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  1. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    April 23, 2014, 1:08 p.m.
    ... vectors are: 1) the potential generation of replication competent virus [usually HIV-1]; and 2) the potential...systems have been developed over the years based on HIV-1; however, the 1st-generation vectors are never used...which has been shown to repress expression of HIV-1 LTRs (more information is available here). 2nd vs...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...
  2. 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...many cell types and often results in biallelic modifications. Most commonly, DSBs are repaired by the nonhomologous...
  3. Optogenetics + CRISPR, Using Light to Control Genome Editing

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    Sept. 3, 2020, 12:15 p.m.
    ...), paCas9-1 induced indel mutations via NHEJ (frequency of 20.5%) and induced modifications by HDR (frequency...2 (CRY2) and calcium and integrin-binding protein 1 (CIB1) proteins. The goal of both groups was to create... the Sata lab is composed of two fusion proteins: 1) the genomic anchor - an inactive, dead Cas9 protein...combination. The optimized LACE system consisted of: 1) CIBN-dCas9-CIBN, where CIBN is the N-terminal fragment.... crassa) (Kawano et al., 2015). Nicknamed paCas9-1 and consisting of the fusion proteins N713-pMag and...fold-induction of Cas9 activity (16.4-fold). This paCas9-1 light-inducible system was able to recognize the same...background activity of the system by modifying paCas9-1 using nMagC714 instead of nMagHigh1-C714, generating...
  4. Choosing a Good Mentor for Scientists

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    Jan. 16, 2014, 2:56 p.m.
    ...setting out of the lab (coffee, lunch or beer) and in 1:1 conversations. This creates a level of familiarity... other posts in our Science Mentors series: Part 1: "What Makes a Good Mentor?" and 6 More FAQs About...problems, develop general technical proficiency, communicate your work, maintain ethical standards and interact...websites listing alumi and it is easy to use publication records, university websites, ResearchGate and...
  5. Chromoproteins: Colorful Proteins For Molecular Biology Experiments

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    Feb. 4, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...attract fish for them to prey upon (Figure 1). Figure 1: The sea anemone's red color can be used ...synthetic biology. Journal of Biological Engineering, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-018-0100-0 Murakoshi...expression in living cells. Scientific Reports, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-48604-4 Salih... sequencing are more definitive, but visual identification is a good place to start before taking on more...resources are limited or for bioart and teaching applications. Find a chromoprotein for your experiment! ...events: The plasmid carrying the desired genetic modification integrates into the genome (Figure 3). Here,...of Allelic-Exchange Vectors for the Scarless Modification of Proteobacterial Genomes. Applied and Environmental...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: Systemic Capsids

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    Oct. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...vector at 1 x 1013 vg/mL titer), while AAV-PHP.S is typically used at a dose between 3 x 1011 and 1 x 1012...chosen capsid before using it in an application.     Figure 1: AAV toolkit for targeted gene delivery...capsid applications. For example, AAV-PHP.eB is typically administered at a total dose between 1 x 1011...rodents and broad tropism in primates. Nature Communications, 14(1), 3345. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023...easy to produce in high titer, but higher doses (>1 x 1012 vg total in mice) may increase the chances ...decision tree for selecting a capsid, while Table 1 gives a brief overview of published descriptions of...Capsids page to learn more about that collection. Table 1: Systemic capsid plasmids available from Addgene ...
  7. Antibody Data Repositories and Search Engines

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    Oct. 31, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Table 1.  Table 1: Antibody data repositories and search engines Website Targets Application Purpose...which allow you to search many different antibody catalogs at the same time.  If you're looking for an antibody... specificities, from target-specific ones to application-specific ones to anything goes. We've shared ...
  8. Isolating Genomic Regions of Interest with the CRISPR System

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    May 30, 2019, 12:44 p.m.
    ...allowed for the identification of proteins associated with the IRF-1 locus. Figure 1: Schematic of...the promoter region of the transcription factor IRF-1. Immunoprecipitation, using an antibody targeting ...References Campbell, Amy E., et al. "NuRD and CAF-1-mediated silencing of the D4Z4 array is modulated ...affinity purification with an anti-Cas9 antibody. These different tag systems and affinity purification schemes...genomic alterations. These studies utilize a catalytically inactive form of Cas9 known as dCas9 (Jinek ...interest targeted by a gRNA. CRISPR-mediated purification of a specific genomic region In 2013, the Hodaka...steps (Fujita et al., 2013). CRISPR-mediated purification of a specific genomic region alleviates these...
  9. Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus

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    March 17, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... genome which are required for replication and transcription (Figure 1). All viral genes are removed and...interested in genome replication and transcription of negative strand RNA viruses.   References 1. Buchholz, Ursula...cells that stably express T7 (e.g. BSR T7/5 cells) (1). We hope that minigenomes will greatly enhance our...reverse genetics. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2004. 1-41. PubMed PMID:15298166. 3. Hoenen, Thomas, et al...Technical Tips). Minigenome replication and transcription In order to replicate the minigenome, the viral...transcription and replication strategies of Marburg virus and Ebola virus by using artificial replication systems...allowing researchers to study aspects of the EBOV replication cycle under BSL-2 conditions (4). What is a ...
  10. Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)

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    Oct. 23, 2018, 11:49 a.m.
    ...plasmids to produce AAV: 1) the RepCap plasmid which provides the AAV replication (rep) and capsid (cap)... teaching me about AAV production and purification! References 1. Aurnhammer, C., Haase, M., Muether, ...plasmid. This whole process takes ~3 hours to complete: 1 hours hands-on time and 2 hours for the qPCR run and... repeat sequences. Human gene therapy methods, 23 1, 18-28. PubMed PMID: 22428977. 2. Choi, V.W., Asokan...this AAV purification video! It didn’t exist when I did my first iodixanol gradient purification, but I ...In this post, I’ll share some AAV production, purification, and titration tips, while also summarizing ...cap) genes. AAV replication uses the host’s polymerase, but requires Rep proteins to process a double-stranded...
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