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TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 30, 2014, 3:29 p.m....region of the gene they are trying to disrupt or delete, which both inactivates the gene and acts as a...maintain the plasmid. Adding an antibiotic resistance gene to the plasmid solves both problems at once – it...Historically, antibiotics have also been used to disrupt genes at the chromosomal level. Scientists introduce an...typically has two separate resistance cassettes and your gene of interest is cloned into/inactivates or completely...resistance! What are antibiotics? Antibiotics are generally defined as agents that kill bacteria, or inhibit...lab, their mechanism for killing bacteria, and general working concentrations. For instructions on how...how to prepare antibiotic stocks, see Addgene's Reference Page. How else can antibiotics be used in the...
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What's New in CRISPR - May 2019
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 28, 2019, 12:49 p.m.... gRNAs) that targets ~4,000 E. coli genes with ~15 gRNAs per gene and includes ~10,000 gRNAs targeting...CRISPR interference (CRIPSRi) platform for targeted gene repression in Candida albicans was developed by ... transcription of HSP90 an essential C. albicans gene. Read the paper in mSphere Find the dCas9 and... a few of the new CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR...a new CRISPR tool you’ve recently deposited to Addgene and you’d like it to be included in the next What...more information. Additional resources on the Addgene blog Download the CRISPR 101 eBook Find our CRISPR...posts Read our CRISPR cheat sheet Resources on Addgene.org Read our CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by... -
CRISPR-Cas14: a family of small DNA-targeting enzymes enabling high-fidelity SNP genotyping
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 29, 2018, 1:53 p.m....Energy’s Joint Genome Institute for uncharacterized genes that were proximal to a CRISPR array and the universal...CRISPR-Cas systems containing cas1, cas2, cas4, and a new gene cas14. cas14 encodes for a small Cas protein (40...-Cas systems. There are 24 variants of the cas14 gene that cluster into 3 subgroups (cas14a-c). All these...potential of Cas14, the Doudna lab cloned the cas14 gene together with the adjacent CRISPR array and intergenic...presence of infectious organisms (ex: SARS-CoV-2) and genetic mutations. By providing a gRNA specific of a viral...ID PMID: 30337455. Additional resources on the Addgene Blog Learn more about DETECTR Browse all of the...Download our CRISPR cheat sheet Resources on Addgene.org Find the Cas14 plasmids here Checkout our CRISPR... -
Negative Can Be Positive: Open AAV Data with Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 6, 2022, 1:15 p.m....Adeno-Associated Viral Vector-Mediated Gene Delivery to the Hypothalamus. Human Gene Therapy, 21(6), 673–682. https...conditions commonly encountered in human gene therapy trials. Human Gene Therapy Methods, 26(2), 71–76. https...Grames, M. S., & Klein, R. L. (2018). More expansive gene transfer to the rat CNS: AAV PHP.EB vector dose–...dose–response and comparison to AAV PHP.B. Gene Therapy, 25(5), 392–400. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-018...Adeno-Associated Virus Serotype 9 (AAV9) Preparations. Human Gene Therapy Methods, 30(6), 214–225. https://doi.org...Resources on addgene.org Download Addgene's Viral Vectors 101 e-book Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog... by Addgene in 2021 asking scientists what data would improve our AAV Data Hub. The Addgene Data... -
Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.... are, in most cases, interested in transferring genes to mammalian cells (i.e. transferring DNA), yet ...infection; however this would not be great for a gene therapy vector! For viral vectors, only the protein... is (thankfully) gutted of many essential viral genes. How it is, exactly, that heaps of viral vector ... particles are made while missing the polymerase gene may seem like a mystery. But it’s simple. The RT...the only component that is not dependent on viral genes. It is derived from the host/producer cell membrane...full “life cycle” of expression of selfish, lazy genes of a non-living viral particle, and how we as dedicated...Kantor, B. (2021). Lentiviral Vectors for Delivery of Gene-Editing Systems Based on CRISPR/Cas: Current State... -
Human Germline Editing Using CRISPR
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 10, 2017, 2:19 p.m....dominant disease-causing gene, or that carry only one copy of a recessive gene. Ma et al. claim that CRISPR...Variants Target Multiple Genes at Once with CRISPR Resources on Addgene.org Browse All CRISPR Plasmids...authors to title the paper “Correction of a pathogenic gene mutation..” rather than using term ‘editing.’ While...but this advantage likely won’t transfer to all genes we’d like to target. In addition, as on-target editing...Reference Ma, Hong, et al. "Correction of a pathogenic gene mutation in human embryos." Nature. Epub 02 August...hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and other genetic disorders, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) screens embryos...PubMed PMID: 28783728. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Check out Our New CRISPR Topic Page Read ... -
CRISPRainbow and Genome Visualization
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 28, 2017, 3:30 p.m....detect gene copy number based on the number of fluorescent puncta observed. By labeling two genes of a ...vivo. Catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) cannot induce gene editing, but it retains its gRNA-directed targeting...Chen et al. successfully labeled protein-coding genes with both intronic and exonic gRNAs. In fact, the...also monitor the spatial relationship of the two genes over time, at a range of distances from 2-75 Mbp... envision using CRISPRainbow in combination with gene editing. CRISPRainbow requires very short, 11-mer...plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Read More about Fluorescent...cells! This technique was developed in the lab of Addgene depositor Stanley Qi and used in Chen et al. to... -
Pairing CombiGEM and CRISPR for Combinatorial Genetic Screening
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m....functionally characterize combinatorial gene knockouts generated via multiplexed gRNA expression (Wong ...et al., 2014; Konermann et al., 2014) individual genes for studies interrogating their functions. The continual...list of effective gRNA sequences targeting your genes of interest. Thanks to the tremendous efforts made... et al. "Genome-scale CRISPR-mediated control of gene repression and activation." Cell 159.3 (2014): 647... "High-Resolution CRISPR Screens Reveal Fitness Genes and Genotype-Specific Cancer Liabilities." Cell ...Hongming, et al. "A CRISPR-based screen identifies genes essential for West-Nile-virus-induced cell death...incredibly useful for the efficient generation of individual (and multiple) genetic perturbations in single cells... -
Teaching an Old DOG New Tricks: Controlling Protein Activity with GFP
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 24, 2015, 3:30 p.m....label cells. If GFP could be co-opted to control gene expression, he could then selectively manipulate...used LexA and rTetR systems such that they activate gene expression from different promoters. Moving to an.... GFP expression robustly activated the reporter gene TdTomato, whose expression was absent without electroporated...sites. Placing a lox-STOP-lox cassette upstream of a gene of interest blocks transcription when Cre is absent...present, it removes the STOP cassette, activating gene expression. Although Cre isn’t a modular protein...fluorescent proteins as scaffolds for cell-specific gene manipulation.” Cell 154(4) (2013): 928-939. PubMed...commonly used in optogenetics, opening up the possibility of adapting GFP lines for optogenetics experiments... -
Five Popular Model Organisms, Part 2
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 29, 2020, 1:15 p.m....human genes have counterparts in the rat (Gibbs, et al., 2004). Additionally, breakthroughs in gene modification...abundance of genes related to limb regeneration (Vieira et al., 2019). To study regeneration scientists ...during and after embryogenesis. Addgene has over 600 plasmids that contain Xenopus genes and a tool-kit ...models. Check out Addgene’s collection of plasmids containing Rattus norvegicus genes! Mexican axolotl ...array of molecular tools, such as gene manipulation and mutagenesis techniques, are available to the scientific...world worked to characterize each gene’s function. Some key genetics research with Arabidopsis include... for scientists to study human disease-relevant genes in such a controlled environment displays how essential...