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  1. Science Career Options

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    Feb. 23, 2017, 1:30 p.m.
    ...Marketer Software Developer Learn Science Communication Skill from a Student Group Like Science in the...regular travel be required or will you stay in one location? How long is the commute? Will the job require...online job websites to see what requirements or qualifications are needed for the role, as this will give ...your research, it’s time to start sending out applications. Check out our other career posts for more specifics...careers and to find advice on crafting the perfect application. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn...
  2. Learning Technical Skills at a Lab Central Workshop

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    Feb. 20, 2018, 2:30 p.m.
    ...processing, these small DNA strands can form concatemers in later steps. This new NEB kit includes a step...fragments the DNA and prevents it from forming concatemers later. The "FS" stands for Fragmentation System...repair Adapter Ligation Clean up/Size selection Amplification Clean up  I found this kit easy to use because...DNA we started the process with, we got great amplification of our sample libraries. NEB also gave us a ...mostly used to make new libraries as opposed to replicating them like we do at Addgene), going to the workshop...
  3. Plasmids 101: Gram Negative and Positive Bacteria

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    Aug. 2, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...ll be talking about the ins and outs of this classification system, including its history, biology, and...repeatable phenomenon, Gram began using it as a classification system. Eventually, any bacteria that retained...permeable to different classes of antibiotics. The classification system is also useful in a laboratory setting...bacteria type. The gram positive and negative classification system is incredibly helpful in visualizing...stepping into a lab.   Anna Kamens is a science communication summer intern at Addgene and a rising third-...
  4. Luminescent Imaging with Nano-lanterns

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    May 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...resulting in a fluorescent signal. Since their first publication in 2012, the Nagai laboratory has assembled a...multicolored nano-lanterns for use in various applications, including optogenetics, biosensors, and fusion...sensitivity and faster imaging compared to previous publications. They also developed calcium, cAMP, and ATP ...furimazine. In addition to the previously described applications, the enhanced signal of eNL allows their use...characterizing Nano-lanterns and eNL for many different applications. For long-term imaging, especially where photobleaching...
  5. Why and how to start studying chromatin (with Addgene's help)

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    June 12, 2018, 11:40 a.m.
    ...transcription, or DNA repair, or replication, or any number of CRISPR applications and thought “OK, but how does...pages containing lists of plasmids from the indicated publications. You can request all of these plasmids ...below pull up lists of plasmids containing the indicated gene, and you can subscribe to these pages to ...
  6. Cas13d: Small RNA-targeting CRISPR enzymes for transcriptome engineering

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    May 3, 2018, 1:48 p.m.
    ...for pre-clinical and clinical applications of dCasRx. The identification of Type VI Cas13d enzymes is ...RspCas13d. RspWYL1 also increased EsCas13d activity, indicating that WYL domain-containing proteins may be broader...even when guides were tiled across a target RNA, indicating that this enzyme does not cleave at a predictable...target essentially any RNA in a cell. Since catalytically dead dCasRx maintains its RNA-binding properties...
  7. AAV Q&A with Tim Miles

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    May 17, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ... our knowledge. Disease Applications Q13: Does AAV have potential applications in diseases which may be...Did you catch our April AAV webinar with Tim Miles, PhD, Director of the CLOVER Center at CalTech? If...1x1014 vg/ml.. As evident in our repository, this application is an outlier for PHP.eB (1x1011 - 1x1012 vg/...CRISPR tools is an exciting area for future AAV application to epigenetic editing. This area is discussed...
  8. Viral Vectors 101: Biosensors

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    July 6, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...of the biosensors used in research are very sophisticated, but at their core they can all be boiled down...ready-to-use. While biosensors span the gamut of applications within chemistry, biology, and physics, in this...sensors can be targeted to different cellular locations or tissues depending on the biology you are studying...different factors, in different or the same cellular location, all at once! Small molecules What type of small...Neurotransmission and Neuromodulation: Engineering and Applications. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 2019 Oct...
  9. From Lab Bench to Leadership: Transitioning into Management as a PhD

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    Jan. 21, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...cohesive team environment. Neglecting communication skillsClear communication is the backbone of effective management...management. Miscommunication often arises when managers fail to set expectations or provide timely feedback...firsthand when it took me some time to adapt to the communication style of a new, junior team member who had values...and leveraging tools like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator or DISC assessments can help you navigate team...
  10. The Breast Cancer Microenvironment: A Tumor’s Backstage Team

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    Jan. 31, 2019, 1:32 p.m.
    ... these stromal cell modifications, stromal cells are also constantly communicating with a tumor, proving... was contributed by Bárbara Pinho, a science communicator at the Portuguese science museum "Fábrica Centro...Proficient in transportation, exosomes are tools of communication and provide malignancy to the microenvironment... Pinho! Bárbara Pinho is currently a science communicator at the Portuguese science museum "Fábrica Centro...
  11. Human Germline Editing Using CRISPR

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    Aug. 10, 2017, 2:19 p.m.
    ...thus allowing repair to take place before DNA replication. Indeed, they observed that 41/42 embryos were... embryos carried indels at the mutation site, indicating that repair proceeded through NHEJ rather than...attributable to CRISPR editing. Conclusions & implications One striking feature of this paper is the failure... need to be much, much lower before clinical applications could be considered. It is important to consider...experiments are needed before we can consider clinical applications for germline editing. Although this paper represents...
  12. Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Aggregation Tendency

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    June 15, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...aggregates. This property can be tolerated in some applications (e.g. labeling of cells or tracking promotor...promotor activity), but it is problematic in applications in which the fluorescent protein is used as an inert...During the experiment, the solution is diluted, complicating the interpretation. Because of this, these methods...aware that the fluorescent proteins reported in publications are only characterized under a limited number...build a valuable resource with tools and data that indicate the performance of (a set of) fluorescent proteins...
  13. Supporting Rare Disease Research with the 2020 BeHEARD Awards

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    Sept. 8, 2020, 2 p.m.
    ...seizures, and other symptoms as discussed in this educational video. “SLC6A8 belongs to a large family of solute.... “This proof of concept study will help in identification of new targets that could greatly enhance our...professor and assistant dean of biomedical science education at McGill University.  These protein-receptor ...58 individuals with GNB1 disorder since the identification of this disease in 2016. The lab aims to “expand...pathways using biosensors as well. “The Addgene catalog would allow us to enhance our biosensor repository...
  14. RNA Extraction Without A Kit

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    March 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...of DNA that can potentially complicate results of a downstream application such as quantitative PCR to...easier. Recently, we published a blog on DNA purification without a kit that outlined several reasons ...take care whenever doing any type of DNA or RNA purification to avoid contamination, take extra care when..., that isn’t the case for RNA extraction and purification. There is one simple method that works, and ...
  15. Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV

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    May 30, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...experiments. Recombinant AAVs (rAAVs) The primary application of AAV is delivery of genetic cargo to a host...numerical designations, separated by a slash, that indicate the ITR and serotype, respectively. For example...transduced gene is episomal and does not divide and replicate in the same way the host DNA does. Because of ... since you don’t have to wait for the host to replicate the DNA before expression. Now that you’ve got... S., et al. “Various AAV Serotypes and Their Applications in Gene Therapy: An Overview.” Cells, 12(5),...
  16. Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells

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    Sept. 26, 2019, 12:50 p.m.
    ...including RNPs for indel formation via NHEJ, precise modification with Homology Directed Repair (HDR), CRISPR ...potential to be used for other types of CRISPR applications. Let’s take a look at the key components of ... which means they are non-infectious and non-replicative. Nanoblades are produced by transfecting the ...incubating Nanoblade particles with polybrene, a cationic polymer. Polybrene has long been used to increase...with Cas9-sgRNA ribonucleoproteins." Nature communications 10.1 (2019): 45. PubMed PMID: 30604748. PubMed...
  17. Mouse Modeling, Part 2: Breeding and Crossing Mice

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    Aug. 6, 2019, 12:55 p.m.
    ...techniques that can be used to introduce genetic modifications into mouse embryos. But once you generate a ...techniques are each useful for introducing one modification into the mouse genome, they are not commonly...parental mice In order to ensure that your genetic modification will be passed along to all of the offspring...environment and will harbor similar epigenetic modifications. Special breeding cases Whether your mouse colony...the mutations that you are trying to cross are located on homologous chromosomes in the parental generation...
  18. Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice

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    July 11, 2019, 1:26 p.m.
    ...stimuli. Cre recombinase catalyzes the recombination of DNA sequences located between two loxP sites. ...in research can fall under one of two broad classifications: inbred or outbred. Inbred strains share a ...Knockout mice Knockout mice have undergone genetic modification that alters or eliminates the expression of ...can be used to invert a segment of DNA or to translocate a piece of DNA from one region of the genome ...
  19. Split-BioID: An Improved Method for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    May 1, 2018, 1:57 p.m.
    ...methods for identifying PPIs, such as affinity purification mass spectrometry (AP-MS), lack the ability ...the validation of a binary PPI as well as the identification of additional interacting factors. Problems...detect weak and/or transient PPIs. Many PPI identification techniques rely on protein interactors to stay... AP-MS. This requirement often prevents the identification of weak and/or transient interacting proteins...spatiotemporally defined protein complexes. Nature communications. PubMed PMID: 28585547. PubMed Central PMCID...
  20. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021

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    March 23, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...2021.   The potential tools fall into two categories: probes and editors. A probe array may consist...and should be varied as it can have important implications for the fusion protein effectivity), and a fluorescent...to visualize DNA, an editor targets DNA (via catalytically inactive dCas9) to modify chromatin. A fluorescent...both spatiotemporal protein degradation and quantification of this depletion using imaging-based measurements...BioTag, which can be used in protein affinity purification studies.    Duong et al., Genetics 2021. https...
  21. 5 Tips for Troubleshooting Viral Transductions

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    Aug. 11, 2016, 2:23 p.m.
    ...experiment and they don't do anything. Viruses are complicated and they perform complex biological tasks, both...vector may undergo genomic rearrangements during replication. To avoid genomic rearrangements, try amplifying...membranes (Davis et al., 2002). Polybrene is one such cationic reagent that is commonly used and has been shown... during transfection, and does not necessarily indicate the production of virus. Alternatively, if the...hepatitis B virus DNA and hepatitis C virus RNA quantification as measured with branched-DNA technology." ...
  22. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Visualizing Subcellular Structures & Organelles

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    June 22, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...functionality can be gained by understanding the location and transport of the protein within a living cell...to observe membrane trafficking events in vivo. Locate your protein and see who it is hanging out with...potential overlap, it is possible to determine the location of proteins within complex structures. In order...way it is important to choose the appropriate quantification methods and tools. It is usually not enough...intracellular pathogens In addition to tracking the location of proteins it is also possible to follow the ...
  23. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Protein Timers

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    May 4, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ... (green or blue) within a population of timer indicates the age of the pool: the higher the ratio, the...-FT-N1 pTRE-Slow-FT pBAD/HisB-Slow-FT -  Applications of fluorescent protein timers FP timers have...biological event (trafficking to a subcellular location, start of gene expression, development of a cell... insulin-secreting beta-like cells." Nature communications 7 (2016). PubMed PMID: 27063289. PubMed Central...Learn More About Fluorescent Protein Aggregation Catch Up On Your GFP Basics Get Advice on Choosing Your...
  24. Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions of NgAgo

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    Aug. 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...been excitedly testing NgAgo's genome editing applications. So, how does NgAgo stack up thus far? A few...survey. When asked if they could detect indels (an indication of gene disruption ability) with NgAgo, one respondent...could not achieve indels with the NgAgo system indicates that it is very tricky to use and fussy to optimize... S. Lander, and Feng Zhang. "Development and applications of CRISPR-Cas9 for genome engineering." Cell...Addgene.org Request NgAgo Find CRISPR Resources Catch Up on Your CRISPR Background ...
  25. Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More

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    June 12, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
    ...? Patron: Sainsbury has a mandate to share and educate and enable plant science in general. We are funded...easier because individual labs will not need to ‘domesticate’ all the basic and necessary elements in order... you are in the lab. There is no PCR, no gel purification; the whole cloning process is so simplistic ...tweet about plant synthetic biology, science communication, women in science, and many other topics. What...well-rounded human beings. It’s also a great communication tool for work. Most Sainsbury scientists are...
  26. Drew Endy Introduces the Biobrick Public Agreement Plasmid Collection

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    Dec. 12, 2013, 3:35 p.m.
    ...Initiative. Endy's team made news in March with a publication in Science describing the development of “transcriptors...work, and it begins with the central dogma - replication of DNA, transcription of DNA to make RNA, translation..., humans have two types of languages: one to communicate amongst each other, like this conversation we... in English, and then there are languages to communicate with other things. These are programming languages...successful in the long term, if it's going to communicate between humans (i.e., our dreams and intentions...
  27. MXS Chaining

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    Feb. 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...develop diverse fluorescent reporters is a useful application of high-throughput cloning. MXS Chaining is one...plasmids for fluorescence imaging or flow cytometry applications in mammalian cells. The modules used in this...transgene expression, or a variety of other clever applications. In one example, modular constructs generated...methods are suited for particular downstream applications. The tradeoffs between various cloning methods...technique to engineer various constructs with applications in flow cytometry approaches in mammalian cell...
  28. Transferable Skills Guide: Identifying Your Transferable Skills

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    Jan. 11, 2018, 3:29 p.m.
    ...my job. The same can be said about teamwork, communication, writing, management, and creativity; I have...have the desired degree, you have mastered the applications they use, you’ve gained experience working with...to solve a problem. When they ask about your communication style, your potential teammates want to be assured...ve had to flex your conflict management and communication skills quite a bit. Grab a piece of paper and...Negotiation Career Planning Resources Cross team communication  External collaborators For further advice ...
  29. What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program

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    May 2, 2019, 12:41 p.m.
    ... their organismal systems for scientists and educational programs for K-12 students. You can see why I...parenting strategies and make important ecological indicators since species live in water and on land. Current...which have been used to treat heart disease. Caterpillars that eat milkweed generate cardenolides that... poisonous) for bird predators - birds eat a caterpillar once, vomit, and never do it again. Cichlids ... expensive. They are using a cool fluorescent indicator system to rapidly identify recombinants. Arthropods...
  30. Sonic Hedgehog? Sleeping Beauty? Learn About the Genes Behind Addgene’s Conference Room Names

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    April 2, 2019, 1:44 p.m.
    ...Addgene recently moved to our brand new location, with more space to grow and help scientists share resources... resources in new ways. Along with a new location comes the need for new conference room names. The Addgenie...transposon system including those from the original publication, Ivics et al 1997. Spaghetti Squash, a regulator...bunch of cookie monster eyes.”  Check out the publication to see for yourself. We have one plasmid in our...Bodmer, Rolf. "The gene tinman is required for specification of the heart and visceral muscles in Drosophila...
  31. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024

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    Nov. 21, 2024, 1:30 p.m.
    ...performs well in many different antibody-based applications.  IPI’s recombinant version is a fusion of mouse...with additional cofactors or using significantly truncated forms that limit its functionality. To make biophysical...cellular processes in C. elegans: mScarlet3 for applications needing intense brightness (such as low-expression...luciferase fragment (expressed separately) assemble and catalyze the luminescence reaction (Figure 5). The researchers...under tension. Upon binding, LgBiT and BiT Tag catalyze a luminescent reaction with the substrate furimazine...
  32. Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down

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    Aug. 23, 2018, 12:05 p.m.
    ... proteins.Therefore, GFP is not suitable for applications that require anaerobic conditions. In experiments...an additional protein module that can report on location. This approach enables the study of proteins in...fusion with GFP allows for detection of genomic locations (Chen et al., 2013). GFP fluorescence overlaps...case when proteins undergo post-translational modification with fatty acyl chains. For instance, myristoylation...C-terminal consensus sequence (-CaaX). Both modifications are disrupted when GFP is fused to these sequences...
  33. CRISPR 101: Validating Your Genome Edit

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    Nov. 3, 2022, 12:15 p.m.
    ...how many copies you are looking for. Secondly, categorize your edit – is it any frameshift mutation? A ...enzyme screening for resistivity to digestion, indicating targeted edits.   Interested in this method...a manageable number of the higher probability locations. If you’re worried about off-target effects, you...Tao Chen, Jos Jonkers, Bas van Steensel. Easy quantification of template-directed CRISPR-Cas9 editing. (...and variant-aware in silico off-target site identification for CRISPR genome editing. (2019) Bioinformatics...
  34. Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains

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    Nov. 7, 2014, 2:56 p.m.
    ...that carried out the labor-intensive process of replicating your new plasmid: the Escherichia coli bacteria...conjugation. Genes listed on F´ are wild-type unless indicated otherwise fhuA (formerly tonA) ferric hydroxamate...vectors. Used by Addgene for pooled library amplification. F' mcrA Δ(mcrBC-hsdRMS-mrr) recA1 endA1 gyrA96...typically standard; just having the gene listed indicates it is non-functional. If a gene is deleted, it... Most Popular Plasmids 101 Posts: Origin of Replication The Promoter Region – Let's Go! Mammalian Vectors...
  35. Building Global Connections with the International Mentorship Program USA-EUROPE

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    Nov. 6, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...Universities from five different geographical locations in Spain were enrolled: the University of Valencia...2014/2015, took place on July 27th, 2015 at a dedicated international mentoring conference held at the... own part, mentors receive immense personal gratification as they witness their student’s progress and...like IMP build bridges and global networks. They catalyze the development of knowledge, experience, resources...Mentoring Foundation for the Advancemnet of Higher Education website Resources at Addgene Read Other Career...
  36. The Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank: Over 25 Years of Antibody Sharing

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    March 10, 2015, 2:25 p.m.
    ...target proteins of interest for labeling, quantification, purification, chromatin immunoprecipitation and more...created the Monoclonal Antibody Research Institute dedicated to: 1) developing new ways of generating antibodies...Freedom: The Expansion of Data Sharing in Research Publications ...
  37. Finding Your Science Policy Path

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    Sept. 22, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... policy implementation, program management, communications, diplomacy and international relations, advocacy...they train and bring researchers to Congress to advocate for increased science funding and other issues...sets for a science policy career is science communication so an outsized way to prepare is to do lots ...Initiative.    Get practical experience in science communication by writing for the Journal of Science Policy...connect you with alumni before and during your application process so you can learn more! Figure ...
  38. An “elegans” Approach to Better CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency

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    Dec. 17, 2020, 1:30 p.m.
    ...Mello lab also reported that modifying the 5’ modification of oligos used to generate linear dsDNA repair...Efficient Marker-Free Recovery of Custom Genetic Modifications with CRISPR/Cas9 in Caenorhabditis elegans. ...Forstemann K (2014) Efficient chromosomal gene modification with CRISPR/cas9 and PCR-based homologous recombination...Watts JK, Sontheimer EJ, Mello CC (2018) 5′ Modifications Improve Potency and Efficacy of DNA Donors for...Colaiácovo MP (2013) Heritable Custom Genomic Modifications inCaenorhabditis elegansvia a CRISPR–Cas9 System...
  39. Plasmid Preps: Different Purity, Different Quantities, Different Uses

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    June 16, 2020, 1:25 p.m.
    ...that have been used during the purification procedure. Good indicators of DNA purity are the absorbance...nm should fall ~1.8 - 2 and give scientists an indication of purity versus protein contaminants. The 260...nm ratios should fall ~2 - 2.2, and provide an indication of purity versus chaotropic agents as guanidine...
  40. Our Most Popular Blog Posts from 2019

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    Dec. 31, 2019, 2:26 p.m.
    ...resources can now be found in one place: the Educational Resources page. So let’s get to it. Here’s the...Anti-CRISPR, 2in1 Cloning, Fluorescent Voltage Indicators, and Photoswitchable Proteins by Cary Valley,...protein size and shape, linker sequences, and fusion location, there are many choices to make. 2. Prime Editing...Resources at Addgene Browse the repository Find educational resources at Addgene Search for plasmids at Addgene...
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