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  1. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    June 24, 2020, 5:45 p.m.
    ...methylation and activate transcription. A lentiviral vector with the same modifier, Fuw-dCas9-Tet1CD, is available...Jaenisch’s lab in plasmid form or as ready-to-use lentivirus. Figure 2: dCas9-Tet1 demethylates cytosines...with the former also available as ready-to-use lentivirus. Figure 3: dCas9-DNMT3A methylates cytosines... targeted enhancers. Although the lab used this vector in chick embryos, it also functions in mammalian...and this fusion allows for packaging into viral vectors and targeted delivery into hard-to-manipulate cell...targeting to a wider set of genomic targets. These two vectors are part of the larger pMVP/pMAGIC cloning system...
  2. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    Feb. 16, 2023, 7:05 p.m.
    ...knock out plasmids? Check out our Cre vector and Murine LoxP vector.   Turn it off for a little while Transient...? Check out our Retro expression vector and Lenti expression vector. Turn it on for just a little while...out Addgene's Lentiviral dCas9 SAM vector and Piggybac dCas9 SAM vector! On/off control all the time If ...Addgene's Lentiviral dTAG cloning vector and SMASh degron tagging vector! Destabilizing domains Destabilizing...mechanism to integrate your choice cDNA. Both lentivirus and retrovirus can package cDNAs for genomic ...Lentiviral Tet-on and AAVS1 targeted Tet-on transgene vector. Degron tags Tagging relevant proteins with a degron...levels. Looking for a DD? Check out our DD-Cas9 vector! The price of tunable control These systems can...
  3. Addgene’s Viral Service - Why Virus? Why Now?

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    March 23, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...new team to push this project forward. The viral vector project team develops methods, performs extensive...generates  educational materials, and provides viral vector technical service (details about virus production...develop shipping systems and protocols for viral vectors to reach scientists around the world. Our Software...fantastically useful educational content on viral vectors.  How Addgene’s Viral Service will help scientists...speeds science and we are proud to be adding viral vector services to our repertoire. Additional Resources...the Addgene Blog Check Out the Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016 Learn How You Can Use the Viral...Addgene.org Find Virus Protocols Visit Our Viral Vector Pages Find Virus for Your Research ...
  4. Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV

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    May 30, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...(scAAV) vector. Full-length ssAAV vector genome of both polarities are rescued from the vector plasmid... Primer for Beginners Read Our Lentivirus FAQ Learn about Viral Vector Elements Resources on Addgene....Addgene.org Read Our AAV Guide Find AAV Vectors Browse All Viral Vector Resources ...a type 2 ITR and a type 8 serotype. Almost all vectors contain type 2 ITRs, which comes from the AAV2 ...capsid (outer protein shell) used to package an rAAV vector; these capsids allow the virus to infect (or not...multiple small genes, you can design single rAAV vectors with multiple genes packaged in them and use elements...or second strand synthesis. In contrast, a scAAV vector with half the size of the ssAAV genome has a mutation...
  5. Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)

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    March 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...Lines with Lentivirus Isolating a Monoclonal Cell Population by Limiting Dilution Lentivirus Production...expressing Cas9 via transduction with Cas9 lentiviral vector, lentiCas9-Blast (52962-LV, Figure 1). Some cells...of A549 cells transduced with Cas9 expressing lentivirus at the indicated multiplicity of infection (MOI...gift from Feng Zhang and is described in Improved vectors and genome-wide libraries for CRISPR screening....
  6. X-CHIME: Context Dependent Germline Knockout in Immune Cells

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    Jan. 16, 2024, 6:13 p.m.
    ...Cas9) hematopoietic stem cells with a lentiviral vector containing a gRNA. These transduced stem cells ...custom mouse strains and lentiviral expression vectors (Table 1). The four systems Name Function...pXPR_071, a plasmid that leads to higher titer lentivirus preparations than the first generation CHIME ...
  7. Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy

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    Nov. 7, 2017, 1:59 p.m.
    ... A variety of vector delivery technologies have been investigated including lentiviruses, adenovirus, ...makes AAV vectors especially amenable to correcting disease-associated mutations. AAV vectors maintain... Check out our Viral Vectors Featured Topic Page Learn about CRISPR-AAV vectors Learn about Addgene AAV...thereby correct the mutations using retroviral vectors. However, many diseases require techniques that...usability in clinical settings. On the other hand, vectors derived from AAV have recently gained popularity...profiles as well as other benefits. What makes AAV vectors great gene delivery tools? There are a variety ... like adenovirus for productive infection. AAV vectors are engineered to provide additional safety benefits...
  8. A Novice's Perspective on Neuroscience - SfN2017

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    Dec. 15, 2017, 2:07 p.m.
    ...virus (AAV) and lentivirus are now available from Addgene. While super useful, these vectors require a bit...to generate new knockout mice, using adenoviral vectors to deliver IGF receptors to the brain, and probing...individual labs to make efficiently. For select viral vectors in the repository, you can instead have Addgene... into neuroscience, you could look to our viral vector pages on the Addgene website and on the Addgene...
  9. AAV Vector Quality Control: Going the Extra Mile with NGS

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    Sept. 12, 2017, 1:44 p.m.
    ...blog Check out our Viral Vectors Featured Topic Page Subscribe to Viral Vectors Blog Posts Learn How We... of poor reagent quality. To make sure our AAV vectors are of the highest quality, we undertake a rigorous...To make sure that adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors available at Addgene are suitable for in vivo studies...should you care about viral quality control? AAV vectors are produced by scientists - not robots. Unfortunately...are especially important when producing multiple vectors in parallel because the risk of accidental errors... or the cell genome can be packaged inside the vectors during production. These impurities cannot be removed...generally considered innocuous for research-grade vectors, we’d like to make sure they are present at a very...
  10. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    Dec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m.
    ...expression vectors with various promoters suitable for in vivo expression, and/or produce vectors to make...prototrophic strains. The vectors were based on the original EasyClone vectors (Jensen et al 2013) allow...donor vectors containing mAID and either Neo or Hygro resistance markers with CRISPR/Cas vectors targeting...use the library, the authors packaged it into lentivirus and used the resulting lentiviral library to ... interest and cloned into provided destination vectors using low-cost, one-pot golden gate cloning that... Jacks Lab constructed several GMAP-compatible vectors for a wide variety of biological applications. .... First, GMAP-compatible backbones for lentivirus LV 1-5 and retrovirus RV 2-5 were constructed. The authors...
  11. DAP arrays for multiplex gene editing

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    July 7, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...number of gRNAs that can be packaged into viral vectors for potential in vivo applications or multiplex...deliveries via adeno-associated virus (AAV) and lentivirus, demonstrating simultaneous editing of genes ...unprecedented number of genes with a single viral vector.   Fig. 1: Schematic of multiplex gene ...is scalable and efficient in plasmid and viral vectors. In applications when repetitive tRNA sequences...
  12. 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...AdV) and lentivirus (LV) are known to transduce retinal cells, AAV quickly became the vector of choice...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 ...excellent and further strengthens its position as the vector of choice for in vivo gene therapy. It is not known...
  13. Deciphering the Mysteries of Behavior with Viral Vectors

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    Sept. 17, 2019, 12:40 p.m.
    ...studies using viral vectors in behavioral neuroscience. With the ability of viral vectors to fine tune gene...all of our viral vectors blog posts Find tips for getting started with viral vectors for behavioral neuroscience...is activating, inhibiting, or modulating. Viral vectors, in contrast, are considerably more versatile and...behavioral tests, but now we’ll focus on how viral vectors have changed the scope and power of three commonly... several recombinase-expressing ready-made AAV vectors which can be used in numerous floxed animal species...the availability of transgenic animals and viral vectors, scientists are combining genetic manipulations...The researchers found that injecting lentiviral vectors expressing BDNF in the hippocampus causes a shift...
  14. Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV

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    July 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...production process.  Helper-free production Unlike lentivirus, AAV does not possess the ability to replicate...you’ll need to determine the titer of your viral vector solution. A variety of titering methods have been...about common AAV applications by reading our Viral Vectors 101 series!  This post was originally written by... Unpurified Recombinant Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors [Preprint]. Molecular Biology. https://doi.org/...the Stability and Inactivation of AAV Serotype 1 Vectors. Human Gene Therapy Methods, 28(1), Article 1. ...(2021). Inactivation of Adeno-Associated Viral Vectors by Oxidant-Based Disinfectants. Human Gene Therapy...single-stranded and self-complementary adeno-associated viral vector genome titers by droplet digital PCR. Human Gene...
  15. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    Sept. 24, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ... in a single lentiviral transfer vector or separate transfer vectors. May contain reporter gene (e.g. ...Components of System Application Mammalian expression vector Promoter driving Cas9 expression can be constitutive...CRISPR elements are inserted into an AAV transfer vector and used to generate AAV particles. Transient or...Difficulty Very easy Very hard Viral delivery   Lentivirus Retrovirus AAV Cells Dividing or nondividing...
  16. Plasmids 101: Terminators and PolyA signals

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    March 31, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...terminator will suffice. Many commercial expression vectors use double terminators to reduce unwanted translation... handled with care (4). For this reason, viral vectors often employ other non-poly(A) transcript-stabilizing... Substantially Increases Expression Levels of Lentivirus-Delivered Transgenes but Has the Potential to...Expression of Transgenes  Delivered by Retroviral Vectors. Journal of Virology. 1999. PubMed PMID: 10074136...
  17. New Tool for Lineage Tracing: The ClonTracer Library

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    Sept. 22, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    .... The library consists of a pool of lentiviral vectors with roughly 73 million semi-random, 30 bp DNA ...infection. When using the ClonTracer system, lentiviruses containing these barcodes infect the target ...
  18. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    July 12, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...published a protocol and reagents for pseudotyping lentivirus with the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. They deposited...pandemic, the Krogan lab at UCSF generated lentiviral vectors expressing SARS-CoV-2 open reading frames and identified...proteins which all but one are cloned into pLVX vectors (for lentiviral packaging) and contain an IRES-...
  19. Hot Plasmids - November 2023

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    Nov. 14, 2023, 3:35 a.m.
    ...to reprogram delivery vehicles like lentiviral vectors, CreVLPs, and eVLPs for in vivo and in vitro applications... to target multiple delivery systems, such as lentivirus and MMLV gag, to specific cell types. It can ...can be fluorescently labeled. Using lentiviral vectors to stably or inducibly express tagged iPAK4 from...
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