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  1. Enhancing CRISPR Targeting Specificity with eSpCas9, SpCas9-HF1, & HypaCas9

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    Dec. 16, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...sites tested when compared to eSpCas9(1.1) and SpCas9-HF1. The HypaCas9 plasmids are available from Addgene...evidenced by all the CRISPR publications, press, and plasmids out there, it’s obvious that CRISPR is a ground-breaking... (2015): aad5227. PubMed PMID: 26628643. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Nishimasu..." Nature (2016).  PubMed PMID: 26735016. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 5. Chen, JS...." Nature (2017). PubMed PMID: 28931002. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Resources on...Find CRISPR Plasmids Browse our CRISPR Guide Pages Find Genome Engineering Resources ...the Cas9 nuclease with engineered variants: eSpCas9SpCas9-HF1, & HypaCas9. The off-target problem It...
  2. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    April 13, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...The original pCas/pTargetF system Our original pCas/pTargetF system consists of one plasmid that expresses...pTargetF into the BL21(DE3)/pCas strain. In response, we modified the pCas/pTargetF system and updated...beneficial for plasmid clearance. It is more convenient to update the spacer(20nt) on pEcgRNA plasmid as only.... pCutamp cures the plasmids by targeting the ampR promoter in all three plasmids. pCutamp is then removed... 13 plasmids with 14 rounds of transformation in 30 days. Figure 2: (A) MUCICAT plasmids for .... In pCas9, we 1) replaced the promoter of gRNA-pMB1 with PrhaB, 2) changed the replicon of pCas into ...the use of CRISPR editing systems in bacteria. Our pCas/pTargetF system has been one of the most popular...
  3. The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9

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    Aug. 20, 2020, 2:30 p.m.
    ...284 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24049 Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. Amrani N, Gao XD,... https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaq0180 Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. Kim D, Kim J, Hur...863–868 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3609 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Kim E, Koo ...8: . https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14500 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Kleinstiver...485 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14592 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Kleinstiver...869–874 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3620 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Hu JH, Miller...191 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14299 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Walton RT, ...
  4. CRISPR Methods for Bacteria: Genome Engineering, CRISPRa, CRISPRi, Base Editing, and More

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    Sept. 28, 2020, noon
    .... citrea scarless editing plasmids Sheng Yang’s lab describes a two-plasmid system that combines recombineering...editing takes two days, and the pTargetF and pCas plasmids can be subsequently cured from the bacteria....to the original pCas/pTargetF but has many other advantages including shorter plasmid curing time. pCRISPomyces...system available from Addgene consists of two plasmids: pCas9: carries Cas9 and chloramphenicol resistance... lab M. tuberculosis CRISPRi plasmids Noting that the more common spCas9 system has generally low efficiencies...engineering functions in bacteria, but have no fear - plasmids from Addgene depositors are making it easier than...gRNA and a backbone-targeting gRNA cassette for plasmid curing through "self-destruction" after induction...
  5. Proximity Labeling: A Powerful Tool for Protein Complex Purification and Proteomic Mapping

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    Dec. 2, 2019, 2 p.m.
    ... resources on the Addgene blog Plasmid 101 Protein Expression Plasmid 101 Biotinylation Other resources...vivo studies (Che and Khavari, 2017). Find APEX plasmids at Addgene! Since the development of BioID and... specific locations in the cell.   Find BioID2 plasmids here APEX2: A more sensitive ascorbate peroxidase... They named this mutant APEX2.  Find the APEX2 plasmids! TurboID and minturbo: Rapid and non-toxic proximity...allowing for more precise temporal control.  Find plasmids for TurboID and miniturbo Split-BioID: A conditional...Split-BioID combines a protein fragment complementation (PCA) technique with proximity labelling to validate binary...additional interacting proteins in one simple experiment. PCA is an in vivo technique where two proteins are fused...
  6. Split-BioID: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    May 1, 2018, 1:57 p.m.
    ...Addgene.org Find plasmids from the Bethune Lab Find Plasmids from the Roux Lab Find Plasmids for FRET ...called a protein fragmentation complementation assay (PCA). In the Split-BioID method, each BirA* fragment ...BirA* fusion proteins are expressed in cells via plasmids or by the creation of stable cell lines and these...Interested in using Split-BioID with your research? Plasmids are available from Addgene! References Schopp... Central PMCID: 5467174. Find the Split-BioID Plasmids Here! Munter, S.D., Görnemann, J., Derua, R.,...site than in Schopp et al. Find these Split-BioID Plasmids Here!   Burke, B., Kim, D.I., Roux, K.J., & Raida...PubMed Central PMCID: 3308701. Find the BioID Plasmids Here! Macneill, S., & Varnaitė, R. (2016). Meet...
  7. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    Jan. 8, 2019, 1:54 p.m.
    ...applications. This plasmid was the top requested plasmid of 2017. Find pMD2.G. pSpCas9(BB)-2A-GFP (PX458...and an envelope expressing plasmid, such as our second most requested plasmid of all time, pMD2.G. Find...the end of this plasmid which indicates that there was a prior version of this plasmid. Indeed the first...envelope expressing plasmid pMD2.G. Find pMDLg/pRPE. scramble shRNA - This plasmid from David Sabatini....1 protocol. Pro-tip: this plasmid grows more slowly than standard plasmids. Find pLKO.1 - TRC cloning...pX330-U6-Chimeric_BB-CBh-hSpCas9. pSpCas9(BB)-2A-Puro (PX459) V2.0 - This plasmid from the Zhang lab is ... that expresses both SpCas9 and your gRNAs and was also the top requested plasmid from 2016. You may notice...
  8. Your Top Requested Plasmid in 2016!

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    Jan. 11, 2017, 8:47 p.m.
    ...express both SpCas9 and your gRNA in a variety of mammalian cell types. Purpose  SpCas9 This plasmid expresses...sure, as is obvious from our most requested plasmid, SpCas9 is still going strong as the basis for many...without further ado, the most request plasmid in 2016 was... pSpCas9(BB)-2A-Puro (PX459) V2.0       Similar...the top requested plasmid from 2016 is an expression vector for CRISPR nuclease, SpCas9 from the Zhang Lab...sequence as directed by a gRNA. 2A-Puro In this plasmid, SpCas9 is fused to the puromycin resistance gene through... V2.0. pSpCas9(BB)-2A-Puro (PX459) V2.0: What's not in the name? Not included in this plasmid's name are...resistance gene enables selection of cells with the plasmid post transfection. The 2A "self cleaving" peptide...
  9. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    June 28, 2016, 10:59 a.m.
    ...cassette. (b) pCAG-EGxxFP target plasmid and pX330-sgRNA plasmid (Mashiko et al. 2013). The pCAG-EGxxFP target...BbsI site. (c) The pCAG-EGxxFP target plasmid was co-transfected with pX330 plasmids containing sgRNA sequences...your modified pCAG-EGXXFP plasmid along with the individual gRNAs in their PX330 plasmids (or similar plasmids...amplified, you can insert this region into a pCAG-EGXXFP plasmid using standard cloning techniques (The XX...the primers you designed to generate your pCAG-EGXXFP plasmid? They are the perfect primer sets to use ... system floating around, and many pre-designed plasmids containing these variants ready for purchase. ...target plasmid contains overlapping 5′ and 3′ EGFP fragments under the ubiquitous CAG promoter. The approximately...
  10. Hot Plasmids - September 2019 - CRISPR, Auxin Inducible Degradation, MerMAID Channelrhodopsins, and Genome Looping

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    Sept. 3, 2019, 1:15 p.m.
    ...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles ...recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need... were previously difficult. Find SpCas9 and Target-AID-NG plasmids at Addgene! Nishimasu H et al., Science...need. If you'd ever like to write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here.        New toolkit... the Kanemaki lab has created a new toolkit of plasmids for the N- or C- terminal tagging of proteins ...datasets for research and innovation. Find MerMAIDs plasmids at Addgene Opperman J et al., Nature Communications...inducible and reversible nature. Find the LADL plasmids at Addgene Kim et al., Nat Methods. 2019, PubMed...
  11. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    Jan. 9, 2018, 3:02 p.m.
    ...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These brief articles...articles provide a synopsis of a plasmid or group of plasmids' functions and applications. We hope that... you to find and use the plasmids you need. You can find all the hot plasmids from 2017 below. With over...over 50,000 plasmids, we can't write posts for every great plasmid that comes into the repository, but...write about your plasmids in a future blog post. No time to read? Listen to our hot plasmids segment on the...editing for precise genome modification. Plasmid ID Plasmid Name Cas9 Variant Speacial Features 85169... to the Addgene blog to get all the latest hot plasmid updates!     Tol2 Gateway-compatiable toolbox...
  12. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    Dec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m.
    ...Neurosci 2016. PubMed PMID: 26950006 Plasmid ID Plasmid Name Plasmid Type 74309 pcDNA3.0-TRPV4-p2A-ferritin-p2A-mCherry...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These brief articles...features and applications of a partiular plasmid or set of plasmids. We hope that these articles make it ... you to find and use the plasmids you need. You can find all the hot plasmids from 2016 below. With over...over 45,000 plasmids, we can't write posts for every great plasmid that comes into the repository, but...write about your plasmids in a future blog post. No time to read? Listen to our hot plasmids segment on the...stocks in a single plate with every plasmid or as individual plasmids shipped as agar stabs. Iverson, et...
  13. PEI Calculator for Planning AAV Packaging Transfections

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    Jan. 23, 2018, 2:04 p.m.
    ...names of the plasmids you plan to use Enter the base pair size of those plasmids Enter plasmid concentration...: 1 Transfer Plasmid : 1 pHelper: 1 RepCap OR 3 Transfer Plasmid : 5 pHelper: 2 RepCap Select what type...of each plasmid needed per dish or stack. Calculations are based on using 28 μg of total plasmid (Transfer... ug of each plasmid needed for the whole experiment Total volume (μL) of plasmid needed for the whole ...Transfer, helper, and RepCap added together) per 15 cm dish or 2500 μg of plasmids per CF5 stack. Total ug...packaging typically requires transfecting three plasmids at specific molar ratios. To get these ratios ...transfection calculator for AAV packaging Select the plasmid molar ratio you would like to use for your AAV ...
  14. xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility

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    March 28, 2018, 6:52 p.m.
    ...transcription from the accessory plasmid (AP) encoding phage gene III. The accessory plasmid library contained all...PAM flexibility. In this system, the mutagenesis plasmid (MP6) permits quick, large-scale mutation of the...doi: 10.1038/nature26155 PubMed PMID: 29512652 Plasmids from this paper are available at Addgene.  Additional...Addgene.org Check out our CRISPR Guide Find CRISPR Plasmids for Mammalian Systems Learn about CRISPR History...than SpCas9, in this case, NNGRRT and NNNNGATT, respectively. Researchers also engineered SpCas9 variants...with wt SpCas9 in mammalian cells, finding xCas9 3.7 displayed about the same editing rate as SpCas9 at an...the targeted sequence at the locus of interest. SpCas9’s 3’ NGG PAM occurs frequently in GC-rich genomes...
  15. New CRISPR Web Resources and #12DaysofCRISPR Recap

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    Dec. 12, 2017, 3:13 p.m.
    ...changes we’ve made: New CRISPR plasmid pages We’ve given our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources a fresh new design...design, sorting the plasmids we have available by category. Each plasmid page now has a helpful graphic...introduce you to the plasmid class covered on that page. To help you find popular plasmids, we’ve also added... new plasmid pages that cover some of the hottest CRISPR tools. Base Edit: Base editing plasmids allow...revolution, Addgene has distributed over 100,000 CRISPR plasmids. But that’s not our only job - we strive to also...up with new developments (and, of course, find plasmids that will be useful to you.) With these goals...mind, we set out to update our web resources and plasmid pages to make them more useful and easy to navigate...
  16. CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13

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    July 31, 2020, 12:30 p.m.
    ... editing is mediated by ADAR2DD, not PspCas13b. Find the plasmids for the RESCUE RNA editors here! Testing...for viral delivery.  Find the RESCUE RNA editing plasmids here! Future directions Building on previous RNA...Science (2017):pii: eaaq0180. PMID: 29070703. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. Abudayyeh, Omar O...550(7675) (2017):280-284. PMID: 28976959. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. Abudayyeh, Omar O...27256883. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5127784. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. East-Seletsky, Alexandra...) (2016):270-273. PubMed PMID: 27669025. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. Gootenberg, Jonathan...28408723. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5526198. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. East-Seletsky, Alexandra...
  17. Viral Vectors 101: Parts of the AAV Packaging Plasmid

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    Dec. 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...packaging plasmid aka the RepCap plasmid encodes two genes: the replication (rep) gene and the capsid (...the AAV RepCap plasmid! Check out this blog post to learn more about the AAV transfer plasmid! References... AAV.  Where do you start? Plasmids of course! You just need three plasmids to start making the AAVs you...packaging plasmid which contains the AAV structural and packaging genes, the adenoviral helper plasmid which...packaging plasmid and take a look at each of its parts. Key elements of the AAV packaging plasmid The packaging...the rep and cap genes. Figure 1. The RepCap plasmid and its products. Created with BioRender.com... for the virus to replicate,  and the transfer plasmid which contains the viral genome. In today’s blog...
  18. Expanding the Targeting Scope and Editing Efficiency of Adenine Base Editors

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    March 17, 2020, 1:32 p.m.
    ...following components: A plasmid in the host bacterium expressing dCas9 A plasmid in the host bacterium ... of gene III to create infectious particles. A plasmid-based genetic circuit in the bacteria links the...encoding the deaminase TadA-7.10 A mutagenesis plasmid controlling the phage mutation rate Phage infection...Phage-assisted evolution of base-editing activity. A plasmid-based genetic circuit in the bacteria links the...off-target RNA editing rate of ABE7.10. Find the ABE8e plasmids at Addgene! Why engineer and optimize base editors...editors for your research Read our CRISPR guide Find plasmids for your research ...including SpCas9, SaCas9, LbCas12a, enAsCas12a, SpCas9-NG, SaCas9-KKH, CP1028-SpCas9, and CP1041-SpCas9. The...
  19. Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    Oct. 14, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Francisella Cpf1 (FnCpf1), they employed an E. coli plasmid depletion assay to discover FnCpf1’s PAM sequence...system." Cell (2015). PubMed PMID: 26422227. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Zetsche,....1 (2016): 31-34. PubMed PMID: 27918548. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 3. Kim, Daesik...Biotechnol. (2016). PubMed PMID: 27272384 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Kleinstiver...Biotechnol. (2016). PubMed PMID: 27347757. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Makarova, Kira...PMID: 26411297. Resources at Addgene Find CRISPR plasmids at Addgene Read Addgene's CRISPR Resource Guide...is similar to that of high fidelity Cas9s eSpCas9 and SpCas9-HF1. Both AsCpf1 and LbCpf1 ribonucleoproteins...
  20. CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?

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    Oct. 13, 2022, 1:45 p.m.
    ...choices. Check out our SpCas9 containing plasmids, optimized for a variety of species.   Specificity concerns...frequently fused to Cas9 for this purpose. dCas9-KRAB plasmids for repressing target genes in a variety of species...additional RNA-binding transcriptional activator. Plasmids for activating target genes in a variety of species...systems Addgene carries a variety of Cas9 containing plasmids that have been optimized for expression in different... plants, drosophila, worms and mammals (Browse plasmids by model organism, here).  More information on... resources on the Addgene website Find CRISPR Plasmids Catch up on your CRISPR background with our CRISPR... to your experimental target, SpCas9 and its enhanced variants, eSpCas9 and HypaCas9, are great choices...
  21. Cpf1 Update: Comparison to Cas9 and NgAgo

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    July 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... is well suited for genome editing.  Find Cpf1 Plasmids at Addgene   Image attribution: Zetsche...Biotechnol. 2016 Jun 6. PubMed PMID: 27272384 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Kleinstiver...Biotechnology (2016). PubMed PMID: 27347757. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 3. Zetsche ....cell.2015.09.038. PubMed PMID: 26422227 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 4. Makarova...is similar to that of high fidelity Cas9s eSpCas9 and SpCas9-HF1. Both AsCpf1 and LbCpf1 ribonucleoproteins... Cpf1 and its guide RNAs are smaller than their SpCas9 counterparts, so they will be easier to deliver...have a low genetic capacity of ~4.5 kb. At 4.1 kb, SpCas9 barely fits into AAV when you add in a gRNA and...
  22. Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR

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    March 7, 2024, 2:39 p.m.
    ...Want to get your hands on SpRY? Find a mammalian plasmid here and edit on! References and Resources References..., 6175 (2023). DOI:10.1038/s41467-023-41829-y (Plasmids available here) Walton, R. T., et al., Unconstrained...368,290-296(2020). DOI:10.1126/science.aba8853 (Plasmids available here)   Nishimasu, H., et al.,Engineered... on Addgene.org Addgene’s CRISPR Guide CRISPR Plasmids and Resources Resources on the Addgene blog ...injury, the most utilized PAM sequence, that of SpCas9, is NGG. Assuming all nucleotides are represented...that recognize NG PAMs. The Nureki lab generated SpCas9-NG, a rationally engineered Cas9 with NG PAM compatibility...capable of editing at frequencies comparable to SpCas9. SpRY can also edit NYN PAMs, but with less efficiency...
  23. Cas13d: Small RNA-targeting CRISPR enzymes for transcriptome engineering

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    May 3, 2018, 1:48 p.m.
    ...EsCas13d. Find the Yan et al. plasmids here Find the Konermann et al. Plasmids here How do Cas13d enzymes...S0092-8674(18)30207-1. PubMed PMID: 29551272 Plasmids from this paper are available at Addgene. Yan...S1097-2765(18)30173-4. PubMed PMID: 29551514 Plasmids from this paper are available at Addgene. Learn... Resources on Addgene.org: Find RNA Knockdown Plasmids Check out our CRISPR Guide Read our CRISPR History...Eubacterium siraeum (EsCas13d) and Ruminococcus sp. (RspCas13d), while Konermann et al. characterized orthologs...WYL-domain-containing accessory protein WYL1 increases RspCas13d and EsCas13d cleavage activity The majority of... et al. from Arbor Biotechnologies found that RspCas13d accessory protein RspWYL1 increases both targeted...
  24. Some Like it Hot: Thermostable GeoCas9

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    Sept. 14, 2017, 12:40 p.m.
    ...you want to give GeoCas9 a try, as always, the plasmids are available from Addgene. Happy CRISPRing! ...Background with Addgene’s CRISPR Guide Page Find CRISPR plasmids at Addgene ...than the engineered approach used to make eSpCas9 and SpCas9-HF1. By mining the treasure trove of naturally...GeoCas9 vs. SpCas9, see the table below and read on to learn more about GeoCas9.   SpCas9 GeoCas9 ...temperatures Figure 1: Thermostability of SpCas9 vs GeoCas9. SpCas9 or GeoCas9 RNPs were incubated in reaction... Figure 2: Human plasma longevity of SpCas9 vs GeoCas9. SpCas9 or GeoCas9 RNPs were incubated in human...loving) bacteria, such as Streptococcus pyogene’s SpCas9. These Cas9 proteins don’t work well at high temperatures...
  25. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    Sept. 21, 2017, 2:07 p.m.
    ...27256883. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5127784. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 2. East-Seletsky,...) (2016):270-273. PubMed PMID: 27669025. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene.  3. Gootenberg, Jonathan...28408723. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5526198. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 4. East-Seletsky,...) (2017):373-83. PubMed PMID: 28475872.  Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene.  5. Abudayyeh, Omar...550(7675) (2017):280-284. PMID: 28976959. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 6. Shmakov, Sergey...32511521. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7273289. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. Additional Resources...Cpf1 Resources on Addgene.org Browse All CRISPR Plasmids Find Validated gRNAs for Your Next Experiment ...
  26. Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1

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    May 9, 2017, 2:12 p.m.
    ...transfection of single plasmids vs pooled plasmids; for multiple edits, single plasmids are generally more...transfected on a single plasmid. This is versus 2.4% of cells transfected with a pool of plasmids that contained...sites. This eliminates bulk from crRNA expression plasmids resulting in smaller, more streamlined vectors...contained one crRNA per plasmid plus a Cpf1 expression vector.  See the graph in figure 2 for a comparison of...your research? Check out the Cpf1 multiplexing plasmids available from Addgene. If you have any questions... Our CRISPR Multiplexing Resources Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Catch up on Your CRISPR Background...crRNAtracrRNACas9 crRNACpf1 Endonuclease size spCas9: ~4 kbsaCas9: ~3 kb ~3.9kb crRNA/gRNA length...
  27. Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery

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    Sept. 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ...gene-targeting capabilities of full-length SpCas9. This set of plasmids includes AAV-Cas9C-VPR for targeted ...bacterial immune system cleaves bacteriophage and plasmid DNA. Nature 468:67–71 . https://doi.org/10.1038...Addgene.org Check out our CRISPR Guide Find CRISPR Plasmids ...compared to the full-length SpCas9. In 2016, Chew et al. developed a split intein spCas9-AAV toolbox that retains...tissues. However, packaging Streptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9) and a gRNA together (~4.2 kb) into an AAV vector...approximately 1350 amino acids in size, which includes SpCas9, and shortern orthologs approximately 1000 amino...SaCas9 produced indels at a similar efficiency to SpCas9, leading the group to focus their efforts on SaCas9...
  28. CasPEDIA: A Functional Classification of Cas Enzymes

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    Jan. 25, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...exact Cas9 plasmid used by Jinek et al. 2012, or browsing for the latest AsCas12a plasmids, Addgene and...find a link to search Addgene's collection for plasmids containing that enzyme, and embedded in the References...lists on every page you can find direct links to plasmids from the article if they're available through ...Once upon a time, not so long ago, spCas9 was the only Cas enzyme widely available and applied by researchers...getting the desired features and cutting (note: spCas9 isn’t always the winner!).   Fig. 3 – Comparison...The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9 More resources from the Innovative Genomics Institute...
  29. With Our New Viral Service, We're Taking CRISPR Further!

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    Dec. 6, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...receive transfer plasmid DNA that you can use along with lentiviral packaging plasmids to create your own...rough approximations of the total number of CRISPR plasmids for that particular organism available at Addgene...helped distribute many of these technologies in plasmid form and are proud to have facilitated their fast...fast adoption. However, in many cases the plasmids themselves are only the starting point for the production... use; after receiving a pooled gRNA library in plasmid format, a researcher must amplify the library, ... makes it unuseable. With the large size of the SpCas9 nuclease (~4.2 kb) this is a particularly prominent...Institute to provide lentiviruses for delivery of SpCas9 and Cas9 nickase for genome editing. You can also...
  30. Choosing a CRISPR Nuclease: Site Accessibility, Specificity, and Sensitivity

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    Nov. 5, 2019, 1:28 p.m.
    ...Visit our CRISPR plasmids and resources page Read our CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids for mammalian systems...Zhang Lab had described eSpCas9, while the Keith Joung Lab had developed SpCas9-HF1. Both of the enzymes... similar off-target activity, relative to eSpCas9 and SpCas9-HF across a number of different sites. Using...the nuclease. For the most frequently used Cas9, spCas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes, this sequence is 3...The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9 described the PAM specificity of Cas9s isolated...Nureki Lab described a rationally engineered Cas9, SpCas9-NG, which required only the di-nucleotide PAM NG...
  31. Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions of NgAgo

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    Aug. 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...sequencing on select regions of all distributed plasmids as part of quality control, but does not perform...unlike an RNA guide, it cannot be produced from a plasmid in cells. Additionally, in vitro assembly of NgAgo...with 5’-P-ssDNA guides and an NgAgo expression plasmid to edit a gene in vivo. Try NgAgo for Yourself ...complexes or with guide RNA- and Cas9-expression plasmids. Cas9 guide RNA delivery does however rely on ...(1), NgAgo has received much attention and the plasmid has been requested by labs around the globe nearly...happy genome editing! Check Out Other Argonaute Plasmids from the Doudna Lab Many thanks to our Guest ...Enhance CRISPR Targeting Specificity with eSpCas9 and SpCas9-HF1 See How Cpf1 Stacks Up to Cas9 and NgAgo...
  32. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    Jan. 6, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
    ... Hot Plasmid list. Other popular plasmids & blog posts @Addgene: The 10 Most Distributed Plasmid Technologies...inducible inactivation. Find the Robinson plasmids or the Royle plasmids and get to work! Robinson et al...designed the pOSIP (one-step integration plasmid) series of plasmids, vectors that convey both the sequence...mGRASP plasmids. Additionally, the lab recently described the use of another set of mGRASP plasmids in their... favorite plasmid technologies? Email us at [email protected]  and let us know what plasmids you would ...Yonglong Chen, pCS2-3xFLAG-NLS-SpCas9-NLS is a Cas9 expression plasmid that was used by Chen and colleagues...sgRNA libraries expand upon the CRISPR family of plasmids by offering a lentivirus-based mechanism for sgRNA...
  33. Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells

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    Sept. 26, 2019, 12:50 p.m.
    ...infiltrate cells. Options for CRISPR delivery include plasmid transfection, RNP electroporation, and viral transduction...types they tested. Interested in using Nanoblades? Plasmids are available from Addgene. Genome editing primary...to DNA transfection of gRNA and Cas9 expression plasmids. These results are in line with previous research...out our comprehensive CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids and resources Learn about viral production ...protein The MLV Gag protein fused to a Flag-tagged SpCas9 is incorporated into Nanoblades, just like the ...these variants are fused to the MLV Gag in place of SpCas9. gRNA A gRNA targeting a DNA sequence of interest...
  34. CRISPR-mediated Plant Base Editors

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    Jan. 3, 2019, 1:35 p.m.
    ...all CRISPR plasmids and resources at Addgene Find CRISPR base editors Find CRISPR plasmids for plants ...requirements Reference CBE SpCas9 rAPOBEC1 NGG 6 SpCas9 Target-AID (PmCDA1) NGG 5 SpCas9-VQR rAPOBEC1 NGA 8...plant base editors replacing the SpCas9 with the mutant versions of SpCas9 and SaCas9, which recognize PAM...SaCas9-KKH rAPOBEC1 NNNRRT 8 ABE SpCas9 TadA-TadA* NGG 9-12 SpCas9-VQR TadA-TadA* NGA 8 SaCas9 TadA-TadA...compatibility All of the base editors mentioned above are SpCas9 nickase-based and depend on the presence of an ...TadA-TadA* NNGRRT 9 SaCas9-KKH TadA-TadA* NNNRRT 8 SpCas9-VRER TadA-TadA* NGCG 8  Tips for designing base...
  35. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - December 2019

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    Dec. 19, 2019, 2:40 p.m.
    ... for the entire collection! Plasmid Serotype Name 51502 AAV5 pCAG-FLEX-EGFP-WPRE 114471 AAV1, AAV5...constructs from Christopher Harvey’s lab. These plasmids localize opsins to the soma to avoid off target...neighboring neurons. We have also packaged hChR2(H134R) plasmids from Karl Deisseroth’s lab, which includes pAAV-hSyn...H134R)-EYFP that is both Cre and Flp dependent. Plasmid Serotype Name 124603 AAV9 pAAV-EF1a-DIO-ChrimsonR-mRuby2... has now expanded to offer many of our control plasmids in new serotypes. See our Serotype Testing AAV... jGCaMP7 from Janelia, including three jGCaMP7 plasmids now packaged in AAVrg. jGCaMP7s, the variant with...post Overview of AAV Encoded Calcium Sensors). Plasmid Serotype Name 104489 AAVrg pGP-AAV-syn-jGCaMP7b-WPRE...
  36. pSiM24: Simplifying Plant Genetic Engineering

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    Sept. 29, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...stability of modified Ti plasmids during plant infection, as well as plasmid yield during preparation ...GreenGate Plasmids Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More Plasmids 101: Origin...Agrobacterium carries a “tumor-inducing” or Ti plasmid, which allows it to transfer genetic material into...in two species: Agrobacterium and E. coli. Like plasmids used in other systems, binary vectors are cloned...It’s a lot of information to fit into a single plasmid, so most first-generation binary vectors are quite...pSiM24 are suitable for many applications, the plasmid can also be customized due to its modular structure...Addgene Check out Addgene’s plant vectors! Find the plasmids from this paper at Addgene. Other relevant blog...
  37. Pathways Over Time Plasmids Engage Students in Functional Genomics Research

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    May 22, 2018, 1:38 p.m.
    ...methionine (i.e. the plasmid complements the deletion). Find the Plasmids Here Plasmid features enable multiple...the overexpression plasmids. Finally, students determine if the presence of the plasmid corrects any known...diverged. Tips on using the Pathways Over Time plasmids The plasmids are used as part of a semester-long research...less-well studied organism into overexpression plasmids. Students next transform deletion strains from...phenotypic abnormalities due to the deletion (i.e. the plasmid complements the deletion). If the phenotype is ...cerevisiae met deletion strains with overexpression plasmids carrying MET/Met genes from either S. pombe or.... Students then determine if expression of the plasmid-encoded MET gene allows the transformed strain ...
  38. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - July 2021

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    July 27, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...subset of the new plasmids and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need... CRISPR plasmids are always being added to the repository. To find all of the CRISPR plasmids available...EasyTag workflow combines thoughtfully designed plasmid components with Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorting...available from Addgene, head over to our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources page. Here are some highlights from the...Nasse We regularly add new viral aliquots from our plasmid collection to provide ready-to-use viral preps....editing in moderate thermophiles.  These evolved SpCas9 variants have improved activity on NAG PAMS and...
  39. What's New in CRISPR - November 2021

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    Nov. 18, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by function Find recently deposited plasmids Topics: CRISPR, Other CRISPR... where we highlight a few of the newest CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. If you want to read more...will cover: Miniature CRISPR-Cas systems SEND plasmids Prime editing improvements Miniature CRISPR-Cas...Read the paper in Molecular Cell Find the CasMINI plasmids Efficient CRISPR editing with a hypercompact ...paper in Nature Biotechnology Find the Cas12f-GE plasmids Programmed genome editing by a miniature CRISPR-Cas12f...cells using various delivery methods, including plasmid, ribonucleoprotein, and AAV.  Read the paper in... in Nature Chemical Biology Find the AsCas12f1 plasmids   Selective endogenous encapsidation for cellular...
  40. Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)

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    Oct. 23, 2018, 11:49 a.m.
    ...packaging plasmids. The cells need three different plasmids to produce AAV: 1) the RepCap plasmid which provides...AAV plasmid standard and AAV transfer plasmids. It’s easy to contaminate a workspace with plasmid, not...going to lie, AAV transfer plasmids are kind of a pain to work with. These plasmids contain ITRs which are...AAV’s protein shell, or capsid; 2) the pHelper plasmid which expresses adenovirus genes which help mediate...mediate AAV viral replication; and 3) the transfer plasmid which encodes a transgene of interest that’s packaged...structures that are prone to deletion from the transfer plasmid. The good news is there’s a few simple ways to ...multiple bacterial cultures of your AAV transfer plasmid at 30 °C instead of 37 °C and then screen for ITR...
  41. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    Sept. 10, 2020, 11:45 a.m.
    ...multiple gRNAs on the same plasmid, you’ll make sure that each cell that gets the plasmid contains all of the...rectangles) are cloned into various plasmids using oligonucleotides. These plasmids contain Type IIS restriction...different purposes.   Gersbach Lab multiplexing plasmids: This plasmid set allows you to express 2-4 gRNAs, with...assembled to produce a plasmid encoding the gRNAs and Cas9. As with the Gersbach lab plasmids, multiple Cas9 ...Golden Gate/Gibson Assembly Multiplexing Plasmids: These plasmids allow you to assemble 2-4 gRNAs through...Golden Gate/Gibson Assembly Multiplexing Plasmids: These plasmids can be used to express up to 8 gRNAs after...Yang Lab Single Transcript Multiplexing Plasmids: These plasmids are similar to the Csy4 polycistronic ...
  42. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021

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    May 18, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...subset of the new plasmids and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need...highlights from recent CRISPR plasmids. To find all of the CRISPR plasmids available from Addgene, head...Hutchinson Cancer Research Center developed a pooled plasmid library encompassing all possible amino acid mutations...anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. In the library, each plasmid encodes the mutated spike protein and a barcode...head over to our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources page.  A new system uses light to deactivate photocleavable... accumulation of indels to measure time. These plasmids with different promoters driving expression of...
  43. Comparing Cas9 to NgAgo: Can the Argonautes Best CRISPR?

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    June 9, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...for short. Addgene has already distributed this plasmid all over the world, and the question on everyone...identified NgAgo and showed that it can cleave plasmid and genomic DNA in a variety of mammalian cell ...homology-directed repair when a template is supplied. Find Plasmids from the NgAgo Publication at Addgene Cas9 and... contrast, RNA guides must be expressed from a plasmid or in vitro transcribed, and changes in gRNA secondary.... Epub 2016 May 2. PubMed PMID: 27136078. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Swarts, Daan...24531762. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4697943. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 3. Swarts, ...887 amino acids in length, NgAgo is shorter than SpCas9 (1368 aa), SaCas9 (1053 aa), or Cpf1 (1228 or 1307...
  44. CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Delivery

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    Sept. 6, 2018, 12:02 p.m.
    ...commonly performed by transfecting cells with a plasmid, such as PX459, which encodes Cas9 and contains...chosen for both Cas9 and gRNA expression       Plasmid DNA may be incorporated into the genome     Off-target...targets with similar efficiency as compared to plasmid-based expression of Cas9/gRNA and can be used for... as CMV or EF1A promoters found in many CRISPR plasmids) are not expressed. Because this method does ...fluorophore tagged dCas9 may require the use of plasmid or viral-mediated delivery. You’ve decided to...and purify His-tagged Cas9 from E. coli using a plasmid such as pET-28b-Cas9-His from Alex Schier’s Lab...experimental systems that may not be amenable to plasmid based methods. One of the most common techniques...
  45. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    June 24, 2020, 5:45 p.m.
    ...cytosine demethylation in mammalian cells. This plasmid is used with pcDNA3.1-MS2-Tet1-CD to decrease methylation...Tet1CD, is available from Rudolf Jaenisch’s lab in plasmid form or as ready-to-use lentivirus. Figure...Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 (Sa-Cas) and deposited plasmid IF311: pMAGIC (R4-R3) NLS-Sa dCas9-NLS-LSD1. LSD1...experience with these constructs in the comments! Find Plasmids for Epigenetic Modification   Leah Schwiesow...510–517 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3199 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Klann TS, Black...561–568 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3853 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene.  Lei Y, Zhang...8: . https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16026 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Liu XS, Wu ...
  46. Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - A Neuroscientist’s View

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    Oct. 19, 2017, 1:54 p.m.
    ....org Find Cre-Lox Plasmids Find Optogenetics Plasmids Find Chemogenetics Plasmids ...vectors expressing light inducible ion channels (plasmid # 20298 for example) have revolutionized Neuroscience...neurons in the living brain   Figure 1: Plasmid mix to label neuronal morphology (eYFP) and the...recombinase. After in-utero electroporation, this plasmid mix results in sparse labeling of cortical neurons...labeling of individual neurons one could reduce the plasmids amounts to reduce transfection efficiency. However...visualized at the same time from two different plasmids this approach becomes problematic as it reduces...that most cells are transfected with all labeling plasmids and the low concentration of recombinase restricts...
  47. Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV

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    July 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...packaging plasmids: the pHelper plasmid containing Ad E2A, E4, and VA RNA genes; and the pRepCap plasmid containing...with your transfer plasmid, carrying your gene of interest, and the two helper plasmids, commonly called...called “triple plasmid transfection” (Figure 1).    Figure 1: Overview of key steps of AAV production, iodixanol...repeats (ITR). You should always have a high-quality plasmid standard and rAAV reference material of a known...before undergoing titering, to remove residual plasmid DNA carried over from the production process. For...blog Parts of the AAV Packaging PlasmidParts of the AAV Transfer PlasmidAAV Variables That Matter AAV protocols...
  48. CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization

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    Feb. 28, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...24360272. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3918502. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Ma, Hanhui...25713381. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4364232. Find the plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 3. Ma, Hanhui...27088723. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4864854. Find the plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 4. Kiani, Samira...26344044. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4666719. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Additional ...Resources on Asddgene.org Find Fluorescent Protein Plasmids Find Fluorescent Protein Kits Find Empty Backbones...create a colorful Cas9 toolbox, Ma et al. turned to SpCas9 and its orthologs NmCas9 and St1Cas9. Each ortholog...
  49. Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing

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    Jan. 26, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...for future preclinical and clinical work. Find Plasmids for Disease Research on Our Special Collections... Check out Our CRISPR Guide Pages Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Find Validated gRNAs for Your...period of time. High fidelity Cas9s such as eSpCas9 and SpCas9-HF should be explored to reduce off-target...mutation in dystrophin exon 23. Long et al. used SpCas9 in conjunction with AAV9, whereas Nelson et al....
  50. Mapping the 4D nucleome with CRISPR/Cas9

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    Aug. 11, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ....1420024112. Epub 2015 Feb 23. Pubmed. Find the plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Dynamic imaging...10.1016/j.cell.2013.12.001. Pubmed. Find the plasmids from this publication at Addgene. A protein-....2014.09.039. Epub 2014 Oct 9. Pubmed. Find the plasmids from this publication at Addgene. ...create a colorful Cas9 toolbox, Ma et al. turned to SpCas9 and its orthologs NmCas9 and St1Cas9. Each ortholog...
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