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  1. Analyzing CRISPR Editing Results with ICE from Synthego

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    May 8, 2018, 1 p.m.
    ...edited and unedited (control) populations is PCR-amplified and Sanger sequenced. ICE compares these sequence...sample names and guide sequences, and ICE will do the rest. There are no parameters that need optimizing and...This score is a useful measure for those who are interested in understanding how many of the contributing...
  2. Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR

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    April 16, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ...from a sample is first amplified using RPA (recombinase polymerase amplification) or reverse transcriptase...transcription to convert amplified DNA to RNA for subsequent detection by Cas13. This amplification step in combination...sensitivity, the DNA is first amplified through isothermal amplification by RPA. When Cas12a-cRNA base...nuclease, can be used in conjunction with Cas13 to amplify the signal of a single target. Csm6 can cleave ... the Cas13 reporter), they could significantly amplify the detection signal for a single target. SHERLOCKv2...laboratories. In the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, qPCR can be used to diagnose the presence of SARS-CoV...presence and quantity of DNA, RNA or a mutation of interest. Together SHERLOCK and DETECTR demonstrate the...
  3. Adenoviral Vector Production and Troubleshooting

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    June 14, 2018, 11:44 a.m.
    ...and clump together ~3 days post infection. The amplified virus can be harvested once roughly 50% of the...the purified virus should be ~1.3 Quantitative PCR: the number of viral DNA packaged in virions is determined...for amplification. The final purified plasmid stock should be analyzed by endonuclease restriction digest...transduced cells and loss of transgene expression (Interestingly, the strong immunogenicity of AdVs is what makes... in trans. The Gutless AdV have generated high interest for gene therapy due their increased cloning capacity...AdV can be found in reference 3. Production, amplification, and quality control of 2nd generation AdV   ...plasmids: a shuttle vector (in which the transgene of interest is cloned) and pAdEasy™ which contains the adenoviral...
  4. Production of Virus in Insect Versus Mammalian Cells

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    Nov. 5, 2024, 8:32 p.m.
    ...titrated following purification using qPCR or digital droplet PCR. Insect cells Insect cells are a less... P0), infecting new Sf9 cells, and getting an amplified P2 virus. This P2 virus can be produced in a greater...plasmids — a transfer plasmid containing your gene of interest plus two packaging plasmids (three packaging plasmids...
  5. Evolution of Lab Techniques

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    June 21, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...replaced by real-time PCR to answer the same experimental questions. Real-time PCR detects and quantifies...rate than real-time PCR (4). Restriction mapping and modern sequencing Restriction mapping informs on .... Southern blotting and quantitative real-time PCR Southern blotting, named for its inventor Edward ...than just at the end as in standard PCR. This allows the researcher to compare different DNA sequences...requires a large amount of high-quality DNA, real-time PCR has several advantages including easier automation...Speleman, and Jo Vandesompele. "Real-time quantitative PCR as an alternative to Southern blot or fluorescence...Sequencing Results Check out Plasmid Cloning by PCR Resources on Addgene.org Check out Our Protocol Pages Find...
  6. Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene

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    Sept. 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...primers are amplified and used to generate Illumina sequencing libraries using a 2-step PCR-based protocol...with Type IIS restriction enzymes and standardized primers to clone your gene of interest into both sequencing...biology 11.1 (2015): 31-37. pCri system The Gomis-Ruth lab designed the pCri system to simplify the protein...protein of interest. The plasmids used to generate these fusions all use the same restriction enzymes for...the repository: FX Cloning Kit BIOFAB Plasmid Set pCri System Cell Free Protein Expression Kit FREQ Seq... pExpression vectors) plasmids. The type IIS restriction sites used in these vectors are of low abundance... they are unlikely to be found in your gene of interest) and prevent incorporation of extensive sequences...
  7. Tag Your Favorite Yeast Genes with Ease

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    Nov. 19, 2013, 2:37 p.m.
    ...protocol is surprisingly simple, requiring only a PCR product containing the modifying sequence flanked...to the chromosomal site of insertion. The linear PCR product is introduced into the cell by direct transformation...selection marker (KanMX, HphMX, or His3MX).  Each PCR product from this collection will yield an insert...multi-color imaging experiments. Interested in epitope tags? Others may be interested in attaching epitope tags...tags have been integrated. Simply design your amplification primers with the desired targeting homology—... fluorescent proteins (FPs) to a yeast gene of interest. These fluorescently tagged genes are expressed...tags to their genes of interest, allowing for easy capture and detection of proteins and complexes, without...
  8. Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning

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    Aug. 27, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...original plasmid (Option 1) or added using PCR-based amplification (Option 2). Advantages of Golden Gate ...this is to "domesticate" your fragment: PCR-based amplification can be used to create silent point mutations...s) thus eliminating these from your gene of interest. PCR products are then digested with the Type IIS...relies on Type IIS restriction enzymes, first discovered in 1996. Type IIS restriction enzymes are unique...If your genes of interest or destination vector contain multiple internal restriction sites that may not...: Sequential amplification of cloned DNA as tandem multimers using class-IIS restriction enzymes. Lee ...Addgene’s plasmids are used with a wide variety of restriction enzyme-based cloning methods. Each method has...
  9. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    Dec. 23, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...ORFs from an ORFeome Gateway library or any PCR-amplified ORF cloned into pDONR221 can be expressed either...antibiotic cassette to the gene of interest. The gene to be expressed is amplified using a gene-specific forward...ribosome binding site, SacI restriction site and a linker region. The PCR product is then ligated into...by scFv antibodies fused to sfGFP. This system amplifies the intensity of fluorescence signal and enables...can occur in this system if a small contaminating PCR product formed from primer dimers and containing ...cognate peptide epitopes fused to the protein of interest are recognized and thus fluorescently labeled ...modified to use different antibiotic resistances, restriction enzymes and plasmid backbones. pUCXKT contains...
  10. Technique: Probe Phage Genomes for Host Binding Proteins

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    Sept. 29, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... showed correctly sized inserts following colony PCR of 10-20 colonies using primers bordering the multiple...that is refractory to enzymatic manipulation, amplifying phage DNA with phi29 polymerase prior to fragmentation... whole genome amplification (by a mechanism known as multiple displacement amplification) even in the ...recognize on a host cell. To make matters even more interesting, much of what a phage faces as it approaches ...abilities (6). This can be accomplished using a restriction enzyme with a short recognition sequence (like...with incubating this membrane with your cells of interest and growing them up overnight. Assuming they expressed...that their host colonies grew. If your cells of interest stick to the same location as a given protein,...
  11. AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS

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    Sept. 28, 2017, 2:01 p.m.
    ...inversion creates a template that’s suitable for PCR amplification using pre-designed primers. By using this ...infected the cell type of interest. Repeat rounds of infection and screening by PCR enrich for capsid variants...those that cross the barrier can be identified by PCR later. The PNS presents a different problem: it’s...infect an animal expressing Cre in a cell type of interest, a scientist can isolate DNA from the infected...with increased ability to infect the cell type of interest, which, in the case of Chan et al, was neurons...of a transgenic mouse. 2. Cell-type-specific restricted transgene expression in the CNS and PNS Previously...promoter or enhancer now allows for cell-type-restricted expression in both the CNS (figure 5 in Chan ...
  12. Interview: Hodaka Fujii on enChIP, New CRISPR Tools, and More

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    Dec. 2, 2014, 7:23 p.m.
    ...oligoribonucleotide (ORN) interference-PCR (ORNi-PCR) method to suppress PCR amplification of specific DNA sequences...molecules associated with specific genomic regions of interest in a non-biased manner. To achieve this goal, ...
  13. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    Sept. 10, 2020, 11:45 a.m.
    ...using BsaI, and promoter-gRNA fragments are PCR amplified for cloning into one of three Zeamays codon-...the first gRNA using restriction enzyme BbsI and the second gRNA using restriction enzyme BsaI. If you’... of gRNAs Golden Gate Assembly uses Type IIS restriction enzymes, which cleave outside of their recognition...These expression vectors each contain Type IIS restriction sites flanking the promoter-gRNA construct, but...oligonucleotides. These plasmids contain Type IIS restriction sites that flank the promoter-gRNA constructs...
  14. Plasmids 101: Biotinylation

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    Nov. 15, 2018, 1:50 p.m.
    ...Reaction (PCR) by using a biotinylated primer. Biotin can also be enzymatically incorporated during PCR using...complexes bound to your protein of interest leading to amplification of the reporter signal and easier ...macromolecule of interest To utilize the natural binding of biotin and avidin, macromolecules of interest first ...secondary antibody that targets your protein of interest or primary antibody respectively. Avidin bound...sites found on avidin are also ideal for signal amplification during these experiments. During detection, ...methods to chemically biotinylate macromolecules of interest both in vitro and in vivo. Biotinylation reagents...AviTag. Using AviTag, one can label a protein of interest with biotin by simply creating a fusion in which...
  15. 6 Tips for Analyzing and Troubleshooting Sanger Sequencing Results

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    June 26, 2014, 2:23 p.m.
    ... requires you to perform your own Big Dye PCR amplification reaction (as opposed to using the all inclusive... from your sequencing runs.   When you run a restriction digest on a gel you always include proper controls...primer at least 50bp upstream of the sequence of interest. 5. Use a silica spin column for purification ...
  16. What's the Best Way to Elute and Store Your Plasmid DNA?

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    June 4, 2020, 1:22 p.m.
    ...degrade the double helix, fragmenting plasmid DNA, PCR product, or chromosome. One of the main causes of...most common E. coli strains used for plasmid amplification are endA negative, meaning the gene has been... tools used in modern molecular biology like restriction enzymes and polymerases. In the situation where...
  17. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    Jan. 6, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
    ...SLIC cloning. Amplify the pCoofy vector and the sequence of gene of interest in separate PCR amplication...during the PCR amplification step, so that only vectors with the desired sequence of interest are retained...method for protein inactivation Your protein of interest does x, but it also participates in y. Depletion...accomplished by knocking down your endogenous protein of interest and co-expressing its replacement recombinant ...into Golden Gate entry vectors via traditional restriction enzyme cloning, TA cloning, or annealing of oligonucleotides...would like to extend this work into their RTK of interest. Grusch, M. et al., EMBO J 2014 Aug 1;33(15)... genetic tag which can be fused to proteins of interest for EM imaging, or targeted to subcellular regions...
  18. Plasmids 101: What is a plasmid?

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    April 2, 2020, 6:17 p.m.
    ... sequence used as an initiation point for PCR amplification or sequencing. Primers can be exploited for... Short segment of DNA which contains several restriction sites allowing for the easy insertion of DNA....“vectors” or “constructs.” To insert a gene of interest into a vector, scientists may utilize one of a... a variety of cloning methods (restriction enzyme, ligation independent, Gateway, Gibson, etc). The cloning...
  19. A Look at Addgene's QC Process

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    May 6, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...places where DNA is being created, such as PCR amplification or bacterial growth. Created with BioRender.com... utilize an array of tools that rely on DNA amplification and manipulation to produce and edit plasmids... sequencing all incoming plasmids. If you are interested in requesting one of these plasmids, you can ...
  20. Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetic Tools

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    June 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... the same pathways. Additionally, as GPCR signaling is amplified in successive steps along a pathway, ...controlling GPCR activation have been developed to selectively study individual types of GPCRs with greater...be used for lower frequency stimulation. GPCR signaling GPCR signaling is a complicated process involving...change the membrane potential. OptoXRs are modified GPCRs. When exposed to light, they activate downstream... coupled receptors  G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR) regulate cellular function through multiple intra-cellular...have been developed for utilizing light to control GPCR activation and downstream signaling cascades (reviewed...Levitz, 2020), including light-sensitive chimeric GPCRS (OptoXRs) (Tichy et al., 2019), photoswitchable ...
  21. Tips for Titering Your Lentiviral Preps

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    March 15, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...you to quantify the amount of PCR product that comes from amplification of the original plasmid which ... titer are direct p24 measurements via ELISA and qPCR for viral RNA. Measuring p24 levels in a viral prep... based off of p24 quantification tend to be overestimates since they can include free p24 and defective...first converted to cDNA and then quantified using qPCR primers targeting specific viral components such...assay, titering via measurement of viral RNA can overestimate the amount of infectious virus in a prep as ...assays depending on the vector backbone. When using qPCR based methods for viral titration consider using...physical titer, there is a risk that they may underestimate viral titer as these assays cannot distinguish...
  22. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    May 10, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... along with Cas9 in the T-cell line 2D10. PCR amplification and Sanger sequencing of pooled samples showed...viral protein production, so researchers are also interested in precisely excising the HIV-1 genome from infected...
  23. Hot Plasmids: Winter 2025

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    March 11, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...activation kinetics and high responsivity near the resting membrane potential, ASAP5 is a great new option... an enhanced pU6cm promoter, viral replicon amplification of cargo, and heat treatment.  Figure...CLAP) with a flexible linker where a protein of interest can be inserted. B) Protein expression and labeling...studies of kinesins but for many other proteins of interest too! Find CLIP, CLAP, and SNAP plasmids here! ...biosensors kit By Mike Lacy G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are critical components of many physiological pathways...targets. To enable large-scale profiling of many GPCRs, Mikel Garcia-Marcos’ lab recently developed a collection... detection of activation triggered by endogenous GPCR. Example applications include large-scale pharmacological...
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