We narrowed to 69 results for: Myc-tagged Cre
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TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 6, 2018, 1:12 p.m....dedifferentiation stage involves overexpression of four reprogramming factors- OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, and C-MYC - that...More (due to additional pluripotency stage) Less Safety Less (C-MYC, a known oncogene is one of the reprogramming...transdifferentiated in vivo to pancreatic β-like-cells with the expression of pancreatic and duodenal homoeobox...lineage, without dedifferentiating into a pluripotent stage. Cellular reprogramming The reversal of a differentiated...reprogramming [1]. The process can be divided into two stages: Dedifferentiation - Conversion of adult somatic...differentiated somatic cell to revert back to a pluripotent stage (iPSC formation) [2, 3]. The iPSCs then proliferate...reprogrammed to iPSCs successfully [10-12]. The next stage of reprogramming consists of redifferentiation of...
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28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 23, 2015, 3:30 p.m....epitopes tags such as HA and MYC in vivo. The authors found that fusions to one particular tag, the IT6...production of a new series of epitope tags, inntags (innocuous tags), that they believe will have fewer ...expressed either without a tag or as multiple fusions with different N- and C-terminal tags. Additionally, by ...Unfortunately, while there are many types of epitope tags (eg. HA, MYC, Flag), they can be deleterious and cause ...expression of fusions between the POI and a TAP tag (a tag with two epitopes that can be used to sequentially...the POI-tag fusion from a plasmid or from a random genomic location than to express the tagged protein...two dimeric Broccoli tags (2xdBroccoli) to further enhance fluorescence of the tagged RNA. Bacterial and... -
Starter guide to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) part 1: A renaissance in regenerative medicine
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 30, 2018, 1:04 p.m....of four embryonic genes- OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, and C-MYC. iPSCs were first generated from mouse fibroblasts...which combined the advantages of both while limiting disadvantages led to the creation of induced pluripotent...therapeutic purposes. Both types have their advantages and disadvantages. Here is a table listing some of them...cells found in the zygote through to the morula stage are totipotent [2-4]. Pluripotency: When a cell ...research. With all these benefits, iPSCs have increasingly become the ideal experimental system for research... Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: Problems and Advantages when Applying them in Regenerative Medicine. ... -
How to Write a Scientific Review Article
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 16, 2017, 3:30 p.m....you can sound credible and cool when you casually mention “Haery et al., showed that MYC expression was...was increased…” when discussing the review topic with your peers. Start reading! I started by reading ...retreat to the woods for months at a time, so take advantage of whatever time you have. If you’re like me, ...will also paraphrase what I have heard many other creative people say about writing: you don’t know what ... -
27 Hot Plasmids from 2016
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m....for N-terminal fusions and Myc tagged BioID2 for C-terminal fusions. Kim, et al. Mol Biol Cell. 2016. ...for an individual tagging event. Commonly used sequences, including fluorescent tags, a floxed Cbr-unc...proteins are tagged with Protein A-Renilla luciferase and the “prey” proteins are tagged with Firefly ...efficiency of screening for protein–protein interactions. The Roux lab has deposited HA tagged BioID2 for...through a large-scale expression screen that can be used to generate His-tagged human kinase constructs that...loxP-stop-loxP cassette into the Rosa26 locus, allowing for Cre-dependent expression of a GMAP inserted gene. The...technology. To streamline CRISPR/Cas9-based genetic tag insertion in the C. elegans genome, Erik Jorgensen... -
Even more elegant: Single injection CRISPR/Cas9 in C. elegans
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 7, 2015, 3:36 p.m....hours worth of hands-on time. Creating a modular, selection-based gene tagging approach Multiple features...as the repair template plasmid to create fluorescent and 3xFLAG-tag fusion proteins. The repair template...added flanking loxP sites and a heat-shock inducible Cre to generate a self-excising cassette (SEC). To make... between a fluorescent protein (FP) and a 3xFLAG tag (see construct schematic below.) After self-excision...intron, and only the fluorescent protein and 3xFLAG-tag sequences are inserted into the genome. Figure.... (2015) illustrating the steps to fluorescently tag a C. elegans protein. The his-72 locus is shown as...little hands-on labor and could facilitate the tagging of every protein in the C. elegans genome. Although... -
Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 21, 2024, 1:30 p.m....Epitope tag antibody collection grows By Ashley Waldron We are excited to highlight the Anti-V5 tag antibody... as a tag since 1992 (Hanke et al., 1992), and has proven itself a versatile option for tagging proteins...immunodeficiency virus p27 using tag-specific monoclonal antibody and tag-linked antigen. J Gen Virol., ...Figure 3: Expression of fluorophore-tagged GOLG-4 through eight stages of embryonic development. Representative...find in this post: Anti-V5 and other new epitope tag antibodies from IPI New tool for structural studies...studies of E3 ligase cereblon Optimized mScarlet-based tags for live imaging in C. elegans CRISPR/Cas9 for gene...Innovation (IPI), part of a new collection of epitope tag antibodies available through Addgene. Anti-V5 [IPI-SV5... -
22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 6, 2015, 5:21 p.m....electron microscopy (EM) tag providing superior subcellular localization of tagged proteins compared to traditional...additionally incorporates SUMO tags in the FP sequence for separation from Cre-based Brainbow-expressing cells...contain a variety of N- and C-terminal tags (including His, S-tag, OneStrep, CBP, Trx, GST, Halo, MBP, ...promoter, N-terminal tag, coding sequence of the gene of interest, C-terminal tag, plant terminator, and...of an isopeptide bond between 2 peptide tags, SpyTag and KTag. The group demonstrated the use of the SpyLigase... short hairpin) and CRUSH (Conditional RUSH) use Cre-mediated recombination to turn on or off the expression...a dual-color RNAi “sensor” mouse strain in which Cre expression causes the induction of both DsRed fluorescence... -
Targeted Mutagenesis with EvolvR
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 21, 2019, 1:15 p.m.... a unique tag into a genomic site of choice via the mutational abilities of PolI3m. This tag would allow...modular nature, the Dueber Lab created a few versions of EvolvR. To increase the mutation rate of EvolvR,...with a targeted mutagenesis rate ~9-fold higher than the original nCas9, while increasing the standard mutation...mutations to PolI3M generated PolI5M which increased EvolvR’s mutagenesis rate to ~10-3 mutations per nucleotide...bacteriophage T7 DNA polymerase increased the processivity of PolI3M, and thereby increasing the editing window of...result in a spectinomycin resistant phenotype in bacteria. While there are many known spectinomycin resistance... for mutagenesis, a feature which they used to generate bacteria resistant to both spectinomycin and streptomycin... -
Plasmids 101: Knockout/Knock-In Plasmids
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 1, 2016, 3:30 p.m....construct, the neomycin resistance gene is floxed so that it can be removed post-selection through Cre-mediated...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...make it possible to insert, or knock-in, any gene, tag, or mutated exon into the genome. For this purpose...example, you can remove a floxed resistance gene using Cre recombinase. If GFP is under control of an endogenous...promoter responds. You can also use this method to tag an endogenous protein with GFP, as seen in blue flame... -
Visualizing Protein Turnover In Situ
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 16, 2018, 3:20 p.m....protein tags can be used to facilitate the visualization of specific proteins in cells. Tagged protein...containing AHA to a fluorescent alkyne tag. The newly synthesized and tagged proteins can then be observed with...the knock-in of fluorescent tags into the gene locus of interest. An advantage of this alternative is the...here, there is the question of whether or not the tags influence behavior. A conference and a breakthrough... known as fluorescence noncanonical amino acid tagging (FUNCAT, Dieterich et al. Nature Neuroscience, ...protein of interest that also had incorporated the AHA tag after pulse labeling of a determined period of time...used for cell labeling Check out other protein tagging strategies Additional Resources on Addgene.org... -
Prime Editing: Adding Precision and Flexibility to CRISPR Editing
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 13, 2025, 9:49 p.m....expression ~ ~ ~ ~ ✓ ✓ SV40 and c-Myc nuclear localization sequences Improve translocation..., the Liu lab created and evaluated 19 PE1 variants with RT mutations known to increase activity, enhance... initial nick site (to avoid creating a double strand break), increasing editing efficiencies 2-3-fold... Figure 1: An overview of prime editing. Created with BioRender.com. How does it work? First...ones in Addgene’s repository later in the post. Advantages of prime editing Less constrained by PAM sequence... between the template and primer binding site, increase processivity, or improve thermostability. What...fold. However, the process of double nicking increases indel formation slightly. Designing the sgRNA with... -
Your Top Requested Plasmid in 2016!
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 11, 2017, 8:47 p.m.... SpCas9 is also fused to a 3X FLAG tag at its N-terminus. This tag can be used to test for SpCas9 expression...Alternative forms of this vector contain GFP-tagged and un-tagged versions of SpCas9 and further variants ...SpCas9 is fused to the puromycin resistance gene through a 2A peptide. The puromycin resistance gene enables...causes the ribosome to translate Cas9-2A and the Puromycin resistance gene as separate peptides. PX459 This...predecessor, which had a point mutation in the puromycin resistance gene that made it less effective in...SpCas9n (nickase), which nicks DNA rather than creating double stand breaks and may better facilitate ... -
Tag Your Favorite Yeast Genes with Ease
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 19, 2013, 2:37 p.m...., modular plasmids, combining fluorescent tags, epitope tags, protease sites, and selection markers. These...fluorophore tagging vectors for your single or multi-color imaging experiments. Interested in epitope tags? Others...have genome tagging systems enabled you to advance your research? Do you have a favorite tagging system that...Researchers have long taken advantage of this natural process to integrate protein tags into the genomes of S...multiple cloning site in place of the epitope tag for creation of your own unique protein fusions. This collection...promoter substitution), and tagging at either the N- or C-terminus (3xHA, 13xMyc, GST, or GFP). Longtine ...especially useful in protein complex studies where tagging of multiple protein products is desired, as multiple... -
Tagging Optogenetics and Chemogenetics Receptors: Fluorescent Proteins and Other Options
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 11, 2021, 1:15 p.m....transgene expression. Which tag should I use? When deciding on the appropriate tag, the experimental design...our studies suggest that non-fluorescent tags may be advantageous over fluorescent proteins when the fluorescence... methods, these proteins are routinely fused to ‘tag’ or ‘label’ proteins to facilitate its detection....detection. Fluorescent proteins are most widely used tags because they emit endogenous fluorescence that allow...protein (GFP) and mCherry, two of the most common tags currently used, are approximately 240 amino acids...most of them were still cytoplasmic. Use of ‘small’ tags to identify proteins Given the limited expression...monkey neurons, we next hypothesized that a different tag fused to the hM4Di might improve the transport of... -
Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 23, 2021, 1:15 p.m.... well as additional useful tags, including 3xFLAG epitopes, TEV and BioTag, which can be used in protein... protein effectivity), and a fluorescent protein tag for visualization (Fig. 1b). While the probes target...ultimately leading to the degradation of the AID-tagged protein. To quantify protein degradation the Ward...44 amino acids auxin inducible degron sequence) tagged proteins. Degradation of your protein interest ...Gibson and Saptrap cloning systems to generate AID* tagged CRISPR knock-in repair constructs. These repair...repair constructs can be used to integrate the tagged AID* into genomic sites of interests via CRISPR techniques...engineering plasmid tools in about a week. Taking advantage of Golden Gate cloning, the Haynes lab’s Protocols.io... -
Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m....additionally contain various combinations of protein tags (His, Avi, and GFP) as well as protease sites to...researcher to quickly generate N- and C-terminal epitope tag fusions to a protein of interest. The plasmids used...folding and/or protease sites to remove the epitope tags. Different plasmids in the kit can be used to purify...2015). He has also constructed a library of eGFP-tagged human ORF clones to allow testing and comparison...conveniently performed through the N-terminal eGFP tag carried on all constructs. The Cell-Free Protein ...greatly reduced costs per plasmid. We generally create kits to allow you to easily use a set of plasmids...markers built into all plasmids in the kit help decrease false positives observed in the cloning process... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: Monitoring Cell Mobility Using Fluorescent Proteins
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 15, 2017, 1:24 p.m....The permanent labelling of cells using cre-lox is advantageous when compared to photoactivable or photoconvertible...cells according to whether or not they have been tagged with a fluorescent protein or dye. It separates... distinguishing cell populations that have been tagged with different fluorescent proteins or dyes. 3....useful tool for marking and tracking cells is the the Cre/lox recombination system. A researcher can flank ...expression is turned on or off in cells expressing Cre. The result of a system like this is a mosaic of ...progenitor cell migrating to the epithelium). At this stage, only cells from the immune system show wide scale... In the past 15 years efforts have been made to create transgenic mice expressing fluorescent protein ... -
Tips for arabidopsis transformation
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 25, 2018, 1:23 p.m....terminally tagged fusion proteins with fluorescent (YFP, GFP, CFP, RFP, etc.) or affinity tags (HA, FLAG... plant selection markers (basta, hygromycin, kananamycin, tunicamycin) (Nakagawa et al., 2007). Alternatively...new inflorescences begin to grow. This will also increase the number of inflorescences overall, which may...them again. This won’t hurt them, and it will increase the chances of tDNA integration. Selecting Arabidopsis... seeds too densely during selection: this will increase background growth of non-transformants and make...Gateway Binary Vectors: High-Performance Vectors for Creation of Fusion Constructs in Transgenic Analysis of... -
Plasmids 101: Cre-lox
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 13, 2015, 3:47 p.m....tissue-specific cell types: Cre-lox recombination. What is Cre-lox? The Cre-lox system is a technology ...marker, Cre can be used to easily perform this eviction. Regulated Cre expression – placing Cre downstream...constructed. Additionally, Cre-containing adenovirus (Ad-Cre) or AAV (AAV-pgk-Cre) has been used to successfully...generated at the loxP sites. How can I use Cre-lox? The Cre/lox system is a well-established research ...prevent gene expression in the absence of Cre. In the presence of Cre, the stop codon is excised, and gene ...facilitate the use of Cre-lox technology, transgenic mice have been constructed that express Cre under a variety...analogous to Cre and loxP, respectively. The FLP-FRT technology can be an effective alternative to Cre-lox, and...