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  1. Enhancing CRISPR Targeting Specificity with eSpCas9, SpCas9-HF1, & HypaCas9

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    Dec. 16, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...separation is maintained by 2 sets of interactions : 1. Interactions between the non-target strand and a ...theoretically decrease off-target cutting. Figure 1: Strand separation and target DNA binding to the Cas9... improvements in genome engineering! References 1. Slaymaker, Ian M., et al. "Rationally engineered ...As evidenced by all the CRISPR publications, press, and plasmids out there, it’s obvious that CRISPR ...nickase variant, lowering Cas9 expression, and truncating gRNA sequences used for targeting; however, these...on-target and off-target activity at multiple genomic locations in HEK cells. Further testing of two of the mutants...PubMed PMID: 26628643. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Nishimasu, Hiroshi, et al. "Crystal...
  2. Cutting Once Is Harder Than It Sounds: Your Guide to Minimizing Off-Target Effects

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    March 31, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
    ... Figure 1: Rectangles represent the on-target activity of a given nuclease (indicated at the top of...efficiency and no detectable off-targets. Nature Communications, 14(1), 5746. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023... SpCas9 with 5′G-extended sgRNAs. Nature Communications, 11(1), 1223. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020...specificity you need for your particular experiment. Step 1: Choose your target well If multiple target sites ...required level of specificity is for a given application — and how we can achieve that efficiently. Here... of each column) on a given target (indicated at the beginning of each row). Targets that are “easily”...identify the target-matched variant for a given application. Here, I give you a step-by-step guide that can...
  3. Plasmids 101: Biotinylation

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    Nov. 15, 2018, 1:50 p.m.
    ... of the biotin-avidin interaction   Figure 1: Biotin is enriched in egg yolk while its binding ... substrate (Holden and Cremer, 2003). References 1. Chapman-Smith, A., & Cronan, J. E. “Molecular Biology...matrices.” Journal of Nanobiotechnology 13.1 (2015): 1–14. PubMed PMID: 25980573. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4461904...detection by northern blotting.” Rice 7.1 (2014): 1–7. PubMed PMID: 26224555. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4884002...molecular biology applications for biotin and avidin. A short list of some other common applications and links...downstream application. Biotin labelled oligonucleotides can be used in a multitude of applications including... carboxylase and decarboxylases. These enzymes catalyze the transfer of carboxyl groups to organic acids...
  4. Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange

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    Aug. 15, 2019, 12:30 p.m.
    ... requires selection. These two steps are (Figure 1): The initial plasmid integration step (the so-called...antibiotic resistance marker from the vector (abR, Figure 1). The resolution step (“double crossover”) which leads... loss of a specific phenotype (using sacB, Figure 1, further discussed below).  Counter-selectable marker...Current protocols in molecular biology 106.1 (2014): 1-16. PubMed PMID: 24733238. Additional resources on...resistance cassette, and the R6K origin of replication to allow replication only in hosts carrying the bacteriophage...chromosome. These methods roughly fall into two categories: those that rely on exogenous enzymes and those...Lambda Red recombineering, which uses enzymes domesticated from the Lambda bacteriophage, is arguably the...
  5. Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)

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    June 3, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Principles and Clinical Application. Clinical and Developmental Immunology 2012:1–15 . https://doi.org/10.1155...the other (Sandomenico et al., 2020). Figure 1: Comparison between the IgG antibody and scFv. ...intensity of a tagged protein. SunTag has two components: 1) a protein of interest that’s tagged with 10-24 copies...without disulfide bonds, made by molecular evolution 1 1Edited by I. A. Wilson. Journal of Molecular Biology...led to their application for basic and translational research.  Basic research applications of scFvs: ...blood clearance, which is useful for imaging applications; better tissue penetration which is useful for... for therapeutic and imaging applications; and reduced immunogenicity when administered in vivo due to...
  6. RNA Extraction Without A Kit

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    March 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...glassware should be treated with a DEPC solution for 1 hour, and autoclaved to remove residual DEPC. Alternatively...more large, expensive ultracentrifuge.  Figure 1: An outline of the different steps in RNA extraction...extraction: twenty-something years on. Nature Protocols 1:581–585. https://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2006.83 Additional...of DNA that can potentially complicate results of a downstream application such as quantitative PCR to...easier. Recently, we published a blog on DNA purification without a kit that outlined several reasons ...take care whenever doing any type of DNA or RNA purification to avoid contamination, take extra care when..., that isn’t the case for RNA extraction and purification. There is one simple method that works, and ...
  7. Human Germline Editing Using CRISPR

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    Aug. 10, 2017, 2:19 p.m.
    ...mutation site, indicating that repair proceeded through NHEJ rather than HDR. Figure 1: Homology-directed... employing HDR. Ma et al. moved forward with gRNA 1 to conduct microinjection experiments in S phase zygotes...instead from the mother’s wild type allele (Figure 1). 72.4% of embryos carried two wild-type copies of...thus allowing repair to take place before DNA replication. Indeed, they observed that 41/42 embryos were...attributable to CRISPR editing. Conclusions & implications One striking feature of this paper is the failure... need to be much, much lower before clinical applications could be considered. It is important to consider...experiments are needed before we can consider clinical applications for germline editing. Although this paper represents...
  8. Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Photostability

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    June 8, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...various cyan fluorescent proteins is depicted in figure 1. Of note, the photobleaching rate does not depend ...to be used with the fluorescent protein. In figure 1 we provide an example of such a comparison between...the variants is comparable (lower panel of figure 1). To avoid changes in excitation power, it is important... localized fusion proteins and do not require dedicated plasmids or constructs. It should be noted that...reached at high power may not translate to real applications in which far less power is used. For example...insight into the photostability in the intended application (Goedhart et al, 2012). The third issue relates...Selecting a photostable protein The issues with quantification of photobleaching rates can be summarized as...
  9. Plasmids 101: CcdB - The Toxic Key to Efficient Cloning

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    Dec. 8, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...succumb to the toxicity of CcdB.   Figure 1: Image from Bernard, P., et al. showing the pKIL 18...submit a guest blog entry of your own! References 1. Bernard, P. “Positive Selection of Recombinant DNA... plasmid ccdB killer gene”. Gene. 1994 Oct 11;148(1):71-4. PubMed PMID: 7926841. 4. Bernard, P., et al...time-consuming aspects of traditional cloning is the identification of clones that actually contain your insert...technology. CcdB: A potent toxin... The ccdB gene, located on the F sex factor plasmid of E. coli, is part...enzyme-mediated disruption of ccdB, leading to positive identification of desired clones.   ...Becomes a powerful...which can then be used for downstream cloning applications. While these two strains ultimately perform ...
  10. Pairing CombiGEM and CRISPR for Combinatorial Genetic Screening

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    April 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...using the format indicated below and pool-clone them into the pAWp28 storage vector (Figure 1): Forward oligo..., including those found at Addgene! Figure 1: Strategy for assembling the barcoded gRNA library... He can be contacted at [email protected].   References 1. Cheng, Allen A., Huiming Ding, and Timothy K. Lu....realization of a variety of perturbations and applications in functional genomics, cell reprogramming, ...CRISPR/Optogentics Tools Resources on Addgene.org Catch up on Your CRISPR Background with Our CRISPR Guide...
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