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  1. Plasmids for Endogenous Gene Tagging in Human Cells

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    April 6, 2017, 1:02 p.m.
    ...Collection Fluorescent tagging strategy Figure 1: Gene editing is the addition of a useful coding sequence...plasmid design strategy. A donor plasmid contains 1 kb homology arms matching the gene of interest, a ...Institute website at alleninstitute.org. References 1. Roberts, Brock, et al. "Systematic gene tagging using... copy. The coding sequence for GFP is transcribed and translated along with the gene, producing both a...exon of the gene to ensure it would be transcribed and translated. For an N-terminally tagged protein, ...destroyed by CRISPR/Cas9 during transfection. Making the double strand break and introducing the tag through...base pairs on each side, in fact. Later, when we transfect the cells, these large regions of homology enable...
  2. Visualizing Your Plasmid Request Data

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    April 11, 2023, 4 p.m.
    ...Figure 1: The Addgene Requests Dashboard   The dashboard will display the following items (Fig. 1): ...depositor, but it can also be valuable data to share in grant proposals or to demonstrate impact in annual reports...
  3. Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research

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    July 24, 2018, 12:51 p.m.
    ...Popular gamma-Retroviral Transfer Vectors   Expressing your gene of interest pMKO.1 GFP (Plasmid #10676) ...GFP expression.  Cloning and expressing RNAi pMKO.1 puro (Plasmid #8452) RNA interference (RNAi) is an...information and a detailed protocol on how to use the pLKO.1 vector can be found here. Cre-Lox technology Puro....split-vector systems’ by separating viral genes and transgene expression across several plasmids. The most commonly...separate envelope and packaging plasmids as well as transfer plasmids. This concept ensures safe handling and...Gamma-retroviral vectors have a relatively high transduction efficiency, but in contrast to lentiviral vectors... are very versatile tools as they are able to transduce dividing and non-dividing cells. More detailed...
  4. Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors

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    Aug. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ... biosensor, so that the (1) binding of calcium, (2) allosteric rearrangements of the sensor, and (3) subsequent... to a red fluorescent state only by simultaneous (1) user-controlled illumination with violet light and...fluorescent indicators. Nature protocols. 2006 Aug;1(3):1057-65. Resources on Addgene.org Addgene’s AAV...your expected range. For example, calcium in the ER lumen reaches the sub-millimolar range, much higher...are used to monitor calcium concentrations and transients in living cells and organisms. Unlike chemical...sensors available that will localize at the plasma membrane. GCaMP-X is a nucleus-targeted GCaMP6 with an ...an extra apoCaM-binding motif to prevent aberrant binding of the biosensor to endogenous calmodulin. Multiplexing...
  5. Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs)

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    June 3, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...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...Application. Clinical and Developmental Immunology 2012:1–15 . https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/980250  Bates A,...without disulfide bonds, made by molecular evolution 1 1Edited by I. A. Wilson. Journal of Molecular Biology... the CAR facilitates signal transduction and release of cytotoxic granules from the T cell. When a CAR...., 2012, Bates and Power., 2019): rapid blood clearance, which is useful for imaging applications; better...small size (Bates and Power., 2019). Their rapid clearance from blood can be a drawback for therapeutic applications...
  6. Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases

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    July 25, 2017, 1:20 p.m.
    ...current state (Green when off, dark when on). Figure 1: Photoswitchable MEK1 (psMEK1). Is it possible to ...Below are a few examples demonstrated in Zhou et al. 1. Testing kinase inhibitors Zhou et al examined the...the protein and pdDronpa are preserved. References 1. Zhou, Xin X., Linlin Z. Fan, Pengpeng Li, Kang Shen...Signal transduction pathways are a lot like cell phone networks. Protein kinases deliver messages to ..., and how long their signals last all impact transduction of the message. To study signaling pathways,... game of telephone, often the signal must be transmitted by intermediate messengers. Optical control of...signaling by using psMEK1 and an ERK kinase translocation reporter with a mRuby2 fluorescent reporter ...
  7. Antibodies 101: Conjugation

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    March 26, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...domain (Figure 1).  Figure 1: Examples of sites on antibodies used for conjugation. 1) Endogenous ...microscopy, flow cytometry, or spectrophotometry. The range of fluorophores available for antibody conjugation... choice for ELISAs.  Biotin Biotin is used in a range of antibody-based assays. Biotin itself is not visible...Endogenous carbohydrates added to antibodies post-translationally. 4) Modifications made to antibodies, such ...commercially conjugated antibodies available, that never guarantees the antibody you need will be conjugated, or ...Stephenson W, et al (2017) Simultaneous epitope and transcriptome measurement in single cells. Nat Methods 14:...
  8. Scientists Map the SARS-CoV-2-Human Interaction Network

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    April 9, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... two of the remaining viral proteins. Only Nsp11 ran bigger than expected, and Orf7b gave a lot of background...received so many requests (175 and counting) that we ran out of FedEx supplies at one point and had to go ...faster. Years of science, done in weeks Figure 1: Sending out 80 FedEx envelopes in a single day --...right) from the University of California, San Francisco. Manon Eckhardt and Melanie Brewer are on the ...
  9. 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...expense, and less of being left with a bunch of random solutions when all the spin columns run out. In... inherently not as stable as DNA- it is single stranded and its ribose groups are susceptible to hydrolysis...effectively isolate intact RNA, a fast, strong protein denaturant would be required- something that broke down ...Chirgwin and colleagues showed that a strong protein denaturant, guanidinium thiocyanate, did just this (Chirgwin...
  10. 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...purification of tagged transcription factors in mammalian cells and transgenic mice.” PNAS 100.13 (2003...and decarboxylases. These enzymes catalyze the transfer of carboxyl groups to organic acids to produce...lipogenesis, amino acid metabolism and energy transduction. Biotinylation is the general process by which...
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