...polymorphisms specific to their origins. This technique is still used today to test for HeLa contamination...test is so good that it is used as a forensic technique (aka DNA fingerprinting) that can place suspects...stance on the matter. Funding bodies such as the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC...

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...with the contents of the two AAVs. Using this technique, Bok and Porteus deliver a repair template that...respectively. Future researchers could apply this technique to efficiently deliver large repair templates ...AAV vectorization of DSB-mediated gene editing technologies." Current gene therapy 16.3 (2016): 207-219....

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.... Alternatively, you can perform simultaneous detection with a mixture of primary antibodies and appropriate..., M., McDonough, L., Zhu, Y., Neumann, E., De Caestecker, M., Gutierrez, D., & Spraggins, J. (2022). Multiplex...Introduction to Antibodies Which Fluorescence Microscopy Technique is Best for Me? Introduction to Immunofluorescence...

...the system, researchers have used split GAL4 architecture or combined the system with Flp/FRT, as reviewed... regulated expression in mammalian cells. BMC Biotechnol 6, 43 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6750...expression system for Bacillus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2019 Jan;103(1):303-313. doi: 10.1007/s00253...

... Why might one be interested in state machine technology? Biological research has produced a massive amount...itself to cheap, quick, and high throughput state detection with flow cytometry. However, expressing reporters...synthetic circuits from genetic context." Nature biotechnology 30.11 (2012): 1137-1142. PubMed PMID: 23034349...

...repair of the break to allow for site-specific detection downstream. The con to these approaches is that...that NHEJ must perform the repair to allow for detection, not Homologous Recombination or Alternative End...effects in CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2023 Mar 9;11:1143157. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1143157...

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... good correlation between the levels of target detected in both methods. These approaches have relatively...are ultimately planning to use your antibody to detect endogenous levels of the target in other cells ...Antibody validation: A view from the mountains. New Biotechnol 45:1–8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbt.2018.08.002...

.... With the widespread adoption of CRISPR/Cas9 technology and rapid improvements in the field, it has recently...experiments (in collaboration with Integrated DNA Technologies, USA). These synthetic RNAs can also be purchased...delivery of gRNA, Cas9 nuclease, and donor DNA. J Biotechnol 241: 136-146. PubMed PMID: 27845164. 5. Clarke...

...even if they are present in the sample. Other techniques, like electron microscopy and FRET, can offer...details are still being uncovered, and different techniques all bring their own advantages—and blind spots—to...RNA-programmed Cas9 nuclease specificity. Nature Biotechnology, 31(9), 839–843. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt...

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