Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016
Type
Blog Post
Published
Jan. 6, 2017, 3:56 p.m.
...Expression of hM4D(Gi)-mCherry from this virus is cre-dependent, meaning that once injected, the DREADD...DREADD will only be expressed in cells that express cre recombinase. Typically, this feature is used to attain...cell-specific expression in transgenic animals, where cre expression is restricted to a particular cell type...the first time, the Roth Lab recommends verifying cre expression prior to use. The lab additionally recommends...expressing cell lines, which can then be used both for screens (using pooled CRISPR knockout libraries) and individual...Secondly, you can use a LentiCas9-Blast viral prep to create a single stable Cas9-expressing cell line and then...monoclonal Cas9-expression line prior to performing a screen or even a single gene knockout.
Top AAV: pAAV-hSyn-DIO-hM4D...