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TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 4, 2023, 1 p.m....knock out, etc. – CRISPR can be used to generate cell line or animal models which have the precise disease...Since CRISPR has been adapted for use in primary cells, many tissue types, and across species, it enables... phenotype. CRISPR can also be used to generate cell line knock-ins of patient mutations which are variants...CRISPR has revolutionized the generation of knockout cell lines which has made this control step extremely...in a cancerous background and treat the parental cell line and the X knockout with your drug(s). If a ...the Addgene blog CRISPR 101: Making a Knock-In Cell Line Using CRISPR-Cas9 to Edit Disease Out of the...
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Top Requested Plasmid of 2017 - pMD2.G
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 10, 2018, 4:13 p.m....used to deliver Cas9 and other genes to mammalian cells. For this reason, the top requested plasmid of 2017... coat the virus and help determine the types of cells that it can infect. The VSV-G envelope is widely... lentiviruses to infect many different types of cells. This means researchers who use VSV-G can deliver...deliver their genes of interest to a variety of cells and study their effects. To date, nearly 900 articles...in studies of the secretome, ubiquitin ligase, cellular senescence, autophagy, CRISPR, and so much more... -
Quick Guide to Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 5, 2021, 1:15 p.m....mammalian cells. dDetermined as effective NIR fluorescence in transiently transfected live HeLa cells with ...Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins in Mammalian Cells. Cell Chem Biol 24, 758-766 e753 (2017). Baloban, M...developers and users, BV is present in eukaryotic cells as an intermediate of heme metabolism (Shemetov ...to GFP-like probes by supplying a single gene to cells. Still in bacteria, which do not produce BV, an ... to consider effective brightness of NIR FPs in cells, in addition to their molecular brightness (a product...the concentration of BV-containing molecules in a cell and depends on the efficiency of BV incorporation...Photo-stabilityc, t1/2, s pKa Brightness in HeLa cells vs. iRFP713, % d Ref BphP-based FPs miRFP670... -
Measuring Kinase Activity at the Single-Cell Level with Kinase Translocation Reporters (KTRs)
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 26, 2018, 12:46 p.m.... the single-cell level can aid in drawing connections between signaling activity and cell phenotype. One...Covert, M.W. (2018). Live-cell measurements of kinase activity in single cells using translocation reporters... One method for monitoring live single-cell kinase activity is FRET, but FRET reporters are challenging...their Kinase Translocation Reporters (KTRs) whose cellular localization serves as a proxy measurement of ... used to measure kinase activity in specific subcellular compartments. Second, because KTRs shuttle between... -
Visualizing Protein Turnover In Situ
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 16, 2018, 3:20 p.m....proteins in cells. Homeostatic regulation of protein abundance is essential for normal cell function, and...one particular protein in neurons or in any other cell type. However, we cannot distinguish new from old...facilitate the visualization of specific proteins in cells. Tagged protein can easily be overexpressed from...techniques to follow translation in living single cells. However, before CRISPR-Cas9 these techniques were... turnover of specific endogenous proteins in any cell type. Exciting! Many thanks to our guest blogger... how small molecule fluorophores can be used for cell labeling Check out other protein tagging strategies...interests, suspected to interact, are added to a cellular sample. Both antibodies have a short antibody ... -
Viral Vectors 101: Biosensors
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 6, 2023, 1 p.m....type of cells the viral particles infect. This can direct your biosensor to specific tissues or cell (sub...the caffeine of the cell!)—ATP. There are biosensors for intracellular, extracellular, and even the ADP:...blog we will focus on those which can be applied in cell culture and animal models primarily. Fun fact: Almost...vivo, in tissue preps, in multiple species, and in cell culture models. Some of them have even been expanded... as actinin. When tension is high vs. low in the cell the donor and acceptor of a FRET pair on actinin...many biosensors need to be in specific tissues or cells to monitor their target analyte. This can be difficult... as proxies for a cellular process or directly measure a cellular process. Cellular phenomena such as ... -
CRISPR 101: Non-Homologous End Joining
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 16, 2015, 3:45 p.m....Translocations in Human Cells Are Generated by Canonical Nonhomologous End-Joining. Molecular Cell 55:829–842 . ...Genome Editing Specificity. Cell 154:1380–1389 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.08.021 Waters CA, Strande... chromosomal DSBs. It is important to know that cells possess two major repair pathways – Non-Homologous... steps Unlike HDR, NHEJ is active throughout the cell cycle and has a higher capacity for repair, as there...should take less than an hour, thus a population of cells constitutively expressing a targeted Cas9 should...CRISPR Protocol for Genomic Deletions in Mammalian Cell Lines [Video] Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide... -
Live and Let Dye: Self-Labeling Protein Tags
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m....Bewersdorf, J. (2016). Two-colour live-cell nanoscale imaging of intracellular targets. Nature Communications,...opening up new applications. Figure 1: Live-cell labeling strategies. The green structure represents...organelle interactions. a) Labeling scheme. b) COS-7 cell ER labeled with Halo-Sec61β with SiR-CA (magenta...viral particles with BG-linked antibodies to drive cell type-specific delivery of a viral vector (Strebinger...specialized ligands is more expensive than letting the cells make a fluorescent protein for you. And some ligands...certain probes are not very good at crossing the cell membrane. So, you should investigate your options...Microscopy: A Comparison between HaloTags and SNAP-tags. Cell Chemical Biology, 26(4), 584-592.e6. https://doi.org... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 18, 2021, 1:15 p.m....infects host cells through binding the human angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) cell-surface receptor...antigenic drift. Starr et al Cell. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.08.012 Starr et al Science...Library generation and sequencing. From Starr et al Cell., 2020. (B) Mapping antibody-escape mutations with... SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD is displayed on the yeast cell’s surface. The Bloom lab used the library to identify... candidates were validated by IP-MS using HEK293 cell lysate where the antigens would be in their native...immunoprecipitate the entire complex in three different cell lines. The Gräslund lab plans to continue their ...protect proteins from unfavorable interactions in the cell, improving biosynthetic pathway yields by stabilizing... -
Sonic Hedgehog? Sleeping Beauty? Learn About the Genes Behind Addgene’s Conference Room Names
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 2, 2019, 1:44 p.m.... are filled with early mitotic cells as well as necrotic or dead cells (Jiang and White-Cooper, 2003)....interact with each other to generate forces that cause cells and muscles to contract depending on the context...context. Contraction is critical for processes such as cell movement/motility, development, cytokinesis, and...scientists who discovered comr thought the sperm cells in mutant flies looked like a “whole bunch of cookie...are part of a genetic cascade that determines the cell fate of the dorsal mesoderm in developing Drosophila... and bagpipe: two homeo box genes that determine cell fates in the dorsal mesoderm of Drosophila." Genes...required for oogenesis in Drosophila." The Journal of cell biology 139.7 (1997): 1805-1819. PubMed PMID: 9412474... -
Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 28, 2016, 10:59 a.m....expanded since its adaptation for use in mammalian cells in 2012-2013. Researchers are now using this system...plasmids containing sgRNA sequences into HEK293T cells. The fluorescence intensity was classified into ...is then a simple matter of transfecting HEK293T cells with your modified pCAG-EGXXFP plasmid along with...incubation, you assess the level of fluorescence in your cells under a fluorescence microscope. The higher the ...you’ve validated your gRNAs for use in mammalian cells, it’s time to use them in mouse embryos. When researchers...developed as the use of CRISPR/Cas9 in mammalian cells was being explored and it allowed control over each... the mutation will be homozygous for it in every cell; however, if the microinjection was done as the ... -
Rewiring Metabolic Circuitry with CRISPR RNA Scaffolds [Video]
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 7, 2015, 4:21 p.m....coordinated by the eukaryotic cell for the execution of many complex cellular behaviors, such as differentiation...toxic intermediate buildup as well as controlling cell fate decisions. By using an orthogonal dCas9 protein...for sequence-specific control of gene expression. Cell, 152(5), 1173-1183. (2013). PubMed. Zalatan, J...Transcriptional Programs with CRISPR RNA Scaffolds. Cell, 160(1), 339-350 (2015). PubMed. Find the Plasmids...crispr/qi/ Plasmids described in Zalatan et al. Cell (2015) can be found here: https://www.addgene.org.../article/9593/ Plasmids described in Qi et al. Cell (2013) can be found here: https://www.addgene.org...or metabolism. Our attempts to manipulate these cellular behaviors often fall short with the generation... -
Hot Plasmids: FRET-Based Biosensors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 6, 2014, 1:07 p.m.... there is one problem: how to get that into the cells of interest,” Griesbeck said. Because they are chemical...advantage for observing events taking place inside cells that are on the move, such as T lymphocytes. Griesbeck...-binding protein, troponin C (TnC), from muscle cells. They identified a toadfish TnC variant which had...cAMP-responsive element-binding protein (CREB) in living cells. “Now we are making this really good,” Griesbeck...also present challenges in that they are found in cells at much lower concentrations than calcium, requiring...Friedrich et al. Imaging CREB activation in living cells. J Biol Chem. 2010 Jul 23;285(30):23285-95. doi:...understand the connection between molecular- and cellular-level events and behavior. It’s a problem that... -
RNA Extraction Without A Kit
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m....are commonly found in cells, and without something to block RNase activity upon cell lysis, RNA is degraded...RNases such as RNaseZAP. When harvesting tissues, cells, plants, fungi, or bacteria, keep samples cold and...before RNases had a chance to break down RNA upon cell lysis. In the late 1970’s, Chirgwin and colleagues...keeping your samples cold until homogenization and cell lysis. This can be challenging depending on your...developed ways to “stabilize” RNA within tissues before cell lysis. These products, namely RNAlater® from Thermo...solutions that work by inhibiting RNase activity within cells or tissues- they don’t actually chemically stabilize... -
Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 9, 2017, 2:12 p.m....expression and needing to work with a transfectable cell line. 2) They require larger expression vectors... of 4 crRNAs in vitro and when expressed in 293 cells. This allows for a single promoter to drive expression... were used. With transfection, 6.4% of HEK293T cells had edits at 4 of 4 targets when an array of 4 crRNAs...transfected on a single plasmid. This is versus 2.4% of cells transfected with a pool of plasmids that contained...processing of the crRNA array when expressed in cells, but notice how Zetsche et al reverses the orientation...mouse neurons and in vivo. For these experiments, cells were infected with a 1:1 ratio of two AAVs, one...RNA-Guided Endonuclease of a Class 2 CRISPR-Cas System. Cell,163(3), 759-771. PubMed PMID: 26422227. PubMed Central... -
Isolating Genomic Regions of Interest with the CRISPR System
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 30, 2019, 12:44 p.m....used. The Fujii lab demonstrated this in mammalian cells by expressing dCas9 with an N-terminal 3xFLAG tag...studies (Fujita et al., 2018). In addition to the "in cell" form of this method, in which an engineered DNA-binding...molecule such as the CRISPR complex is expressed in cells to be analyzed, the Fujii lab also developed another...recombinant CRISPR ribonucleoproteins." Genes to Cells 21.4 (2016): 370-377. PubMed PMID: 26848818. Fujita...‐dC as9 protein for enCh IP analysis." Genes to cells 23.4 (2018): 318-325. PubMed PMID: 29480524. Gilbert...RNA-guided regulation of transcription in eukaryotes." Cell 154.2 (2013): 442-451. PubMed PMID: 23849981. PubMed...of chromatin interactions by biotinylated dCas9." Cell 170.5 (2017): 1028-1043. PubMed PMID: 28841410. ... -
Mesothelioma - Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 13, 2016, 3:30 p.m....if the cell dies from injury, this protein leaks out into the cytoplasm, migrates out of the cell, and ...Keytruda) causes T-cells to more easily recognize and cause the destruction of cancer cells. Pembrolizumab...cause inflammation, which can cause mesothelial cells to mutate and ultimately form cancerous tumors. ...resection), systemic chemotherapy to kill cancerous cells that may have spread beyond the point of origin,...successful in killing many (if not all) of the cancer cells that may be left behind after surgery, while being...and binds cells that can begin an immune response. This important biomarker can be used to distinguish between... -
Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 22, 2015, 2:30 p.m....entire proteome of a particular cell type, or a subset based on a cellular compartment or growth stage)....extensively to screen for molecular interactions in the cell, including protein-protein, protein-DNA and protein-RNA...field of eukaryotic transcriptional activation and cell biology. During this period, proteins were successfully...The reporter gene then allows detection of those cells where binding between the proteins of interest has...alternative fungi (C. albicans, pC2HB) (7) and mammalian cells. If the problem is that your proteins are not post-translationally... DNA and activate a reporter gene in eukaryotic cells, fusion proteins must gain access to the nucleus... the DNA specificity of a prokaryotic repressor. Cell. 1985; 43:729-736. PubMed PMID: 3907859. 4. Fields... -
Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m....epigenome editing. Cell, 184(9), 2503–2519.e17. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.03.025. Recombinant...tissue is identifying the cells you are studying. Antibodies can help reveal cellular identities by targeting...particles (eVLPs) offers an option to transduce cells directly with ribonucleoprotein cargo. eVLPs contain... will only be transiently present in transduced cells, limiting off-target editing. Cargo size limits ...site-specific integration of large genes in mammalian cells via continuously evolved recombinases and prime ... Recombinant antibodies for marking cell types in the nervous system By Ashley Waldron The mammalian nervous... nervous system is composed of myriad cell types and subtypes, and a familiar challenge for anyone who... -
Plasmids 101: Repressible Promoters
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 20, 2022, 2:15 p.m.... by ~3,300-fold in Drosophila cells and ~24,000-fold in human HeLa cells as compared to basal expression...origins, Tet systems function well in mammalian cells, and TRE-containing promoters can be used in the...cumate switch system functions well in mammalian cells, and can be used in the repressible manner described...While originally developed for use in mammalian cells, this system has also been implemented in a variety...transgene permits directed expression of that gene in cells that also express GAL4. Usage of this system revolutionized...reversible by the addition of quinic acid to Drosophila cells. Work by Wei et al. from Kang Shen’s lab has also.... Tight control of gene expression in mammalian cells by tetracycline-responsive promoters. Proc Natl ...