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  1. Starter Guide to induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Part 2:  Reprogramming and Transdifferentiation

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    Nov. 6, 2018, 1:12 p.m.
    ...Pancreatic and duodenal homeobox gene 1 induces expression of insulin genes in liver and ameliorates streptozotocin-induced...lentiviral vectors can be used for gene delivery Resources on Addgene.org Visit our Stem Cell Pages Find...from the patient in vitro then correct the damaged gene in the resulting iPSCs before differentiating the...PMC3987909. 6. Ban, H., et al., Efficient generation of transgene-free human induced pluripotent stem cells...Mukherjee. The ultimate goal in the field of regenerative medicine is to replace lost or damaged cells...cell is converted to a different cell type for regeneration and repair and situations where one process ...plasmids used for these methods can be found on Addgene’s stem cell page. On this page, you can also find...
  2. A Practical Approach to Choosing the B(right)est Fluorescent Protein

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    June 1, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...observed in mammalian cells is to tag an endogenous gene. By imaging cells (or tissues) that produce an endogenous...fluorescent proteins or using endogenous tagged genes) can be used to verify performance under different... develops genetically encoded FRET based biosensors.     Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Which...mVenus as a reference protein is available from Addgene. Another way to dodge cellular variation observed...Amsterdam). He develops, characterizes and uses genetically encoded fluorescent probes. You can follow him... Protein Biosensors Additional Resources on Addgene.org Find Empty Backbones with Fluorescent Tags Find...
  3. Hot Plasmids - March 2019 - Anti-CRISPR, 2in1 Cloning, Fluorescent Voltage Indicators, and Photoswitchable Proteins

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    March 19, 2019, 1:31 p.m.
    ...compatible approach to simultaneously clone two genes-of-interest (GOI) into two independent expression...from a different plasmid, which may lead to unequal gene dosage and high variability of protein coexpression...    Listen to this episode of Hot Plasmids! Optogenetic control of CRISPR-Cas9 by CASANOVA Article contributed...type II CRISPR systems including the popular S. pyogenes Cas9 (Rauch et al., 2017, Hynes et al., 2017)....biological tool, Niopek and colleagues turned to optogenetics. Through the use of light-sensitive protein ... “CRISPR-Cas9 activity switching via a novel optogenetic variant of AcrIIA4.” CASANOVA responds to blue...What’s great about CASANOVA? It works with the S. pyogenes Cas9, dCas9-effector fusions, and xCas9, and requires...
  4. Hot Plasmids - May 2022

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    May 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...dCas9 and microbial SSAPs (dCas9-SSAP) which insert genes in a cleavage free manner. The dCas9-SSAP system...Fig. 3: Development of a cleavage-free dCas9-based gene editor using microbial SSAPs. Image from Wang, et...reduces the need to generate “single-use” transgenic lines. Instead, researchers can generate and maintain transgenic...each protein of interest and, for in vivo work, generate a dedicated transgenic line. Using zebrafish as... the liver.    Fig. 2: Summary of the generational evolution of the AAV capsids (left) and transduction...
  5. Plasmids 101: Sequence and Ligation Independent Cloning (SLIC)

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    Sept. 26, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...enzyme cloning uses short sticky ends to insert genes into plasmid backbones, base pairing between these...Schematic of SLIC. To start the SLIC cloning process, a gene of interest is PCR amplified to add 5′ and 3′ homology... LIC received an important update, courtesy of Addgene depositor Stephen Elledge. His new method, named...flexible. For one thing, those 5′ overhangs can be generated in several ways. One option, imprecise T4 digestion...work directly on PCR products, with 5′ overhangs generated either by annealing a mixture of products or from...regions from the target vector. 5′ overhangs can be generated by T4 polymerase (left branch); by annealing two...concentrations of insert to succeed. 5′ overhangs are generated in the linearized vector by T4 digestion; then...
  6. All in a Twist: dsRNA

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    Feb. 2, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...dissociate when gene transcription is complete. However, transcription of thousands of genes is constantly...store their genetic information. All of these viruses have one thing in common – they can generate dsRNA as... Here, we will cover how these structures are generated, why it’s important for cells to sense their formation...inherently double stranded, while ssRNA viruses can generate dsRNA intermediates as part of the viral replication...as long/short interspersed nuclear elements can generate dsRNA by bidirectional transcription or as inverted...inverted repeats. These elements are almost always epigenetically silenced, but dysregulation of these systems... ionizing radiation, can also result in dsRNA generation. While these molecules are clearly associated...
  7. It’s Bioelectric! An Exciting Interdisciplinary Field of Research

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    Oct. 29, 2019, 2:52 p.m.
    ...ion-pump encoding genes HCN1 KCNJ2 KCNJ13 GABRG1 KCNIP2 KCNQ1 Examples of some genes encoding gap junction...resources on the Addgene blog: Addgene Optogenetics guide Primer on Optogenetics blog series Addgene Biosensors... light-based genetic tools for studying bioelectricity in vivo. Here are some optogenetic and GEVI tools... Aurora and Phobos optogenetic tools - A collection of bi-stable anion optogenetic channels which can ... al. "Use of genetically encoded, light-gated ion translocators to control tumorigenesis." Oncotarget ...ion-channels and pumps in developmental biology, regeneration studies, and cancer biology. I was first introduced...affect patterning and in some cases even override genetically encoded patterning. Based upon trends in studies...
  8. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024

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    Aug. 27, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...editing, this epigenetic strategy doesn’t induce DNA damage or permanently alter a gene product; it simply...on Prime-editing-Assisted Site-Specific Integrase Gene Editing (PASSIGE), their previously-reported technique...). Efficient site-specific integration of large genes in mammalian cells via continuously evolved recombinases...optimizations for prime editing CHARM: A compact epigenetic silencer Recombinant antibodies for marking astrocytes...magnetic beads for scarce macromolecules in heterogeneous samples. bioRxiv 2024.01.21.576499; doi: https...loss. Ci Ji Lim’s lab found that adding Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) proteins, small proteins that...with ribonucleoprotein cargo. eVLPs contain no genetic material, which ensures the editor will only be...
  9. The 12 Days of CRISPR

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    Jan. 3, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...cells🎵 On the 3rd day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: dCas9-based gene editing for cleavage-free genomic... of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: Cas-E-le-ven! (Cas11)🎵 On the 10th day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me:... day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: RADAR from Gao🎵On the 8th day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: Functional...CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: updated CRISPR101 blog posts!🎵 On the 4th day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to ...let's get started!  On the 12th day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: Noninvasive assessment of gut function...Functional Genetic Variants Revealed by Massively Parallel Precise Genome Editing (CRISPEY!)🎵 On the 7th...7th day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: Drag-and-drop genome insertion, without DNA cleavage, with CRISPR-directed...
  10. Rosella: A Fluorescent pH-Biosensor for Studying Autophagy

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    April 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Alkaline phosphatase activity: In yeast, the PHO8 gene encodes a vacuolar alkaline phosphatase. Normally...GFP-tagged Atg8p or LC3: ATG8 is part of a group of genes that affect autophagy (ATG) in yeast. Atg8p (“p”...fluorescent biosensor that was recently deposited with Addgene by Dr. Mark Prescott. This system was developed...via the secretory pathway, and then cleaved to generate an active form of the protein. To monitor autophagy...Pho8Δ60 in the vacuole, where it is cleaved to generate an active enzyme. Pho8 phosphatase activity or.... cytosol, mitochondria), rather than tracking generic autophagy markers. It’s particularly useful for...mitochondria-targeted variants are available from Addgene. References 1. Rosado, C., Mijaljica, D., Hatzinisiriou...
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