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  1. Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids

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    April 9, 2015, 3:29 p.m.
    ...variable is the shRNA. Therefore the empty control vector would be Plasmid A sans shRNA, or backbone Y ...Experiment: Knockdown the expression of Gene X using shRNA expressed from a plasmid   Figure 1: Expression ...a single experiment wherein Plasmid A (encoding shRNA against human Gene X in backbone Y) was transfected... this result one could simply conclude that the shRNA didn’t work, as the expression level of Gene X in...plasmid delivered into the cells successfully? Is the shRNA target correct? Is the purified plasmid DNA viable... in the experiment above, Plasmid A contains an shRNA that targets human Gene X and human cells are being...non-targeting control in this experiment could be an shRNA—in the same backbone as Plasmid A—that does not ...
  2. Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research

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    July 24, 2018, 12:51 p.m.
    ...inducible gene overexpression, knockdown (shRNA, miR-30-shRNA), mutation/editing (CRISPR-Cas9) or deletion...vectors can regulate gene expression by delivering shRNA or miRNA. The ever expanding CRISPR field makes ...in mammalian cells.  Learn more about Mammalian shRNA Tools for RNAi! Cre-Lox technology CAG-GFP-IRES-...empty backbones) here. Cloning and expressing new shRNA sequences pLKO (Plasmid #10878) This plasmid has...Genetic Perturbation Platform, to produce their shRNA library to support functional investigations of ...sequence that can be removed and replaced with an shRNA sequence of your choice. More information and a ...
  3. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    Jan. 8, 2019, 1:54 p.m.
    ...lentiviral vector that contains a scrambled shRNA. This scrambled shRNA is used as a negative control for mammalian...expressing plasmid pMD2.G. Find pMDLg/pRPE. scramble shRNA - This plasmid from David Sabatini’s lab is a 3rd...mammalian RNAi experiments.  Find the scrambled shRNA vector. pLKO.1 - TRC cloning vector - This vector...transfer plasmid for cloning and expressing new shRNA sequences. For more information, see the Addgene...particles. It’s capable of inducible expression of shRNA in target cells by the addition of tetracycline/...
  4. RNA Interference in Plant Biology: New Tools for an Old Favorite

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    Oct. 27, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... address these shortcomings, both short hpRNAs (shRNAs) and artificial micro RNAs (amiRNAs) are frequently...precursors of microRNAs found in the genome, whereas shRNAs are exogenously derived. Importantly, instead of...single ~21-nt interfering RNA is produced using shRNA/amiRNA. Although sh- and amiRNAs are likely more...Arabidopsis species, respectively. Short hairpin RNA (shRNA) is conceptually similar to the microRNA precursor...research community. Fortunately, many tools for shRNA in mammals are available at Addgene. Identifying...
  5. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications

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    April 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...several options to allow you to do exactly that: shRNAs are short RNA sequences which target complementary...sequence for degradation. Viral introduction of shRNA plasmids can induce gene-specific silencing temporarily...the viral vector for your gene of interest – an shRNA sequence specific to your gene’s mRNA or a sgRNA...
  6. How to Deposit Your Plasmids with Addgene

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    Feb. 27, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...each insert.  Encodes gRNA/shRNA A plasmid with one or more gRNA or shRNA sequences cloned into it. gRNAs...location, while shRNAs are used to knockdown expression of mRNAs with complementarity to the shRNA sequence....contained within your insert (or targeted by a gRNA/shRNA) and select the species that the gene or insert ...
  7. Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!

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    April 3, 2014, 8:05 p.m.
    ...an RNAP II promoter, whereas small RNAs (such as shRNA) are transcribed from the RNAP III promoters. This...expression in plants. H1 small RNA expression shRNA From the human polymerase III RNA promoter Constitutive...expression in neuronal cells. U6 small RNA expression shRNA From the human U6 small nuclear promoter Constitutive...
  8. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    Sept. 21, 2017, 2:07 p.m.
    ... size distribution. When comparing LwaCas13a to shRNA, they found that LwaCas13a displays similar knockdown...a distinct contrast to the hundreds of observed shRNA off-targets. They subsequently used catalytically...
  9. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    Dec. 23, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...sgRNA (U6) expression, shRNA/shRNA-miR30 constitutive (H1, U6, 7SK) or inducible shRNA-miR30 (CMV-TO) expression...constitutive or inducible, gene knockdown with shRNA or shRNA-miR30, (2) tamoxifen-inducible CreERT2 gene...deletion, (3) simultaneous expression of cDNAs and shRNAs with a reporter gene, or (4) multiple sgRNAs with...
  10. Hot Plasmids - January 2023

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    Jan. 31, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...endogenous RNA imaging tool.   Fig. 1: Csm, shRNA, and Cas13 were compared head-to-head for gene expression...
  11. Antibody Validation for Flow Cytometry

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    Sept. 10, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... knockdown, consider using shRNA vectors instead. With both siRNA and shRNA, it can be difficult to achieve...
  12. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Vector Elements

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    July 25, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...construct, to cells/organisms. This is often cDNA, shRNA, or something similar, and is contained on the transfer...
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