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TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m....combines the Cre/lox system with optogenetics. Cre activity is controlled by red light by splitting Cre and fusing... Figure 4: The C-terminus of Cre (CreC) and the N-terminus of Cre (CreN) are fused to the truncated Phytochrome... previous Cre/lox or drug-induced Cre systems (ex: tamoxifen). As the name suggests, CreLite combines ... dimerize, bringing each terminus of Cre together to restore Cre activity. As soon as red light or PCB...proteins separate, inactivating Cre. This is critical for reducing Cre toxicity in long-term experiments... and PIF6APB binding, bringing the two halves of Cre together. Image from Eisenhoffer et al., 2019. ...express various fluorescent proteins controlled by Cre recombination. Each cell can have multiple copies...
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Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - January 2021
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 5, 2021, 2:15 p.m....Mary Dunlop’s lab generated a photosensitive Cre, Opto-Cre-Vvd, by splitting and joining the protein regions...C-terminal and N-terminal Cre fragments together and permitting recombinase activity. Opto-Cre-Vvd is precise, ...light. Unlike other split-Cre systems which can take up to 24 hours to cut, Opto-Cre-Vvd is fast and can cut...pAAV-hSyn-Cre-P2A-dTomato is now available in AAV1 and AAV8, as well as AAV5 and AAVrg. Find the Cre-expressing... you'll find in this post: Blue-light inducible Cre for use in bacteria CRISPR-Casɸ mGold, a new yellow...the viral service A fast blue-light inducible Cre for precise control of bacterial gene expression ...recombinase activity were exposed to blue light. Cre-Vvd showed substantially improved activity as compared... -
Multicolor Animals: Using Fluorescent Proteins to Understand Single Cell Behavior
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 5, 2019, 1:08 p.m....fluorescent protein genes, Cre recombination is required before fluorescence can occur. Cre recombinase can be...developing fish via Cre protein microinjection or crossing of Zebrabow animals to an inducible Cre line. The Schier...OFP (orange) (Livet et al., 2007). Brainbow uses a Cre/lox system to label neurons. Genes encoding the fluorescent...gene directly following the promoter is expressed. Cre-mediated deletion of one or several of these genes...system. One such system is Brainbow 2.0, which uses Cre to trigger the inversion of two genes aligned head-to-head...head-to-head. Another variation, Brainbow 2.1, uses Cre to trigger the inversion of two tandem sets of genes...when crossed with mice expressing the appropriate Cre allele. The Confetti mouse contains the Brainbow ... -
New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - May 2020
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 28, 2020, 1:15 p.m....dependent Cre. The two segments come together in the presence of GFP to form a functional Cre enzyme that...ChR2 for targeted expression DREADDs GFP dependent Cre and FLPo And more! New lentiviral preps SARS-...control plasmids in new serotypes, as well as a new Cre dependent GFP control plasmid for expression in forebrain...future therapies. Our popular plasmid encoding a Cre dependent version of the DREADD hM3D is now also ...Roth Recombinases Recombinase systems such as Cre-lox allow for more accurate cell and tissue targeting...recombinases from the Cepko Lab are now available as AAV1. CRE-DOG constructs 69570 and 69571 together encode the...restrict gene activation to cells expressing both Cre and GFP. The GFP dependent FLPo, Flp-DOG (75469),... -
FLEx Technology and Optogenetics: Flipping the switch on gene expression with high spatial and temporal resolution
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 17, 2019, 12:28 p.m....cells with an inactive opsin gene; in Cre expressing cells, however, Cre induces the recombination of the ...achieved through site-specific recombinases such as Cre or Flp that induce DNA recombination at defined recognition...loxP and lox511) in opposite orientations. Since Cre does not cause recombination between mismatched recognition...specific neuronal cells? This can be achieved using Cre-dependent viruses, such as the optogenetic FLEx vectors...combination with transgenic animals or rAAVs expressing Cre under a specific cell-type promoter. Once injected...behind the mechanisms of sleep and anesthesia. In Cre transgenic mice, they targeted the dopamine (DA) ...of FLEx vectors combined with the use of several Cre transgenic mice targeting different brain areas enabled... -
New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - September 2019
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 12, 2019, 1 p.m....Flp-dependent Cre AAV in AAV9 and AAVrg. See our new additions here: Cre vectors pAAV-EF1a-fDIO-Cre (121675...expression. This is a Cre-dependent switch that expresses nuclear mCherry in the absence of Cre, and expresses...expresses nuclear EGFP in the presence of Cre. Biosensor AAV (calcium sensors and GABA sensors) Calcium sensors...sensor (see below), in addition to our inventory of Cre-dependent GABA sensors. See all our GABA sensor AAV...reduced. This variant has an approximately 12-fold increase in brightness after ~100 action potentials. This...121675-AAV9, 121675-AAVrg) pENN.AAV.hSyn.Cre.WPRE.hGH (105553-AAV5) Dre vector AAV phSyn1(S)-DreO-bGHpA... -
Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 24, 2018, 12:51 p.m.... Mammalian shRNA Tools for RNAi! Cre-Lox technology CAG-GFP-IRES-CRE (Plasmid #48201) This retroviral ...vector from the Gage lab encodes GFP and Cre-recombinase. The Cre-lox system is a technology that can be...the pLKO.1 vector can be found here. Cre-Lox technology Puro.Cre empty vector (Plasmid #17408) This ...of mouse transgenics. Experimental uses include: Cre-dependent gene expression, gene knockout, and selection... vector deposited by Dr. Tyler Jacks. It carries CRE recombinase and a puromycin resistance cassette. ...shRNA), mutation/editing (CRISPR-Cas9) or deletion (Cre), together with expression of fluorescent or enzymatic...CRISPR pooled libraries that allow functional screening of thousands of genes in genome-wide experiments... -
New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m.... of Cre-dependent mouse lines for overexpressing genes within discrete cell populations makes Cre-dependent...Constitutive or inducible Cre recombinases can be introduced by AAV or by mating with Cre-expressing mice. ...the Cre-dependent SPH construct for generating the SPH mouse. (B) AAV plasmids used to express CRE under...importantly, the expression of this construct is Cre-dependent, enabling spatiotemporal control over its..., how many sgRNA expression cassettes will fit). Cre-dependent expression of the SPH activator paired ...populations. The Yang Lab’s AAV plasmids used to express Cre under neuron-specific promoters, including calmodulin-dependent...and hSyn). Created with BioRender.com. Before using gRNAs in vivo, they should be screened for activity... -
Viral Vectors 101: The AAV Retrograde Serotype
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m....by injecting a Cre-dependent AAV into Broca’s area of a mouse specifically expressing Cre in the hippocampus... However, the Cre-dependent AAV cargo would only become activated in the presence of Cre recombinase, ...genetically controlled function. By using AAVrg in Cre transgenic mouse lines, you can access and manipulate...hippocampus (Fig. 3). The Cre-dependent AAV would access the neurons (Fig. 3A) that project to Broca’s area...a retrograde recombinase-expressing vector (e.g. Cre or FLP) to transduce the projection pathway neurons..., 2022) and substantia nigra (Tervo, 2016). Discrepancies in transduction efficiency can have a major ... -
Plasmids 101: Knockout/Knock-In Plasmids
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 1, 2016, 3:30 p.m....want to create a conditional knockout. To make a conditional knockout, researchers often use the Cre/Lox ...researchers usually remove it after selection using the Cre/Lox recombination system. After “floxing” the resistance... you can remove the gene through the addition of Cre recombinase (Figure 2). Figure 2: A knockout...so that it can be removed post-selection through Cre-mediated recombination. Knockout/Knock-in...example, you can remove a floxed resistance gene using Cre recombinase. If GFP is under control of an endogenous... you'll first remove the resistance marker using Cre recombinase. Since there are 3 loxP sites, recombination...hence knock out the gene) through a second round of Cre recombination. The future of knockout plasmids Although...