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  1. Improved Plasmid Maps Powered by SnapGene

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    June 29, 2017, 1:06 p.m.
    ...features such as antibiotic resistance genes, selectable markers, promoters, origins, tags, and certain...location in the plasmid and then a second location to select the sequence between the two locations and send... two separate locations in the linear sequence selects the sequence between the two locations and sends...
  2. Expanding the Targeting Scope and Editing Efficiency of Adenine Base Editors

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    March 17, 2020, 1:32 p.m.
    ...Phage-Assisted Non-Continuous Evolution (PANCE) selection systems to engineer better and faster ABEs (Fig...protein evolution through many rounds of mutations, selection, and replications per day.  The PACE and PANCE...less overall dilution and less stringent phage selection. Figure 2: Phage-assisted evolution of...
  3. Hot Plasmids - May 2022

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    May 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...by allowing the user to select for variants that infect the CNS while selecting against those that also... which one applies both positive and negative selective pressures for novel capsids. In a continuation...
  4. Antibodies 101: Monoclonal Antibodies

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    June 29, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...cultured in a special medium called HAT. This medium selects against unfused myeloma cells and antibody-producing...producing the most specific antibodies. Finally, the selected hybridoma is expanded as a clonal population (...experimental results. When you are originally selecting a hybridoma, you can choose one that produces ...
  5. Protein Tagging with CRISPR/Cas9: A Conversation with Mendenhall and Myers

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    July 28, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...repair donor plasmid with homology arms and a selection marker. If things work correctly, the second plasmid...antibiotic resistance to neomycin so that you can select the population of cells with the tagged transcription...adapt these vectors for use with their favorite selection cassette. They could also switch from FLAG to ...
  6. Technical Design of a Western Blot

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    Aug. 22, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...type you select, don’t forget to save a lane for your standards (ladder). You’ll want to select a pre-stained...categories: protein-based and chemical-based. Before selecting one, check your antibody information. Many antibodies...The Basics of Western BlottingAntibodies 101: Selecting the Right AntibodyAntibodies 101: Secondary Antibodies...
  7. Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein: Aggregation Tendency

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    June 15, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...this series described a practical approach to selecting a bright fluorescent protein and a photostable...third post of this series, we will discuss how to select a non-aggregating fluorescent protein. In the jellyfish...of interest before starting your experiments.  Selecting a non-oligomerizing protein A fluorescent protein...
  8. 5 Tips for Troubleshooting Viral Transductions

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    Aug. 11, 2016, 2:23 p.m.
    ...infected with this virus, and therefore, will be selectable with the antibiotic whose resistance gene is ... encoded in the viral vector. This antibiotic selection can be performed approximately 72 hours after ...–50% of the packaging cells after 1–3 days of selection. A lower percentage of surviving cells may be ...
  9. xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility

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    March 28, 2018, 6:52 p.m.
    .... used phage-assisted evolution to generate and select for Cas9 mutants with PAM flexibility. In this ...mutation of the gene of interest. They created a selection phage (SP) to carry catalytically dead SpCas9 ... made to Cas9. It is a pleasant surprise that selecting for one beneficial trait, PAM compatibility, also...
  10. Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 1: Getting Started with Flies

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    July 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ... translucent bodies. This is the ideal stage to select for females because you can be certain that they...Using various markers (more on that below), you can select for progeny with the correct genotype for further...extremely effective. Their Snapdragon tool helps you select primers to synthesize RNA for gene silencing. Additionally...
  11. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021

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    May 18, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...antibody candidates underwent affinity screening to select for slow off-rate binders. The best candidates ...Jordane Dimidschsteind lab provide expression selectively in Parvalbumin containing cortical interneurons...have expanded our recombinase-dependent virus selection to now include Flp-dependent DREADDs viral vectors...
  12. The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens

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    Feb. 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...to cells of interest. Select for cells of interest (positive or negative selection). Next-generation sequencing...many mouse tissues. This will help improve your selection pool for downstream NGS and means you can use ...
  13. PRIDICT: Predicting Efficiencies of Prime Editing Guide RNAs

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    June 25, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...prime editing performance, we suggest that users select some of the best designs (e.g., top 5) and test..., 2019). PRIDICT saves time and resources by selecting the most promising pegRNA designs and especially...edited based on its chromatin environment. After selecting the best pegRNA design with PRIDICT/PRIDICT2.0...
  14. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    Sept. 24, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...effectively achieved with different CRISPR components. Select the appropriate CRISPR tools for your application...GFP) to identify and enrich positive cells or a selection marker to generate stable cell lines. Transient... and enrich positive cells. Likely contains a selection marker to generate stable cell lines. Packaging...
  15. Deep Dive: Fixing and Permeabilizing for Immunofluorescence

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    Aug. 30, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...in membranes and permeabilize non-selectively. This non-selectivity is helpful when trying to pass tough-to-permeabilize...portion of a protein. B) Permeabilizing with the selective detergent, saponin, keeps membrane-associated ...
  16. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    July 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m.
    ...relatively straightforward to use CRISPRa to selectively target these different transcriptional start ...individually. To highlight this advantage, they selected the immediate-early gene Bdnf, which encodes brain-derived...be preferable for individual gene activation in select in vitro and in vivo applications, the tools described...
  17. The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9

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    Aug. 20, 2020, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Keith Joung’s lab performed a series of positive selection screens in bacteria to identify mutants of S. ...T1337R NGCG The D1135E variant is far more selective for the canonical S. pyogenes PAM sequence NGG...indicating that the variants are likely just as selective as wild-type SpCas9. These VQR, EQR and VRER SpCas9...
  18. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    Aug. 18, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    .... Directed evolution techniques mimic natural selection of sequences that evolve a measurable property...and large scale.  This new technique involves selection in the cytosol (instead of on the yeast extracellular...tested different target sequences for improved selectivity and found that the best motif was from the Lck...
  19. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    April 13, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...non-temperature-sensitive replicon, and 3) added the sacB gene for counterselection to yield pEcCas. In pTargetF, we replaced ... to generate pEcgRNA. The ccdB serves as a counterselection marker and will be replaced by the sgRNA targeting... plasmids. pCutamp is then removed by sacB counterselection.  The MUCICAT toolkit includes versions of...
  20. CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors

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    April 1, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...addition to A → C and A → T activity. To drive selective A → T editing, they co-expressed Polη, a translesion...introduce T → C and T → G edits, though with limited selectivity between those outcomes, with an average efficiency...This distinct approach means researchers can now select the best tool for their application from among ...
  21. Twenty Years of Sharing: Addgene's Viral Vector Service

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    July 30, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...them. We’ve recently revamped our viral vector selection process to standardize our feedback and evaluation...their own systems. Browsing the Data Hub before selecting an AAV can help a researcher make a more informed...choice on which AAV to request and/or save time in selecting experimental conditions. Sharing our experiences...
  22. CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?

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    Oct. 13, 2022, 1:45 p.m.
    ... interest. This gives you loads of sequences to select from - in many cases several exons’ worth of DNA... have a Cas9! What do i do next? Designing or selecting a sgRNA Addgene may carry a validated sgRNA for...need to generate a new sgRNA for your experiment, select from a variety of empty sgRNA vectors and design...
  23. CRISPR 101: Validating Your Genome Edit

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    Nov. 3, 2022, 12:15 p.m.
    ...for transfected cells by flow sorting or drug selection, assuming your reagents are amenable to this. .... If delivery isn’t an issue, you may need to select an alternative gRNA. Make sure to check out our validated...algorithms and integration into the guide RNA selection tool CRISPOR. (2016) Genome Biol 17: https://doi.org...
  24. Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetic Tools

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    June 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...controlling GPCR activation have been developed to selectively study individual types of GPCRs with greater ...considerations for using optogenetic tools Once you’ve selected the class of tool appropriate for your experiment...Channelrhodopsin-2, a directly light-gated cation-selective membrane channel. Proceedings of the National ...
  25. Antibodies 101: Multiplex Immunofluorescence

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    May 23, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...under CC-BY 4.0 license.   Selecting your antibodies When selecting antibodies for multiplexed IF,...depending on your specific experimental design. Like selecting an antibody, some of the requirements are similar...
  26. Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)

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    March 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...blast. A549 cells were transduced (MOI = 37) and selected with 1 µg/mL blasticidin for 9 days. Single cells...expanded for an additional 3 weeks under blasticidin selection. Anti-Cas9 Western blotting was performed on whole-cell... gRNA delivery  Overview: In practice you would select the Cas9 line that’s “most efficient at editing...
  27. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins

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    April 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ... PS-CFP2 (see Table 1). Table 1: Properties of Selected Irreversible Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins...imaging with green PA-FPs. Table 2: Properties of Selected Reversible Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins...Lippincott-Schwartz. "A photoactivatable GFP for selective photolabeling of proteins and cells." Science ...
  28. Prime Editing: Adding Precision and Flexibility to CRISPR Editing

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    Jan. 13, 2025, 9:49 p.m.
    ...impose different constraints and affect how you select and design your prime editing tools. Here, we’ll...intermediate, and the MutSα–MutLα complex may either selectively excise the edited DNA flap or prevent it from...possible. Figure 2: Decision tree for selecting a PE6 variant. PE = prime editor; RTT = reverse...
  29. Activate Addgene's "Find Plasmids" Badge on Pubmed Abstracts

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    May 12, 2017, 12:58 p.m.
    ...image to the right). Once on the “Filters” page, select the category “LinkOut” and search for “Addgene”...Addgene Nonprofit plasmid repository” choice. This selection should populate your “PubMed filter list” to the...
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