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  1. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    July 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m.
    ...the Day Lab, who developed neuron-optimized lentiviral vectors for in vitro and in vivo CRISPRa (Savell ...physiology. The Day Lab’s neuron-optimized lentiviral vectors can be found here. High-throughput screening...including transgenic mice, neuron-optimized viral vectors, and high-throughput screening approaches. Here...largely precludes delivery by adeno-associated vectors (AAV). This issue was recently circumvented by ...sgRNAs can be found here. Neuron-optimized viral vectors Alternatively, Cas9 activators can be delivered... ubiquitous expression of sgRNA(s) and mCherry (vector 1) with neuron-specific expression of dCas9-VPR...BioRender.com. The Day Lab used their optimized vectors to highlight a key advantage of CRISPRa over traditional...
  2. Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)

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    March 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...expressing Cas9 via transduction with Cas9 lentiviral vector, lentiCas9-Blast (52962-LV, Figure 1). Some...primers flanking my edits in genomic DNA and doing PCR on genomic DNA. The surveyor assay itself was relatively...performing and analyzing a gene edit using Addgene’s lentiviral CRISPR tools. Schematic overview of CRISPR...gRNA-transduced Cas9-A549 cells are used as a control. DNA was analyzed by PAGE. The basis of the Surveyor...is that Surveyor nuclease cleaves double stranded DNA (dsDNA) at basepair mismatches. To use this tool ... the dsDNA. Upon renaturation, you will generate DNA duplexes with one strand from the edited cells and...these mismatches are indicated by the presence of DNA cleavage products. The appearance of the 428 bp band...
  3. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - September 2021

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    Sept. 21, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...known or suspected to be involved in DNA damage response and DNA repair.  A new CRISPR pooled library ...only required three components: a master mix, the DNA of interest, and cell extract.    Graphical...They allow single-nucleotide modifications to edit DNA without requiring a double-stranded break. The Xiao... a) Cells are transfected with three different vectors and flow cytometry is used to sort populations ... 10 guide RNAs per gene. The lab modified the lentiviral backbone to encode the CD90.1 selection marker...
  4. Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016

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    Jan. 6, 2017, 3:56 p.m.
    ... is a dual-vector system, meaning it is typically used in conjunction with a second vector that delivers...constructs (i.e., using a dual-vector system as opposed to a single-vector system) has several benefits....Lentivirus: lentiCas9-Blast Most of Addgene’s lentiviral inventory is based on CRISPR tools, though we... Cas9 nuclease, which introduces double stranded DNA breaks, can be expressed from lentiCas9-Blast. Purpose...LentiCas9-blast LentiCas9-blast is a Cas9 expression vector developed by Feng Zhang’s lab at the Broad Institute...such as lentiGuide-Puro. The alternative single-vector systems typically express Cas9 and a gRNA from ...compared to separate transductions with a single-vector system). Tips for using this plasmid Cas9 expression...
  5. A Tour of Addgene's Most Popular Pooled Libraries

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    Nov. 19, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...available as pooled plasmid DNA. In addition, several libraries are offered as lentiviral preparations to save... the pMuSIC library, or by sequencing the unique DNA barcodes. Figure 1: Schematic of barcoding...Additional resources on the Addgene blog Viral Vectors 101: Preparing Pooled Libraries Pooled Library ...
  6. AAVs in Retinal Gene Therapy

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    July 31, 2018, 12:55 p.m.
    .... At the time, adenoviral vectors were the most commonly used viral vectors for gene delivery, and they... better vector for ocular gene therapy: Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) While other viral vectors such as...gene can be targeted to RPE cells using a lentiviral vector and a clinical trial is ongoing. Moving forward...technician in a lab using adeno-associated viral vectors (AAVs) to treat an inherited retinal degenerative...tolerate the presence of antigens (such as viral vectors) without triggering a destructive inflammatory ...retina but only transiently. However new viral vectors capable of providing long-term gene expression ...transduce retinal cells, AAV quickly became the vector of choice for ocular gene therapy. AdV and LV ...
  7. Hot Plasmids: May 2026

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    May 5, 2026, 1:15 p.m.
    ...1: Efficient DNA degradation by recombinant SerMNucA-His incubated with salmon sperm DNA for 30 minutes...TCRs to an expression vector. TCR libraries are expressed in cells via lentiviral transduction at a low...purifying recombinant proteins, producing viral vectors, and more. Your protocol might call for adding ... this reason. SerMNucA efficiently degrades both DNA and RNA, is extremely stable, and is commercially...oligos of paired CDR3β-α sequences into TRBV-TRAC vectors to generate TRBV-CDR3β-CDR3α-TRAC. Step 2 inserts...
  8. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    Oct. 4, 2018, 12:44 p.m.
    ...derivatives. Unmodified Cas9 causes double stranded DNA breaks that commonly result in a complete loss of...Brunello CRISPRko sgRNA library as pooled library or lentiviral prep! Dolcetto: human CRISPRi sgRNA library While...These mutations result in an inactive RNA-guided DNA binding protein (dCas9). dCas9 is then tethered to...the Dolcetto library! Now also available as a lentiviral prep. Calabrese: human CRISPRa sgRNA library ...tracrRNA was combined with the sgRNA expression vector allowing the screen to be conducted with only two...function. Find the Calabrese pooled library and lentiviral prep here! Applications for the Root and Doench...
  9. Meet the New Addgene Board Members!

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    April 28, 2020, 1:14 p.m.
    ...Baradaran’s expertise in viral safety, gene therapy vector development, vaccine development, and assay technologies...she says. In 11th grade she heard a talk about Z DNA that inspired her to major in molecular biology in...Harvard Medical School, he developed the first lentiviral microRNA-based system for polymerase II-regulated...Melina Fan and former Associate Director of Viral Vectors Karen Guerin for the journal Molecular Therapy....
  10. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    Oct. 20, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...macromolecules used in scientific research such as DNA or protein. It comes as no surprise then that stability...Base modifications What is more stable than RNA? DNA! One way to make your gRNA more efficient on a budget...ribonucleotides for deoxynucleotides. A partially DNA gRNA is surprisingly well-tolerated by the Cas9 protein....org  View Addgene's collection of empty gRNA vectors View Addgene's CRISPR resources Request ready-to-use...-to-use viral preps of select CRISPR lentiviral plasmids Additional resources on the Addgene Blog  How...
  11. Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus

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    Sept. 1, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...roughly half the packaging limits of lentiviral and adenoviral vectors. While many transgene will fit within... overviews of three split vector strategies plus one additional split vector strategy for increasing the...homology directed repairs (HDR). Split AAV vector approaches Split vector approaches increase the size of the...copies of both vectors. Examples of use: Halbert et al., 2002 used an overlapping vector with 440 or 1000bp... hybrid vector, as measured by β-galactosidase activity, was 81% of that from a single vector, but significantly...ideal split vector system. Overall the efficiency of transgene expression from split vectors has been inconsistent..., Duan D (2008) A Hybrid Vector System Expands Adeno-associated Viral Vector Packaging Capacity in a Transgene-independent...
  12. CRISPR 101: Off-Target Effects

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    Feb. 8, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...integrase-defective lentiviral vectors - which rely on insertion of DNA by the NHEJ pathway during DNA repair of...an experiment. For CRISPR work, this often means DNA cleavage at unanticipated sites. While off-target...nick, a dsDNA break, or is engineered not to cleave DNA and instead activates/represses gene expression by...genomic locus must often be proximal to a PAM site for DNA cutting to occur. The RNA sequence and PAM site confer...more. While such software typically only considers DNA sequence and doesn’t take into account chromatin ...only reduce off targets where nicking/cleaving of DNA occurs, not for deadCas activator/repressor experiments...generated near each other, this will result in a DNA double strand break (DSB), the event required for...
  13. CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics

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    Aug. 9, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...) ChiRP-seq RNA Hi-C DNA (genome-to-genome interactions) DNase-seq DNA (regions that are accessible... regions of DNA that demonstrate “spooky action at a distance.” Through the marvel of DNA compaction, ...details on DNA compaction and the structural proteins that make it possible, see the appendix DNA is a 3D...millions of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) with a lentiviral vector, an attenuated retrovirus in the same family...See below for further details. DNA is a 3D Fractal Figure 2: DNA compaction. Graphics courtesy ...For instance (chr3, 1, 10) indicates a stretch of DNA at the very beginning of the third chromosome, ten...coordinates for genetic elements like protein, RNA, and DNA (Table 1). As with GPS in the real world, coordinates...
  14. Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go!

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    April 3, 2014, 8:05 p.m.
    ...  The RNA polymerase(s) RNA is transcribed from DNA using an RNA polymerase (RNAP). In bacteria this ... as RNAP II promoters is commonly employed in lentiviral and retroviral constructs and we will discuss...discuss these in a future post on viral vector parts. Promoter specificity Aside from choosing a promoter based... Can be induced by IPTG. Commonly found in pET vectors. Very tightly regulated by the lac operators. Good...-inducer fucose Weaker. Commonly found in pBAD vectors. Good for rapid regulation and low basal expression...Browse All Plasmids 101 Posts Learn about Mammalian Vectors Read about Reporter Gene like Luciferase and GFP...
  15. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    Sept. 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...incorporate new information into DNA. This also requires an exogenous DNA template. HDR, however, is a very...made it easier than ever both to engineer specific DNA edits and to perform functional screens to identify...true" %}{% raw %}"Browse Empty gRNA Expression Vectors"{% endraw %}{% end_module_attribute %}{% module_attribute...href":"https://www.addgene.org/crispr/empty-grna-vectors/","type":"EXTERNAL"},"open_in_new_tab":true,"no_follow...efficacious to target the coding or non-coding strand of DNA. As a rule of thumb, we avoid target sites that code... for the so-called base editor Cas9, which makes DNA changes in the absence of dsDNA breaks (Rees et al... guide (synthetic, in vitro transcription, or lentiviral delivery) can affect the accuracy of a predictive...
  16. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning Applications and Kits

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    May 14, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Modular cloning is a popular DNA assembly tool used to build single- and multi-gene constructs for a ...background MoClo is a clever way to assemble several DNA parts in a specific orientation using Type IIS restriction...combination. The EcoFlex Kit has a wide array of DNA parts that can be assembled into individual TUs or...kit has a focus on infrastructure with shuttle vectors, several delivery systems which can be engineered...engineered into the TUs, and even viral gene silencing vectors. The Plant Parts III kit has a focus on transformation...Fragmid system was used to assess how different lentiviral plasmid backbone elements impact viral titer ...assemblies or that compare the effects of different DNA elements on the behavior of an expression construct...
  17. Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping

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    Oct. 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...CRISPR-Cas9 and TALENs using integrase-defective lentiviral vectors." Nature biotechnology 33.2 (2015): 175-178...the edited strand and wild-type strand of the host DNA. When these strands hybridize, the nuclease can detect...account other elements, including those relating to DNA structure (e.g. epigenetic modification, bulges) ... et al. "High-throughput profiling of off-target DNA cleavage reveals RNA-programmed Cas9 nuclease specificity...Frock, Richard L., et al. "Genome-wide detection of DNA double-stranded breaks induced by engineered nucleases... Crosetto, Nicola, et al. "Nucleotide-resolution DNA double-strand break mapping by next-generation sequencing...
  18. Hot Plasmids: February 2026

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    Feb. 17, 2026, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Rego Reliably achieving high yields for your viral vector preps can be a challenge. You probably know yield...influenced by many variables such as cell health, DNA quality, transgene size and sequence, reagents, and...these higher-yielding plasmids for our AAV Viral Vector Service, and you can use them in your lab too! ...next expert pairing of Jacquere and Julianna, lentiviral CRISPR knockout libraries for genome-wide screens...
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