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  1. Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetic Tools

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    June 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...dual-color control of neurons. Nature Communications, 12(1), 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24759-5 Zhang...to consider when choosing one.     Figure 1: Example of an experimental optogenetic setup. A light... 21–51). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0755-8_2 Lehtinen, K., Nokia, M. S., & Takala... 21–51). Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0755-8_2 Boyden, E. S., Zhang, F., Bamberg, E... charged ions to rapidly pass through the cell membrane and initiate an action potential - a very useful...and close when exposed to light and change the membrane potential. OptoXRs are modified GPCRs. When exposed...downstream signaling pathways that can change both the membrane potential and a host of other cellular functions...
  2. Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 3: Genome Engineering in Flies

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    July 28, 2017, 1:30 p.m.
    ...control exactly in which locus your transgene ends up (1): Random insertion has the advantage that you...pound symbol”. References 1. J. R. Bateman, et al. Site-Specific Transformation of Drosophila via PhiC31... you’d like to use to generate your new fly line: 1. Where would you like the gene to be incorporated ...you need to combine multiple transgenes in one fly, having the transgenes in different loci allows for...use? Random insertions take longer because you need to determine in which chromosome your transgene has...brief introduction as to how you can engineer new transgenic flies to study your favorite gene (YFG).  Sometimes... is thrillingly new, you might have to make a transgenic fly in order to study it. The process is fairly...
  3. Plasmids 101: Dimers and Multimers

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    Jan. 10, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...indicates the presence of a multimer.   Fig. 1: The monomer of Plasmid 12259: pMD2.G (depicted on...plasmid sequencing services using long-read sequencing (1-25 kb), such as Oxford Nanopore sequencing or PacBio...10017-26. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M110.176636. Epub 2011 Feb 1. PMID: 21285356; PMCID: PMC3060453. Bazaral M, Helinski...multiple circular DNA forms of colicinogenic factor E-1 from Proteus mirabilis. Biochemistry. 1968 Oct;7(10...Methods Mol Biol. 2009;582:11-25. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60761-340-4_2. PMID: 19763938. Maucksch C, Bohla A...size, multimers may exhibit reduced transformation and transfection efficiency compared to the monomeric... Elfinger M, Hartl D, Rudolph C. Transgene expression of transfected supercoiled plasmid DNA concatemers...
  4. Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016

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    Jan. 6, 2017, 3:56 p.m.
    ... tissue. References 1. Aschauer DF, Kreuz S, Rumpel S. Analysis of transduction efficiency, tropism and... and axonal transport of AAV serotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, 8 and 9 in the mouse brain. PLoS One. 2013 Sep 27;8...M. Human synapsin 1 gene promoter confers highly neuron-specific long-term transgene expression from an...AAV5, AAV8) enable different patterns of transduction and transgene expression across different cell types...expressed from your cell line of choice after transduction with this virus. While various Cas9 mutants ...classic Cas9 nuclease, which introduces double stranded DNA breaks, can be expressed from lentiCas9-Blast...single stable Cas9-expressing cell line and then transduce this line with lentiviruses expressing various...
  5. Hot Plasmids - February 2022

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    Feb. 22, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...-HA frankenbodies include mEGFP, mCherry, and HaloTag. Figure 1: (a) Anti-FLAG frankenbody (FB)...Comm. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10846-1.   Optimized genetic screening technique using Cas12a... to Cas9’s larger expression requirements (Figure 1), but Cas12a has generally been underutilized in genetic...Here's what you'll find in this post: Anti-FLAG Frankenbodies for modular imaging of cellular targets Optimized...mammalian genome regulation and editing Anti-FLAG Frankenbodies for modular imaging of cellular targets by: ...: Mike Lacy Adding to their set of anti-HA frankenbodies (Zhao et al. 2019), Tim Stasevich and Hiroshi... have recently published a set of anti-FLAG frankenbodies, a flexible, modular tool for labeling. Here...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: Viruses as Biological Tools

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    March 21, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...unleashes its cargo – its own genome.   Fig. 1: Viral particle infection into a host cell. Image ...Vector Resources at Addgene! References and Resources 1. Roe T, et al. “Integration of murine leukemia virus...nuclear import of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 preintegration complexes.” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. ...one they have a high transduction efficiency and can effectively infect a wide range of cell types that ...used to achieve transient, high expression of the relevant cargo without the fear of random genomic integration... Packaging Capacity (>8kb) High Transduction Efficiency Transient Gene Expression High Immunogenecity...viral envelope, which fuses with the target cell’s membrane, allowing the viral particle access into the cell...
  7. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferases

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    July 22, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...available. Table 1 compares some general advantages and disadvantages of each approach. Table 1: Properties...alternatives to fluorescent proteins. Figure 1: Firefly, from Wikimedia Commons. The North American...luminescent) worlds Forster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) is the transfer of energy from an excited donor fluorophore...Resonance Energy Transfer (BRET) works the same way, except that energy is transferred from a luminescence... elements — such as promoters, enhancers, or untranslated regions — on gene expression. The regulatory... fluorescent protein close enough, energy is transferred by BRET and the fluorescent protein emits light...as the most efficient means to disrupt the cell membrane and deliver the substrate; however, secreted luciferase...
  8. INTEGRATE: Bacterial Genome Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons

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    Dec. 7, 2020, 2:53 p.m.
    ...flanked by ~50-150 bp transposon end sequences (R and L ends).  Figure 1: (A) Components involved...CRISPR-associated Transposase) by the Zhang group. Mechanism of CRISPR-transposons One of the CRISPR-transposon systems...DNA transposons have been hindered by their limited programmability: depending on the transposases involved...-guided transposition. By natively combining the DNA integration capabilities of transposases and the ...crRNA.  Three transposase proteins (TnsA, TnsB, TnsC). The donor DNA (aka mini-transposon), which contains... each type of CRISPR-Transposon system. (B) Mechanism of RNA-guided transposition in type I-F INTEGRATE.... Separately, TnsABC forms a transposase complex with the mini-transposon, excises it from the donor molecule...
  9. Reagent Repositories Are Speeding up Science During the Pandemic

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    Aug. 4, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...available from their original sources. Figure 1: Biological repositories that distribute mouse strains... from Reproducibility for Everyone. Case study 1: Cell lines Many of the reagents used to investigate...observational study. The Lancet Microbe 1:e14–e23 . https://doi.org/10.1016/s2666-5247(20)30004-5 McCray...scientific community. Addgene was awarded a Fast Grant to ensure that the scientific community will continue...-2. The resurgence in popularity of the hACE2 transgenic mouse strain, for example, is sustained by the...University of Iowa (McCray et al., 2006), the hACE2 transgenic mice were designed after it was discovered that...Deposits of new reagents, policies from journals and granting agencies requiring materials to be deposited into...
  10. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    Jan. 8, 2019, 1:54 p.m.
    ...s pLKO.1 protocol. Pro-tip: this plasmid grows more slowly than standard plasmids. Find pLKO.1 - TRC cloning...experiments.  Find the scrambled shRNA vector. pLKO.1 - TRC cloning vector - This vector from the David ... different cell types so it is useful in a wide range of applications. This plasmid was the top requested...pSpCas9(BB)). The 2A-GFP allows for screening of transfected cells. Find pSpCas9(BB)-2A-GFP (PX458). lentiCRISPR...lentiCRISPR v2 - This 3rd generation lentiviral transfer vector also from the Zhang lab is used to deliver...David Root lab is a 3rd generation lentiviral transfer plasmid for cloning and expressing new shRNA sequences...the necessary elements for packaging, reverse transcription, and integration needed for the production of...
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