2 E. coli B strains, 1 E. coli W strain, and 1 Tatumella citrea, with a total of 70 sites... update the pCas/pTargetF system.   Figure 1: The editing process begins with the addition of the...updates involved the following changes. In pCas9, we 1) replaced the promoter of gRNA-pMB1 with PrhaB, 2)...biosynthesis, we constructed a strain library with 1-11 copies of integrated genes. We obtained a stable...CRISPR-associated transposases” or MUCICAT. Here, we’ll describe each of these CRISPR systems. The original pCas...by sacB counterselection.  The MUCICAT toolkit includes versions of plasmids with different induction ...
  15. Adenoviral Vector Production and Troubleshooting

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    ...repeats (ITR) present at both ends.   Figure 1: A) The structure of an adenovirus: the virion is ... 5 key steps: Construction of the rAdV plasmid (~1 week): The AdEasyTM system is the most popular method...Addgene’s Adenoviral Guide webpage, and references 1, 2.*Pro-Tip*: once the correct recombinant pAdV plasmid...transfected with the AdV plasmid construct from step #1 and allowed to stay in culture for up to 20 additional... it will result in very low titer. Amplification (1-2 weeks) - The rAdV-S is used to infect more HEK293...-4 rounds) at increasing scale over the course of 1-2 weeks. Each round of amplification should result...CsCl are commercially available. Titer calculation (1 or 10 days) Physical titer (particle count, rAdV ...
  16. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    ...bacterial mutagenesis or gene targeting Victor de Lorenzo's lab has engineered a modular mini-Tn5 vector...on channelrhodopsins – Chronos & Chrimson Through de novo sequencing of 127 algal transcriptomes, as well...expression. Brown et al., Genesis 2014 Jan;52(1):39-48. APEX2 for proteomic mapping and electron...engineering cells that lack release factor one (RF-1; Bacterial strain EcAR7) and minimizing the set of... of human mitogen-activated ERK activating kinase 1 (MEK1) with either one or two phosphoserine residues...comprised of three sets of cloning vectors (Level 0, 1, or 2) which can be utilized in three successive assembly... vectors are directionally assembled into a Level 1 vector creating a single transcriptional unit (Ex:...
  17. Live and Let Dye: Self-Labeling Protein Tags

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    ...delivery by modular envelope design. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467...intracellular targets. Nature Communications, 7(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10778  Erdmann...small molecules in vivo. Nature Biotechnology, 21(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt765  Lavis, L. (2016... capping protein. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39655-3  ...up linked to whatever molecule you choose (Figure 1). Just express the fusion protein and add a specific...proteins, opening up new applications.   Figure 1: Live-cell labeling strategies. The green structure...minimally-disruptive genetic tag on the protein of interest. Table 1: Summary of popular self-labeling tag systems ...
  18. The Breast Cancer Microenvironment: A Tumor’s Backstage Team

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    ...enzyme (among others): caveolin 1, also known as CAV 1. Usually, caveolin 1 promotes the cell life cycle ...caveolin 1, there’s less malignancy because there’s less proliferation. However, the lack of caveolin 1 in ...believes that miRNA may decrease the expression of TAK 1, an enzyme that controls apoptosis and regulates transcription...Agnieszka K., et al. "An absence of stromal caveolin-1 expression predicts early tumor recurrence and poor...to the development and spread of cancer cells. Besides these stromal cell modifications, stromal cells...
  19. Quickest Way to Deposit Plasmids: The Deposit Spreadsheet

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    ...red in the spreadsheet (Figure 2) and are described in Table 1. Some cells have drop-down options for you...Table 1: Guidelines for the data fields in the deposit spreadsheet Data Field Description Plasmid...how to use our deposit spreadsheet to complete Step 1. Steps 2 and 3 are usually very easy — our tech transfer...scientist, you will have the most involvement with Step 1, and, while data entry can be a chore, we’ve made ...Deposit” and “Download Deposit Spreadsheet” (see Figure 1). Please read our “How to Deposit Your Plasmids with...thorough guide to our online data entry process. Figure 1: Begin the deposit process by clicking “Submit Online...lab. Plasmid Type Choose from: Encodes one insert, encodes gRNA/shRNA, or empty backbone. Purpose...
  20. Scientific Reproducibility - Focusing on Solutions at the Minisymposium on Reproducibility

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    ... handed out at the event). Program 0 - 1:24 - Intro 1:24 - 29:31 - Reproducibility Overview - Jeffrey... 49:45 0 1:18:45 - Reagent Development - Steven C. Almo, Institute for Protein Innovation  1:18:45 - 2...reproducibility As Jeffrey Flier points out in his talk (1:24 - 29:31), there are a variety of ways of defining...enterprise towards greater reproducibility. Cause 1: Inability to repeat previously performed experiments...the Institute for Protein Innovation (IPI) (49:45 - 1:18:45), there are also initiatives to create more ...found. Consider the hypothetical situation in Figure 1 where many scientists are performing similar experiments...experimental designs and we need to be transparent about the reasons we alter these designs if we do so...
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