We narrowed to 839 results for: LEA
-
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 31, 2018, 12:55 p.m....AAVs do not integrate in the host genome but still lead to long-term (>10 years) transgene expression in...development. As a result, Luk Vandenberghe and colleagues at MEEI co-founded a non-profit to help push ...
-
AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 28, 2017, 2:01 p.m....target the CNS or the PNS, respectively. Read on to learn more about these two new AAV capsids and how they... Blog Important considerations when using AAVs Learn more about using AAV as a tool for gene expression... -
MXS Chaining
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m....TagBFP 399nm/ 456nm histone 2B (H2B) Chromatin 2 Cerulean 433nm/ 475nm Lyn-tag (derived from the tyrosine-protein...on the Addgene Blog Read about Gibson Assembly Learn About Other Plasmid Cloning Techniques Plasmids ... -
INTEGRATE: Bacterial Genome Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 7, 2020, 2:53 p.m....VchINT does not recruit other nucleases (such as Cas3) or have its own nuclease activity. Instead, it forms... -
Don’t FRET: Bimolecular Fluorescence Complementation Makes Visualizing Protein-Protein Interactions Easy
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 27, 2020, 1:15 p.m....overexpression of fusion proteins it requires can lead to aberrant subcellular localization of the studied... and neurodegeneration. He now spends his time learning and writing about science whenever he's not off... -
Deep Dive: Fixing and Permeabilizing for Immunofluorescence
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 30, 2022, 1:15 p.m....step may not be necessary. In fact, you may get cleaner results by not permeabilizing as you’ll prevent...interacts with cholesterol in cell membranes and leaves many membrane-associated proteins in place. In ... -
Great Results Start with Great Standard Curves
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 15, 2024, 1:15 p.m....called a standard. The ideal standard curve has at least five dilutions, with each step of the series diluted...good” is my standard curve? A poor standard curve leads to over or underestimation of an unknown sample’... -
Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m....After uncoating, reverse transcription follows the release of the two strands of viral RNA and of the viral...genome can direct the production, packaging, and release of progeny viral particles. And there you have ... -
CRISPR Antimicrobials
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m....antimicrobials using efficiently-delivered RNA-guided nucleases.” Nature Biotechnol. 32(11): 1141-5. (2014). PubMed... Bikard, David, et al. “Exploiting CRISPR-Cas nucleases to produce sequence-specific antimicrobials.” ... -
New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m....CRISPR-based activation? To summarize, CRISPRa uses a nuclease-dead variant of Cas9 (dCas9) and engineered combinations...understand isoform-specific gene regulation — at least, more straightforward than generating cDNA for each... -
Supporting Reproducibility with a Connected ELN
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 17, 2019, 1:38 p.m....easy to export data from the ELN directly into at least one and preferably more than one of these five general...other side of the pond through interacting with colleagues in Edinburgh. You can follow Rory on Twitter ... -
CRISPR-mediated Plant Base Editors
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 3, 2019, 1:35 p.m....base in genomic DNA without double-stranded DNA cleavage." Nature 533.7603 (2016): 420. PubMed PMID: 27096365...editing of A• T to G• C in genomic DNA without DNA cleavage." Nature 551.7681 (2017): 464. PubMed PMID: 29160308... -
Hot Plasmids - November 2023
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 14, 2023, 3:35 a.m....ticker tape By Brian O’Neill The Cohen lab and colleagues recently created a system for recording the transcriptional...Application section of the Addgene antibody page, and learn more about the whole-brain reference atlas efforts... -
Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 21, 2024, 1:30 p.m....embryogenesis (Figure 3). mScarlet-I3 also offered clearer signals due to reduced background signal when tested... gene. Lastly, curing the mCherry-sgRNA plasmid leaves an edited strain carrying Cas9 to allow the introduction... -
New Acoustic Reporter Genes: Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression
TypeBlog PostPublishedJan. 24, 2023, 2:15 p.m....containing glucose and L-arabinose at 37oC for at least 12 hours, or at lower temperatures for longer. Cultures... induction of expression… but longer expression leads to greater amount of gas vesicles and increased ... -
Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 27, 2018, 1:09 p.m....only 20 amino acids and 3 stop codons to encode leaving 41 codons unaccounted for. The result is redundancy...organism. So what are the evolutionary constraints that lead to these preferences and what can we do about them... -
AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 15, 2017, 3 p.m.... viral vector preparation protocol, and we are pleased to report that over 95% of viral capsids in representative...Resources on Addgene.org Find All Available AAV Learn More about Virus Production Find Viral Vector Protocols... -
Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 9, 2015, 3:29 p.m....optimization within your experiment. Read on to learn more about the various controls that can be used...biological controls is independence: at the very least you should repeat your whole experiment from start... -
Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 23, 2018, 12:05 p.m....loop-structure (Querido and Chartrand, 2008). Finally, a nuclease-deficient Cas9 can bind loci in the genome that...interfere with the function of the protein. This is clearly the case when proteins undergo post-translational... -
March for Science
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 21, 2017, 2:30 p.m....governments exist in reality and science is how we learn about reality. Formally, a government can be defined...public discourse, many scientists have chosen to leave the lab and march. Unintended consequences While...