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TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 14, 2017, 2:30 p.m....developed the plasmids, pPSU1 and pPSU2. When restriction digested with PstI or EcoRV, these plasmids generate...Penn State Ladder: Homemade Plasmid Prep Penn State Ladder: Commercial Plasmid Prep Kit Amount 1000 Lanes...Two plasmids that can be used to make inexpensive 100 bp or 1 kb DNA molecular weight ladders were recently...polyacrylamide gels. Get Tips on Verifying Your Plasmid Table 1: Comparing Typical Comericial Ladders...are significantly cheaper. When using a homemade plasmid prep protocol, it cost less than $10 to make 1000... 100 bp or the 1 kb ladder. Using a commercial plasmid prep kit increases the costs to $20-30 per ladder...prep protocol here and the pPSU1 and the pPSU2 plasmids are available from Addgene. Learn How to Analyze...
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Export Control Regulations Lifted for Plasmids Containing Rabies and VSV-G Genes
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 6, 2025, 2:15 p.m....information on shipping plasmids to your country. Curious about how rabies plasmids are used in the lab? ...If you're an international researcher who uses plasmids containing genes from rabies and vesicular stomatitis...may have noticed it’s been easier to order these plasmids. This is because in 2024 certain export control...controls prescribed by the Australia Group, for these plasmids for the majority of the countries we ship to, ...lasting basis. Table 1: Popular Rabies and VSV-G Plasmids Name Purpose Depositing Lab pCMV-VSV-G ... Weinberg pMD2.G VSV-G envelope expressing plasmid Didier Trono pVSV-G Expresses VSV-G envelope...control exceptions for rabies and VSV-G genes, plasmids ship out approximately three weeks faster, as ... -
Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 9, 2014, 8:20 p.m....with a plasmid that already has the multicistronic element and reporter cloned in. In these plasmids you ...interest. Some of the plasmids listed in the table above (and their related plasmids) are designed to have... a one-stop reference guide for plasmids. We've combined our Plasmids 101 blog posts and additional resources...desktop. The Plasmids 101 eBook is designed to educate all levels of scientists and plasmid lovers and ... an introduction to plasmids, allowing you to spend less time researching plasmid basic features and spend...May 11.) PubMed. Read more Plasmids 101 posts or browse Addgene's Plasmid Guide for more molecular biology...techniques including co-transfection of two or more plasmids, the use of multiple or bidirectional promoters... -
Addgene’s Top 10 Blog Posts from 2014
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 16, 2014, 8:01 p.m....loved helping to answer your plasmid and cloning questions through our Plasmids 101 series and by responding...Melina Fan Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go! By Kendall Morgan Plasmids 101: Mammalian...Joanne Kamens Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance Genes By Marcy Patrick Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors...FAQs Answered! By Caroline LaManna Plasmids 101: What is a plasmid? By Margo R. Monroe Best wishes...as seen through the lens of Addgene’s blog and plasmid repository. Our blog is just over a year old, and...detailed information about this new technology. Our Plasmids 101 series continues to grab scientists’ attention...Genome Editing By John Doench (Guest Blogger) Plasmids 101: Origin of Replication By Kendall Morgan ... -
Overcoming the Challenges of Lentiviral Production
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 7, 2018, 12:31 p.m.... multiple plasmids. Second generation packaging systems use 3 plasmids; an envelope plasmid that usually...encodes VSV-G, a packaging plasmid containing structural genes and a transfer plasmid carrying the transfer...Rev gene from the packaging plasmid and incorporating it into a fourth plasmid. In addition, the promoter...and packaging plasmids in order to obtain the best titers. Requiring an additional plasmid for transfection...By dividing the viral elements across multiple plasmids, the risk of recombination and consequently, the...extra level of safety, they also require a fourth plasmid. The requirement for additional DNA can impact ...thereby affect the titer of the virus. Additional plasmids will also affect experiment optimization. Before... -
In Vivo Biotinylation of Bacterial Fusion Proteins
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 25, 2018, 2:09 p.m....about Popular Plasmids in the Repository Learn about New Plasmid Technologies in our Hot Plasmid Articles ...to create a plasmid based on the biotin ligase BirA backbone (Eric Campeau, Addgene plasmid #26624) was...inserting BirA into a pMal plasmid (NEB) thus creating the pMal-T-Avi-His/BirA plasmid now available through...other Hot Plasmids Find Additional Posts on Mol Bio Techniques Find Additional Posts on Plasmid Technologies...controlled easier than formation of GST dimers. Avi-Tag plasmid for improved biotinylation selectivity A common...exploit the best of both worlds. We generated a plasmid that produces biotin ligase and a protein of interest...and a 6X HisTag for affinity purification (see plasmid map and cartoon below). Including biotin in your... -
Hot Plasmids June 2018 - Reverse transcriptase, nanobody, and protein-DNA interaction tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 27, 2018, 1:16 p.m....highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles ...recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need...write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here. Listen to the Hot Plasmids Podcast! MarathonRT...’s lab at Yale University recently deposited a plasmid for expressing a novel reverse transcriptase (RT...polymerase processivity. Please find the MarathonRT plasmid here! Zhao C, et al. RNA. 2018 PubMed PMID:29109157... cell surface. Their toolkit includes a set of plasmids each containing an anti-GFP nanobody fused with...fluorophores. Find all of the nanobody toolkit plasmids here. Buser DP, et. al. PNAS 2018. PubMed PMID... -
Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance Genes
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 30, 2014, 3:29 p.m.... presence of a plasmid is disadvantageous from the bacterium's perspective – a plasmid-containing cell...to maintain the plasmid. Adding an antibiotic resistance gene to the plasmid solves both problems at once...Biology Reference Pages View our Plasmid Protocols Find Your Perfect Plasmid Backbone ...think about how much easier it makes our lives. Plasmid transformation into E. coli is a fairly inefficient... which cells successfully received the correct plasmid, scientists would spend hours to days trying find...cell must replicate the plasmid in addition to its own chromosomal DNA, costing additional resources to ...once – it allows a scientist to easily detect plasmid-containing bacteria when the cells are grown on ... -
Introducing Addgene's Microbiology Pages
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 13, 2016, 7:08 p.m....Collection page, you can browse for plasmids by species and find our guides, plasmid kits and other resources for...microbial research. Kits, guides, plasmids, and more We have Plasmid Kits for microbial work with fluorescent... To make it easier for you to find plasmids for your work, plasmids in the Microbiology Collection are... a useful plasmid that’s not in the collection? Tell us about it with our Suggest a Plasmid Form! Finally...us at [email protected]. If you are looking for plasmids used in E. coli and yeast, you’re in luck! Addgene...develop resources for your community! To contribute plasmids made in your lab, see www.addgene.org/deposit ... -
Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 7, 2014, 2:56 p.m....mutation Improves plasmid yield F Host does (F') or does not (F-) contain the fertility plasmid. A low copy-number...and general DNA repair Reduces plasmid recombination, increases plasmid stability recBCD Exonuclease...Vectors Looking for More Plasmids 101 Articles? Find them all at our Plasmids 101 Topic Page! ...Nov 14, 2017. You've worked hard designing your plasmid – you carefully selected the optimal promoter for...labor-intensive process of replicating your new plasmid: the Escherichia coli bacteria. It’s hard to count...whether it is appropriate for propogating your plasmid or carrying out your experiment. History of E. ...major improvements such as those that increase plasmid yield and/or DNA quality. Table 1 below outlines... -
What's New in CRISPR - Spring 2019
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 21, 2019, 12:47 p.m....CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR plasmid tools...CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by function Find recently deposited plasmids ...paper in Nature Communications Find the Cas12b plasmids Plant base editing with a Cas9-adenosine deaminase...wheat. Read the paper in Genome Biology Find plasmids containing these base editors Spatially and ...Neuroscience Find the AAV-based SaCas9 genome editing plasmids String assembly gRNA cloning (STAgR) String ...the paper in PLoS One Find the STAgR cloning plasmids Mobile-CRISPRi allows CRISPRi experiments in...Gross’s lab recently deposited “Mobile-CRISPRi” plasmids, a set of modular CRISPRi tools that can be used... -
Deep Mutational Scanning with One Pot Saturation Mutagenesis
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 22, 2017, 3:30 p.m.... Can I use my favorite plasmid with this protocol? Maybe. Not all plasmids will work for the one-pot...strands of the plasmid will be nicked during the first BbvCI digest and the whole plasmid will be degraded...those in the plasmid. Again, if they are in the opposite direction, both strands of the plasmid will be nicked...map of your plasmid. If the sites are in opposite directions, you just need to use a plasmid with BbvCI...Mutagenesis to Mutate Your Plasmids Resources on Addgene.org Find Plasmids from the Whitehead Lab Use.... This technique relies on the generation of a plasmid library that expresses all desired variants of ... a selective pressure winnows the pool down to plasmids expressing variants with optimal function. High-throughput... -
What's New in CRISPR - Winter 2018
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 18, 2018, 1:17 p.m....CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR plasmid tools...CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by function Find recently deposited plasmids ...Read the paper in Science Find the new SHERLOCK plasmids More precision with dual-nuclease Cas9-Cas9 ...Nature Communications Find the Cas9-Cas9 chimera plasmids A modular toolkit for genome editing in plants...post Read the paper in Science Find the Cas14 plasmids Anti-CRISPR proteins for optogenetic control...paper in Nature Methods Find the anti-CRISPR plasmids Tagging human transcription factors with GFP...White’s lab recently deposited a set of CRISPR plasmids to tag human transcription factors with GFP. As... -
Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 24, 2018, 1:20 p.m....experiments in planarians with their recent plasmid deposit. These plasmids enable two main types of experiments... cloned into plasmids to investigate for each of these planarian species. These plasmids all have a PR-T4...insert the cDNA into the desired plasmid backbone. The Sánchez lab plasmids allow students and new labs to...Resources at Addgene.org Find plasmids from the Sánchez lab Find plasmids for other developmental models...of specific gene expression. The 49 deposited plasmids enable students to study gene expression and functions... dsRNA-induced RNAi experiments. Notably, this plasmid harbors a multi-cloning site flanked by T7 promoters... produce DNA templates via PCR off of the same plasmid and use these to create riboprobes for in situ ... -
Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 6, 2024, 1:15 p.m....γ-retroviral packaging plasmids are not interchangeable. General envelope plasmids, such as VSV-G (Vesicular...in trans by specific plasmids. This method, therefore, reduces the number of plasmids that are required ...encoded by the transfer plasmid, but instead are provided in trans by other plasmids or the packaging cell...do many γ-retroviral plasmids have similar names? The nomenclature of the plasmid backbone is meant to...components are needed: γ-Retroviral transfer plasmid encoding a transgene, sgRNA, or shRNA of interest..., which facilitate integration of the transfer plasmid sequences into the host genome. Typically, it is... genome upon viral transduction. Most transfer plasmids available from Addgene were derived from MoMLV... -
Addgene-Seeding Labs plasmid grant round 3: microbial drug resistance and biofilms, antidiabetic plant components, visualizing brain injury - and a glowing robot fish
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 27, 2018, 2 p.m....specifically, the Addgene-Seeding Labs plasmid grant provide plasmids to these researchers. In the third ...the Addgene-Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant Check Out Addgene-Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant Awardees in 2016 and...to provide scientific resources, equipment, and plasmids to researchers in resource-limited settings. More...third round of the Addgene-Seeding Labs plasmid grant we are excited to introduce the 5 awardees and their...biofilms formed on various structured surfaces. Plasmids expressing fluorescent proteins will be used to...microscopy and FACS. In an additional approach, plasmids such as pACBSR-hyg and pFLP-hyg will be used to...regulation and diabetes will be expressed from plasmids (find more information on bacterial expression... -
The MTA at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 23, 2024, 2:17 p.m....organizations choose to share their plasmids under an OpenMTA, which allows plasmids to be used for both research...If you’ve deposited or requested plasmids from Addgene, then you’ve been involved in the material transfer...Even though this process is essential to sharing plasmids around the globe, it can be a bit of a mystery...use agreements. The UBMTA, which is the MTA most plasmids at Addgene are shared under, is well-understood...we are not a party (signatory) to the MTAs for plasmids in our repository. Instead, we facilitate the ...institutes. But they’re not! The vast majority of our plasmids are distributed under the UBMTA, which is widely... our process that differs. When you deposit a plasmid with Addgene, your organization’s tech transfer... -
CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 13, 2021, 1:15 p.m....beneficial for plasmid clearance. It is more convenient to update the spacer(20nt) on pEcgRNA plasmid as only.... pCutamp cures the plasmids by targeting the ampR promoter in all three plasmids. pCutamp is then removed... 13 plasmids with 14 rounds of transformation in 30 days. Figure 2: (A) MUCICAT plasmids for ... original pCas/pTargetF system consists of one plasmid that expresses the S. pyogenes Cas9, a temperature-sensitive...the pTargetF construct and then introduce both plasmids into the cell. The edit in the chromosome can ...the pMB1 replicon, resulting in cutting of the plasmid. At this point, subsequent introductions of pTargetF...addition of the sgRNA sequence in pEcgRNA. Next both plasmids are transformed in E. coli with the donor DNA ... -
Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 10, 2023, 1 p.m....resistance DNA plasmids are traditionally grown in bacteria as a way to produce more of the plasmid, isolate...isolate individual plasmids, or express a gene contained in a plasmid. During the propagation and/or transformation...receive a copy of the plasmid or will lose it during division. These non-plasmid-containing bacteria can...Over-Agar Antibiotic Plating Plasmids 101 eBook Resources on the Addgene blog Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance...Resistance Plasmids 101: Blue-White Screening Choosing Your Perfect Plasmid Backbone ...Plasmids need antibiotic resistance genes so that you can specifically isolate bacteria containing your...your experiment — to grow, express, or isolate plasmids. The presence of an antibiotic resistance gene... -
Plasmid Grant to Aid Cervical Cancer Screening in Ghana
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 8, 2016, 3:30 p.m.... Addgene/Seeding Labs plasmid grant and plans to use the grant to order plasmids she can use as positive...similar grants back in June, Gladys will be using plasmids in creative ways that we wouldn’t necessarily ...HR HPV types, predominantly HPV 16 and 18.” HPV plasmids as positive controls To start her work, Gladys...cytological tests currently in use. Gladys will use plasmids containing a variety of HPV genes as positive ...incredibly happy to hear that Gladys will be using plasmids in a way that can potentially have a direct impact...awardees We will be opening the Addgene/Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant to a third round of applicants at the start...Seeding Labs for this continued opportunity to get plasmids to the researchers who need them the most. Check... -
Pathways Over Time Plasmids Engage Students in Functional Genomics Research
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 22, 2018, 1:38 p.m....methionine (i.e. the plasmid complements the deletion). Find the Plasmids Here Plasmid features enable multiple...the overexpression plasmids. Finally, students determine if the presence of the plasmid corrects any known...diverged. Tips on using the Pathways Over Time plasmids The plasmids are used as part of a semester-long research...less-well studied organism into overexpression plasmids. Students next transform deletion strains from...phenotypic abnormalities due to the deletion (i.e. the plasmid complements the deletion). If the phenotype is ...cerevisiae met deletion strains with overexpression plasmids carrying MET/Met genes from either S. pombe or.... Students then determine if expression of the plasmid-encoded MET gene allows the transformed strain ... -
Tips for Using BLAST to Verify Plasmids
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 29, 2014, 1:29 p.m....Addgene Blog: Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Plasmids 101: An Inside Look at NGS Plasmid Quality ...results of the plasmids in our repository with known reference sequences, such as full plasmid sequences provided...up their plasmid and cloning verification steps and free up more time for using your plasmids instead!...Snapgene-powered plasmid maps. Resources on Addgene.org Sequence Analysis of your Addgene Plasmid Addgene Plasmid...provided by the laboratories that deposit their plasmids with us or other entries in NCBI’s numerous databases... grown over the years (we now have over 60,000 plasmids!), the number of sequencing results we analyze...busy week, we may need to analyze more than 200 plasmids as part of our quality control process. Consequently... -
Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 28, 2016, 10:59 a.m.... target plasmid and pX330-sgRNA plasmid (Mashiko et al. 2013). The pCAG-EGxxFP target plasmid contains...pCAG-EGXXFP plasmid along with the individual gRNAs in their PX330 plasmids (or similar plasmids for gRNA... (c) The pCAG-EGxxFP target plasmid was co-transfected with pX330 plasmids containing sgRNA sequences ... system floating around, and many pre-designed plasmids containing these variants ready for purchase. ...multi-cloning site (MCS) between EGFP fragments. The pX330 plasmid contains humanized Cas9 expression cassette and... you can insert this region into a pCAG-EGXXFP plasmid using standard cloning techniques (The XX indicates...the EGFP fluorescent signal, for details on this plasmid, see Mashiko et al., 2013). Testing the efficacy... -
Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Expression
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 10, 2015, 3:06 p.m....your expression plasmid from these strains is not recommended as these auxillary plasmids may be isolated...control such as the pLys plasmid, which suppresses basal T7 expression. The pLys plasmid contains a chloramphenicol...arabinose-inducible plasmid will not express in an IPTG induction strain for example, nor will a p15 plasmid be compatible... for More Plasmids 101 Articles? Find them all here: http://blog.addgene.org/topic/plasmids-101 ...In a previous Plasmids 101 blog, we reviewed the salient features of several popular strains of E. coli...strain? Protein expression from high-copy number plasmids and powerful promoters will greatly exceed that...BLR (DE3) Tetracycline RecA-deficient; best for plasmids with repetative sequences. F- ompT lon hsdSB... -
Top Requested Plasmid of 2017 - pMD2.G
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 10, 2018, 4:13 p.m....example (the top requested plasmids from 2015 and 2016 were CRISPR plasmids), but so are lentiviral vectors...reason, the top requested plasmid of 2017 is the lentivirus envelope plasmid pMD2.G from Didier Trono’...Plasmid technologies are constantly evolving, but sometimes a technology is so useful it forever enhances...’s lab! Lentivirus envelope vector pMD2.G This plasmid has been requested nearly 6,000 times (over 800...the broad usefulness of pMD2.G and VSV-G. This plasmid has been used in studies of the secretome, ubiquitin...to check out the Trono Lab website. If you have plasmids you’d like to deposit with Addgene, be sure to...Who knows, maybe yours will be the top requested plasmid of 2018! Additional Resources Quick Guide to ... -
Kwabena Duedu on Public Health, Biofuels, and Doing Science in Ghana
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 20, 2016, 3:30 p.m.... awarded plasmids from Addgene as a successful applicant to the Addgene, Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant. For...Learn about the Addgene, Seeding Labs Plasmid Grant Read about Plasmid Grant Recipient, Gladys Kaba Resources... fellow nonprofit, Seeding Labs, to distribute plasmids to researchers in developing regions and thereby...accelerate their research. Kwabena came across the plasmid grant in Seeding Lab’s Newsletter and recently ...plans to use his research experiences as well as plasmids from Addgene to bring new opportunities to Ghanaian... Kwabena applied for the Addgene, Seeding Labs plasmid grant. 7:12 - 7:11 : Kwabena's work in Christopher... recent recipient of the Addgene, Seeding Labs Plasmid grant and is working on a variety of projects in... -
Easing the Protein Purification Process with pCri
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 19, 2015, 3:08 p.m.... As reviewed in our Plasmids 101 series, proteins are overexpressed from a plasmid construct, most often...multiplexing. pCri plasmids are divided into two sets, each of which includes plasmids with different varieties...on the Addgene Blog Plasmids 101: E. coli strains for protein expression Plasmids 101: Protein tags ...varieties of tags, both N- and C-terminal. Each set of plasmids uses the same restriction enzymes for cloning ...for one protein quickly and easily. These tagged plasmids also include cleavage sites should one need to...other tags used in the pCri system, please see Plasmids 101: Protein Tags. Beyond E. coli: purifying ...subtilis and Pichia pastoris pCri also includes plasmids designed for protein expression in systems other... -
The Power Behind NGS Plasmid Validation: seqWell
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 19, 2017, 3:25 p.m.... circularized plasmids from plexWell™ NGS data. Once Addgene produces plates of plasmid DNA, they are ...blogger Joe Mellor, Founder and CEO of seqWell Inc. Plasmids and PCR products are the bread and butter of molecular...using these methods for routine processes like plasmid validation. At seqWell, Inc., our mission is to...Addgene’s large and growing collection of curated plasmids from all over the world. The rest of this piece...partnership with Addgene to sequence large numbers of plasmids. plexWell™ technology overview For any NGS experiment...individual input DNA samples (e.g. a collection of 96 plasmids on a plate) will typically have a wide range of...to, for example, assemble hundreds of different plasmids from a single Illumina MiSeq® run. As shown in... -
New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - June 2019
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 18, 2019, 1:15 p.m....Chemogenetics Plasmid Serotype Name 119472 AAV5 AV SYN PSAM4 GlyR IRES EGFP Biosensors Plasmid Serotype...inventory of serotype testing AAV New control AAVs Plasmid Serotype Name 105530 AAV1 pAAV.CMV.PI.EGFP.WPRE.bGH...biosensor AAV inventory New glutamate sensors Plasmid Serotype Name 106176 AAV1 pAAV.hSynapsin.SF-iGluSnFR.S72A...pAAV.hSynapsin.SF-iGluSnFR.S72A New calcium sensors Plasmid Serotype Name 104496 AAV1 pGP-AAV-CAG-FLEX-jGCaMP7f-WPRE...pAAV-hSynapsin1-FLEx-axon-GCaMP6s New voltage sensors Plasmid Serotype Name 119036 AAV1 pAAV-hsyn-flex-Voltron-ST...of DREADDs / Chemogenetics AAVs New DREADDs Plasmid Serotype Name 75033 AAV1 pAAV CD68-hM4D(Gi)-...pAAV SYN1 HA-hM3D(Gq) New chemogenetics AAV Plasmid Serotype Name 119741 AAV5 AAV SYN flex PSAM4... -
Addgene's Top Blog Posts from 2020
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 29, 2020, 2:15 p.m....service features 210 plasmids: empty backbones, fluorescent protein tags, SARS-CoV-2 plasmids, etc. It is our...to Elute and Store Your Plasmid DNA? by Paolo Colombi Should I store my plasmid in TE, Tris, or water?...Here we cover five methods to do this. 5. Plasmids 101: Plasmid Incompatibility by Leah Schiesow If you're... We've had 11 blog posts on COVID-19 featuring plasmid tools from depositors who quickly shared their ...you're thinking about hosting multiple plasmids in one cell, it might be that you can't stably maintain...This blog post features two mechanisms that cause plasmids to be incompatible. 4. RNA Extraction Without...CRISPR to detect SARS-CoV-2, including many with plasmids deposited at Addgene! 2. DNA Purification Without... -
Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Online Molecular Biology Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m.... in one place. Plasmid mapping These tools are for viewing, editing or making plasmid maps, but can also...make plasmid maps. Free for academic users. Serial Cloner: Free desktop-based software for plasmid design...design and mapping. ApE (A plasmid Editor): A free, donation-based plasmid analysis tool including editing...Utah. Figure 1: A plasmid map created in SnapGene of Blue Flame plasmid pET21a-BirA. DNA / ...Primer design. Plasmid mapping. DNA sequence analysis. We all have our favorite tools for tackling these...The free SnapGene Viewer is great for looking at plasmid maps and viewing sequencing traces, while the paid... paid version provides more tools for plasmid mapping and design (Figure 1). Benchling: While you might... -
Hot Plasmids: Spring 2025
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 3, 2025, 1:15 p.m....of the new plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in the repository through our Hot Plasmids articles. ...Explore our empty and EGFP retroviral plasmid set, our bacterial plasmid set for expressing tagged proteins...and AAV plasmid sets launching later this year! Find Addgene's own Lentiviral backbone plasmids here! ... synaptic imaging applications. Find iGluSnFR4 plasmids here! Aggarwal, A., Negrean, A., Chen, Y., Iyer...powerful tools in a scientist's toolkit is the empty plasmid backbone: the DNA vector that contains everything... swap sequences effortlessly. We built these plasmids for flexibility and speed, so you can design, ...previous integrase-based approaches. Find STITCHR plasmids here! Fell, C. W., Villiger, L., Lim, J., Hiraizumi... -
Plasmids 101: Shuttle Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 20, 2025, 1:15 p.m.... Resistance Gene Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors Plasmids 101: The Promoter...other plasmids? If we all use the same molecular code, can I transfect any old bacterial plasmid into ...blog Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection Plasmids 101:..., where DNA replication begins, so a bacterial plasmid needs a compatible ori that will be recognized ...prokaryotic growth. Since there are no natural mammalian plasmids, mammalian vectors are even less similar to bacterial...transfection. In stable transfection, DNA from the plasmid is incorporated into the host cell’s genome, so...duration of the experiment Selection Once a plasmid is delivered to your target cells, you still need... -
Hot Plasmids: Winter 2025
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 11, 2025, 1:15 p.m....of the new plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in the repository through our Hot Plasmids articles. ...selectivity. With 10 plasmids available as a kit, plus 21 optional accessory plasmids, the collection targets...precise plant breeding. Find dicot prime editing plasmids here! Vu, T. V., Nguyen, N. T., Kim, J., Song... proteins for mammalian cell expression. These plasmids will be useful not only for future studies of ...proteins of interest too! Find CLIP, CLAP, and SNAP plasmids here! Smith, E.R., Turner, E.D., Abdelhamid, ...al., 2024. The authors have deposited AAV plasmids for Cre-dependent and -independent versions that...potential, ASAP5 is a great new option. Find ASAP5 plasmids here! Hao, Y. A., Lee, S., Roth, R. H., Natale... -
Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 21, 2024, 1:30 p.m....of the new plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in the repository through our Hot Plasmids articles. ... or want to swap out the constant domains, the plasmids for the heavy chain and light chain are also available...ubiquitination and degradation. Find the CRBNmidi plasmid here! Kroupova, A. et al. (2024). Design of ...minimal background. Find these C. elegans mScarlet plasmids here! Cao W.X., Merritt D.M., Pe K., Cesar ...disruption in Mycobacterium abscessus using a dual-plasmid CRISPR/Cas9 system By Aryana Khosravani Deborah...Deborah Hung’s lab has developed a novel dual-plasmid CRISPR/Cas9 system for gene disruption in Mycobacterium...methods). By using mCherry for selection of sgRNA plasmid transformants, they avoid M. abscessus’ high rate... -
Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m....of the new plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in our repository through our Hot Plasmids articles. ...be used for applications beyond cryo-EM. Find plasmids for MagIC-Cryo-EM here! Arimura, Y., Konishi...disease phenotype in an animal model. Find PE-eVLP plasmids here! The lab’s other recent deposit builds on...over the wild-type enzyme. Find optimized PASSIGE plasmids here! Figure 3: Schematic of the PASSIGE...recombinase integrates a sequence from a donor plasmid containing a complementary site into the genome...without compromising their efficacy. Find CHARM plasmids here! Neumann, E. N., Bertozzi, T. M., Wu, E... -
Hot Plasmids Spring 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 23, 2024, 1:15 p.m....of the new plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in our repository through our Hot Plasmids articles. ...2 nucleocapsid protein (Plasmid #141391-LV [+N]) or membrane protein (Plasmid #141386-LV [+M], negative... over the original CROPseq. Find CROPseq-multi plasmids here Walton, R.T., Qin, Y., Blainey, P.C. (2024...potential improvements to the editor. Find PE7 plasmids here! Figure 2: PE7 improves prime...conjugated with its HaloTag domain. Find Voltron2 plasmids here! Abdelfattah, A.S., et al. (2023) Neuron...therapeutic applications. Find microglia-targeting AAV plasmids here! Serrano, C., et al. (2023). Simple and ...potential for therapeutic success. Find REVeRT plasmids here! Riedmayr, L.M., et al. (2023). mRNA trans-splicing... -
Plasmids 101: Degron Tags
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 14, 2024, 1:15 p.m....on Addgene.org CRISPR Plasmids – Protein Tagging CRISPaint Gene Tagging Plasmids 101 eBook Resources ...Resources on the Addgene blog Plasmids 101: Protein Tags Plasmids for Endogenous Gene Tagging in Human Cells ...cloned in-frame to the protein of interest for plasmid-based expression systems. Degron tags are one of... -
Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 12, 2024, 1:15 p.m....As a plasmid repository, we are no strangers to cloning. If you’re reading this, then chances are you...NEB’s DAD Interview with Nicola Patron on MoClo Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning ... -
Hot Plasmids February 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 20, 2024, 2:45 p.m....of the new plasmids, antibodies, and viral preps in the repository through our Hot Plasmids articles. ...all applications. Addgene’s plasmid collection includes over 10,000 plasmids with a FLAG tag (!), but did... al. 2023 with permission. Find Cas-PAGE plasmids here! Zhang, Z., et al. (2023). Efficient engineering...inspired and informed this section. Find mStayGold plasmids at Addgene here! Ando, R., et al. (2023). StayGold...under CC-BY license. Find the AAV.CAP-Mac plasmid here! Chuapoco, M.R., Flytzanis, N.C., Goeden...(2023) under CC-BY license. Find AAV1-X1 plasmid here! Chen, X., et al. (2023). Functional gene ...