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  1. Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques

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    May 24, 2018, 1:20 p.m.
    ... hybridization experiments. A recent publication [1] from the Sánchez lab describes the plasmids and protocols...deposit) are described in the Sánchez lab publication [1] so that the students performing these experiments...can easily investigate in planarians. References 1. Alice Accorsi, Monique M. Williams, Eric J. Ross,...Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100.suppl 1 (2003): 11861-11865. PubMed PMID: 12917490. PubMed...remove one strand of the siRNA and are directed by complementarity to the remaining single stranded siRNA ...activity or their translation disrupted through physical blocking of the translation machinery. In the...WISH) for visualizing expression of genes. Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA)-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) to...
  2. Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice

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    July 11, 2019, 1:26 p.m.
    ...inducible gene expression. Transgenic and knockin mice As the name suggests, transgenic and knockin mice contain...their genome. While transgenic mice have the new gene construct incorporated randomly into the genome, knockin...Conversely, outbred strains were originally derived from random crosses between mice of uncharacterized backgrounds...several types of genetically engineered mice: transgenic mice, knockout mice, and mice with conditional...construct inserted at a specific site. To generate a transgenic mouse, microinjection of DNA or infection with...Non-homologous recombination incorporates this DNA randomly into the mouse genome. In contrast, knockin strains...animal for gestation. Nucleases that induce double-stranded DNA breaks, such as ZFN and TALEN, can used to...
  3. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    Sept. 21, 2017, 2:07 p.m.
    ...C2c1, C2c2 and C2c3 (short for Class 2, candidate 1, 2, or 3). C2c1 and C2c3 are related to Cpf1, but ...lacks the ability to cleave the RNA target.  Table 1: Comparison on Common CRISPR Enzymes Name  Enzymatic...Blog Posts Applications of Cas13a   Figure 1: Using Cas13a as a diagnostic tool. A pool of DNA ... This system, dubbed SHERLOCK (depicted in figure 1) has been used to differentiate strains of Zika virus...contributed to the update of this post. References 1. Abudayyeh, Omar O., et al. "C2c2 is a single-component...Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) or Reverse-transcription RPA (RT-RPA), respectively. Amplified nucleotides...
  4. Antibodies 101: Antibody Engineering and Directed Evolution

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    Aug. 5, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ... A. D. (2000). Random mutagenesis by PCR. Current Protocols in Molecular Biology, 51(1). https://doi.org...versatility of the basic antibody structure (Figure 1). Antibodies can be broken up into smaller parts, ...antibodies for a specific purpose. Figure 1: Overview of antibody engineering methods. (A) Basic...,"rgb":"rgb(0, 82, 169)","rgba":"rgba(0, 82, 169, 1)"},"button_font":{"size":19,"styles":{"font-family...:"rgb(255, 255, 255)","rgba":"rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)"}}{% endraw %}{% end_module_attribute %}{% module_attribute...Molecular Biology, 29–62. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-2285-8_2 McMahon, C., Baier, A. S., Pascolutti... have a specific mutation in mind. Generating a random library of mutants using error-prone PCR might ...
  5. RUBY-Red Siliques

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    March 1, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...and plant transformation. Hortic Res 7, 152 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41438-020-00390-1 Additional...in all other plants, anthocyanins. Figure 1: An adult plant expressing RUBY. Photos by Andrew ... be collected from heterozygous individuals. Only 1/4 of the descendants of the heterozygous plants, therefore...Selectable transgene markers for plant transformation fall into two main categories: antibiotic/herbicide...presence of a transgene instead, which can’t be done if your selection method kills the transgene free individual...Arabidopsis seed following floral dip transformation next to an untransformed seed from the same plant beginning...resistance genes usually involves killing the untransformed seedlings or callus (undifferentiated plant ...
  6. Plasmids 101: Knockout/Knock-In Plasmids

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    Dec. 1, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ... the example shown in Figure 1, large sequences corresponding to exons 1 and 3 of the targeted gene have...knock out exon 2 of a given gene.   Figure 1: A knockout targeting vector designed to insert a ... the Neomycin resistance (NeoR) gene between exon 1 and 3 of the targeted gene. Upon recombination, the... mechanism to accurately repair harmful double stranded breaks, in which nucleotide sequences are exchanged...selection marker HSV-tk is used to select against random recombinants.   Design your targeting construct...selecting for cells in which the construct has randomly integrated into the genome, a negative selection...step will kill off many of the cells that have randomly integrated all or large portions of the plasmid...
  7. 3 Tips to Improve HDR Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells

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    Sept. 5, 2017, 1:58 p.m.
    ...events by HDR can be generated more efficiently by (1) improving editing accuracy by preventing re-editing...specifically incorporate homo- or heterozygous mutations. 1. Increasing HDR accuracy with CRISPR/Cas-blocking ...targeted alleles when gene editing.   Figure 1: Techniques to improve editing efficiency.   But...provided by blocking mutations. Essentially, you:  Step 1 - Introduce the blocking mutation together with the...developing novel iPSC-based model systems.     References 1. Cong, Le, et al. "Multiplex genome engineering using...com­plex is very efficient at introducing double stranded breaks (DSBs) into genomic DNA in many cell types...homologous DNA repair template, such as a sin­gle-stranded oligodeoxynucleotide (ssODN), which contains the...
  8. SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 Detection Methods Based on CRISPR/Cas

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    May 5, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...milliliter can be detected – in the zeptomolar range Time: ~1 hour Equipment required: 37°C water bath and... to other technologies like CRISPR. Figure 1: An overview of the general schematic of CRISPR/Cas...nearly single-molecule sensitive. In the case of HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 detection, AIOD-CRISPR without preamplification... Not mentioned in the paper, likely approximately 1-2 hours Equipment needed: Mini PCR machines by DIY-Bio...Sensitivity: – 110 femtomolar  Time: Not mentioned, likely ~1-2 hours Equipment needed: PCR machines/Heat blocks...the zeptomolar range while One-step-SHERLOCK has a sensitivity in the femto-aptomolar range. For more details...are designed, each binding to one strand of the reverse-transcribed target sequence that are present close...
  9. Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons

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    April 24, 2015, 2:39 p.m.
    ...Brainbow-1 and -2. The general structure of Brainbow-1.0 is retained in Brainbow-3.0, but with mOrange2, EGFP...the Brainbow mouse neural labeling system. Brainbow-1 and -2 have been further refined to create Brainbow...subsequent recombinations cannot occur. While the Brainbow-1 system employs Cre-mediated deletion, the design of...antibodies specific to each fluorophore. Third, Brainbow-1 and Brainbow-2 each contained a “default” state; for...Rheenen J, Simons BD, Clevers H. Cell. 2010 Oct 1;143(1):134-44. PubMed. Drosophila Brainbow: a recombinase-based...proteins, which are directly trafficked to cell membranes. Membrane trafficking of farnesylated derivatives enables... virus post-transcriptional regulatory element (WPRE), commonly used to increase transgene protein levels...
  10. Photosensitizer Induced Cell Ablation with FAP-TAP MG-2I-dL5**

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    Sept. 19, 2017, 1:20 p.m.
    ...photosensitizer used in this work is composed of two parts: 1) an activatable protein (the FAP - fluorogen activating...reaching greater than 75% photobleaching after just 1 minute of exposure. MG-2I-dL5** experienced minor ...photosensitizers in the comments below!   References 1. He, J., Wang, Y., Missinato, M. A., Onuoha, E., Perkins... encoded photosensitizer. Nature Biotechnology,24(1), 95-99. doi:10.1038/nbt1175. PubMed PMID: 16369538...these experiments because developing embryos are transparent, so it’s easy to watch development in real time...
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