Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene
Type
Blog Post
Published
April 6, 2021, 12:30 p.m.
...sequence to confirm backbone elements.
Confirming the gene/insert by aligning to NCBI entry or using BLAST....available reference sequence or plasmids containing genes with many modifications. We look for point mutations...amino acid. We also confirm that the species of the gene matches the data associated with the plasmid.
...Viral Preparations from Viral DNA Extracts. Human Gene Therapy 31:664–678 . https://doi.org/10.1089/hum...for all incoming plasmids was a big change for Addgene - we had used Sanger sequencing for quality control...control for over ten years. Now, thanks to a generous donation by the Hirsh family, we are able to take...provide requesting scientists high quality data!
Addgene's new in-house NGS process
To start, the process...