...three different membrane-targeting flavors – PDGFR, GPI, and SGZ, to improve neuronal membrane trafficking...segment (PDGFR TMD) that anchors the sensor to the membrane and displays it on the extracellular side. In .... PDGFR is a C-terminal fusion to the PDGFR transmembrane domain in the mammalian expression pMinDisplay...glycosylphostidylinositol anchor. SGZ contains a PDGFR transmembrane domain, followed by a modified form of the cytosolic...

...Receptor: GPCRs are also known as seven-(pass)-transmembrane domain receptors, due to the seven alpha helices...helices that transverse the cellular membrane. The receptor recognizes the appropriate ligand to activate...proteins on the intracellular side of the cell membrane. Heterotrimeric G proteins are important molecular...kit at Addgene! TRUPATH: Bryan Roth’s lab also assembled a collection of plasmids to elucidate the role...DREADDs) (Roth, 2016). DREADDs were engineered from members of the human muscarinic receptor family and are...

...they hear in their classes,” she said, “but they remember the moments when they discover something new for...focused on an emerging scientific field, BioBuilder embraces new opportunities for scientific exploration, ... Lab is a fully equipped, state-of-the-art lab embedded in LabCentral’s community of innovators that opened... Blog Synthetic Biology and the Importance of Assembly Standards Synthetic Photobiology: Optogentics ...Posts Resources on Addgene.org Guide to SynBio Assembly Standards Find Plasmids for Creating and Controlling...

...cell divisions of the C. elegans embryo when all essential embryonic genes are individually depleted via...reminded of the extent that C. elegans researchers embrace open science and share resources and tools. That...flybase. microPublication is run and maintained by members of the worm community but there are Drosophila ... lab. SapTrap is a reagent toolkit and plasmid assembly line for the creation of CRISPR targeting vectors...

...Cultured rat hippocampal neuron expressing pan-membrane ASAP5. Solid blue circle marks the initiation ...via the Kv2.1 targeting motif as well as a pan-membrane construct without the Kv motif. Altogether, if...kinetics and high responsivity near the resting membrane potential, ASAP5 is a great new option. Find ASAP5...specifically binds to active (GTP-bound) Gα. Gα-YFP assembles into functional heterotrimers with endogenous ...optional accessory plasmids, the collection targets members of all four G protein families: Gs, Gi/o, Gq/11...

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...specific RNA site. The EMBO Journal, 17(17), 5201–5213. https://doi.org/10.1093/emboj/17.17.5201 del Solar...plasmid copy number. The EMBO Journal, 20(24), 7323–7332. https://doi.org/10.1093/emboj/20.24.7323 Resources...post was originally written by Jason Niehaus in December 2015 and was updated by Emily P. Bentley in June...

... place, learning something new. So how can you remember everything? Write it all down! And I mean everything...second rack in the corner freezer sounds easy to remember in the moment….but you’ll probably forget and ...going to each space in order to double-check you remember where the equipment, reagents, and samples are...to ask! Especially for those new to the bench, remember to let your bench mentor know what you don’t know...polite, appreciative, and clear about their needs. Remember, your bench mentor’s training time is time set...

...pic.twitter.com/sIIoIsIFd1 — Henry Lab (@EvoEmbryo) September 24, 2018   Xenopus tropicalis (Gary Gorbsky..., mix them in a tank, and observe the beauty of embryo development in real time. I was already a biology...nucleus and put it in a fertilized egg to get edited embryos (replacing the nucleus is still very difficult)...female mosquitoes. Now they are trying to replace embryo injection (hard to do, expensive, not every lab...

...start using. Prior experimenting with open source assembly algorithms meant that we already had a clear idea... individual steps to automate plasmid sequence assembly, and possible solutions for each in the form of...quality score analysis, k-mer counting, or sequence assembly), but the order and usage of the scripts needs...the freedom to use multiple open-source sequence assembly tools at the appropriate place in our workflow...Tower to augment our pipeline and enable our team members to automate their weekly sequencing tasks. More...

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...mutagenesis, and low throughput.       Gibson Assembly: An easy-to-use technique that joins homologous...be cloned into an expression vector with Gibson assembly. While this is a comprehensive mutagenesis method...method, a drawback to using Gibson assembly is that the longer the oligo insert used, the more likely it...especially single basepair deletions. Therefore, Gibson assembly is better suited for creating small, focused scanning...in the first digest (step 1 in above diagram). Remember that the BbvCI enzymes nick the DNA strand that...

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...and breed and they have large, easily modifiable embryos, which is ideal for observing and manipulating ...majority of studies involving axolotls focus on embryonics and biochemistry. Though limited at first, advances...humans so they are often used to study vertebrate embryology and cell development. One major resource for ...understand human disease alleles during and after embryogenesis. Addgene has over 600 plasmids that contain ... a Model Organism. News-Medical. Retrieved on September 18, 2020 from https://www.news-medical.net/life-sciences...

...By breaking the transgene into smaller pieces. Reassembly of fragmented genomes is the key to fitting large...full-expression cassette. AAV’s natural ability to reassemble fragmented genomes is the basis of several split...with both part A and part B AAVs, the fragments reassemble and produce the full-length gene. Below are overviews...Vector, Big Gene Transduction: Fragmented Genome Reassembly of Adeno-associated Virus. Molecular Therapy ...of large genes to the retina by dual AAV vectors. EMBO Mol Med 6:194–211 . https://doi.org/10.1002/emmm...

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...success, a true testament to the commitment of SITN members. SITN and DayCon Currently in its 16th year, Science...one organize a public scientific conference? As a member of the DayCon Executive Board, I was fortunate ...interactive lunch with student presenters and board members enabled attendees to engage in small group discussions...source and available on SITN’s website. 65 audience members gave up a beautiful summer Saturday to learn about...

...time, it was possible to quickly and efficiently assemble a large number of building blocks with just two... the PLoS ONE paper that introduced the kit in December, GreenGate includes the six most frequently used...Plant Transgenesis." PLoS ONE. 8(12): e83043 (20 December 2013). 2. Carola Engler et al. "A One Pot, One...Throughput Capability." PLoS ONE. 3(11): e3647 (5 November 2008).  ...

...contains the MISTIC (membrane-integrating sequence for translation of integral-membrane protein constructs...includes a special feature for difficult-to-purify membrane proteins. pCri vector pCri-13a, designed for use...protein tag. MISTIC drags tagged proteins into the membrane and may improve expression of proteins that natively...

...wanted to be able to build assemblies through covalent bonds so that the assemblies wouldn’t fall apart, even...advantage of peptide tags for building larger protein assemblies? Howarth: Peptide tags can be very generic; you...wanted to be able to build a highly multivalent assembly connected by covalent bonds, so there were no ...