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  1. Lambda Red: A Homologous Recombination-based Technique for Genetic Engineering

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    Dec. 15, 2016, 3:57 p.m.
    ...substrate should be ~70-100 nucleotides long with the desired alteration(s) located in the center of the sequence...circumstances. An alternative approach is to flank the desired change with 4-5 silent changes in the wobble codons...protein.  These changes can be 5’ or 3’ of the desired change.   Table 1: Overview of ds- and ss-DNA Uses... further tested to confirm the presence of the desired modification. Colony PCR can be used to screen ...
  2. Antibody Validation for Flow Cytometry

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    Sept. 10, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...transfection of short interfering RNA (siRNA). Knockdown caused by siRNA is also transient, and as such, the...intended application — here, flow cytometry — is the desired target, using one or more of the approaches outlined...consider using shRNA vectors instead. With both siRNA and shRNA, it can be difficult to achieve sufficient...
  3. Tag Your Favorite Yeast Genes with Ease

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    Nov. 19, 2013, 2:37 p.m.
    ...protein products is desired, as multiple selection markers can ensure that all desired tags have been integrated...Simply design your amplification primers with the desired targeting homology—in frame, of course—and start...
  4. Plasmids 101: Screening Strategies Used in Plasmid Cloning

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    Sept. 15, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...is not enough on its own to help you find your desired plasmid. In many cases, you will need a screening...you will need to sort through them to find the desired clone. Do your selection, then screen Why add a...what about identifying clones that contain your desired insert? This is where a  screen comes in. Let’s...
  5. Screening for Successful Genome Editing with Digital PCR

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    March 30, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...what kind of assays can be used to sniff out your desired mutations. The assays you will use aren’t that ...non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) (2-5), depending on your desired genome edit. Since exploitation of NHEJ to generate... those with the bi-allelic mutations typically desired when screening clones for complete functional knockout...
  6. REPLACR Mutagenesis: Replacing In Vitro Recombination Methods

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    Feb. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...you design two oligonucleotide primers with the desired mutation, then use those to PCR amplify the template...above, you design two primers, each containing the desired mutations, to amplify both strands of a plasmid...figure above shows guidelines for primer design; a desired insertion should be present in both primers. When...
  7. Kiran Musunuru on the Newest TALEN Genome-Editing System

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    Dec. 10, 2013, 3:13 p.m.
    ...programmed to bind to essentially any DNA sequence desired. This technology allows you to create a pair of...to build a DNA-binding domain to recognize any desired 15 base pair sequence in the genome in rapid fashion...to create zinc finger nucleases that will bind desired sequences. TALENs are much more reliable. If you...
  8. Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning

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    Aug. 27, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ... be re-digested. In contrast, formation of the desired ligation product is irreversible because this construct...a single reaction! These overhangs specify the desired order of fragments, and the loss of enzyme recognition...cloning is not 100% sequence-independent: to avoid undesired digestion, the Type IIS site used must not be ...
  9. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    Dec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m.
    ...optimized, expression validated GPCR sequences to any desired backbone.  Kroeze, et al. Nat Struct Mol Biol....oligonucleotides (oligos), and thereby rapidly create desired allele combinations and combinatorial genomic libraries...biologists to fuse fragments of DNA together in a desired order and express fusion proteins in a target cell...SnoopCatcher, that can be used to irreversibly link desired proteins together via a spontaneous isopeptide ...SnoopTag/SnoopCatcher linkages. Once all of the desired sequential additions have been made, the final ...
  10. Chromoproteins: Colorful Proteins For Molecular Biology Experiments

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    Feb. 4, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ... chromoprotein plasmid that combines the most desirable features: intense color, fast maturation, and ...recombination events: The plasmid carrying the desired genetic modification integrates into the genome...rhamnose-inducible promoter. The resolution step leads to the desired mutation and excision of the vector backbone. To...
  11. Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Expression

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    Feb. 10, 2015, 3:06 p.m.
    ...which can prevent the culture from reaching the desired density within a reasonable time-frame. For these...you’ve tried a common strain and don’t get the desired level (or any) protein expression? Low expression...is accomplished by growing your culture to the desired density at 37°C and reducing the temperature or...
  12. Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing

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    Jan. 26, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ... over time, stem cell editing would be highly desirable. Should stem cell editing occur, the CRISPR components...Short-term CRISPR expression would be especially desirable, as it would reduce the potential of off-target...require robust stem cell editing to maintain the desired phenotype. Precision genome editing faces the challenges...
  13. Plasmids 101: Repressible Promoters

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    Dec. 20, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ... expression from one promoter with transgene or siRNA expression from the other. The Q system Potter et...simple answer is that sometimes it is necessary or desirable to control or look at multiple genes at the same...systems, allowing for more complex control over desired gene expression. Take a look at all of the options...
  14. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    Jan. 6, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
    ...-use of existing elements. DNA sequences for a desired component are cloned into Golden Gate entry vectors...experiments when additional cross-breeding steps are undesired or infeasible. Finally, an adeno-associated viral... for recombination in SLIC cloning to form the desired vector. The pCoofy vectors contain the ccdB cassette...amplification step, so that only vectors with the desired sequence of interest are retained after SLIC cloning...
  15. Important Considerations When Using AAVs

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    June 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...beg the question: is axonal transport desirable or not desirable? If diffuse gene expression is tolerated... CNS tropism (4). If axonal transport is not desirable, transport can be reduced by injecting a smaller...
  16. Antibodies 101: Flow Cytometry

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    July 20, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...assessed for the desired parameter. A droplet containing a cell that is positive for a desired parameter is...side scatter (SSC). Users can gate around their desired cell population for further analysis. In this example...
  17. Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing

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    Aug. 9, 2018, 1:04 p.m.
    ...neurons make to other distant brain areas. It is desirable for tracing compounds to outline neurons in the...out our retrograde AAV blog post. An additional desirable property for network visualization would be the...example, in neuromuscular diseases it would be desirable to achieve transgene delivery by targeting peripheral...
  18. AAV Packaged on Request is Here!

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    Jan. 10, 2025, 1:01 p.m.
    ...below the ordering table. Click on it, select your desired serotype and volume, and submit your request.  ...simply request your plasmid of interest in your desired serotype, place your order when ready, and we’ll...
  19. Summer SciComm Series: Master of SciComm

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    July 21, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ... my curiosity did not ultimately translate to a desire to do the research itself. Several years of exclusively...more creative faculties into motion, such that a desire to once again write for fun eventually saw an English...
  20. RUBY-Red Siliques

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    March 1, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ... Antibiotic selection would only then kill the desired plants! PCR or fluorescent markers are currently...from these plants will be green, containing the desired mutation but lacking both RUBY and the construct...
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