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  1. The Michael Davidson Collection: One-Stop Shop for Fluorescent Proteins

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    July 29, 2014, 6:16 p.m.
    ...over the years, he and his colleagues built a Molecular Expressions collection including some 3,300 plasmids...designed in the same vector backbone with very similar restriction enzymes. You can essentially cut and...of many proteins known to localize to specific cellular structures.The Davidson lab even included some...his team created with the research community at large, "[Fluorescent proteins are] a whole new way of ...everywhere to get a clearer picture of that intracellular world, even as the Davidson lab prepares to ...scientists, and the FSU team who have made this large, important plasmid deposit possible.   ...
  2. Generating Mouse Models Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    July 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Haoyi Wang! Wenning Qin is a molecular biologist with Biogen and is particularly interested in applying CRISPR...the go-to choice for studying mammalian biology. Similar to any model, mice are not without their problems...manipulate the mouse genome using CRISPR/Cas9. Similar to the human genome, the mouse genome is made up...exciting – the cell sends out an “SOS” signal and cellular repair mechanisms rush in to repair the damage...generating small mutations with HDR, when it comes to larger scale genome editing, such as replacement of a ...degradation by the omnipresent RNase. You may want to declare your bench “RNase free” and refrain from talking...
  3. PiggyBac-ing Through the Genome Editing Field

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    May 31, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...Transposagen. He has a long-standing interest in molecular and cellular biology and brings 10 years of research...mutations behind. Furthermore, piggyBac™ offers a large cargo-carrying capacity (over 200 kb has been demonstrated...Controlling the expression levels of your gene may be particularly useful when the gene being expressed has threshold...accessory transposon sequences.  The use of PBx is particularly important to avoid any possible random re-integration...a cell line with the edit of interest. With the larger piggyBac™ donor vector, it is possible to make ...recombinase. However, the use of negative selection largely overcomes this obstacle. Furthermore, we have found...
  4. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Tools for Making Scientific Graphics

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    June 11, 2019, 1:16 p.m.
    ...Drawings is similar to using PowerPoint to draw figures. It’s part of Google Drive so it has a similar interface...figures quickly. Inkscape Inkscape is the most similar to Adobe Illustrator out of the three options for...like lab meeting presentations. You can download larger images without the watermark, which are better ...four main categories: anatomy and the human body, cellular biology, medical specialities, and general items... tools settings let you tailor your search to particular types of images. For example, by selecting “Tools...
  5. Plasmids 101: Walkthrough of Addgene’s Snapgene-Powered Quality Control Process

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    Feb. 1, 2018, 3:07 p.m.
    ...Resources on Addgene.org Molecular Biology Reference Pages Basic Molecular Biology Protocols Diagnostic...feature detection with an easy to use interface. We regularly use Snapgene for our quality control process because...will confirm for us is whether it is a linear or circular sequence. Next, we use the “Detect Common Features...analyzing deposits with many plasmids that contain similar features and it allows you to more quickly identify...annotated in our plasmid maps, including our most popular primers and certain restriction enzymes, but you...
  6. The Blue Flame Award: Celebrating Addgene's Most Requested Depositors

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    Nov. 14, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...scientific sharing worldwide but a select few are particularly special. Over 1000 of our 60,000+ deposited ... the way in which we share plasmids and other molecular tools with the scientific community worldwide,...disseminates throughout the research community. These popular plasmids are categorized into a 3-level system ...can be a time-consuming chore for labs that have popular plasmids but lack the resources or personnel to...our plasmids via Addgene. Given the increasing popularity of CRISPR in the plant community, this has saved... as a whole. To all of our depositors- and in particular our Blue Flame Award winners- we’d like to thank...
  7. HA Frankenbody, a New Imaging Tool to Visualize Single Molecules and Nascent Peptides

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    Oct. 10, 2019, 12:41 p.m.
    ...Stability improvement of antibodies for extracellular and intracellular applications: CDR grafting to stable...image nascent proteins. In addition GFP tags are large, dim, and permanently attached to a protein, making... detects the widely used HA epitope in diverse cellular environments. They called this probe the HA frankenbody...else can you do with the HA frankenbody? Another large advantage of the HA frankenbody is that it remains... fluorescent protein guide Find plasmids for subcellular localization Find fluorescent protein plasmids...
  8. Bright Monomeric Fluorescent Proteins: mNeonGreen, mTFP1, and mWasabi

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    April 25, 2019, 3:01 p.m.
    ...monomeric variants of Clavularia cyan fluorescent protein: identification of the molecular determinants of ...tetrameric cyan fluorescent protein from the coral Clavularia sp. protein CFP484. Hui-wang Ai and colleagues...nm), making it useful in multicolor labeling particularly with fluorophores that excite in the violet ...expected locations. An analysis of mWasabi gave similar results. We hope this blog post helped you see ... monomeric, bright and photostable version of Clavularia cyan fluorescent protein: structural characterization...
  9. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - Spring 2019

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    March 26, 2019, 1:40 p.m.
    ...accumulates in the endoplasmic reticulum, but exhibits larger fluorescent responses to GABA. Find the iGABASnFR... visualize cells and to quantify targeting of particular cell types. For example, the mDlx enhancer restricts...for experiments encoding a fluorescent-tagged molecular tool.   Find pAAV-FLEX-tdTomato, pAAV-GFAP104-...on availability date or to be notified when a particular catalog item is available for order please email...fluorescence. It is useful for activity imaging of large populations of densely labeled neurons because background...fluorescence.  It is useful for activity imaging of large populations of densely-labeled neurons because background...
  10. Natural or synthetic? How Addgene’s dataset reveals trends in biological innovation

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    Nov. 8, 2018, 3:47 p.m.
    ...Now, scientists are beginning to see Addgene as a large data set. Addgene has over 65,000 plasmids in the... in synthetic biology. “Synthetic biology, in particular, the ability to do DNA synthesis, is evolving...protein, their gene sequence may have slight or large variations depending on how closely related these...within the Addgene repository is mammalian, but the largest source of unique gene sequences is Proteobacteria...the only time researchers have used Addgene as a large data set. Alec A. K. Nielsen & Christopher A. Voigt... page Search for a plasmid Find Addgene's most popular plasmids ...
  11. Science Careers: Unruly Interests Feed Many Paths

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    Sept. 26, 2017, 12:12 p.m.
    ...unruly. Instead of settling down into a singular focus on molecular pathways, I found myself curious about... a look at the blog ‘Scholarly Kitchen’ for a glimpse into the world of scholarly publishing. And see ...programs unfold, absorbing the stochasticity of molecular interactions and embedding individual diversity...viewed through the lens of development, cell, and molecular biology. Beyond that, she is also a fan of baseball...
  12. Three Tips for Preventing Viral Plasmid Recombination in Your Samples

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    Sept. 14, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Repeating sequences within a plasmid can undergo intramolecular DNA recombination. This naturally occurring...recommendations from the depositing lab. If your vector is large (>10 kb) or has a low copy number, try following...agar plates, you may notice that there are both large and small colonies. Bacteria containing the recombined...plasmid, whereas the round tan colonies that look similar to normal E. coli cultures contain the recombined...: electron microscopic analysis of in vitro intramolecular recombination. Proceedings of the National ...Additional resources on the Addgene blog Find more molecular biology and viral vector protocols Learn about...
  13. Viral Vectors 101: Transductions

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    April 30, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...ve ever wondered how they are different from or similar to the other Ts, we have your answers. If you know...into a cell by a viral agent. Transductions are similar to transfections, processes which introduce foreign...or non-integrating. Read on to find out more! Molecular basis of transduction Transductions utilize the...transduction step. Viral particles are secreted into the cellular media, making viral collection fairly easy. Producer...available for a variety of broadly applicable and popular viral vectors. Check out our viral selections to... Transfection and transduction seem to achieve similar outcomes, so why and when should you opt to make...
  14. In Vivo Biotinylation of Bacterial Fusion Proteins

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    Jan. 25, 2018, 2:09 p.m.
    ...a true measurement of high affinity (i.e. sub-nanomolar) protein-ligand interactions. Avidin and its derivatives...to a lysine residue within the AviTag. However, large amounts of the target protein are typically required... protein (MBP, New England BioLabs). MBP has a similar function as GST in that it provides a method to...successfully used this plasmid to biotinylate the extracellular domain of the erythropoietin receptor and subsequently...biochemist in the Vanderbilt Eye Institute and is particularly interested in cell signaling.     Additional...Technologies Resources at Addgene.org Learn about Popular Plasmids in the Repository Learn about New Plasmid...
  15. Rewiring Metabolic Circuitry with CRISPR RNA Scaffolds [Video]

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    April 7, 2015, 4:21 p.m.
    ...eukaryotic cell for the execution of many complex cellular behaviors, such as differentiation or metabolism...metabolism. Our attempts to manipulate these cellular behaviors often fall short with the generation of various...control, a new study repurposes the sgRNA to include modular synthetic RNA scaffolds that can recruit various...master ON/OFF switch. This will likely prove particularly useful in avoiding toxic intermediate buildup...technique that it should be on the radar of every molecular microbiologist. Summary  The single guide RNA...the CRISPRi system can be repurposed to include modular RNA scaffolds. These RNA scaffolds can recruit...
  16. An “elegans” Approach to Better CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency

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    Dec. 17, 2020, 1:30 p.m.
    ..., which can be done by isolating animals with particular visible phenotypes. These approaches may become...) with 30-60 basepair homology arms to knock in large epitopes, such as GFP (Paix et al., 2014). A further...my initial direct screening efforts, which were similar to the approach detailed by Paix et al. Although...Addgene. In 2019, Farboud et al. described another similar co-conversion marker (repair of a zen-4(cle10ts...facilitated CRISPR editing in C. elegans. These modular toolkits build single plasmid targeting vectors...the “elegans” methods outlined in this post – particularly the use of co-selection methods – could greatly...Tzur YB, Friedland AE, Nadarajan S, Church GM, Calarco JA, Colaiácovo MP (2013) Heritable Custom Genomic...
  17. Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping

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    Oct. 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...academia, industry, and especially the clinic. Popular validation assays are insufficient As discussed...; Pattanayak et al. 2013). This approach misses larger mismatches (e.g. six nucleotides) that may still...require high read counts (fast multiplexing) Requires large cell population, senstive to time since cell fixing...We additionally thank Monica Sentmanat, Victor Dillard, and Ayokunmi Ajetunmobi for their contributions...diagnostic and clinical implications." The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 12.4 (2010): 425-432. PubMed PMID:... TALENs, CRISPR/Cas9, and megaTAL nucleases." Molecular Therapy (2015). PubMed PMID: 26502778. 13. Frock...Optimizing CRISPR-Cas9 Genome Editing Specificity." Molecular Cell 63.3 (2016): 355-370. PubMed PMID: 27494557...
  18. Multiplexed Overexpression of Regulatory Factors (MORF) collection

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    March 30, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... TF ORF. From this large sequencing endeavor, a map of possible TF-induced cellular states was generated...both up- and down-regulated pathways. Individual cellular fates were then matched with candidate TFs responsible...an invaluable tool to be used in this capacity. Similar to the Human TFome Library, the MORF library can...allowing for combinatorial overexpression programs on cellular processes. For help with library transformation...expression control systems to mimic illness on a molecular level. Atlas resource The TF map is a valuable...
  19. Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection

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    June 25, 2019, 12:54 p.m.
    ...for plasmid cloning Find our molecular biology reference here Find molecular biology protocols here ... or eukaryotic cells is a common technique in molecular biology and scientific research. There are multiple...material is incorporated into the host’s genome at a particular integration site. The integrated phage remains...material can pass through. If you are starting any molecular biology experiment check out Addgene’s protocol... protocols and videos for techniques in basic molecular biology, plasmid cloning, and viruses. References...
  20. Cas13d: Small RNA-targeting CRISPR enzymes for transcriptome engineering

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    May 3, 2018, 1:48 p.m.
    ...proteins they identified have little sequence similarity to previously identified Cas13a-c orthologs, ...mammalian system. Since Cas13d is functionally similar to previously discovered Cas13 enzymes - what makes...to package in low-capacity vectors like AAV, a popular vector due to its low immunogenicity. But these...their cleavage pattern: EsCas13d produced very similar cleavage products even when guides were tiled across...from the genome, and showed success in models of muscular dystrophy. In this case, Konermann et al. targeted...diversity of CRISPR systems, only time will tell how large the genome and transcriptome engineering toolbox...
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