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  1. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    ...systems come in two varieties: tet-on and tet-off. As the names imply, tet-off turns off constitutively ...of control. Tet promoters Tetracycline-dependent promoters are engineered by placing tet response elements...knock out plasmids? Check out our Cre vector and Murine LoxP vector.   Turn it off for a little while Transient...? Check out our Retro expression vector and Lenti expression vector. Turn it on for just a little while...out Addgene's Lentiviral dCas9 SAM vector and Piggybac dCas9 SAM vector! On/off control all the time If ... AAVS1 targeted Tet-on transgene vector. Degron tags Tagging relevant proteins with a degron tag can provide...Addgene's Lentiviral dTAG cloning vector and SMASh degron tagging vector! Destabilizing domains Destabilizing...
  2. Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus

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    ... choose either the Tet-off system or the Tet-on system. In the Tet-off system a Tet-response element (...transfer vectors The most widely used inducible lentiviral vector system is the tetracycline (Tet)-regulated...transfer vector. In the absence of tetracycline or a derivative such as Doxycycline (Dox), the Tet-controlled...expression vectors to target cells - one containing the gene of interest (pTet-IRES-EGFP, pPRIME-Tet-GFP-FF3...your experiment using the lentiviral vector system. Viral vectors have been increasingly popular in fundamental...primary cells. Amongst the different vectors used, lentiviral vector constructs have proven very useful ...fluorescent sensors. Retroviral vector background Until the development of viral vectors, gene transfer into mammalian...
  3. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    ...  Find the scrambled shRNA vector. pLKO.1 - TRC cloning vector - This vector from the David Root lab is... plasmids. Find pLKO.1 - TRC cloning vector. Tet-pLKO-puro - Tet-pLKO-puro contains all the necessary ... pol, rev, and tet genes. It can be used with 2nd or 3rd generation lentiviral vectors and an envelope...opening our UK office in 2014, to starting our viral vector service in 2016...we’re excited to help scientists...lentiCRISPR v2 - This 3rd generation lentiviral transfer vector also from the Zhang lab is used to deliver Cas9...your gRNA of interest into mammalian cells. This vector was the top requested plasmid of 2015. What makes... This plasmid from the Zhang lab is a mammalian vector that expresses both SpCas9 and your gRNAs and was...
  4. Plasmids 101: Repressible Promoters

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    ...2nd generation Tet-Off vectors (Tet-Advanced)” are the most recent variants of the Tet-Off system.  For...gene-function/tet-inducible-expression-systems/tet-systems-legacy-products/tet-on-and-tet-off-2nd-generation...10.1101/gad.2.6.718. PMID: 2843425.Takara Bio. Tet-On and Tet-Off systems: second generation. https://www.takarabio.com...promoters Tet-Off In its native context, the tetracycline repressor (TetR) can bind to the tetracycline operator...operator sequences (TetO), preventing transcription. In the presence of tetracycline (Tet), TetR preferentially...preferentially binds Tet over the TetO elements, allowing transcription to proceed (pJKR-H-tetR from the Church ...to promoters containing TetO elements (often linked in groups of seven as a Tet Response Element (TRE))...
  5. Tetbow: Bright Multicolor Labeling for Neuronal Tracing

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    ...level. The principle of Tetbow In modern neuroscience, plasmid or viral vector-mediated gene delivery ...than conventional transgenic strategies. In such vector-based gene delivery systems, the stochastic expression...using AAVs for neuronal tracing Visit the viral vectors blog topic page Additional resources on Addgene.org... How to use Tetbow for neuronal labeling To use Tetbow, you can introduce the four Tetbow plasmids (Addgene...expression levels, and we named the system Tetbow (Tetracycline trans-activator Brainbow) (Sakaguchi et al.,...site regularly and hope Tetbow can help you in your research.     To see Tetbow in action, watch the video... of XFPs in the original method, we used the Tetracycline trans-activator system to boost the expression...
  6. Using Addgene's New Viral Service for Your Research

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    ...Expanding the viral vector knowledge base: You can help! We’ve been expanding our viral vector educational resources...spending time and money producing virus from select vectors in the repository yourself, you can now order ready-to-use... production process while still ordering viral vectors. Virus production can be a frustrating process ...Lentivirus As some of the most popular lentiviral vectors in the repository are used to produce CRISPR tools...delivering control shRNAs, GFP, and rtTA from the Tet-on system. The first two can serve as controls in...activate expression of a gene under the control of the tet operator. AAV AAVs are the workhorses of both chemo... work with virus. You can find all of our viral vector blog posts here. If you have virus expertise you...
  7. Delivery Methods for Generating iPSCs

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    ...so either a single polycistronic vector or multiple single-gene vectors can be used to package reprogramming...the end of the post for a list of Tet-inducible reprogramming vectors available from Addgene. Another drawback...Cre-lox lentiviral vectors: This approach is the same as using a standard lentiviral vector, but transient...Non-integrating iPSC delivery methods Viral Vectors Adenovirus: Adenoviral vectors infect dividing and nondividing...reprogramming factors: Mouse Expression Vectors Human Expression Vectors Carey et al Hockemeyer et al Brambrink...plasmid in mammalian cells and assists in tethering the vector to the cell’s chromosomes. With the addition...Excisible Medium Medium Generates transgene-free and vector-free cells Genome integration Need to sequence...
  8. Plasmids 101: Inducible Promoters

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    ...inducible promoters. The positive inducible tetracycline ON (Tet-On) system, a versatile tool developed for...Addgene.org: Inducible Promoters for Bacteria Tetracycline (Tet) On Expression Systems at Addgene Cre-lox ...inducible system is found in many bacterial expression vectors. Negative inducible promoter pBad is another popular...lot. If you’re looking for high inducibility, the Tet-On system may be a good choice, as it’s documented...require only the addition of an external inducer, like Tet systems, may be activated very rapidly. In contrast...reverse tetracycline-controlled transactivator) is normally inactive and cannot bind the tetracycline response...response elements (TRE) in a promoter. Tetracycline and its derivatives serve as inducing agents to allow...
  9. New Viral Vectors - Summer 2024

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    ...What's new in Addgene's ready-to-use viral vectors repository? Quite a bit! In this post, we'll share...share the 20 additions we've made to our viral vectors repository since March.  Addgene is now offering ...constitutive promoter. Use this for doxycycline inducible (tet-off) gene expression! We've also added AAV1 and AAV5... precision.   Table 1: New ready-to-use viral vectors in the Addgene repository  Name Serotype Category... multiple serotypes Looking for more viral vectors? Browse the full viral services collection or check... check out Addgene's Data Hub to see viral vector reports from other users. And don't forget to use the...below to keep up with the latest in Addgene's viral vector services and resources!   This blog post was written...
  10. AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS

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    ... of three AAV vectors expressing RGB proteins under the control of an inducer, i.e. tet-off transactivator...Subscribe to Viral Vector Blog Posts Additional Resources on Addgene.org Search for AAV Vectors to use with...   Adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors are the most frequently used gene-transfer tools in the study...infect the PNS or the CNS much better than the AAV vectors they were derived from. Additionally, AAV.PHP.eB... of AAV.PHP.eB and AAV.PHP.S to their parental vectors. To quantify this comparison, capsids were packed...AAV-PHP.eB and AAV-PHP.S versus their parental AAV vectors. What can these AAV’s be used for?  1. Multi-color...multi-color labeling is to inject a mix of AAV vectors that constitutively express a red, green, or blue...
  11. Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Expression

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    ...ompT gal sulA11 R(mcr-73::miniTn10--TetS)2 [dcm] R(zgb-210::Tn10--TetS) General protein expression  m15...lysozyme to reduce basal expression levels; expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication F- ompT...higher T7 lysozyme expression than pLysS; expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication F- ompT...codons not normally used in E. coli. Expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication F- ompT ...alleviates inclusion body formation. Expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication fhuA2 ...Cis-repression of the E. coli T5 promoter (found on vectors such as pQE or similar), inducible under IPTG (...lac repressor on the pREP4 plasmid). Expression vector cannot have p15A origin of replication F-, Φ80ΔlacM15...
  12. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    ...ingredients: the lentiviral packaging vector, a transfer vector including the gene of interest, and the...3rd-generation transfer vectors apart? A3: Addgene defines 2nd- or 3rd-generation transfer vectors based on whether...between 2nd- and 3rd-generation vectors? What does this mean for transfer vectors? A4: The lentiviral packaging...largely based upon the vector system used and the transgene insert encoded by the vector." The table below ...including cDNA expression, shRNA-mediated knockdown, Tet and Cre-regulated expression, CRISPR genome editing...additional information or clarification on these vectors. Read on to find the answers to our most frequently...years based on HIV-1; however, the 1st-generation vectors are never used as they pose too much of a biosafety...
  13. Overcoming the Challenges of Lentiviral Production

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    ... While lentiviral vectors are popular gene delivery tools, producing lentivirus, can pose certain challenges... packaging systems, this system incorporates the Tet-off transcriptional activation system to drive high...determination of the packaging limit of lentiviral vectors. Hum Gene Ther. 2001 Oct 10;12(15):1893-905. PubMed...Tips for titering your lentivirus Visit the viral vector featured topic page Resources on Addgene.org ...Guide Find lentivirus plasmids Browse all viral vectors ...
  14. Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!

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    ... several tetracycline operators. Transcription can be turned on or off depending on what tet transactivator...we will discuss these in a future post on viral vector parts. Promoter specificity Aside from choosing... Can be induced by IPTG. Commonly found in pET vectors. Very tightly regulated by the lac operators. Good...-inducer fucose Weaker. Commonly found in pBAD vectors. Good for rapid regulation and low basal expression...Browse All Plasmids 101 Posts Learn about Mammalian Vectors Read about Reporter Gene like Luciferase and GFP...General expression mRNA Tetracycline response element promoter Inducible with Tetracyline or its derivatives...
  15. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    ... existing transposon and vector systems and creating an all-synthetic vector that included only the elements... into a destination vector in a predefined order. Finally, the destination vectors are used with Multisite... eight entry vectors can be used for each Multisite Gateway compatible destination vector for a maximum...step, compatible Level 0 vectors are directionally assembled into a Level 1 vector creating a single transcriptional...of interest into the pCoofy vectors, select the appropriate pair of vector and gene primers from Table...homology between the vector and gene primer for SLIC cloning. Amplify the pCoofy vector and the sequence ...recombination in SLIC cloning to form the desired vector. The pCoofy vectors contain the ccdB cassette, which is not...
  16. Reaching out to China: Canton Nucleic Acids Forum (CNAF) 2015

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    ...using bacterial phage vectors with CRISPR/cas9 sensitizing gene cassettes. Thse vectors are engineered to ...technical developments. Using the Tet-on system, his lab has created a tetracycline cas9 inducible knock-out system...
  17. CRISPR Methods for Bacteria: Genome Engineering, CRISPRa, CRISPRi, Base Editing, and More

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    ...and its ability to multiplex repression. Using a Tet responsive promoter to drive expression of a catalytically...pRH2521, respectively. Both dCas9 and the gRNA are Tet-inducible, and a gRNA can be cloned easily into pRH2521...knockdown and developed new, more tightly controlled, Tet responsive promoters to avoid leaky activation of...Pseudomonas fluorescens, and Pseudomonas syringae. These vectors contain BsaI sites for easy cloning of a gRNA of...by L-arabinose and anhydrotetracycline (aTet), respectively. pMAZ-SK contains an aTet-inducible gRNA and...self-destruction" after induction with L-rhamnose and aTet. CRMAGE is much more efficient than traditional ...presence of the inducer, in this case anhydro-tetracycline (aTc). By cloning in two tandem copies of the...
  18. Tetracycline Inducible Expression

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    ...Collections Tetracycline (Tet) Inducible Expression Tetracycline (Tet) Inducible Expression Additional Resources...Resources: Browse Tetracycline Plasmids Tet-regulated Lentiviral RNAi Vectors Curated Plasmid Collections...Bujard tested the tet system in a mammalian cell system (HeLa) and found that the tet system was functional...interest with Strep-Tag and Tet-On 3G transactivator, creating an auto-regulated Tet-On 3G System. Contains...Genomic Safe Harbor Locus. Tet-On 3G On Doyon 58245 pGLTR-X-GFP Single vector lentiviral Gateway RNAi system...LTR promoters ; see article for lentiviral vectors for tet-inducible gene or miRNA expression rtTA On ...Collections Background Tetracycline Off Tetracycline On Experimental Tips Tet Plasmids Background To advance the...
  19. Hot Plasmids - November 2023

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    ...to reprogram delivery vehicles like lentiviral vectors, CreVLPs, and eVLPs for in vivo and in vitro applications...can be fluorescently labeled. Using lentiviral vectors to stably or inducibly express tagged iPAK4 from...induced GFP-iPAK4 expressed under promoters like the tet-responsive element (TRE) or the cFos promoter. For...Importantly, even commercial antibodies can be tethered on the viral surface, expanding the range of targetable...
  20. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    ...pcDNA3.1-MS2-Tet1-CD to decrease methylation and activate transcription. A lentiviral vector with the same...created constitutive (pCMV-dCas9-D3A) and Tet-dependent (TetO-dCas9-D3A) constructs. For lentiviral expression... targeted enhancers. Although the lab used this vector in chick embryos, it also functions in mammalian...and this fusion allows for packaging into viral vectors and targeted delivery into hard-to-manipulate cell...targeting to a wider set of genomic targets. These two vectors are part of the larger pMVP/pMAGIC cloning system...Researchers showed that TALE-TET1 constructs, which fused a TALEN to the Tet1 demethylase catalytic domain...with BioRender.com. Tet1 demethylase Ronggui Hu’s lab has created pdCas9-Tet1-CD for targeted cytosine...
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