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  1. Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors

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    Feb. 25, 2014, 7:11 p.m.
    ...yet they still share many of the same technical advantages that come with working with prokaryotes. This...primarily pertains to ORIs in budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae; however, we’ve also noted some features...required for the replication of fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, vectors at the end.) In a previous...
  2. Visualizing Translation at the Single Molecule Level

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    Aug. 1, 2017, 1:15 p.m.
    ...contains 24 copies of SunTag, a synthetic scaffold that can recruit GFP fused to the SunTag-specific antibody...Imaging by Coat protein Knock-off) instead takes advantage of the ribosome’s movement. When the ribosome ...Using translation inhibitors cycloheximide and puromycin, Halstead et al. verified that translation is ...indicating translational repression. During later stages, single RFP-labeled osk and Oskar protein were ...scFv. Each time the reporter is translated, the SunTag sites on the nascent polypeptide recruit scFV-GFP..., as the authors of these papers did. Since the SunTag-based system tethers mRNAs to the plasma membrane...Additional Resources the Addgene Blog Learn More about SunTag Catch up on Your GFP Background Choose the Brightest...
  3. Hot Plasmids Spring 2024

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    May 23, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Voltron2 voltage sensors By Brian O’Neill New viral vector preps expressing the Voltron2 voltage indicator...-2 research New viral vector preps of Voltron2 voltage sensors AAV vectors for targeting microglia The... vectors for CROPseq-multi using selection by Puromycin, Zeocin®, or nuclear expression of BFP2.   ...earlier Voltron indicators (a fusion of Ace2N and HaloTag, Figure 4), they determined that an A122D mutation...ratio and better ability to record subthreshold voltage fluctuations, while having high fidelity during...neurons. The same A-to-D mutation in the related voltage indicator Ace2N-mNeon also led to similar improvements...negative-going sensors (with fluorescent signal at baseline voltage), the investigators found that administering these...
  4. xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility

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    March 28, 2018, 6:52 p.m.
    ...NGAG and NGCG and SaCas9 with an NNGRRN PAM by mutagenizing the PAM-interacting domain. However, these alternative...mutants with PAM flexibility. In this system, the mutagenesis plasmid (MP6) permits quick, large-scale mutation...recognizing multiple PAMs should have a fitness advantage over proteins with single PAM recognition. ...bacteria where cleavage leads to the loss of spectinomycin resistance. xCas9 3.7 showed the broadest PAM...cell population measured with NGS) are shown as percentages, with fold changes compared to SpCas9 in parentheses...
  5. CRISPR 101: Non-Homologous End Joining

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    April 16, 2015, 3:45 p.m.
    ...Wyatt and Dale Ramsden, UNC at Chapel Hill. One advantage to using the CRISPR/Cas system for genome engineering...Persistence of a Chromosome Break Diminishes Its Mutagenic Potential. PLoS Genet 5:e1000683 . https://doi.org...End-Joining Strategy for Efficient Genome Editing in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. mBio 11: . https://doi.org/10.1128...
  6. What's New in CRISPR - March 2020

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    March 10, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...that controls repression of gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The system consists of dCas9, the... 2: The components of Casilio-ME1. Image from Taghbalout et al., 2019. Fusing epigenetic modifiers...
  7. What the HEK?

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    April 18, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...HEKs. These systems built around HEKs offer an advantage to use the cell line and we will highlight some...cell lines are susceptible to contamination by mycoplasma and bacteria, but HEKs are also particularly ...
  8. CRISPR 101: Cytosine Transversion Editors

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    March 25, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...have scientists solved this problem? By taking advantage of repair pathways within the cell — in some cases...Created with BioRender.com. Base editors take advantage of this single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) region, using...In addition to using a new UNG ortholog from Mycobacterium smegmatis, termed UdgX, they found three proteins... aspiring genetic editors can now compare the advantages of base editing and prime editing, an alternative...
  9. Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria

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    April 4, 2019, 12:53 p.m.
    ...the human gut bacteria B. thetaiotaomicron, Mycobacterium, Pseudomonas, and E. coli. However, many non-model...for CRISPRi transfer Mobile-CRISPRi offers two advantages over existing bacterial CRISPRi methods. First...
  10. Tips from the Repository Trenches: Using Barcodes to Track Samples

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    Oct. 6, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...majority of plasmids contain either an ampicillin or kanamycin resistance gene. Every step along the way involves...and prepare fresh media with antibiotics at each stage. The barcodes and LIMS help us track each sample...
  11. Advanced Uses of Cre-lox and Flp-FRT - A Neuroscientist’s View

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    Oct. 19, 2017, 1:54 p.m.
    ...Properties of FLP Recombinase Evolved by Cycling Mutagenesis.” Nature biotechnology 16(7): 657–62. PubMed ...Sadowski. 1985. “The FLP Recombinase of the Saccharomyces Cerevisiae 2 Micron Plasmid Attaches Covalently...
  12. CRISPR 101: Homology Directed Repair

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    Jan. 26, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ... chromosomal aberrations. Pfeiffer P, et al. Mutagenesis (2000). PubMed. Multiple Pathways of Recombination...Recombination Induced by Double-Strand Breaks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Paques F and Haber JE. Microbiology...
  13. Plasmids 101: Repressible Promoters

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    Dec. 20, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...GAL4 gene downstream of a tissue- or developmental stage-specific promoter and design a UAS reporter construct...genes for metabolic engineering applications in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.” FEMS Yeast Res. 12(2) (2012): 197...
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