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...thing that comes to mind. However, ion-based communication is not just for neurons. Non-neuronal cells ...It's just that for non-neural cells, ion-based communication happens at a slightly slower scale.  All living..., and when gap junction-mediated electrical communication is briefly inhibited in the entire worm during...reporting and genetically encoded fluorescent voltage indicators (GEVI) are ideal tools to track bioelectric states...activated proton pump) and ChR2 (blue-light activated cation channel) light-activated channels to hyperpolarize...channelrhodopsin used as a sensitive fluorescent voltage indicator with near-complete desensitization in continuous...extremely exciting emerging field, with many implications for regenerative medicine, evolution of body...

... work around this is to "domesticate" your fragment: PCR-based amplification can be used to create silent...and exciting applications, this system is an incredibly powerful tool for cloning complicated constructs...Type IIS sites (such as BsaI or BbsI), that are located on the outside of the cleavage site. As a result...plasmid (Option 1) or added using PCR-based amplification (Option 2). Advantages of Golden Gate cloning...restriction sites that may not be amenable to "domestication", you might want to consider using an alternative...high-efficiency step. References: Sequential amplification of cloned DNA as tandem multimers using class-IIS...

...promoter, such as the truncated tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) promoter for catecholamine neurons or glial fibrillary... Flp), to either flip or excise a gene that is located between them. Early recombinase-dependent vector...expression profile at multiple steps from plasmid amplification in bacteria to transgene expression in vivo.... the level of spontaneous recombination. This indicates that the amount of leaky expression can largely...are typically employed during viral plasmid amplification (Fischer, KB. 2019). This means that all DIO...of spontaneous reversion during AAV plasmid amplification. On the left homologous pairs of scrambled cre-recombinase...expression of receptors, post-translational modifications, and other factors that AAV utilizes to gain...

...mammalian cells often relied on chemical (CaCl2, cationic liposome) or electrical (electric current forming...particles and the virus particles produced could not replicate. However, Mother Nature found a way to re-create...packaging plasmid forming a vector that could create replication competent virus. Even though this system was ...still a potential risk for the generation of replication competent lentiviruses (RCL) especially if you...factors in HIV positive cells could make the virus replication competent. The 3rd generation of lentiviral...transgenes (>8 kb) Potential for generation of replication-competent lentivirus (RCL) Efficient gene transfer...transfer Potential for insertional mutagenesis: Replication-incompetent lentiviruses with human tropism can...

... a calcium sensor Genetically encoded calcium indicators (GECIs) are fluorescent proteins linked to calcium...in living cells and organisms. Unlike chemical indicators, these DNA constructs can be delivered to intact...the sensors discussed below fall into this GECI category.   For calcium sensors, one size doesn...:509-18. Inoue M. Genetically encoded calcium indicators to probe complex brain circuit dynamics in vivo...Kanemaru K, Iino M. Genetically encoded fluorescent indicators for organellar calcium imaging. Biophysical journal...neuronal activity with genetically encoded calcium indicators. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols. 2012 Jun 1;2012...signaling using genetically targetable fluorescent indicators. Nature protocols. 2006 Aug;1(3):1057-65. Resources...

...host genome, the virus is replication incompetent, meaning it can’t replicate and continue the infection... tools, thought was given on how to keep the replication of virus and its infectivity in check. Engineering...envelope plasmid), and the polymerase (Pol) for replication and Gag structural protein on yet a third plasmid... this safety feature prevents the virus from replicating and spreading in non-target cells, including ....    Viral cargo-specific safety   After replication competency, the second concern with virus safety...diseases in humans, earning this virus a BSL-2 classification. Lentivirus (a type of retrovirus) and gamma...decontaminating liquid waste, remember that the percentage indicates the proportion of the decontaminate in the waste...

...another method for making targeted modifications. A recent publication by Zhang et al. shows just that -...about a month and a half, without the need for complicated cloning of homology arms. MMEJ: An Introduction...required by MMEJ can easily be added via PCR amplification. Given the inefficiency of HDR for knock-ins... and 3’ junctions, respectively. These results indicate that PITCh is a robust method for genomic insertion...lies in the diversity of nucleases and their applications. It will be interesting to see what new editing...PMID: 26678082. Find the plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Dalvai, Mathieu, et al. (2015...633. PMID: 26456817. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 3. Zhang, Chi, Xiuhua Meng, Xiaolei...

...well as suitable applications. Expression System Components of System Application Mammalian expression...CRISPR mammalian expression systems, the typical applications for each, and potential delivery methods.   ...Select the appropriate CRISPR tools for your application: Wildtype Cas9 or Cas9 nickase are appropriate... or introducing mutations and tags, while a catalytically dead dCas9 can be used in conjunction with activator...or more sgRNAs and Cas9 are required for any application. If you want to include a homology directed repair...Cas9-gRNA complex and delivered to cells using cationic lipids. Transient expression of CRISPR components...below: Chemical transfection   Lipid mediated Cationic polymers Calcium phosphate Cells Transformed...

...manuscript to get reviewed and edited prior to publication, and this will delay the dissemination of your...deposited by George Church’s lab). Addgene has also cataloged a variety of useful molecular cloning protocols...bacterial transformation. And more plasmid-related educational resources can be found in our Plasmids 101 blog...bring your phone into the lab? Maybe having a dedicated lab-use tablet? The software also makes it easy...equipment, and track inventory and orders. Quartzy caters to life science labs and offers the service free...scientists by allowing companies to pay publish their catalogs on the site. Like Labguru, Quartzy offers software...’ll continue to create new molecular biology educational resources, such as protocols, Plasmids 101 articles...

...up. Applications of photoactivatable fluorescent proteins Some of the most important applications for ...conventional FP imaging. PA-FPs are divided into 2 main categories - those with irreversible and reversible photoactivation...photoactivation - and have enabled sophisticated imaging techniques.     Irreversible photoactivation Irreversible...level of background fluorescence. For any PA-FP application, the brighter the fluorescence the better. More...photoactivation. A high contrast ratio usually indicates that a PA-FP has a low level of spontaneous fluorescence...photostable green and red states. Beyond these imaging applications PA-FPs have been developed for use in yeast,..."Photoactivatable genetically encoded calcium indicators for targeted neuronal imaging." Nature methods...

...and late gene transcription) is demarcated by viral genome replication (Harrach, 2014). Given that the...encapsidate new virions) are not expressed. Note that replication-competent AdV vectors also exist and are used...the final topic, which is that natural AdVs, replication-competent viruses with a recombinant genome, ...Hermiston, T. W. (2003). Multigene expression from a replicating adenovirus using native viral promoters. Mol ...does not require de novo viral gene expression: Implications for gene therapy. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, ...in vivo and maintain activated CD8+ T cells: implications for their use as vaccines. Blood, 110(6), 1916...on the Addgene blog Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications Adenoviral Vector Production and Troubleshooting...

...drives and their ramifications. Readers unfamiliar with academia’s challenges with publication and funding ...Connecticut College who has been teaching and communicating science for over two decades, attempts to answer... primarily on fluorescent proteins and their applications, tackles much broader issues in this brief volume...sexism in science, problems with peer-reviewed publications and funding, bioethics in the age of CRISPR,... and her essential-but-unlauded role in the identification of DNA’s double helix. Perhaps to the dismay...dismay of middle-aged scientists, the identification of Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) and its development...CRISPR of course address some of the ethical implications of using these technologies, but also the rapidity...

...helps us to locate interesting addresses in the genome. Let’s now examine how we can locate powerful stretches..., start, and stop. For instance (chr3, 1, 10) indicates a stretch of DNA at the very beginning of the ...for the genome" techniques Technique What It Locates ChIP-seq Proteins (for our example later, histones...therapeutics. We’ll have more to say about clinical applications of CRISPR in the next section. In order to denote...’s associated histone proteins K4 and K27 – locations of the amino acid lysine in H3 me1, me3, and...aceylation, respectively (these are chemical modifications, or functional groups, found on lysine) Putting...blog biobabel blog Resources on the Addgene Blog Catch Up on Your CRISPR Background with CRISPR 101 Learn...

...lentiviral plasmids created for a variety of applications including cDNA expression, shRNA-mediated knockdown... looking for some additional information or clarification on these vectors. Read on to find the answers... thus decreasing the probability of creating replication-competent lentivirus (RCL) in your target cells...type or tissues; this is useful in gene therapy applications where a distinct subset of the cellular population...needs to be targeted. Q6: Are transfer plasmids replication competent? What is SIN? A6: Most (if not all)...all) Addgene transfer plasmids are replication-deficient meaning they can be used to create virus that is...Which genes are deleted or modified to result in replication deficiency? What percent of the vector components...

...immunoprecipitation applications, but none of the traditional tags were suitable for both applications. To prove...from non-vertebrate systems. Preliminary testing indicated that inntags IT5, IT6, and IT10 expressed well...and the chaperone Ydj1, both of which display sophisticated interactions with multiple other proteins. Again...detrimental effects on cell size and growth rate, indicating that they compromised protein-protein interactions...These tags are easy to use in multiple common applications. Due to their limited effects on native protein...particularly in single-molecule or high-throughput applications. Perhaps IT5 and IT6 will even replace our older...

...original publication and ensure that it includes validation data relevant to your application — and double-check...buffer, consider the subcellular location of your protein. Proteins located in membrane-bound subcompartments...or are looking to preserve specific protein modifications, we recommend doing a little more research into...Blocking solutions Your blocking options come in two categories: protein-based and chemical-based. Before selecting...making membranes inherently “fuzzier” than gels. Quantification If you want to quantify the amounts of protein...available in a pure form, you can perform relative quantification, which measures protein amounts and compares...membrane Increased time Calculate absolute quantification Running a standard curve Uses many wells...

...Red arrows indicate a conversion directly catalyzed by the base editor. Black arrows indicate natural cellular...editing works in general. Base editors use either catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) or a Cas9 nickase (nCas9) ...excision repair (BER), the cellular process that catches mutated U’s in DNA and ideally converts them back...terms gRNA/sgRNA Guide RNA RNA used by Cas9 to locate a matching DNA sequence.   Target strand The ...directed base excision repair proteins. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1384. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467...double-strand breaks causing deletion, transversion and translocation. Nature Cell Biology, 26(2), 294–304. https:...predictable by machine learning methods. Nature Communications, 12(1), 4902. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467...

... than ever to make precise, targeted genome modifications. Cas9 has been modified to enable researchers...instead.  Choosing a Cas9 for site-specific modifications Site-specific deletions and knockouts Some experiments...mutation at a specific site e.g., deleting the catalytic residue of a protein or knocking out a very small...flexibility as to where your sgRNA needs to be located and there may not be a NGG PAM site anywhere to... Beyond SpCas9.” Single base pair edits Is the location and type of edit you need to introduce highly ...Perhaps you need to introduce a single nucleotide modification at a defined amino acid to mimic a patient mutation... mutation or maybe to disrupt a catalytic residue. Good news! You can achieve your precise edit without...

...resources you’ll need ahead of time and mute your notifications during. (Boyes, 2019) If you’ve taken the time... particularly relevant to you. Elect a devil’s advocate. This is the person whose job it is to disagree...think about alternative options. When a devil’s advocate is elected, others may feel they can share opposing...dissenting opinions or ideas. While the best devil’s advocate is one who truly disagrees with the group (because...adamantly for their solution), selecting a devil’s advocate is a good option for any meeting in which the ...other way,” you probably have reason to continue advocating for your idea. Our product team has implemented...also be procrastinators.  If you fall into this category, get out of your head by giving yourself a quick...

...Fluorescent tools for mammalian cells Nanobody purification CRISPRi and CRISPRa system for hPSCs The CRISPR...CRISPR corner New from the viral service Faster catalysis after yeast-based protein evolution By Joanne ...concept, Sanchez and Ting sought to improve the catalytic efficiency of tobacco etch virus protease (TEV...activity with a fluorescent protein--no affinity purification required! The team used other molecular techniques...evolution platform to generate TEV protease variants. Catalysis by TEV protease allows a transcription factor ...information on where exactly a structure or protein is located within a cell. The Goedhart lab, Gadella lab, and...beads. Workflow of nanobody expression and purification. Iwaki et al., Protein Expr Purif, 2020. ...