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  1. pCXLE toolkit: Efficient episomal plasmid-based method to reprogram peripheral blood cells to iPSCs

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    Dec. 14, 2017, 2:08 p.m.
    ...This post was contributed by Kusumika (Kushi) Mukherjee, a Postdoc at Massachussetts General Hospital...and to model diseases in vitro. Find stem cell plasmids at Addgene Many sources of adult somatic cells...Episomal vectors- extrachromosomally maintained DNA plasmids that express reprogramming factors To date, the...group is an optimized mixture of three episomal plasmids (Table 1) encoding the reprogramming factors. ...enhance the reprogramming efficiency, an extra plasmid, pCXWB-EBNA-1 is used in the reprogramming cocktail...increases protein expression from the other episomal plasmids. When used on PBMCs, the pCXLE episomal vector...available at Addgene. Table 1: List of pCXLE episomal plasmids, their Addgene ID numbers and the reprogramming...
  2. Plasmid Tools for Microbiome Studies

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    June 27, 2019, 12:25 p.m.
    ...conjugative mobilization of broad host-range IncQ plasmids." Plasmid 62.2 (2009): 57-70. PubMed PMID: 19465049...page Deposit microbiology plasmids with Addgene Find synthetic biology plasmids ...family-RP4 conjugation system. This system can deliver plasmids to both Gram-positive and Gram-negative cells.... Wang lab further developed a modular suite of plasmids (pGT) with various replicative origins that can...genera across four phyla that have taken up the plasmid through conjugation in vivo studies. However, they... tools for microbiome studies.  Find the MAGIC plasmids here Paper-based synthetic biology approach to...conjugation. The labs screened for the host-range of the plasmids and suitability of various antibiotic resistance...
  3. The time and cost required to make a plasmid

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    March 23, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...cost required to make a plasmid. In 2023 (and at closer to 2 million plasmids shared than not!), we think...great Plasmid Debate of ’18, Blue Flame depositor John Doench calculated the time to make a plasmid. Doench... make a plasmid? Doench also calculated the cost of consumable reagents used to make a plasmid, which ... to make plasmids that already exist, and we significantly reduce costs of producing plasmids with high-throughput...lot of plasmids, it’s almost always faster to order from us!) Ask the PI If you want a plasmid for free...high-throughput” Instead of making one plasmid at a time, try constructing several plasmids in parallel. That way, you...collection pages to more easily find plasmids Search for a plasmid in Addgene’s repository ...
  4. Selecting Your Plasmid Purification Kit

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    May 27, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...your plasmid; separate plasmid DNA from unwanted cellular “debris”; and then clean-up the plasmid DNA ...debris from the plasmid, and then clean-up the plasmid so that you are left with pure plasmid DNA. Image created... help you choose the plasmid prep kit that is right for you. What type of plasmid prep do you need? As...As we covered in a previous post on plasmid preps, not all plasmid preps are the same. Your downstream...arise during the plasmid purification process. One is the possibility of damaging the plasmid DNA itself, ...carrying over contaminants from the plasmid prep process into the final plasmid eluate. Possible contaminants... 2: Plasmid isolation workflows are similar across kits. Lyse your bacteria to release the plasmid, separate...
  5. Improved Plasmid Maps Powered by SnapGene

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    June 29, 2017, 1:06 p.m.
    ...SnapGene powered plasmid maps at Addgene  Three factors make our SnapGene powered plasmid maps far easier...easier for you to share plasmid information with colleagues, or explain plasmid features to a lab member... on the main plasmid page under the "Resource Information" section. Analyze your plasmid sequence For ...over from our users: "Please, please improve your plasmid maps!" After thoughtful design, vetting, and tweaking...tweaking, we’re excited to announce that our plasmid and sequence displays are now powered by GSL Biotech's...software and extensive feature library, our updated plasmid and sequence displays are now much easier to interpret...how they’ll make it easier for you to find the plasmids you need. We'll be monitoring and improving the...
  6. Top Requested Plasmid of 2017 - pMD2.G

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    Jan. 10, 2018, 4:13 p.m.
    ...example (the top requested plasmids from 2015 and 2016 were CRISPR plasmids), but so are lentiviral vectors...reason, the top requested plasmid of 2017 is the lentivirus envelope plasmid pMD2.G from Didier Trono’...Plasmid technologies are constantly evolving, but sometimes a technology is so useful it forever enhances...’s lab! Lentivirus envelope vector pMD2.G This plasmid has been requested nearly 6,000 times (over 800...the broad usefulness of pMD2.G and VSV-G. This plasmid has been used in studies of the secretome, ubiquitin...to check out the Trono Lab website. If you have plasmids you’d like to deposit with Addgene, be sure to...Who knows, maybe yours will be the top requested plasmid of 2018! Additional Resources Quick Guide to ...
  7. Troubleshooting Your Plasmid Cloning Experiment

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    Sept. 24, 2019, 12:55 p.m.
    ...Browse our Plasmids 101 blog posts Read blog posts on plasmid cloning Read about different plasmid elements...colonies screened might not contain the correct plasmid. There’s a lot that can go wrong! With all the ...cloning project, and hopefully obtain your coveted plasmid with no substantial delays. Design, design, design...spend some time outlining the construction of the plasmid and all the steps you will have to take. Decide...you chose, and verify that the sequence of the plasmid you are working with is correct. It's also best...ways you can assemble the different parts of a plasmid based on the cloning strategy you followed. While...use an excess of insert compared to the backbone plasmid; a starting point could be a molar ratio of 1:2...
  8. Your Top Requested Plasmid in 2016!

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    Jan. 11, 2017, 8:47 p.m.
    ...for sure, as is obvious from our most requested plasmid, SpCas9 is still going strong as the basis for ...experiments. So, without further ado, the most request plasmid in 2016 was... pSpCas9(BB)-2A-Puro (PX459) V2.0...      Similar to last year, the top requested plasmid from 2016 is an expression vector for CRISPR nuclease... of mammalian cell types. Purpose  SpCas9 This plasmid expresses Streptococcus pyogenes (Sp) Cas9 from...sequence as directed by a gRNA. 2A-Puro In this plasmid, SpCas9 is fused to the puromycin resistance gene...resistance gene enables selection of cells with the plasmid post transfection. The 2A "self cleaving" peptide... What's not in the name? Not included in this plasmid's name are some additional features. The first and...
  9. Visualizing Your Plasmid Request Data

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    April 11, 2023, 4 p.m.
    ...insight to the most requested plasmid, the number of requested plasmids, or trends of requests over time...website, allowing depositors to download their plasmid request data, as a CSV file, anytime. The CSV is... Visualizing the data So, after downloading my plasmid request data, I started to explore how I could ...file is open for anyone to use.  View the Addgene Plasmid Request Data Dashboard! Figure 1: The ...
  10. Your Top Requested Plasmid in 2015!

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    Dec. 30, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...from our repository to find our most requested plasmid in 2015. In line with all of the exciting developments... past year, we're excited to announce that the plasmid most requested from the Addgene repository in 2015...put to such great use. It’s just one of the many plasmids being distributed to and accelerating research...Knockouts Read Some Common Ways to Deliver CRISPR Plasmids to Mammalian Cells Resources on the Addgene Website...Visit our Lentiviral Guide Pages Find Lentiviral Plasmids Find CRISPR Pooled Libraries ...
  11. Open Resources and Plasmid Tools For Studying C. elegans

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    July 18, 2019, 12:55 p.m.
    ... CRISPR plasmid can be created in a single tube. You can also find additional SapTrap plasmids used for...elegans Browse our Plasmids 101 blog posts Resources on Addgene.org Visit our worm plasmids and resources...discussed at the meeting, in addition to useful plasmids and toolkits available at Addgene.  C. elegans... development (Kyoda et al., 2012).  C. elegans plasmid tools at Addgene In addition to the wealth of open...open resources described above, there were many plasmid tools presented at the C. elegans meeting. Here... on new resources and tools for the community. Plasmids for the Auxin Inducible Degradation System (AID...and temporally knock-down proteins of interest.  Plasmids for cGAL and split cGAL systems The Sternberg ...
  12. "Build Your Plasmid": The Game - Play to Teach

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    July 17, 2018, 12:23 p.m.
    ... educational tools Playing BUILD YOUR PLASMID BUILD YOUR PLASMID is a game where you need to apply basic... videos to teach basic lab techniques Plasmid Land: The plasmid cloning game ... gene and Selection Markers) and one “Transfer Plasmid” game board. Once they agreed on each element to...minutes to develop a strategy and build a transfer plasmid that could be used to genetically manipulate human...disease someday! Accessing and modifying BUILD YOUR PLASMID You can find rules, suggestions, and more details... blog. As I wrote in the blog post, BUILD YOUR PLASMID has been developed to teach gamma-retrovirus or...different education levels. If you modify BUILD YOUR PLASMID or generate games like it, please freely share ...
  13. New FLIS Plasmid (April Fools 2022)

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    April 1, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...inconspicuous coloring.  FLIS plasmid Recently, the Phuels lab deposited a plasmid that will forever change...lab References Abril, U.N.O., et. al. (2022) A plasmid-based system for locating and containing escaped...
  14. The 10 Most Distributed Plasmid Technologies in Addgene's First 10 Years

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    Jan. 8, 2014, 3:10 p.m.
    ...cloning vector. Lentiviral Plasmids -  If you're familiar with the pLKO plasmids you'll note that those are...Actually, these two plasmids from Didier Trono's lab are our two most popular plasmids of the past 10 years...influx of plasmids for reprogramming differentiated cells into pluripotent stem cells. Plasmids from Shinya... have 19 different ubiquitin plasmids in the repository. 100,000 Plasmids Shipped! - By 2010, Addgene ...our stride. We shipped our 100,000th plasmid. A variety of plasmids continued to be popular years after...with all the new plasmids. So far, we have distributed over 10,000 CRISPR/Cas9 plasmids to more than 3,...10 years of plasmid sharing  Interested in more facts about Addgene's 10 years of plasmid sharing? Check...
  15. Viral Vectors 101: Parts of the AAV Transfer Plasmid

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    Aug. 11, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...with some plasmids. You just need three plasmids to start making AAV:  the packaging plasmid which contains... transfer plasmid an AAV transfer plasmid. ITR sequences are 145 bases each and AAV plasmids have two ...of an AAV transfer plasmid. Parts shown in green are key elements of an AAV plasmid. Parts shown in grey... elements of an AAV plasmid First let’s talk about the key parts of an AAV plasmid. Inverted terminal ...transfer plasmids have a promoter, but this element isn’t required when the transfer plasmid harbors non-coding...Transfer Plasmid video!   Now you’ve got a basic understanding of some common AAV plasmid elements!...structural and packaging genes, the adenoviral helper plasmid which contains the proteins needed for the virus...
  16. Viral Vectors 101: Parts of the AAV Packaging Plasmid

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    Dec. 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ... AAV.  Where do you start? Plasmids of course! You just need three plasmids to start making the AAVs you...packaging plasmid which contains the AAV structural and packaging genes, the adenoviral helper plasmid which...packaging plasmid and take a look at each of its parts. Key elements of the AAV packaging plasmid The packaging...packaging plasmid aka the RepCap plasmid encodes two genes: the replication (rep) gene and the capsid (... AAV RepCap plasmid! Check out this blog post to learn more about the AAV transfer plasmid! References... for the virus to replicate,  and the transfer plasmid which contains the viral genome. In today’s blog...lab, rep and cap are expressed from a separate plasmid in trans, freeing up space in the viral genome ...
  17. Three Tips for Preventing Viral Plasmid Recombination in Your Samples

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    Sept. 14, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...viral vectors and plasmids with repeating sequences. Repeating sequences within a plasmid can undergo intramolecular...contain the full length plasmid.   Figure 1: The full lentiviral plasmid is expected to be >12 kb...in my samples? Plasmid recombination can affect viral vectors (LTRs and ITRs), plasmids with multiple ...other plasmids that contain repeating elements. Knowing how to amplify recombination-prone plasmids and ... length plasmid. If you find that your bacterial cultures contain a mix of full length plasmid and the...smaller, recombined plasmid around 1.5 kb. When cut with BamHI, the expected linear plasmid is present, but...get to see everything that can go wrong with a plasmid. One of the most frequent problems that I help ...
  18. Plasmid Preps: Different Purity, Different Quantities, Different Uses

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    June 16, 2020, 1:25 p.m.
    ...Not all plasmid preps are the same. Before purifying a plasmid from a bacterial culture, it is important... into a plasmid backbone. Transfection grade DNA Figure 3: Need to introduce plasmids into mammalian... an external plasmid in mammalian cells and it will likely require micrograms of plasmid DNA for each ...utilize your plasmid DNA, so that you can decide what will be the optimal type of plasmid preparation ...Addgene blog Browse blog posts on plasmid cloning Read our Plasmids 101 blog posts Learn about the differences...purity. Based on these premises we can classify a plasmid preparation in 3 different ways: Transformation...Transformation introduces transformation grade plasmids into a bacterial cell. Transformation grade...
  19. What's the Best Way to Elute and Store Your Plasmid DNA?

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    June 4, 2020, 1:22 p.m.
    ...fragmenting plasmid DNA, PCR product, or chromosome. One of the main causes of degradation during plasmid DNA ... a kit Read our blog posts about plasmid cloning Browse our Plasmids 101 blog posts Resources on Addgene.org...Biology Reference Find protocols on plasmid cloning Find plasmids for your research ...Nowadays, the most common E. coli strains used for plasmid amplification are endA negative, meaning the gene...degradation and which experiments you can use your plasmid.  DNA elution choices: TE, Tris buffer, or water...polymerases. In the situation where you need to use plasmid in TE for any enzymatic reaction, an effective ...choices that companies offer for the elution of plasmid DNA through their kit. The advantage of using a...
  20. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    July 12, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...received over 13,000 plasmids requests for COVID-19 related plasmids. These plasmids have reached labs in...small collection of plasmids for coronavirus research, including a handful of plasmids that have been in...some highlights of the plasmids shared over the last year and how these plasmids have been used to accelerate...circulating and plasmids containing these mutations have been deposited at Addgene. Plasmids deposited from... labs also deposited plasmids for producing COVID-19 diagnostic enzymes. Plasmids in this toolkit include...These plasmids contain both untagged and tagged versions of SARS-CoV-2 ORFs and include plasmids that ...scientists through plasmid sharing and more. As you’ve read above, some of these plasmids have been in the...
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