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  1. The Blue Flame Award: Celebrating Addgene's Most Requested Depositors

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    Nov. 14, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ... Requested Plasmid in 2015 Find Hot Plasmid Technologies Write about Your Favorite Plasmid Technology ... indicates that a plasmid has been requested 20+ times   A red flame means a plasmid has been requested...answering plasmid requests can be a time-consuming chore for labs that have popular plasmids but lack ...All plasmids deposited at Addgene enhance scientific sharing worldwide but a select few are particularly...particularly special. Over 1000 of our 60,000+ deposited plasmids have been requested more than 100 times each, ...to sharing epitomized by the creators of these plasmids with the first annual Blue Flame Awards. What'...scientists around the world choose to share their plasmids through our repository since we know biological...
  2. Stabilized Bacterial Promoters: Constant Gene Expression at any Copy Number

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    Sept. 4, 2018, 12:53 p.m.
    ...this case, plasmid copy number is the input and gene expression is the output. The input, plasmid copy number...to decouple gene expression and plasmid number. In a suite of plasmids modified from pSC101 with copy ...of all types of plasmids, the stabilized promoters were also tested in different plasmid backbones that...stationary phase, the number of plasmids per cell increases 4-5 fold (for pUC plasmids) or ~2 fold (for p15a, ...RepA is a plasmid replication initiator protein, they could alter copy number of the plasmid by altering...genome or a plasmid. Thus, a stabilized promoter can allow a system to be moved from a plasmid to the genome...special collections page Download the Plasmid 101 eBook See all plasmids deposited by the Voigt lab ...
  3. Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques

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    May 24, 2018, 1:20 p.m.
    ... beginning. In most classrooms, the laboratory experience is focused on classical embryology techniques...experiments in planarians with their recent plasmid deposit. These plasmids enable two main types of experiments... cloned into plasmids to investigate for each of these planarian species. These plasmids all have a PR-T4...insert the cDNA into the desired plasmid backbone. The Sánchez lab plasmids allow students and new labs to...feedback etc. please write to cuttingclass@stowers.org and if you make new plasmids for investigating different...Resources at Addgene.org Find plasmids from the Sánchez lab Find plasmids for other developmental models...of specific gene expression. The 49 deposited plasmids enable students to study gene expression and functions...
  4. The Materials Science of Optogenetics Experiments

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    Sept. 17, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...determine the ideal excitation). Lasers can be purchased through Laserglow, which caters to optogenetics ...users and adjusts the lasers appropriately (tuned for optogenetics). These lasers are relatively cheap ... run you about $2-3,000/laser. However, an important caveat is that one laser can stimulate only a single...apparatus and thus individual laser stimulation is essential. In terms of the laser stimulation itself, the ...control output of several lasers simultaneously, can be used to set the laser output without manual manipulation...patch cable to connect to the laser and rotate 360° without a loss of laser power. More recently, wirelessly-controlled...neuroscience validation experiments we discussed last week are only half of the battle when using optogentics...
  5. Deep Mutational Scanning with One Pot Saturation Mutagenesis

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    Feb. 22, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ... Can I use my favorite plasmid with this protocol? Maybe. Not all plasmids will work for the one-pot...strands of the plasmid will be nicked during the first BbvCI digest and the whole plasmid will be degraded...those in the plasmid. Again, if they are in the opposite direction, both strands of the plasmid will be nicked...map of your plasmid. If the sites are in opposite directions, you just need to use a plasmid with BbvCI...Mutagenesis to Mutate Your Plasmids Resources on Addgene.org Find Plasmids from the Whitehead Lab Use.... This technique relies on the generation of a plasmid library that expresses all desired variants of ... a selective pressure winnows the pool down to plasmids expressing variants with optimal function. High-throughput...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Vector Elements

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    July 25, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...lentiviral plasmids Addgene's most popular retroviral plasmids Addgene's collection of AAV plasmids Addgene...split across several plasmids (often three), for safety purposes. The primary plasmid with the delivered...often a gene) is called the transfer plasmid while the other plasmids with packaging or replication components...of adenovirus plasmids Resources on the Addgene blog Parts of the AAV packaging plasmid Overview of Lentiviral...For safety and production reasons, multiple plasmids with many components are used to package lab grown...can be intimidating at first to look at so many plasmid maps and protocols! In reality, there are many ...components are called helper plasmids. Below, we’ll breakdown the vector components first by virus and then...
  7. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    April 13, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...beneficial for plasmid clearance. It is more convenient to update the spacer(20nt) on pEcgRNA plasmid as only.... pCutamp cures the plasmids by targeting the ampR promoter in all three plasmids. pCutamp is then removed... 13 plasmids with 14 rounds of transformation in 30 days. Figure 2: (A) MUCICAT plasmids for ...Originally published Apr 13, 2021 and last updated Aug 12, 2021. This post was contributed by guest bloggers... original pCas/pTargetF system consists of one plasmid that expresses the S. pyogenes Cas9, a temperature-sensitive...the pTargetF construct and then introduce both plasmids into the cell. The edit in the chromosome can ...the pMB1 replicon, resulting in cutting of the plasmid. At this point, subsequent introductions of pTargetF...
  8. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    June 28, 2016, 10:59 a.m.
    ... target plasmid and pX330-sgRNA plasmid (Mashiko et al. 2013). The pCAG-EGxxFP target plasmid contains...pCAG-EGXXFP plasmid along with the individual gRNAs in their PX330 plasmids (or similar plasmids for gRNA... (c) The pCAG-EGxxFP target plasmid was co-transfected with pX330 plasmids containing sgRNA sequences ... system floating around, and many pre-designed plasmids containing these variants ready for purchase. ...multi-cloning site (MCS) between EGFP fragments. The pX330 plasmid contains humanized Cas9 expression cassette and...HEK293T cells. The fluorescence intensity was classified into four groups (4; brighter than control, 3... you can insert this region into a pCAG-EGXXFP plasmid using standard cloning techniques (The XX indicates...
  9. Overcoming the Challenges of Lentiviral Production

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    Aug. 7, 2018, 12:31 p.m.
    ... multiple plasmids. Second generation packaging systems use 3 plasmids; an envelope plasmid that usually...encodes VSV-G, a packaging plasmid containing structural genes and a transfer plasmid carrying the transfer...Rev gene from the packaging plasmid and incorporating it into a fourth plasmid. In addition, the promoter...and packaging plasmids in order to obtain the best titers. Requiring an additional plasmid for transfection... 5-layer flask will require some initial optimization; cell number, media volume, and plasmid concentrations...By dividing the viral elements across multiple plasmids, the risk of recombination and consequently, the...extra level of safety, they also require a fourth plasmid. The requirement for additional DNA can impact ...
  10. Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research

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    July 24, 2018, 12:51 p.m.
    ...separate envelope and packaging plasmids as well as transfer plasmids. This concept ensures safe handling...gamma-retroviral packaging plasmids are not interchangeable. General envelope plasmids, such as VSV-G, may be...Learn more about CRISPR plasmids for transcriptional inhibition. Retroviral Plasmid Kit Retroviral Barcoding...expressing new shRNA sequences pLKO (Plasmid #10878) This plasmid has been used by The RNAi Consortium... genes and transgene expression across several plasmids. The most commonly used viral vector systems are...popular packaging and gamma-retroviral envelope plasmids here. Lentiviral vectors are very versatile tools...guide. Popular packaging and lentiviral envelope plasmids are listed here. Please note that both lentiviruses...
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