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  1. Plasmids 101: Terminators and PolyA signals

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    Blog Post
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    March 31, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...polyadenylation? The role of the terminator, a sequence-based element, is to define the end of a transcriptional... A predicted conserved secondary structure and sequence conserved Rho-independent termination annotation...eukaryotic mechanism which requires a consensus sequence for the addition of a poly(A) tail, the addition...Polymerase III, for example, relies on a specific sequence and RNA secondary structure to induce transcript...terminators (SV40, hGH, BGH, and rbGlob) include the sequence motif AAUAAA which promotes both polyadenylation...transcription due to the presence of additional helper sequences (2-3). As alluded to above, termination and polyadenylation...PMC360476. Gil A, Proudfoot NJ. Position-dependent sequence elements downstream of AAUAAA are required for...
  2. Mapping the 4D nucleome with CRISPR/Cas9

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 11, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...previously been adapted to fluorescently label a sequence matching its gRNA, facilitating the live study...orthologs is key: due to differences in the PAM sequences required by each ortholog, a gRNA designed for...dCas9 variants using gRNAs specific for telomeric sequences and showed that different fluorescently labeled... are efficiently directed to the proper target sequence. They were also able to label two different pairs...pairs of chromosomes using gRNAs specific to sequences on chromosomes 9 and 13. They next turned their...
  3. Fluorescent Tagging of Endogenous Genes with SapTrap

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 12, 2017, 2:26 p.m.
    ...a genomic site specified by a guide RNA (gRNA) sequence. Users can design gRNAs to induce the break at...directed repair pathway, a new user-defined DNA sequence (like GFP) can be inserted at the DSB. CRISPR ...oligos or synthetic DNA for the desired gRNA target sequence, as well as the 5’ and 3’ homology arm repair ...sites- the first site accepts the sgRNA target sequence for U6 promoter expression and the second site...event, and a variety of connector modules (linker sequences between the tag and homology arms). Digestion ...will insert the desired genetic tag and marker sequence into the targeted loci. The selectable marker ... the culture medium. Any number of regulatory sequences, including protein enhancers and repressors, can...
  4. PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 23, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...double-stranded break. HDR copies the sequence from a repair template with flanking sequence homology for error-free...microhomology and the retention of a single microhomology sequence. For more mechanistic details on HDR and NHEJ,...double-stranded break yield precise deletion of the sequence between the microhomologies.MMEJ has certain advantages...to HDR, but it is completed using much shorter sequence homologies. Abbreviated protocol for PITCh...puromycin resistant cells Step 5: PCR amplify and sequence the locus to verify correct GFP-puro insertion...the GFP-Puro cassette into the FBL locus. Upon sequencing of puromycin resistant clones, they found that...
  5. Choosing a CRISPR Nuclease: Site Accessibility, Specificity, and Sensitivity

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    Nov. 5, 2019, 1:28 p.m.
    ...which genomic sequences can be targeted by the Cas9. This is determined by the PAM sequence recognized by...Cas9, spCas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes, this sequence is 3’-NGG. But Cas9s found in other species can...can recognize a variety of different PAM sequences. Researchers have also used experimental evolution ...previously unavailable. Figure 1: The PAM sequence that the Cas nuclease recognizes determines site... displayed the ability to target multiple PAM sequences (NG, GAA, and GT), greatly increasing the number...
  6. Comparing Cas9 to NgAgo: Can the Argonautes Best CRISPR?

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    June 9, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...other CRISPR enzymes, NgAgo does not require a PAM sequence, so users should have much more flexibility in...et al. tested if NgAgo preferred certain guide sequences - using 5 guides/gene for 10 genes, they did not...represent a key advantage over Cas9, for which gRNA sequence can greatly affect editing efficiency. Smaller...invading genome from “recovering” its original sequence. If you’re looking to disrupt gene function via...repair after base excision would alter the target sequence and preclude future HDR, which could lower HDR...
  7. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024

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    Aug. 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...edited sequence anneal with each other, while the 5’ flaps containing the original DNA sequence anneal...yields an edited sequence with the attB/P landing site. A recombinase integrates a sequence from a donor ...technique for precisely integrating large DNA sequences into a genome (Anzalone et al., 2022). While prime...recombinase handles the installation of the donor sequence. The latest work evolves and engineers Bxb1 recombinase...strategy. First, twin prime editing installs two sequences containing attB/P recombinase landing sites on...genome at this site, resulting in the integrated sequence between two attR/L sites. Image reused from Pandey...replacement, integration and inversion of large DNA sequences with twin prime editing. Nature Biotechnology,...
  8. PiggyBac-ing Through the Genome Editing Field

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    Blog Post
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    May 31, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...quickly transfer a DNA sequence from the transposon vector to one of many TTAA sequences distributed throughout...the genome is 1 in every 256 base-pairs of DNA sequence, making it very useful for genetic engineering...transposon in a completely seamless manner, leaving no sequences or mutations behind. Furthermore, piggyBac™ offers...cells, without leaving behind any accessory DNA sequences [2], [3]. Simply put, the piggyBac™ transposon...removed leaving behind no accessory transposon sequences.  The use of PBx is particularly important to ...donor removal, which alters the endogenous DNA sequence and has been suggested to cause cytotoxicity [...removal of the cassette later restores the target sequence. This allows researchers to avoid making unnecessary...
  9. Plasmids 101: Shuttle Vectors

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    May 20, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...an autonomously replicating sequence (ARS), a partial centromere sequence (CEN), both, or neither, depending... an autonomously replicating sequence (ARS) a partial centromere sequence (CEN) both or neither ...depending...molecular biologist has seen before, showing how DNA sequences are translated into amino acids. And I was astonished... Yeast shuttle vectors have these replication sequences for their yeast targets as well as a bacterial...incorporated into the host cell’s genome, so no special sequence is needed to retain the vector as cells divide...
  10. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 18, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...evolution techniques mimic natural selection of sequences that evolve a measurable property of a protein...of tobacco etch virus protease (TEV), a highly sequence-specific protease used to cleave affinity tags...encoding FPs tagged with the plasma membrane targetin sequence derived either from p63(1-29) and Lck. Image from...plasma membrane, they tested different target sequences for improved selectivity and found that the best... of MBP, followed by the desired nanobody (NB) sequence, an AviTAG, and 6xHis tag. The MBP signal peptide...nearly any gene via specific guide RNA (gRNA) sequences. But these approaches rely on continual expression...antiviral method to degrade RNA from SARS-CoV-2 sequences and live influenza A virus. It was demonstrated...
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