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  1. Fluorescent Tagging of Endogenous Genes with SapTrap

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    ...break at a specific genomic site and, using the endogenous homology directed repair pathway, a new user-...CRISPR has allowed scientists to tag and light up endogenous genes of interest to better understand normal...targeting vectors. These vectors can be used to tag endogenous genes and simultaneously introduce a selection...users to easily create C-terminal tag fusions of endogenous genes in human cells. To use CRISPaint, users...information on other CRISPR/Cas systems used for endogenous protein tagging, please visit our website CRISPR...developed a CRISPR/Cas-based system for tagging endogenous proteins with an auxin-inducible degron (AID)... offer users an easy and efficient way to tag endogenous proteins for studying protein expression, localization...
  2. Plasmids for Endogenous Gene Tagging in Human Cells

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    ...location of the protein or structure of interest. Endogenous gene tagging is an ideal solution because it ...visualization of specific, individual proteins under endogenous regulatory control. But even with the advent ... and tested plasmids that use CRISPR/Cas9 to endogenously tag a wide variety of genes with GFP. These ...interest. Researchers have developed a variety of endogenous gene tagging systems. Addgene’s CRISPR-based ... introducing tags into your gene of interest. Endogenous gene tagging with fluorescent proteins as described...
  3. TALENs for Endogenous Zebrafish Genes

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    ... Reagents TALEN Zebrafish Reagents TALENs for Endogenous Zebrafish Gene Targets Recent reports have shown...Yeh labs at MGH to target sites within various endogenous zebrafish genes; many of these were generated...
  4. Antibodies 101: Avoiding the Mouse on Mouse Mess in IHC

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    ...(IHC) applications an issue? The culprits are endogenous IgGs in your tissue sample. Most common IHC protocols...and a second against the first antibody. When endogenous IgGs of the same species as your primary antibody..., your secondary antibody recognizes both the endogenous IgGs and your primary antibody, resulting in ... Not all tissues will have the same levels of endogenous IgGs, so some researchers can get away with species...to be sure that your secondary is not binding endogenous IgGs, you should include no primary antibody ... distinguish between the primary antibody and endogenous IgGs in the tissue. Created with biorender.com...you avoid having your secondary antibody bind endogenous IgGs? Don’t use one. If it is possible, using...
  5. Plasmids 101: Gene, enhancer, and promoter trapping

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    ...a reporter construct in close proximity to an endogenous gene. Each trap uses a slightly different approach.... The reporter gene serves as a proxy for the endogenous gene – its expression levels (high/low) and patterns... promoter and thus require the trapping of an endogenous promoter. The system is composed of a promoter-less... transcriptional fusion. This may disrupt the endogenous function of the gene as a result but will still...enhancer elements and require the trapping of endogenous enhancers to stimulate the expression of the ...minimal promoter which can integrate proximal to an endogenous gene to turn on expression. Enhancer traps do... and they don’t disrupt the expression of the endogenous gene. These are the pros of enhancer traps! However...
  6. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    ....3149. Light-inducible CRISPR-Cas9 system for endogenous gene activation Optogenetics is a powerful tool...sgRNA-targeted gene, resulting in increased activation of endogenous transcription of the target gene. The brilliant...the brilliance of your fluorescent signal and endogenous activation of your target gene! Tanenbaum et... CRISPR-Cas9 optogenetic tool for activating endogenous genes Moritoshi Sato's Lab has engineered CRISPR-Cas9...use light to spatially and temporally control endogenous gene activation. This system works by bringing...Nihongaki et al describe the targeted activation of endogenous genes and detail the time course of gene activation...multicolor tool enabling the imaging of multiple endogenous genomic loci simultaneously in live cells. This...
  7. dTAG - You're it!

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    ...degraders that achieve selective degradation of endogenous proteins (notably, BRD2/3/4, CDK9, TRIM24, FLT3...CRBN) or von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) to bring the endogenous degradation machinery into close proximity with...biological effects. While targeted degradation of endogenous proteins is an exciting strategy, it is difficult... degradation tag (dTAG) system, to co-opt the endogenous ubiquitin proteasome machinery to degrade any...were engineered to express ENL-FKBP12F36V and endogenous ENL was inactivated using CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing...were engineered to express FKBP12F36V-MELK and endogenous MELK was inactivated using CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing...Design and Homology Directed Repair Plasmids for endogenous gene tagging in human cells Resources on Addgene.org...
  8. Plasmids 101: Degron Tags

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    ...become increasingly popular for the modulation of endogenously and exogenously expressed proteins. Here we ...Secondly, these tags can be used to manipulate endogenously and exogenously expressed proteins. Thirdly,...dimerization of the FKPB12F36V fusion protein with the endogenous CRBN E3 ligase complex which will polyubiquitinate...the dTAG uses a small molecule, a tag, and the endogenous cellular degradation machinery to function. The...The TIR1 F-box protein will associate with the endogenously expressed SCF complex members, an E3 ubiquitin...blog Plasmids 101: Protein Tags Plasmids for Endogenous Gene Tagging in Human Cells Antibodies 101: Epitope...
  9. Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetic Tools

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    ...OptoXRs are chimeras of the extracellular domain of endogenous light-sensitive receptors, like mammalian rhodopsin...rhodopsin, and the intracellular domain of an endogenous GPCR, such as adrenergic receptors. When exposed...intracellular part of the receptor, similar to what the endogenous binding partner would do. This allows precise...that targets the native receptor allowing the endogenous signaling pathway to remain intact and be studied...pathways with light. This is achieved by coupling endogenous signaling molecules with light-activated partners...& Cui, 2015). When stimulated with light, the endogenous proteins activate their signaling pathways allowing...
  10. Visualizing Protein Turnover In Situ

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    ...assay, primary antibodies directed towards two endogenous proteins of interests, suspected to interact,...take place if the two antibodies recognized an endogenous protein of interest that also had incorporated...possible to visualize specific newly synthesized endogenous proteins in situ. Now FUNCAT-PLA provides both...spatio-temporal information about the turnover of specific endogenous proteins in any cell type. Exciting! Many thanks...Ola, et al. "Direct observation of individual endogenous protein complexes in situ by proximity ligation...
  11. Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    ...mNG2(11) Improved split fluorescent proteins for endogenous protein labeling. Feng et al. Nat Commun. 2017...tools for faster, easier fluorescent labeling of endogenous proteins in Caenorhabditis elegans. Goudeau et...1-10) Improved split fluorescent proteins for endogenous protein labeling. Feng et al. Nat Commun. 2017...fluorescent proteins for the visualization of endogenous proteins and synapses. Feng S et al. Commun Biol...et al. Improved split fluorescent proteins for endogenous protein labeling. Nat Commun 8, 370 (2017). https...
  12. Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing

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    ... using AAV to introduce epitope tags into the endogenous alleles of the p53 and PTEN tumor suppressor ...naturally occurring cancer-causing mutations into the endogenous allele of the STAG2 tumor suppressor in human...gene, such as the introduction of heterozygous endogenous epitope tags, or the introduction of dominant...dominant mutations of a gene into the endogenous allele in cultured cells. AAV genome editing combined with ... 3. Kim, Jung-Sik, et al. "Epitope tagging of endogenous genes in diverse human cell lines." Nucleic acids...
  13. Antibody Validation for Flow Cytometry

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    ...detect the antigen of interest when expressed at endogenous levels (Laflamme et al., 2019). CRISPR-Cas9 approaches... since there can be large differences between endogenous expression and transfected overexpression, this...cannot confirm the antibody’s ability to detect endogenous levels of the target protein. It may only be ...overexpression. Additionally, if the cell line used has endogenous levels of expression, this can make the results...interest in the protocol of interest, ideally at endogenously expressed levels, and then adjust the approach...
  14. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    ...expression, you are almost certainly working with an endogenous locus. The most straightforward way to turn off...When transiently introduced, they can deplete endogenous protein levels for 1-3 days. There’s also a ...degradation. These systems work by tagging the endogenously or exogenously expressed protein with the relevant...However, if you would like tunable control of an endogenously expressed protein, then these systems need to...
  15. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    ...release them into the cytosol. Fig. 2: Endogenous sources of duplexed RNA DNA:RNA hybrids Sometimes..., as is often the case upon viral infection. Endogenously produced dsRNA rarely reach this threshold and...sensors are mutated or mechanisms which suppress endogenous dsRNA formation are dysregulated, immune responses...mount in the absence of infection. Similarly, if endogenously synthesized dsRNA finds its way outside of the...
  16. Don’t FRET: Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation Makes Visualizing Protein-Protein Interactions Easy

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    ...expression levels between BiFC constructs and their endogenous counterparts using western blotting. The subcellular...should also be compared against those of their endogenous counterparts (by immunocytochemistry, for example...negative controls (Kerppola, 2006). Here, one of the endogenous PIPs is expressed at increasing levels alongside...PIPs actually interact, co-expressing one of the endogenous PIPs should decrease the BiFC signal in a dose-dependent...
  17. Lambda Red: A Homologous Recombination-based Technique for Genetic Engineering

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    ... ssDNA substrate.  Gam: Gam prevents both the endogenous RecBCD and SbcCD nucleases from digesting linear...exo, beta and gam is tightly regulated by the endogenous phage promoter pL and repressor CI. For recombineering...the arabinose-inducible pBAD promoter and the endogenous phage pL promoter.  It is a good idea to choose... integrates into the genome.  Mini-λ uses the endogenous red promoter pL and the cI857 repressor to regulate...
  18. Designer PUF Proteins for Any RNA Target

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    ... possible to make the protein specific to any endogenous RNA without tagging,” she said. “It opens a new... new avenue of modifying and manipulating endogenous eukaryotic RNA.” Endless possibilities with PUF proteins...for specific post-transcriptional regulation of endogenous RNA. J Biol Eng. 2014 Mar 1;8(1):7. doi: 10.1186...
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