...lab tool. In the classic two hybrid system (also called the interaction trap), genes encoding proteins ...experiments. False positives can occur even in small scale experiments, although these can often be accounted...that the configuration of your fusion proteins physically blocks the binding sites for the protein partner...Tachihara, K., Umezawa, Y.l. Split luciferase as an optical probe for detecting protein-protein interactions...

...that, they also help us keep track of the tubes’ physical location in the lab. These barcodes additionally...  freezers depending on the sample type. It is critical for us to know which plate, rack, and freezer ...performs an average of 140 transformations. The lab typically transforms newly deposited samples from Monday...Excel sheet.3. Be specific  - When assigning a physical location to your samples, include as much detail...

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...gives Snapgene great exposure to the community of biological scientists who use Addgene everyday. To get this...from other institutions personally on conference calls and make sure to maintain these relationships by...speakers for a meetup or recruit volunteers for your local animal shelter. There are many opportunities so ...Universities themselves can help you do this through practical tools like alumni networks. I find it useful to...

... ligands (Figure 2). Biosensors, which include calcium and voltage sensors, are the broadest category ...catalog If you’ve been following our blog, you may recall our first 20th anniversary story on CRISPR, where... vectors available in the repository. GCaMP, a calcium indicator (biosensor, by Addgene’s categorization...Waxmonsky, N. C., Swanson, L. E., & Fan, M. (2016). Practical Considerations for Using Pooled Lentiviral CRISPR...

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... defective gene, Xm, the sequence of which is identical to the correct gene, Xw, except for a single base...precisely changes a single base with an efficiency typically ranging from 25-75%, while the success of precise... in the DNA by cutting only a single strand, dramatically reducing the likelihood of detrimental indel...known 'DNA adenosine deaminases' which would theoretically give rise to an adenine base editor. A massive...

...passed down through generations (Figure 1). These so called “plasmid addiction systems” require dividing cells..., plasmid addiction systems have been used as biological tools for a wide range of applications in molecular...become a powerful tool to address a diverse set of biological inquiries. References Ogura, Teru, and Sota...vaccine strain CVD 103-HgR." FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology 57.1 (2009): 69-79. PubMed PMID: 19678844...

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...contamination. For those labs that prefer a more economical mode of detection, Uphoff et. al. outline a do...engineered with non-native envelopes, a process called pseudotyping. Lentiviruses pseudotyped with the...virus. To circumvent this problem, transductions typically employ the positively charged polycation, polybrene...lentiviral and retroviral vectors.” Human Gene Therapy Clinical Development 25.3 (2014). 175-85. Pubmed PMID: ...

...on DNA, or are enzymatically active. For this reason, recombinant proteins are typically expressed in E...medium. Induction timing is important, as you typically want to make sure your cells have first reached...your expression conditions by setting up a small-scale expression experiment to test variables such as ...

...ICC or a tissue in the case of IHC. IF is used specifically when we visualize the antibodies using fluorescence...counterstaining, mounting sample on slides, and confocal   Figure 2: High-level overview of an ...controls to show that your antibodies are binding specifically. For positive controls, aim to use samples that...in an organism that is underrepresented in the biomedical research community. You may have to take some...

...control over where mutations are introduced, and scalability (see Supplementary Table 1 of Wrenbeck et al)...stretches of sequence could be used. However, a practical limitation is sequencing depth and cost. You need...Measuring the Activity of Protein Variants on a Large Scale Using Deep Mutational Scanning.” Nature Protocols...scanning: assessing protein function on a massive scale." Trends in Biotechnology 29.9 (2011): 435-42. PubMed...

... regions of homology at their ends, which are typically created by PCR. Then, the fragments are incubated...competent cells. The success rate of this reaction is typically fairly high, so there is usually no need to screen...the bacterial chromosome (up to 100 kb) were specifically cut out via CRISPR and then assembled into a...amplify the fragments of the chromosome, which was technically challenging. Other homology based technologies...

...simple in C. elegans and bacteria. But CRISPRing typical mouse models, including creating Cre-dependent ...on both sides and the T7 promoter on one end. Typically, Easi-CRISPR works best with insertions of 2 kb...models varies from 8.5-100% of pups born, with typical efficiencies of 30-60%. Quadros et al. attribute...2.5x more animals than i-GONAD and is a more technically difficult process. Overall, the main drawback...

...desired location of edit; efficiency decreases dramatically when the cut site is >30nt from the proximal... constraints are even more exquisite for the so-called base editor Cas9, which makes DNA changes in the...nuclease-mediated off-target effects.” Further, large-scale datasets of hundreds of genetic screens using genome-wide... sequences targeting a gene to score in order to call that gene a hit.  This is an exciting time for functional...

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