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  1. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications

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    April 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...: shRNAs are short RNA sequences which target complementary mRNA sequence for degradation. Viral introduction...viral vector for your gene of interest – an shRNA sequence specific to your gene’s mRNA or a sgRNA targeting...
  2. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    Oct. 20, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...phosphate backbone modifications The recognition sequence for CRISPR-Cas9 targeting is led by a ~20 bp gRNA...CRISPR RNA (crRNA). In addition to the 20 bp guide sequence, the crRNA also contains a ~20 bp repeat region...which is photocaged and unable to engage a target sequence. Upon a brief light exposure (several seconds)...
  3. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    March 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...reconstituted in vivo to form a protein identical in sequence to the unmodified enzyme. Each half of the base... cell. Intein splitting removes any exogenous sequences and regenerates a native peptide bond at the split...markers, transformation acceptor vectors, and sequences for genomic integration by homology directed repair...
  4. Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors

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    Feb. 25, 2014, 7:11 p.m.
    ...These vectors contain an Autonomously Replicating Sequence (ARS) derived from the yeast chromosome. As the...part of an ARS along with part of a centromere sequence (CEN). These vectors replicate as though they ...DNA (apparently independent of a known specific sequence) dictate the replication of these vectors. S. ...
  5. RaPID Detection of RNA-protein Interactions

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    Aug. 16, 2018, 12:40 p.m.
    ...HHCS-associated sequences had lower IREB2 binding enrichment compared to wild-type sequences and that loss...however, knock-in of BoxB sites into endogenous DNA sequences could allow one to study RNAs expressed from their...
  6. Enhancing CRISPR Targeting Specificity with eSpCas9, SpCas9-HF1, & HypaCas9

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    Dec. 16, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...lowering Cas9 expression, and truncating gRNA sequences used for targeting; however, these options can...the gRNA (see figure below) Because off-target sequences have less complementarity to the gRNA, they have...Lab similarly thought that if they could weaken sequence independent interactions between Cas9 and DNA,...
  7. Experimenting in an Open Source lab: from CRISPR to Cats

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    July 23, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ... available, and the collection of samples and sequencing is being organized and funded by someone else...the makerspace comfortable with next-generation sequencing data and the bioinformatics pipeline. It’s possible... the Illumina GAIIx we recently acquired  for sequencing again - it’s too inefficient and the reagents...
  8. Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down

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    Aug. 23, 2018, 12:05 p.m.
    ...N-terminal consensus sequence (MG-) and prenylation requires a C-terminal consensus sequence (-CaaX). Both modifications...modifications are disrupted when GFP is fused to these sequences. When N- and C-terminal fusions are not tolerated...alternative is to insert the GFP into the coding sequence of the protein of interest. One of the reasons... reaction requires molecular oxygen and as a consequence GFP remains non-fluorescent under anaerobic conditions...
  9. Five Popular Model Organisms

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    April 11, 2019, 12:39 p.m.
    ...also the first eukaryotic genome to be entirely sequenced and is very amenable to genetic manipulation. ...organisms, the C.elegans genome is also completely sequenced and over 60% of human genes have an ortholog in...Kerstin, et al. "The zebrafish reference genome sequence and its relationship to the human genome." Nature496.7446...extrachromosomal maintenance and integration of transforming sequences." The EMBO journal 10.12 (1991): 3959-3970. PubMed...
  10. Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins - Making the Right Connection

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    April 9, 2019, 1:13 p.m.
    ... Since researchers can generate almost any DNA sequence in the way that they like, the design and engineering...mNeonGreen, mScarlet(-I), and mCherry. Keep the linker sequence short In the early days of GFP applications, many...site and therefore consist of random amino acid sequences or (ii) designed to form an inert, unstructured...and protein of interest (POI). To indicate the sequence, people often use terminology like “C-terminal...interest usually outweigh potential negative consequences of the tag. Many thanks to our guest blogger...
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