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  1. A Practical Guide to Optimizing AAV DIO and FLEx Vector Expression

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    ...one of lox2272 sites will now be sandwiched between 2 loxp sites and is excised by Cre (Figure 1). This ...flank the transgenes (non-homologous pairs) (Figure 2.). They found that almost all off-target expression...exercise caution when using them.    Figure 2. Schematic diagram showing the mechanism of spontaneous... Tropism and Axonal Transport of AAV Serotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9 in the Mouse Brain. PLoS ONE 8:e76310... Pseudotyped with Viral Capsids from Serotypes 1, 2, and 5 Display Differential Efficiency and Cell Tropism...and volumes to determine the optimal injection parameters needed to transduce your cells of interest. Using...Once you have determined the optimal injection parameters for the serotype that best transduces your cells...
  2. CRISPR 101: Cytosine Transversion Editors

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    ...Nature Cell Biology, 26(2), 294–304. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-023-01342-2 Koblan, L. W., Arbab, M...adjacent DNA to create a region of separate strands called an R-loop (Figure 2). This allows the guide RNA to...order to bind DNA, Cas9 requires (1) a guide RNA, (2) a complementary DNA sequence, and (3) a protospacer-adjacent...accessible on the outside of the enzyme. Figure 2: CRISPR R-loop. Created with BioRender.com. Base...), 35–40. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0592-2 Additional Resources on the Addgene blog CRISPR 101...while Cas9 is bound, keeping the two DNA strands separate and preventing repair based on the complementary...The structure formed by Cas9 binding to DNA and separating the two strands. The guide RNA base pairs to ...
  3. Predicting Adverse Reactions to Monoclonal Antibody Drugs

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    ...various components of the immune system. Figure 2: In-vitro models for immunogenicity prediction of ...drug reaction. This system would somewhat act like a 2-step verification. All approaches have their own limitations...Future Enhancements. Frontiers in drug discovery, 2, 952326. https://doi.org/10.3389/fddsv.2022.952326Joubert...ADAs can inactivate the drug and increase drug clearance, lowering its efficacy and increasing the risk...Efforts to predict T cell epitopes focus on characterizing those epitopes as CD8 or CD4 epitopes, as well...
  4. Antibody Guide

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    ... unknown Monomer with a valency of 2 IgE Protects against parasites and is responsible for driving allergic...such as anaphylactic shock Monomer with a valency of 2 IgG The most abundant isotype in blood, also found...secondary immune response Monomer with a valency of 2 IgG1; IgG2; IgG3; IgG4 IgM Produced during the primary... ranging from antibody fragments (shown in Figure 2) to completely unrelated molecules. Examples include...used for assembling protein nanostructures. Figure 2: An antibody (IgG, far left) compared to alternative... can be used in the lab to quantify, identify, separate, and locate proteins of interest. The protein ...use antibodies to identify denatured proteins separated by size on an SDS-PAGE gel. Though relative quantification...
  5. Year of the Camelid: Antibody Style

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    ...and a source of sdAbs (Figure 2) (Xu, et al., 2021).      Figure 2: Genetically modified mice offer... from camelid mice and llamas neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants. Nature 595:278–282. https://doi.org/10.1038...2024 the International Year of Camelids. The declaration is intended to raise awareness of the economic...
  6. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - January 2021

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    ... Opto-Cre-Vvd is fast and can cut in as little as 2 hours.  Sheets, MB, et al., ACS Synth Biol. 2020....they investigated three Casɸ orthologs, Casɸ-1, Casɸ-2, and Casɸ-3. This system is notable for several reasons...a minimal PAM requirement. For instance, for Casɸ-2 the PAM sequence is 5’-TBN-3’ (where B is G, T, or...deposited by Leopold Parts. This library delivers 2 randomly paired guides per construct and allows a ...crRNA-guided DNA cutting, unlike other well-characterized Cas enzymes, which rely on multiple active sites...
  7. Viral Vectors 101: What is a Virus (and a Viral Vector)?

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    ...developed around how they replicate (Figure 2). Figure 2: Baltimore replication classes. Image credit...safer viral vectors that can be used in BSL-1 or BSL-2 labs. Viral vectors are viruses that have been genetically...genes for the required proteins are packaged in separate plasmids and expressed via cells cultured with...
  8. Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors

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    ...calcium biosensor, so that the (1) binding of calcium, (2) allosteric rearrangements of the sensor, and (3) ...user-controlled illumination with violet light and (2) exposure to increased intracellular calcium. It has...dynamics in vivo. Neuroscience Research. 2021 Aug 1;169:2-8. Suzuki J, Kanemaru K, Iino M. Genetically encoded...experiment with a sensor that is tuned to your parameters.   Kinetics How fast is the process you would...used calcium reporters with different kinetic parameters. There are three GCaMP types based on their kinetics...available with improved kinetic and sensitivity parameters. Sensitivity and Localization The calcium concentrations...to go. Pro tip: Vectors with ready-to-use AAV preparations are labeled with the green virus particle on...
  9. Pairing CombiGEM and CRISPR for Combinatorial Genetic Screening

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    ...CombiGEM lentiviral vector backbone pAWp12 (Figure 2). Cloning from the pAWp28 storage vector to the pAWp12... before beginning your experiments. Figure 2: Strategy for assembling barcoded combinatorial gRNA...PMID: 25114216. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4151723. 2. Doench, John G., et al. "Optimized sgRNA design to...has been successfully applied to functionally characterize combinatorial gene knockouts generated via multiplexed...antibiotic-resistant bacteria enabled by massively parallel combinatorial genetics." Proceedings of the National...PMC3972032. 10. Wong, Alan SL, et al. "Massively parallel high-order combinatorial genetics in human cells...
  10. Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques

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    ... was first discovered and characterized in an unrelated worm (C. elegans) [2]. Delivering dsRNA matching...neoblast cells and the gene Prohormone convertase 2 (pc2) labels the central nervous system. Evaluating...223). Link: http://abt.ucpress.edu/content/79/3/208 2. Fire, S. Xu, M.K. Montgomery, S.A. Kostas, S.E. Driver...Ross, Sofia M. C. Robb, Sarah A. Elliott, Kimberly C. Tu, Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, The American Biology...riboprobes are created, the WISH protocol involves preparation of the tissue sample, several washes, and temperature...PMC304099. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Arabidopsis in Education Learning Synthetic Biology with ...
  11. The time and cost required to make a plasmid

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    ...required to make a plasmid. In 2023 (and at closer to 2 million plasmids shared than not!), we think it’s ...time does it take to make a plasmid? Figure 2: Survey results from a Twitter poll run in 2023, n...go wrong, replace them for free. Plasmids ship out 2-3 days after ordering, making it a toss-up as to whether...relevant work in your field! However, there’s no guarantee you’ll get a response on the first try (or any...at a time, try constructing several plasmids in parallel. That way, you can run one PCR, one gel, etc. ...
  12. Troubleshooting Your Plasmid Cloning Experiment

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    ...point could be a molar ratio of 1:2 (plasmid:insert), but this parameter has to be optimized according to... working with is correct. It's also best to use 1-2 ug of the vector for digestion. PCR Design primers...colonies (5-10) and grow them in a small culture volume (2 or 3 ml) containing the corresponding antibiotic, ...to be strategy specific, there are few general parameters that you can adjust: temperature and time of ...
  13. Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors

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    ...or non-homologous end joining (see Figure 2).  Figure 2: Schematic representation of integration...due to insertional mutagenesis (Howe et al., 2008). 2. Transient expression of transgenes/shRNAs If you ...vectors: progress and applications. Gene Therapy, 17(2), 150–157. https://doi.org/10.1038/gt.2009.135. PubMed...efficiently during infection. Journal of Virology, 70(2), 721–728. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.70.2.721-728.1996...our knowledge here, the Pol gene encodes three separate enzymes that are proteolytically processed from...
  14. Plasmids 101: Restriction Cloning

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    ... used. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions.   2. Isolate Your Insert and Vector by Gel Purification...DNA concentration alone. One method is to conduct 2 ligations for each plasmid you are trying to create...containing the ligation mixture with backbone alone; 2. Transformation containing ligation mixture with insert...colonies than the vector + insert plate (unsuccessful 2), or roughly equivalent numbers of colonies on each... or equivalent to backbone + insert, unsuccessful 2 and 3 above), you can try ligating the recipient plasmid...slower than smaller linearized fragments. You can separate your backbone away from any inserts cut out of...
  15. CRISPR-Cas14: a family of small DNA-targeting enzymes enabling high-fidelity SNP genotyping

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    ...of other Cas proteins found in the so-called class 2 CRISPR-Cas systems. There are 24 variants of the cas14...the presence of infectious organisms (ex: SARS-CoV-2) and genetic mutations. By providing a gRNA specific...Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute for uncharacterized genes that were proximal to a CRISPR array ...presence of a predicted RuvC nuclease domain, characteristic of CRISPR-Cas enzymes. In contrast to other...
  16. Luciferase Plasmid Collection

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    ...fusing NanoLuc® and Venus fluorophore to Troponin C Ca 2+ binding domain. Nano-lanterns , Enhanced Nano-lanterns...transfection Feng Zhang 21471 pLenti PGK V5-LUC Neo (w623-2) Firefly PGK Lentiviral expression of firefly luciferase...expressing luciferase. We also offer ready-to-use AAV preparations of select luciferase expression plasmids; these...
  17. Pathways Over Time Plasmids Engage Students in Functional Genomics Research

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    ...research experiences to undergraduate students (1, 2), but educators face significant challenges in designing... by western blotting in other experiments (Figure 2).   Complementation reveals conservation of function...Biology Education: A Call to Action, Washington, DC. 2. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology...Functional characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome by gene deletion and parallel analysis...cerevisiae (Figure 1) occurs through a well-characterized pathway with multiple enzymatic steps (5). In.... cerevisiae met deficiencies (manuscript in preparation), indicating that Met protein functions have ...
  18. Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy

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    ...AAVs in the clinic Thus far, AAV vectors AAV1, AAV-2, AAV1-AAV2 hybrids, AAV-6, AAV-7, AAV-8, AAV-9 and...neutralizing antibodies against some AAV types, AAV1, 2, 3 and 5 are thought to be as high as 70% among the... 10.24 (2003): 1999-2004. PubMed PMID: 14566358.  2. Hirsch, M. L., et al. "Self-complementary AAV mediates...common cytokine receptor gamma chain (c) and is characterized by a lack of immune cell development and function...first discovered as a contaminant of adenovirus preparations. It is an icosahedral, non-enveloped virus that...repair via homology directed repair (HDR). This characteristic makes AAV vectors especially amenable to correcting...caused by mutations in the gene RPE65. It is characterized by childhood onset of blindness and was thought...
  19. The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank: Over 25 Years of Antibody Sharing

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    ...human transcription factors such as PAX7, PAX6, AP-2 alpha and ISLET-1. In addition, we distribute monoclonal... example through the use of less toxic adjuvants; 2) generating complex antibody chips that allow assessment...variable, allowing exquisite specificity. This characteristic allows monoclonal antibodies to be used as ...
  20. Tetbow: Bright Multicolor Labeling for Neuronal Tracing

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    ...possible when each of the XFP genes is introduced at ~2 copies per cell per color, following a Poisson distribution...(prepared with Addgene #104110 - #104112) (Figure 2). We’ve also created constructs with containing chemical...AAV titer - The XFP genes have to be introduced at ~2 copies per cell per color to achieve the highest color... levels of XFPs - Reduce the amount of tTA. Paradoxically, too much tTA leads to a reduced expression ...
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