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  1. Lentivirus Plasmids

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    ... 12251 pMDLg/pRRE 3rd Packaging Contains Gag and Pol; can be used with 3rd generation transfer plasmids...Rev Trono 12260 psPAX2 2nd Packaging Contains Gag, Pol, Rev, and Tat; can be used with 2nd and 3rd generation...12263 pCMV delta R8.2 2nd Packaging Contains Gag, Pol, Rev, and Tat; can be used with 2nd and 3rd generation...8455 pCMV-dR8.2 dvpr 2nd Packaging Contains Gag, Pol, Rev, Tat, Vif, and Nef; can be used with 2nd and... Kasparov 22500 pNHP 2nd Packaging Contains gag, pol, tat, rev Kasparov 1732 pCPRDEnv 2nd Packaging part...part of the FELIX vector system, expresses Gag-Pol and Rev Nolan 35617 pCAG-Eco N/A Envelope Ecotropic...Reiser 17531 pCD/NL-BH*DDD 2nd Packaging Contains Gag/Pol, Tat, Rev. Use with envelope plasmids from Jakob ...
  2. Retrovirus Plasmids

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    ...Contains gag and pol; Use with envelope plasmid Weinberg 12371 pCL-Eco Packaging Contains gag, pol, & env Verma...
  3. Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies

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    ...makes polyclonal antibodies unique and what experiments you should choose them for. How polyclonal antibodies...cross-reactivity. When to use polyclonal antibodies One advantage of polyclonal antibodies is that they are...barrier to entry makes polyclonal antibodies a common reagent in many labs. Polyclonal antibodies also have...When to stay away from polyclonal antibodies The most prevalent issue with polyclonal antibodies is their...from the same species your polyclonal antibody was generated in or a polyclonal isotype control, to account...options to choose from. In this article we’ll cover polyclonal antibodies, one of the many different types of...antibodies are produced Polyclonal antibodies are a heterogeneous mixture of many antibodies that recognize...
  4. Plasmids 101: Terminators and PolyA signals

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    ... both polyadenylation and termination. Out of those listed, the SV40 late polyA and rbGlob polyA are thought...any 3’ regulatory elements, such as the polyadenylation or poly(A) signal. While many studies focus on ...purpose and mechanism of polyadenylation vary across cell types, but polyadenylation generally serves to promote...consensus sequence for the addition of a poly(A) tail, the addition of a poly(A) tail on a prokaryotic transcript... termination and polyadenylation Unlike prokaryotes that have a single RNA polymerase for transcription...transcription, eukaryotes have three RNA polymerases (Polymerases I, II, and III), each responsible for transcribing...different types of RNA: Polymerase I is responsible for ribosomal RNA, Polymerase II is responsible for ...
  5. Polymerase Chain Reaction Overview and Applications

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    ...resistant DNA polymerase from the thermophilic bacterium, Thermos aquaticus (Taq). Taq polymerase is thus a...slightly to Taq polymerase’s ideal temperature (70-75oC). At this temperature Taq polymerase can synthesize...mutagenesis.  Quantitative polymerase chain reaction, qPCR Quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) also...What is polymerase chain reaction? If you have ever worked in a molecular biology laboratory you have...have likely done a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PCR is an in vitro method in which a small amount of...Yellowstone National Park.  In addition to Taq DNA polymerase, PCR requires free nucleotides (dNTPs), template... Primers are crucial for this process as DNA polymerases require an existing strand of DNA to add nucleotides...
  6. Finding Your Science Policy Path

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    ... science policy, there is often discussion of “big P” and “little p” policy.  “Big P” policy is what you...about where science policy happens.  When do you do science policy? Many science policy training programs... is science policy?”  I have been asked this many times throughout my short science policy career and ...importantly, how, of a science policy career.  Who does science policy? I’ve intentionally started with... many science policy professionals that entered the field from a more traditional policy background, learning...for science policy folks is on Twitter- start an account and start engaging with the #scipol hashtag. Often...to start. What is science policy? THE IMPOSSIBLE QUESTION. Science policy is the work you do to creatively...
  7. Back to Bacteria: CRISPR gRNA Multiplexing Using tRNAs

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    ...500 bp cassettes containing the RNA pol III promoter, gRNA and pol III terminator. These relatively large...packaged together in a single vector. In addition, the pol III promoter is relatively weak, and low expression...contain internal transcriptional elements that enhance pol III transcription, potentially increasing the levels...different biological systems. Size is also a factor; the pol lll promoter and terminator need be encoded only ... tRNA-gRNA takes up half the space of a standard pol III-gRNA, which will facilitate CRISPR/Cas9 multiplexing...separated by 28 base Csy4 recognition sites from a polycistronic transcript. Although this method shortens construct...requires coexpression of Csy4 with Cas9 and the polycistronic transcript. As nucleases may have off-target...
  8. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    ...gamma-retroviruses use the same genes for packaging (that's gag, pol, and env), the isoforms of these proteins, as well...and a packaging plasmid encoding HIV proteins gag, pol, rev, and tat. 3rd generation systems require an ...and two packaging plasmids, one encoding gag and pol and a second encoding rev.  Secondly, 3rd generation... (3 or 4). Third-generation vectors contain gag, pol, and rev. Second-generation contains those three ...
  9. CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...placing the gRNA downstream of a plant-specific RNA pol III promoter, such as AtU6, TaU6, OsU6 or OsU3, which...>30 “empty gRNA” backbones which contain a plant pol III promoter and gRNA scaffold sequence and allow...expression is commonly driven by plant-derived RNA pol II promoters which regulate expression of longer ... gene expression). Examples of commonly used RNA pol II promoters for Cas9 expression include the ubiquitously...expressed transiently using a standard detergent, Polyethylene Glycol (PEG), although the application of this...
  10. Dos & Don'ts When Publishing a Scientific Manuscript

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    ...This post was contributed by Maaike Pols, PhD, a Developmental Editor at F1000Research.  With many changes... below. Thank You to Our Guest Blogger! Maaike Pols is a Developmental Editor for F1000Research, responsible...
  11. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Vector Elements

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    ...wondered what goes into ‘making virus’ or what gag and pol stand for, we demystify all components of viral vectors...needed for viral packaging, assembly, and display. Pol, the last component, contains the reverse transcriptase...The 5’ LTR and 3’ LTR, respectively, act as RNA polymerase II promoter and terminator regions and are slightly...replication, with E2B being the primary viral polymerase. E4/E1A activate transcription of other relevant...
  12. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    ...the Didier Trono lab that expresses the HIV gag, pol, rev, and tet genes. It can be used with 2nd or 3rd...plasmid from the Trono lab that contains the gag and pol genes. It also requires pRSV-Rev and the envelope...
  13. Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety

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    ...separate plasmid (envelope plasmid), and the polymerase (Pol) for replication and Gag structural protein...line with those particles. Since the Env, Gag, and Pol genes are not encoded in the transfer plasmid, the... be disposed of following your lab’s biohazard policies. Administering Virus Many virus experiments involve... accident-prone researchers. Note that safety policies will vary slightly from organization to organization...with your specific organization/department/lab’s policies – basically, you’ll need to get trained in each...
  14. Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells

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    ... four components into 293T cells. MLV GAG-POL polyprotein Nanoblades are formed when viral structural... protease, supplied as part of the MLV Gag-Pol polyprotein, cleaves the proteolytic site connecting the...incubating Nanoblade particles with polybrene, a cationic polymer. Polybrene has long been used to increase...
  15. Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview

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    ...production: Gag (structural precursor protein), Pol (polymerase), Tat (viral transactivator for transcriptional...plasmids: one encoding Rev and one encoding Gag and Pol, increasing the number of recombination events necessary... L, Bernaudin F, Girot R, Dorazio R, Mulder GJ, Polack A, Bank A, Soulier J, Larghero J, Kabbara N, Dalle...
  16. Plasmids 101: Using Transposons in the Lab

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    ...replication. They contain two genes: gag and pol. The pol polyprotein encodes the reverse transcriptase and ...reading frames (ORFs) which often terminate with a poly(A). ORF2 encodes endonuclease and reverse transcriptase...
  17. Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus

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    ...necessary for the production of a viral particle (Gag, Pol, Tat, Rev and Env) and the transfer plasmid encoding...this vector requires only three HIV-1 genes (gag, pol, and rev) for production. Third generation lentiviral... you will find will recommend using a polycation, like polybrene (protocol) or DEAE dextran (protocol)...
  18. Ligation Independent Cloning

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    ...activity back to polymerase. In our case, dGTP will be used in the reaction, meaning that T4 Pol will remove...appropriate). The primer length is dependent on the T4 Pol "chew back" reaction, in which a single dNTP is included...guanosine residue and become stalled. A typical T4 Pol reaction is shown. Mix the components (add the T4... room temperature for 30 minutes. Inactivate T4 Pol by heating to 75° for 20 minutes. Volume (μl) Reagent...will interfere with the exonuclease activity of T4 Pol in the following step. This may be accomplished ...Overhangs Treat your purified PCR product with T4 Pol in the presence of dCTP (not dGTP), corresponding...ligation. Because of its dual polymerase/exonuclease functions, T4 DNA polymerase can create overhangs of varying...
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