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  1. Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors

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    Aug. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...neuron-specific expression (hSyn promoter) and pan-mammalian cell expression (CAG promoter). An improved version ...distinct cell subtypes for efficient expression and downstream monitoring. This targeted approach allows scientists...
  2. Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria

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    April 4, 2019, 12:53 p.m.
    ...allows for customization with strain-specific promoters, antibiotic resistance selection markers, gRNAs...nature allows for the customization of guides, promoters, selection markers, and different versions of ...trimethoprim when compared to control gRNA treated or untreated bacteria. Had the folA gene product not been..., Oren Rosenberg, and Carol Gross provides a streamlined suite of tools for using CRISPRi in many types...tri-parental mating scheme. Mobile-CRISPRi integrates downstream of the highly conserved glutamine-fructose-6-...and right Tn7 end sequences (green) integrates downstream of the glmS gene in the recipient's genome. Antibiotic...were grown in presence of trimethoprim, cultures treated with a folA gRNA were more sensitive to trimethoprim...
  3. Interview: Nicola Patron on Plant Synthetic Biology, MoClo, and More

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    June 12, 2014, 3:30 p.m.
    ...plant lab, so it includes everyone’s favorite promoters, plus a few new ones that are not used so much...know how to start. They might want to use our promoters and terminators, but then they aren’t sure how...motivates her research, the MoClo Kit she and Sylvestre Marillonnet share with the scientific community...with the Athena SWAN Charter and it has really strengthened the network of female scientists. Twitter has..., Jonathan D. G. Jones, Nicola J. Patron, and Sylvestre Marillonnet. ACS Synth. Biol., Just Accepted Manuscript...
  4. Pathways Over Time Plasmids Engage Students in Functional Genomics Research

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    May 22, 2018, 1:38 p.m.
    ... the pYES2.1 plasmid is controlled by the GAL1 promoter. The cloning procedure adds both V5 and His6 epitope...grow in the absence of methionine. Since the GAL1 promoter controls MET/Met gene expression, complementation...Associate Professor at Boston College. National reports stress the importance of providing authentic research ...
  5. PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing

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    Feb. 23, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...Addgene are perfect for expressing GFP from a given promoter, and the technique can be adapted to other transgenes...observed will be dependent on both the endogenous promoter and the 3’ UTR of the locus of interest, since...of a GFP-Puro cassette into a given locus, just upstream of a stop codon. Briefly, the PITCh vector should...since the GFP-Puro will be inserted just upstream of a stop codon. One potential concern is if the GFP-Puro...
  6. INTEGRATE: Bacterial Genome Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons

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    Dec. 7, 2020, 2:53 p.m.
    ... VchINT, three separate plasmids and multiple promoters were used to express the necessary components ...required genes and the CRISPR RNA under the same promoter, and a donor plasmid (pDonor) encodes the mini-transposon...labs (Peters et al., 2017; Klompe et al., 2019; Strecker et al., 2019), which direct RNA-guided transposition...Halpin-Healy et al., 2020). Genomic targets require an upstream 2-bp PAM sequence for recognition by QCascade;...from the donor molecule, and inserts it ~50 bp downstream of the genomic target site bound by QCascade ...structures known as cointegrates (Vo et al., 2020; Strecker et al., 2020).  CRISPR-transposons for bacterial...et al., 2019). Recently, the lab introduced a streamlined expression approach (Fig. 2A), involving two-...
  7. Deciphering the Mysteries of Behavior with Viral Vectors

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    Sept. 17, 2019, 12:40 p.m.
    ... and triggering release of the stress hormone norepinephrine to promote vigilance. A recent study investigated... "Dorsal raphe neuroinflammation promotes dramatic behavioral stress dysregulation." Journal of Neuroscience...readout for associated emotional phenomena like stress levels, but researchers have to be mindful of motivation...coeruleus (LC) is known to play a major role in the stress response circuit by integrating neuronal signalling...freezing response, a form of immobility caused by stress and fear. Such a behavior can be monitored in an... 1970s to test the efficacy of antidepressant treatment in rodents. In this test, an animal is placed ... cortical noradrenergic excitability upon acute stress." The EMBO journal 37.21 (2018). PubMed PMID: 30209240...
  8. Addgene’s Top 10 Blog Posts from 2014

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    Dec. 16, 2014, 8:01 p.m.
    ...Competent Cells By Melina Fan Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go! By Kendall Morgan Plasmids...the experts in the CRISPR/Cas field, have been extremely helpful for scientists that are looking for more...on “Making Your Own Competent Cells” has been extremely popular, generating many additional questions....
  9. A New Generation of Adenine Base Editors Improves Editing in Primary Human Cells

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    May 7, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...studies have shown that one base change in the promoter region of gamma hemoglobin (HGB1/2) leads to continuous.... ABE8 efficiently edited the fetal hemoglobin promoter and caused persistent expression of fetal hemoglobin... domain can edit the short single-stranded DNA stretch that is accessible. Image from Gaudelli et al.,...
  10. Chromoproteins: Colorful Proteins For Molecular Biology Experiments

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    Feb. 4, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ... toxin gene (regulated by a rhamnose-inducible promoter) and a chromoprotein gene. Allelic exchange occurs...it is under the control of a rhamnose-inducible promoter. The resolution step leads to the desired mutation... the loss of their symbiotic algae, during heat stress. For other organisms, like the sea anemone, scientists...
  11. Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview

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    May 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...a chimeric 5’ LTR containing a Tat-independent promoter. Although safer, this system may be more cumbersome... vectors integrate into the genome, they could promote oncogenesis by altering local gene expression. ...HIV-1 envelope. As of 2013, 65 patients had been treated with this therapy, which lowered viral load and...15(2):78-82. PubMed PMID: 23322669. 6. Genetic treatment of a molecular disorder: gene therapy approaches...
  12. Tips for Screening with Yeast Two Hybrid Systems

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    Oct. 22, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...that also contains a reporter gene cloned downstream of a promoter containing the target sequence of the ...as the “prey”) in close enough proximity to the promoter of the reporter gene to activate expression (Figure...fusion protein shown is still able to bind to the upstream activation sequence (UAS) of its target gene, ...
  13. Bacterial Toxin-antitoxin Systems as Molecular Biology Tools

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    Nov. 1, 2018, 12:35 p.m.
    .... MazF expression is under control of the AOX1 promoter whose expression is induced by methanol. Once ...luciferase-expressing plasmids to examine in vivo-induced promoters in the Vibrio cholerae vaccine strain CVD 103-...However, the sok antisense-RNA binds a sequence downstream of the mok SD resulting in a double stranded ...
  14. Synthetic Biology, Artificial Chromosomes, iGEM & More - Interview with Tom Ellis

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    Nov. 29, 2017, 2 p.m.
    ...screening direct interactions between drugs and promoters of oncogenes. He returned to academic research...Podcast features guest host and Addgene European Outreach Scientist, Benoit Giquel. Traveling from our offices...in Academia. Will it all pay off? Chapter 2: The Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation - A shared...Tom Ellis! Dr. Ellis is a lead researcher at the Centre for Synthetic Biology and Innovation, Imperial ...project. His team also investigates bacteria and extremophiles for biotechnology and has been directly involved...
  15. The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup

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    Jan. 29, 2019, 2:27 p.m.
    ...transcription by placing the aptamer downstream of a known promoter. Addgene’s Plasmids 101: Aptamer Fluorophores... RNA Polymerase III. By expressing Corn under promoters for transcripts uniquely transcribed by RNA Polymerase...for imaging in live cells. By placing Spinach downstream of a riboswitch, metabolite binding to the riboswitch...ability to track RNA dynamics in a model of Fragile-X tremor/ataxia syndrome (Strack et al., 2013). Since then...
  16. CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide

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    Aug. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Cas9 would have an off-target that lands in the promoter of another gene, thereby driving aberrant transcription... said, we generally pick guides by putting the promoter of the gene into a gRNA finder such as WU-CRISPR...targeting the guides to a region less than 200 bp upstream of TSS for best results but up to 400 bp works...10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.029 Konermann S, Brigham MD, Trevino AE, Joung J, Abudayyeh OO, Barcena C, Hsu PD, Habib...
  17. Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing

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    March 27, 2018, 1:32 p.m.
    ...the targeting vector is inserted downstream of a functional promoter (gene traps). The resultant gene ...pAAV-TK-Acceptor has a conventional heterologous promoter-driven TK-neoR gene. To modify these tagging vectors...pAAV-SEPT-Acceptor, the preferred vector, contains a promoterless splice acceptor-IRES-neoR gene, which enhances...AAV preps generally used for gene editing are low titre, and are therefore able to infect only a small subset...
  18. Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains

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    Nov. 7, 2014, 2:56 p.m.
    ...your plasmid – you carefully selected the optimal promoter for your gene of interest, painstakingly cloned...Plasmids 101 Posts: Origin of Replication The Promoter Region – Let's Go! Mammalian Vectors Looking ..., and may have even put a fluorescent protein downstream, separated by an IRES element. You did a lot ...subunit S12 of 30S ribosome Confers resistance to streptomycin Tn10   Confers resistance to tetracycline ...galK rpsL (StrR) endA1 nupG fhuA::IS2 DB3.1 Streptomycin  HB101 derivative. For propagating plasmids ...lacY1 proA2 rpsL20(Smr) xyl5 Δleu mtl1 DH10B Streptomycin MC1061 derivative. General cloning and storage...lacZYA-argF)U169, hsdR17(rK- mK+), λ– HB101 Streptomycin Hybrid of E. coli K12 and E. coli B (mostly ...
  19. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    April 13, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...following changes. In pCas9, we 1) replaced the promoter of gRNA-pMB1 with PrhaB, 2) changed the replicon...pCutamp cures the plasmids by targeting the ampR promoter in all three plasmids. pCutamp is then removed... B strains, 1 E. coli W strain, and 1 Tatumella citrea, with a total of 70 sites edited. We optimized ...
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