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  1. Technologies Enabled by NanoLuc® Luciferase

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    Feb. 8, 2018, 12:17 p.m.
    ...codon-optimized Firefly luciferase genes (e.g., luc2), and NanoLuc® Luciferase are available from the ... creation of NanoLuc® Luciferase from a rather dull 19kDa Oplophorus luciferase by Promega’s Advanced ...than our more common luciferases like firefly (FLuc) and Renilla (RLuc) luciferase. This is important not...or firefly luciferase into mouse livers followed by i.v. injection of furimazine or luciferin 24 hours ...coupled luciferase. This strategy was first applied using RLuc8, an engineered Renilla luciferase, to produce...isn’t science better when we share? NanoLuc® Luciferase-based tools are fantastic examples of technologies...bioluminescence to overcome these issues as traditional luciferases emit at near optimal wavelengths (Fluc emits ...

  2. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferases

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    July 22, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...codon-optimized 613 (luciferin),730–743 (analogs) 64 Luciferin or naphthyl-luciferin analogs ATP No Deep...expressing luciferase Luciferase reporter assays for monitoring gene regulation Since firefly luciferase was ...Well-established Natural and engineered luciferases Although firefly luciferase was the first bioluminescent reporter...have engineered a variety of improved luciferases. NanoLuc® Luciferase is the best known: it’s derived from...Oplophorus gracilirostris) luciferase and engineered to be extra bright. Other luciferases have been modified ...mammalian systems. Our luciferase collection page has a detailed list of luciferase options. Table 2: Properties...Coelenterazine None Yes Japanese firefly(Luciola cruciata) Natural 562 64 Luciferin ATP No Luminous shrimp(Oplophorus...

  4. Meet an Addgenie: Insights into Grad School, Career Paths, and More

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    June 25, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... spoke with our Financial Operations Specialist, Lucy Hammer, about why she did not go. She told me, “...absolute favorite response to this question came from Lucy Hammer, our Financial Operations Specialist. She...

  5. Working 9-5: an Addgene Co-op

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    June 2, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...ensure their employees are feeling comfortable.     Lucie Wilson is a rising junior and bioengineering student...

  6. Hot Plasmids - May 2022

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    May 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...reduced error rate for long sequence knock-ins by: Lucie Wilson Le Cong’s lab has developed a method using...

  7. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    Dec. 23, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ..., A mutant Renilla luciferase, catalyzes the oxidation of its substrate, luciferin, which releases energy...alternative to the widely used luciferase reporter gene plasmid pGL3 pGL3 luciferase reporter gene plasmids... issues with fluorescent pH sensors, a set of luciferase-fluorophore pH fusion reporters, pRSETb-pHlash...containing Cas9, EGFP, mCherry, iRFP, tdTomato, luciferase, LacZ, puromycin or CreERT2 can be combined with...gene (EGFP, iRFP, IFP1.4, puromycin, neomycin or luciferase) to create a final lentiviral vector containing...et al. Nat Methods. 2011. High-throughput luciferase reporter system for detection of pre-mRNA splicing...Gideon Dreyfuss lab has developed rapid-response luciferase (firefly P. pyralis) reporter plasmids for use...

  8. Luminescent Imaging with Nano-lanterns

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    May 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Renilla luciferase variant fused to an FP; when supplied with a luciferase substrate, the luciferase transfers...problems of low luminescence By itself, Renilla luciferase has a low quantum yield, and when transiently...Nano-lantern, a fusion of a mutagenized Renilla luciferase (RLuc8) with Venus. This luminescent technology...transfer (BRET). Photons emitted by a Renilla luciferase variant are used to excite the fused fluorescent...need for an excitation light source. Instead, a luciferase substrate like coelenterazine is supplied in ...eNL constructs use the brightest characterized luciferase, NanoLuc, and its substrate furimazine. In addition... luciferase...

  9. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024

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    Nov. 21, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
    ...mechanosensor called PILATeS, Pulling-Induced Luciferase Association Tension Sensor (Zhong et al., 2024...sensor STReTCh, the 11-amino acid BiT fragment of luciferase is embedded in the I10 domain of the human titin...tension. When this happens, BiT and the LgBiT luciferase fragment (expressed separately) assemble and ... tension sensor. The LgBiT (cyan) fragment of luciferase binds to the BiT Tag (also cyan) embedded in ...systems. Most excitingly, assembly of the split luciferase is reversible, making PILATeS suitable for live... B., Prakash, M., & Dunn, A. R. (2024). Split Luciferase Molecular Tension Sensors for Bioluminescent ...

  10. Using Ultrasound to Image Bacteria in vivo: Acoustic Reporter Genes

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    June 19, 2018, 1:38 p.m.
    ...Administration of Substrate: Some luciferase reporters, such as Renilla luciferase (RLuc) or NanoLuc, require...bacterial reporters that use fluorophores and luciferases to track bacteria in real time, but each of these...Blog Learn more about in vivo imaging tools The luciferase reporter gene The green fluorescent protein reporter...vivo imaging with fluorescent proteins Browse luciferase plasmids Find fluorescent protein biosensors ...

  11. Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems

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    Oct. 22, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ... the split-luciferase system, intein-mediated splicing reconstitutes functional luciferase only when fusions...target gene, in this case a reporter gene (e.g. luciferase or GFP), regardless of whether it interacts with... fusions of the two halves of the luciferase protein interact and enable intein splicing (5). Screening... Sato, M., Tachihara, K., Umezawa, Y.l. Split luciferase as an optical probe for detecting protein-protein...

  12. Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus

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    March 17, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...viral infection), producing firefly luciferase. Firefly luciferase can readily be measured to quantify...single (non-viral) reporter gene (e.g. firefly luciferase or eGFP) flanked by the EBOV-specific gene start...to transcribe the reporter gene (e.g. firefly luciferase). The polymerase recognizes the gene start signal...

  13. Save Time with Transient Plant Leaf Transformations

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    July 25, 2019, 12:03 p.m.
    ...Once we were on the right track, we switched to luciferases to more easily quantify the effect of the different...GUS::tMAS to confirm transformation success. Luciferases are great quantitative reporters and use a substrate...substrate to produce bioluminescence. Luciferases usually have shorter mRNA and protein half-lives then...Often a FP is fused to a protein of interest to elucidate the subcellular localization of your protein of...

  14. Four Base Editing Reporters to Monitor and Enrich Editing in Real-time

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    July 7, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Reporters in Gene On include a mScarlet reporter, luciferase reporter, and neomycin resistance reporter. Image... of different reporters including mScarlet-I, luciferase, antibiotic resistance markers, and other enzymes...fluorescent proteins, antibiotic resistance, and luciferase. References Gaudelli NM, Komor AC, Rees HA,...

  15. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    Dec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m.
    ...Protein A-Renilla luciferase and the “prey” proteins are tagged with Firefly luciferase. The bait and prey...immunoprecipitated from the cells using the Protein A tag. The luciferase activities can then be measured and normalized... assess interactions. Higher relative firefly luciferase activity in the Co-IP compared of a control Co-IP...

  16. Another Pathway into Cells: iTOP

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    June 23, 2015, 8:37 p.m.
    ...enter cultured cells and activate expression of a luciferase reporter. CPP was not required for protein entry...cells! After verifying the specificity of their luciferase assay, they concluded that components in the ...

  17. GPCRs: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?

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    Feb. 11, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...receptor, which can then activate expression of a luciferase reporter in the nucleus. The Roth lab showed ...lab also assembled a collection of plasmids to elucidate the role of 14 of the 16 non-visual heterotrimeric...

  19. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)

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    May 15, 2014, 3:33 p.m.
    ...number of functions, including: tagging genes for elucidating their expression or localization profiles, acting...application Almost as soon as its sequence was elucidated, scientists began engineering new versions of...

  20. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas

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    May 5, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...copies per microliter) viral load in the saliva (Lucia et al., 2020). Detecting coronavirus using CRISPR-based...3012 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-019-0210-2 Lucia, C., Federico, P.-B., & Alejandra, G. C. (2020)....

  23. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    Jan. 9, 2018, 3:02 p.m.
    ...subtilis libraries Transcription factor fusions elucidate iPSC reprogramming mechanism The Ptashne lab ... al., they used this now classic technique to elucidate the mechanism by which SOX2 acts to reprogram ...

  26. SunTag and Fluorescent Imaging

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    March 28, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Visit Our Fluorescent Protein Guide Page Find Luciferase Plasmids ...

  27. Understanding GPCR Signaling Using TRUPATH

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    Dec. 14, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...biosensor system was developed by constructing 14 luciferase donor Rluc8-Gα chimeras, four acceptor GFP2-Gγ...

  28. Plasmids 101: What is a plasmid?

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    April 2, 2020, 6:17 p.m.
    ...Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) Plasmids 101: Luciferase Monitor the level of a chemical in a particular...

  29. Advice for Choosing a Research Project

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    Blog Post
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    April 17, 2014, 2:45 p.m.
    ...selective, and talking to peers and mentors will help elucidate which project is right for you.   Acknowledgments...

  31. Antibodies 101: Epitope Availability

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    Jan. 11, 2022, 2 p.m.
    ...troubleshooting immunoimaging assays. It can also elucidate information about what a given protein is doing...

  36. Working with Nuclear Receptors

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    July 15, 2014, 4:03 p.m.
    ...evolved from chloramphenicol acetyltransferase to luciferase, the basic assay remains widely used today.  ...
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