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  1. Plasmids 101: Knockout/Knock-In Plasmids

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    Dec. 1, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...Resources on Addgene.org Find Mammalian Expression Vectors Find Cre-Lox Plasmids Learn More about CRISPR ...the techniques and the plasmids used to inactivate specific genes in mammalian cells. Despite the popularity...DNA designed in the lab. Specially constructed plasmids can be used to replace genes in yeast, mice, or...mind when choosing a knockout strategy! Knockout plasmids Homologous recombination is a mechanism to accurately...randomly integrated all or large portions of the plasmid. Deliver your construct to your target cells. After...Cre-mediated recombination.   Knockout/Knock-in plasmids Gene targeting methods also make it possible to... and insert GFP into the genome, we’d create a plasmid similar to the one shown below, where the sequence...

  2. Plasmids 101: Multicistronic Vectors

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    Sept. 9, 2014, 8:20 p.m.
    ...using a plasmid with multiple, individual expression cassettes, having the genes expressed from the same... for each gene that is expressed, multicistronic vectors simultaneously express two or more separate proteins...cells that are expressing your gene of interest at high levels. Unlike vectors that express screenable or...multicistronic plasmids ensure that any cells that are positive for your marker should also be expressing your ...want to express multiple genes in the same cell. Although it is possible to drive co-expression by using... a portion of the plasmid is packaged for viral delivery, or the relative expression levels between two...with a plasmid that already has the multicistronic element and reporter cloned in. In these plasmids you ...

  3. Plasmids 101: Gateway Cloning

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    Jan. 12, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...organism, desired expression level, and experimental purpose. For mammalian lentiviral expression, we could use...reaction creates an expression clone with all of the components necessary for gene expression.     The ...(indicated here by plasmid color), allowing you to easily select for the expression clone. You will also...desired constructs: lentiviral expression of the human KRAS gene in mammalian cells. STEP 1: Generate an ...favorite gene! STEP 2: Generate an Expression Clone When making the expression clone, it is important to choose...clone to create the expression clone.    Figure 6: Generating an expression clone. The reaction...  STEP 3: Express your Gene of Interest! Be sure to verify the integrity of your expression clone via ...

  4. Hot Plasmids September 2018 - Optogenetics, RNA Localization, Fluorescent Protein, and Base-editing Tools

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    Sept. 18, 2018, 1:33 p.m.
    ... is available in a mammalian expression vector (pcDNA3) and a bacterial expression vector (pRSETB). ...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...about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here.   Listen this episode of Hot Plasmids! Light controls...Hahn's lab at the University of North Carolina (plasmids at Addgene). It consists of two domains, LOV2 ... can be used to visualize RNA localization in mammalian cells. These tools consist of cobalamin-binding... the same number of fluorophores. You can find plasmids containing the cobalamin binding riboswitches ...

  5. Some Like it Hot: Thermostable GeoCas9

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    Sept. 14, 2017, 12:40 p.m.
    ...tool of choice for a number of model organisms: mammalian cells, yeast, drosophila, plants, worms, zebrafish...Activity 35 - 45 °C 50 - 70 °C Genome Editing in Mammalian Cells? Yes Yes Longevity in Serum?* No Yes ...temperatures ranging from 25-80 °C. Activity is expressed as Kcleave (min-1). SpCas9 has maximum activity... experimental results. GeoCas9 RNP editing in mammalian cells Besides being able to take some heat, GeoCas9...GeoCas9 can introduce genomic edits in mammalian cells. Harrington et al tested GeoCas9’s editing skills...you want to give GeoCas9 a try, as always, the plasmids are available from Addgene. Happy CRISPRing! ...Background with Addgene’s CRISPR Guide Page Find CRISPR plasmids at Addgene ...

  6. Hot Plasmids - September 2019 - CRISPR, Auxin Inducible Degradation, MerMAID Channelrhodopsins, and Genome Looping

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    Sept. 3, 2019, 1:15 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...need. If you'd ever like to write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here.        New toolkit...tagging proteins with a 7kD degron called mAID and expressing the essential plant protein TIR1 in non-plant...was able to translate AID to yeast, as well as mammalian and human cell lines (Nishimura et al., 2009, ... the Kanemaki lab has created a new toolkit of plasmids for the N- or C- terminal tagging of proteins ...previously difficult. Find SpCas9 and Target-AID-NG plasmids at Addgene! Nishimasu H et al., Science, 2018....

  7. Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors

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    Feb. 25, 2014, 7:11 p.m.
    ...types of yeast plasmids are defined below: Yeast Integrating plasmids (YIp): These plasmids lack an ORI...our first few Plasmids 101 posts, we focused mainly on the elements required for plasmid maintenance within... simple gene replacement/mutation. Yeast expression plasmids used in the lab typically contain all the...not only the number of plasmids found in each cell, but also whether the plasmid gets integrated into the...integration. Yeast Episomal plasmids (YEp): These are most similar to bacterial plasmids and are considered “...experiment. The marker provided by the plasmid may be expressed at higher than normal physiological levels...of marker gene expression is to use a partially defective promoter to drive expression of the selection...

  8. Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems

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    Aug. 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...

  9. Plasmids 101: Degron Tags

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    March 14, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...in-frame to the protein of interest for plasmid-based expression systems. Degron tags are one of many tools...be engineered or expressed beyond the tag and small molecule. It does work in mammalian cells, mice, and...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 ...the modulation of endogenously and exogenously expressed proteins. Here we will review what advantages ... tools to manipulate protein expression. These tags offer several advantages over the alternative systems...used to manipulate endogenously and exogenously expressed proteins. Thirdly, degrons and their drugs are...

  10. Sonic Hedgehog? Sleeping Beauty? Learn About the Genes Behind Addgene’s Conference Room Names

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    April 2, 2019, 1:44 p.m.
    ...website for plasmids that contain tinman or the mammalian homolog Nkx2.5. We also have one plasmid, Addgene... 1998). Interested in plasmids that contain the groucho gene? Check out plasmids deposited by the Shivdasani... several plasmids that contain SHH, you can find them all here! The most popular SHH plasmid however was...integrate particular genes into mammalian genomes and easily disrupt gene expression to study gene function. ...spaghetti. We have two plasmids in our inventory from the lab of Eric Wieschaus that express sqh.   cookie monster... to see for yourself. We have one plasmid in our repository, plasmid 39624, that contains cmr.   tinman...Drosophila Read our Plasmids 101 blog series Resources on Addgene.org Find plasmids for your research ...

  11. Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene

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    Oct. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...isolate individual plasmids, or express a gene contained in a plasmid. During the propagation and/or transformation...resistance DNA plasmids are traditionally grown in bacteria as a way to produce more of the plasmid, isolate...receive a copy of the plasmid or will lose it during division. These non-plasmid-containing bacteria can...the goal of your experiment — to grow, express, or isolate plasmids. The presence of an antibiotic resistance...selection, whereas other plasmids must carry both a bacterial and a mammalian antibiotic selection gene...bacteria that express the Tn5 element, but thankfully, most competent cells do not express this factor....Over-Agar Antibiotic Plating Plasmids 101 eBook Resources on the Addgene blog Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance...

  12. Plasmid-based Recombinant Monoclonal Antibodies: What They Are and Why You Should Be Excited About Them

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    May 4, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...of interest has been cloned into an expression plasmid, the plasmid can be introduced into host cells, ...using synthetic genes that are typically expressed from a plasmid or from an integrated sequence in a stable...that the plasmids and sequences for antibodies are not shared. For instance, through open plasmid sharing...Bradbury et al., 2018). Hybridomas can lose gene expression of the mAb-encoding genes or fail to revive after...Recombinant monoclonal antibodies are encoded in plasmids and produce a single antibody recognizing one ...heavy chain genes of the antibody are encoded in a plasmid. (Right) An assembled antibody protein binds an...identifying and cloning the genes for antibody expression. If starting from a protein sample (for instance...

  13. Fluorescent Tagging of Endogenous Genes with SapTrap

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    Oct. 12, 2017, 2:26 p.m.
    ...co-injection of the targeting vector and a Cas9 expression plasmid will insert the desired genetic tag and marker...as a universal donor plasmid. The CRISPaint toolkit includes several donor plasmids for protein tagging...collection of plasmids to fluorescently tag markers of cellular structures in mammalian cells. These plasmids...The Jorgensen Lab recently developed a modular plasmid assembly toolkit called SapTrap to improve CRISPR...accepts the sgRNA target sequence for U6 promoter expression and the second site accepts the homology arm ...repair template. SapTrap includes a prebuilt donor plasmid library containing several types of fluorescent...tag and homology arms). Digestion of the donor plasmids with SapI allows the tag, selectable marker, and...

  14. Rosella: A Fluorescent pH-Biosensor for Studying Autophagy

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    April 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...monitor autophagy, the Pho8Δ60 mutant protein is expressed. Pho8Δ60 localizes to the cytosol in an inactive...bodies in yeast. A GFP-tagged version of LC3, the mammalian Atg8p homolog, can also be used to monitor autophagy...yeast Rosella is targeted to the cytosol when expressed without a signal sequence and to the mitochondria...measurements of macroautophagy and mitophagy in mammalian cells using a single fluorescent biosensor. Scientific...Yoshimori, T., & Levine, B. (2010). Methods in Mammalian Autophagy Research. Cell,140(3), 313-326. doi:...Enzymology Autophagy: Lower Eukaryotes and Non-Mammalian Systems, Part A, 33-42. doi:10.1016/s0076-6879... Resources on Addgene.org Fluorescent Protein Plasmids and Resources Fluorescent Protein Guide: Biosensors...

  15. Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein

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    June 28, 2018, 3:01 p.m.
    ...on the Addgene Blog Plasmids for endogenous gene tagging in human cells Plasmids 101: Protein Tags Fluorescent... insertion of epitope tags at target genes in mammalian cells (Bressan et al. 2017; Liang et al. 2017)...from many pitfalls: they require construction of plasmid vectors and/or rely on cumbersome in vitro synthesis...Cas9 protein-based method for epitope tagging in mammalian stem cells. For easy scalability to the 96-well...Ribonucleoprotein (csRNP) delivery Epitope tagging of mammalian genes using CRISPR depends on successful delivery...directly purchased and there is no need to construct plasmid vectors or synthesize/purify IVT sgRNA in the lab... (although we could successfully knock-in non-expressed genes with similar efficiency, Dewari et al. 2018...

  16. Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - A Neuroscientist’s View

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    Oct. 19, 2017, 1:54 p.m.
    ....org Find Cre-Lox Plasmids Find Optogenetics Plasmids Find Chemogenetics Plasmids ...networks Double inverted vectors expressing light inducible ion channels (plasmid # 20298 for example) have ...all labeling plasmids and the low concentration of recombinase restricts their expression to individual...specific) control of DNA recombination and gene expression can be advanced by the coordinated use of fellow...means to spatiotemporally control FLP and Cre expression have been developed. Read on to learn more about...optimum of 30 °C and is therefore inefficient in mammalian cells (usually grown at 37 °C). Smart molecular...SV40 Large T nuclear localization sequence) and expressing it from a CAGGs promoter. However FLPe is still...

  17. Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene

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    Sept. 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...curated collections of plasmids as kits with greatly reduced costs per plasmid. We generally create kits...: FX Cloning Kit BIOFAB Plasmid Set pCri System Cell Free Protein Expression Kit FREQ Seq PUF Assembly...of promoters to facilitate gene expression in bacteria, yeast, mammalian cells, insects, and even Xenopus...just the tool you need. The plasmids in this portion of the BIOFAB Plasmid Set contain terminators of ...your polycistronic E. coli expression constructs. Some applications of plasmids from this kit include the...Process with pCri Cell-free protein expression kit Cell-free expression systems have been improved for both...comparison of different cell-free expression systems; the Cell-free expression test kit represents a set of...

  18. New Optogenetic Tools for Cytoskeleton and Membrane Control

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    Sept. 28, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... of katanin to that anchor. So, you’ll need to express both the EB3N-VVDfast-iLID anchor module and the...module, which are also available as lentiviral plasmids if you want to make a stable cell line. This design...specific area at the plasma membrane (Figure 2). Just express the plasma membrane-localized iLID along with your...Opto-RhoGEF design and activity. B) OptoTIAM (magenta) expressed in a monolayer of endothelial cells, showing cell...either CRY2 or CIB1 to your protein of interest and express the other separately, then use blue light to generate...developing embryo is accessible for injection of plasmids and other materials.    Figure 3: Optogenetic...The new SuperPLDs work with high efficiency in mammalian cells and in vitro, opening up a wide realm of...

  19. Let There Be LITE Plasmids

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    Nov. 21, 2013, 3:56 p.m.
    ... (blue) light switch. Zhang’s team devised the plasmids now available in Addgene’s repository for use ...functions, Konermann needed tools to manipulate the expression of specific genes in the brain in reversible ...demonstrated use of the LITEs to control gene expression in mouse neurons and in the brains of living ...stimulation. Under those optogenetic controls, gene expression levels reliably increased in vitro by a factor...system could be by applying it to altering gene expression via epigenetics with the addition of histone ...biological processes and disease states. While LITE plasmids have clear application to anyone with an interest... Silvana Konermann et al. "Optical control of mammalian endogenous transcription and epigenetic states...

  20. Supporting Rare Disease Research with the 2020 BeHEARD Awards

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    Sept. 8, 2020, 2 p.m.
    ... Addgene’s RESOLUTE plasmid collection to perform a functional screen in mammalian cells to identify any... with the Rare Genomics Institute by providing plasmid-based tools for rare disease research. Congratulations...highlight their research and how they will use plasmids and viral preps from Addgene to further their ... It’s possible that solute channels typically expressed on other cell types can compensate for or bypass...therapeutic development,” says Iyer. Since the RESOLUTE plasmid collection consists of human and murine solute ...team will be able to validate their findings in mammalian cells with both human and murine targets thus ...defects. Eight genes from the X chromosome are expressed at significantly reduced levels in women with ...
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