Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics
Type
Blog Post
Published
March 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 ...here.
AAV delivery of split base editors
Article contributed by Jennifer Tsang
AAVs are a great ...transduced at levels similar to that of a single AAV expressing GFP. The lab tested the base editors in vivo ... 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...