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TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 10, 2013, 3:13 p.m....variants or mutations have been reported in people, we can use this kit to knock in those mutations. Once that's...efficiently generate human stem cells edited to carry mutant versions of 15 different disease-associated genes...homology-directed repair by flooding the cell with a mutant template and fooling the cell into using that template... you can either knock out a gene or knock in a mutation. Addgene: How do you use this kit to target a ... done in stem cells, we can differentiate those mutant and wild type stem cells into any cell type relevant...adipocytes or neurons, for instance – to see how those mutations influence the disease process. In the Cell Stem...The TALEN kit is quite useful in generating the mutant cell lines that one needs to do disease modeling...
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27 Hot Plasmids from 2016
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m....expressing plasmid to generate a population of mutant cells. The mutant cells were treated with WNV at a dose ...well as a dominant-negative mutator allele of the E. coli MMR protein MutL, all under the control of the...The temperature-controlled expression of the MutL mutant enables transient suppression of DNA repair during...sufficient to kill all control cells and surviving “mutant” colonies were deep sequenced to identify the gRNAs...differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis. In humans, mutations that permanently activate Ras are found in one...vivo expression, and/or produce vectors to make mutant cell lines or transgenic animals. Wall, et al...MAGE in otherwise unmodified bacterial strains (5). MutL is highly conserved in distant relatives of E. coli... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 15, 2014, 3:33 p.m.... and their mutations relative to wildtype GFP. Although not listed here, many permutations within each... and the mutation definitions found in Table 2 may not apply. Table 1: The specific mutations comprising...2: Functional role of specific mutations in GFP derivatives Mutation Known Function S65T Increased...little truncation is tolerated, however, point mutations are acceptable. GFP's main advantage over conventional...began engineering new versions of GFP through mutagenesis in order to improve its physical and biochemical...In 1995, Roger Y. Tsien described an S65T point mutation that increased the fluorescence intensity and ...facilitating its widespread use in research. Many other mutations have since been introduced to GFP and new iterations... -
Proximity Labeling: A Powerful Tool for Protein Complex Purification and Proteomic Mapping
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 2, 2019, 2 p.m....biotin ligase, BirA*, with a site mutation (R11G). This site mutation destabilizes the ligase, allowing...evolution to generate two mutants, the 35 kD TurboID, which has 15 mutations compared to BirA and the ...compared to the standard E. coli BirA* mutant. RapID consists of this mutant BirA* and an RNA component that ...the E. coli version. It also contains a single mutation (R40G) in a conserved residue in the biotin catalytic...rounds of directed evolution until they identified a mutant with significantly increased sensitivity that did...original APEX (Lam et al. 2014). They named this mutant APEX2. Find the APEX2 plasmids! TurboID and minturbo...which has the N-terminus domain deleted and 13 mutations compared to wild type BirA. TurboID and miniTurbo... -
Using Phosphoserine to Study Protein Phosphorylation
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 23, 2016, 2:30 p.m....phosphomimetic dual mutant) elevated kinase activity over 70-fold over dual phosphomimetic mutation. This emphasizes...phosphoserine-incorporation mutant for a residue that wasn’t originally a serine (e.g. mutating a threonine residue...residues. The phosphorylated residue of interest is mutated to a negatively charged residue, aspartate or glutamate...charge in the phosphate group. Additionally, these mutations are not reversible, and thus cannot reflect the...made constitutively active through phosphomimetic mutation of these residues. Due to the limitations previously...previously mentioned, phosphomimetic mutations on the activation loop do not fully activate MEK1. In fact...recombinant proteins as an alternative to phosphomimetic mutation. Creating phosphoserine-incorporated proteins ... -
Prime Editing: Adding Precision and Flexibility to CRISPR Editing
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 13, 2025, 9:49 p.m....engineered a dominant-negative mutant of the protein MLH1, a component of the MutSα–MutLα mismatch repair (MMR)...likely recognized as an MMR intermediate, and the MutSα–MutLα complex may either selectively excise the edited... PE6e-g editors with mutations to the Cas9 domain but found that these mutations only improved efficiency...created and evaluated 19 PE1 variants with RT mutations known to increase activity, enhance binding between...came out on top? The Cas9 nickase fused to a pentamutant of M-MLV RT. They called this system PE2, which...additional nuclear localization sequences; and two mutations in Cas9 previously shown to improve nuclease activity...effective prime editor proteins, but found that the mutations that emerged depended strongly on the target edit... -
Genome-wide Screening Using CRISPR
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 18, 2015, 2:30 p.m....heterogeneous population of mutant cells, with each cell or set of cells containing a mutation in a different gene...example, mutant cells can be used in drug screens to identify genes that confer drug-resistance. Mutant cells...library plus Cas9 to generate the mutant cells, respectively (C). Mutant cells are screened (D) and "hits... (NHEJ), usually results in a loss-of-function mutation within the target gene. CRISPR can also be used...experiment is to generate and screen a population of mutant cells to identify genes involved in a particular...system in which Cas9 must be delivered separately. Mutant cells are enriched using either drug selection ...correspond to genes that confer drug resistance when mutated. Findings from this type of experiment can shed... -
An “elegans” Approach to Better CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 17, 2020, 1:30 p.m....dominant mutation, known as co-conversion (Arribere et al., 2014). In both cases, the selected mutation must... of lethal mutation co-selection. Only animals rescued for the conditional lethal mutation survive the...Cas9 allows us to delete sequences and introduce mutations and epitopes with unprecedented ease. These new...fluorescence (GFP; Tzur et al., 2013), or rescue of mutant phenotypes (unc-119) (Dickinson et al., 2013). ...approach relying on repair of a conditional-lethal mutation to identify edits with minimal screening effort...effort. Selecting for repair of a lethal mutation should remove much of the unedited “haystack”, facilitating...selection for repair of a temperature-sensitive pha-1 mutation significantly enriches for knock-in of 2x and ... -
CRISPR 101: Making a Knock-In Cell Line
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 22, 2022, 2:15 p.m....frameshift mutation. The majority of cellular repair events will generate these types of mutations, making...recognition sequence is destroyed via mutation. By introducing a mutation in either the PAM or the guide recognition...mishaps in this class of genome edit. Knock-in mutations and gene editing Targeted genome editing events... this is not the case for knock-ins. Knock-in mutations typically require an exact DNA sequence to be ...cells. It is important to know that HR is often mutated in cancer cells, specifically in breast and ovarian...recommended you check your cell lines for HR-related mutations before attempting knock-ins by HDR. ... with some success (Yu et al., Nat Chem Biol). Mutate the PAM or sgRNA sequences Cas9 likely goes through... -
RUBY-Red Siliques
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 1, 2022, 2:15 p.m....with an Arabidopsis mutant that can’t set seeds. I study the development of the mutant plants, but the seeds...unfamiliar with these mutant plants. Using RUBY to simplify the identification of these mutants will speed up ...containing the desired mutation but lacking both RUBY and the construct that rescues the mutation. I will be able...identified by a phenotype caused by the segregating mutation. Selecting these plants is a learned skill that...up my work and make it easier to study these mutants. Fig. 2: (A) Betacyanin is produced from ...do this by expressing a gene that rescues the mutations, using RUBY as a selection marker. These plants...because they will no longer show the effects of the mutation. But ¼ of the offspring from these plants will... -
Using CRISPR/Cas9 to Edit Disease Out of the Genome
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 23, 2022, 1:15 p.m....could be used to edit several autosomal-dominant mutations that have been connected to the early onset of... CRISPR/Cas9 corrects Alzheimer’s disease mutation in basal forebrain cholinergic neurons derived...Academy of Sciences found that mice with a dominant mutation in a gene that causes cataracts could be rescued... Cas9 mRNA and a single-guide RNA targeting the mutant allele (7). An independent team led by Hans Clevers...demonstration of use of genome editing to correct point mutations in two diseases with real phenotypic effect.” ...noted that CRISPR/Cas9 has been used to generate mutations in a wide range of organisms, but its potential...phase of crisis where they 'collect' a number of mutations.” Cystic fibrosis may not be the most likely candidate... -
Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 15, 2019, 12:30 p.m....astounding number of ways to create chromosomal mutations in bacteria, so many that it may be difficult ...path to take. A quick and easy way to introduce a mutation in the chromosome is to disrupt expression of ...genes. However, there are ways to create scarless mutations, ones that don’t leave any undesired scars in ...technology has also aided in the creation of scarless mutations, both in stand-alone systems (Jiang et al., 2013...plasmid curing steps, and can generate off-target mutations. Modifying bacterial genomes using counter-selectable...is frequently called allelic exchange. Here, a mutated allele introduced from a conjugative plasmid replaces...versatile technique, and is less prone to off-target mutations. Ultimately, successful allelic exchange requires... -
Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 13, 2025, 1:15 p.m..... J. (2008). Insertional mutagenesis combined with acquired somatic mutations causes leukemogenesis following...discovered by researchers investigating HIV integrase mutants in the early 1990s (Leavitt et al., 1996), and ...lentiviral vector: 1. No risk of insertional mutagenesis Lentiviral vectors tend to integrate into transcriptionally...2002), thus increasing the risk for insertional mutagenesis. This integration could lead to an undesirable...harbor these unwanted interruptions. Insertional mutagenesis is especially concerning in clinical settings...acute lymphoblastic leukemia due to insertional mutagenesis (Howe et al., 2008). 2. Transient expression ...cells, as they avoid the risk of insertional mutagenesis while still allowing for stable expression of... -
Donations from Addgene to Yield Answers for Rare Disease Researchers
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 15, 2015, 2:30 p.m....different mutations in a gene called SOX10. To understand the functional role of those mutations, they now...Syndrome, a devastating genetic disease caused by mutations in the OCRL1 gene that leads to the early death...to work to explore the effect of various OCRL1 mutations on cell behavior in greater detail. The goal is...CRISPR-Cas9 constructs from Addgene to gene-edit mutations into XP genes and other genes involved in photosensitivity...plasmids to explore the functional differences among mutations responsible for the disease known as Alternating...the brain. McSweeney says they now think that mutations in the gene may prevent neurons from returning...work will help them to understand how different mutations lead to differences in the symptoms experienced... -
CRISPR 101: Validating Your Genome Edit
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 3, 2022, 12:15 p.m.... Validating knockout mutations When a knockout cell line is desired, any mutation that introduces a frameshift...silent mutation in a neighboring nucleotide along with your desired edit. This silent mutation should ...cells were appropriately edited for your desired mutation - insertion, deletion, or site-directed knock-...is. If you are trying to introduce a homozygous mutation, it’s helpful to know how many copies you are ...Secondly, categorize your edit – is it any frameshift mutation? A specific insertion or deletion? A knock-in?...large deletion events. Validating knock-in mutations You’ve introduced a donor template along with ... editor. What next? When generating a knock-in mutation, the best screening method depends on what your... -
Viral Vectors 101: Inverted Terminal Repeats
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 19, 2023, 1:15 p.m....et al., 2004). Mutations in the RBE site reduce binding with Rep proteins and mutations in the trs site...integrity and prevent unwanted mutations? During propagation, mutants rapidly replicate in a growth culture...important for viral genome replication, these mutations can affect transduction efficiency and subsequent...are prone to replication errors and disruptive mutations and truncations that can make vector propagation...result in a high percentage of plasmid DNA with mutated ITR sequences. Using recombinant-deficient bacterial... sequencing is also helpful in quantifying ITR mutants since analysis of individual reads allows for identification...within the ITR. However, small deletions and point mutations will go undetected by restriction digest methods... -
Plasmids 101: Methylation and Restriction Enzymes
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 30, 2016, 2:30 p.m....for site directed mutagenesis. During this process, incorporation of a desired mutation into your plasmid...only the non-mutated and methylated template is destroyed leaving behind a pool of mutated plasmids which...Troubleshoot Your Sequencing Results Use REPLACR Mutagenesis to Mutate Your Plasmids Resources on Addgene.org ...newly synthesized product from a site-directed mutagenesis experiment? The answer to both questions is the...plasmid of interest by PCR generates mutated plasmids with no methylation (there are no methyltransferases...dam-/dcm- strains may have an increased rate of mutation (as these would also be deficient in mis-match... -
Generating Mouse Models Using CRISPR/Cas9
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m....incredibly useful for generating mutations by NHEJ and generating small mutations with HDR, when it comes to...technologies, a researcher would first introduce a mutation into a mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC) line, enrich...that had successfully incorporated the desired mutation, and then derive mice from these engineered ESCs...the chromatogram showing the telltale signs of a mutation introduced by CRISPR. The sequence started clean...done, 75% of the mice in this experiment showed a mutation! I looked out my window and I saw the Dorr Mountain... many, if not all, the mice carry a frameshift mutation. For knock in with a donor oligonucleotide, we...successful in deriving mice carrying the intended mutation. With a donor plasmid, the outcome is less predictable... -
Experimenting in an Open Source lab: from CRISPR to Cats
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 23, 2015, 2:30 p.m....complexity using existing C. elegans mutants. For instance, we use a mutant known as CX51 that exhibits motor...effects this mutation has on locomotion in our computer model to the effects of this mutation in the real...real mutant worm. Like many academic labs, we have the capability to study many different mutants because...educational institution meaning that we can obtain known mutants at $7.00 a strain. Makerspaces like ours can also...to modify the worm genome and make additional mutations in our worms. We are on the lookout for genome...model so that we can use CRISPR/cas9 to build the mutants, analyse their motor behaviour, and ultimately ... -
Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 1: Getting Started with Flies
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m.... track of your mutation. To maintain stable lines of flies carrying a specific mutation, Drosophila geneticists...whether stocks of mutant flies exist, whether any phenotypes have been observed from mutations in the gene,...third post will describe how you can make your own mutant flies. Find Drosophila Resources at Addgene The...contributed by mother and father). While some mutations can remain stable as homozygous alleles, others...method for maintaining stable lines of genetic mutants, including in situations where maintaining heterozygosity...you can stably maintain a heterozygote, and the mutation won’t drift away with each passing generation....journey of trying to get males to recombine two mutations onto the same chromosome. You should use females...