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  1. R Bodies: Membrane-Rupturing Microscopic Tools

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    April 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...find R body mutants that couldn’t extend at a normal pH and later realized that these mutations clustered...demonstrated that R bodies can be “tuned” with mutagenesis to extend at different pH values. Using a screen...see figure to the right), we identified R-body mutants that extend at both lower and higher pH. We initially...in a particular region of the R-body. Further mutatgenesis of this region produced R-bodies that could ...Plasmids expressing expressing both wild type and mutant R bodies can be found at Addgene here. What can...
  2. Plasmids 101: Screens vs. Selections

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    Nov. 10, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ... and reverse screens involve manipulating or mutagenizing a population (typically cells or small organisms... methods of manipulation are genetic knockout mutations and treatment with small molecules/drugs. With...with a uniform population possessing a specific mutation or phenotype. For example, a drug screen may be... performed on a cell line possessing a patient mutation to assess how patients may respond to drug treatment...lowering the culture temperature to exacerbate a mutant phenotype, very similar to enhancer/suppressor ...survive as these must have acquired a favorable mutation. But if the cellular pathway of interest conveys...
  3. A New Generation of Adenine Base Editors Improves Editing in Primary Human Cells

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    May 7, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...efficient. Informed by these mutations and previously described TadA mutations (Gaudelli et al., 2017), they...withstand antibiotic selection. As a result, 8 mutations in TadA could create all three edits and were ...placeholder for the number that identifies the mutation in the evolved TadA domain. Because ABE7.10 contains...therapy approaches can use base editors to correct mutations in stem cells and return the corrected cells back...tested ABE8.17-m and found that one base change mutation (ABE8.17-m+V106W) (Gaudelli et al., 2020) was ...
  4. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021

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    May 18, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...preps Mapping antibody escape in SARS-CoV-2 by mutational scanning By Seth Kasowitz As multiple antibody-based...coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus may acquire mutations to escape these therapeutics. Jesse Bloom’s lab... library encompassing all possible amino acid mutations of the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the viral...et al Cell., 2020. (B) Mapping antibody-escape mutations with the yeast display library. From Starr et ...antibodies. In the library, each plasmid encodes the mutated spike protein and a barcode, and is designed so...The Bloom lab used the library to identify RBD mutations which do not interfere with ACE2 binding, but ...
  5. Delivery Methods for Generating iPSCs

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    April 17, 2018, 1:37 p.m.
    ...Efficient and Stable Genome integration Insertional mutagenesis, transgene reactivation, residual expression ...Efficient and Stable Genome integration Insertional mutagenesis, residual expression piggyBac Excisible Medium...sequence cells to verify excision didn’t introduce mutations Adenovirus Non-integrating Low Medium Generates...generating methods due to the risk of insertional mutagenesis. Random integration also creates heterogeneous...Finally, retroviruses are prone to insertional mutagenesis and random integration creates variation between...because they are less likely to cause insertional mutagenesis, adenoviral vectors are considered a safer way...These methods eliminate the risk of insertional mutagenesis, the presence of a genetic scar, and incomplete...
  6. Evolution of Lab Techniques

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    June 21, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...particular gene mutation, southern blotting can be used to identify the presence of that mutated gene. In southern...the presence of the mutated β globin gene that causes sickle cell anemia. The mutation happens to destroy...the probe (for example, has the sequence of the mutated gene the researcher is searching for), then the...southern blotting being used to identify a gene mutation is the genetic test used for sickle cell anemia...
  7. Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing

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    March 27, 2018, 1:32 p.m.
    ... introduce naturally occurring cancer-causing mutations into the endogenous allele of the STAG2 tumor ... introducing non-sequence specific frameshift mutations through aberrant double strand break repair, it...epitope tags, or the introduction of dominant mutations of a gene into the endogenous allele in cultured...template to mouse zygotes and thereby correct a mutation that causes Hemophilia B. Unfortunately, work ...segregation in human cells harboring tumor-derived mutations in STAG2." PLoS genetics 12.2 (2016): e1005865...using adeno-associated virus (AAV)." Chromosomal Mutagenesis. Humana Press, New York, NY, 2015. 75-103. PubMed...
  8. Editor's Choice, August 2016

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    Sept. 2, 2016, 1:32 p.m.
    ...optimize and troubleshoot the system. Site Directed Mutagenesis by PCR & Single Base Editing with CRISPR For ...personal experience, is a quick way to generate many mutated plasmid constructs. The second post was contributed...specificity issues, and other means of generating mutations in live cells are all discussed further in this...technology may make some uses of Site Directed Mutagenesis by PCR obsolete! Honorable mentions Of course... in chronological order here: Site Directed Mutagenesis by PCR Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions...
  9. CASTing Off for New Shores in Human Genome Editing

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    June 10, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...over (with a little mutagenic assistance). Quicker CAST activity allowed certain mutated phages to outcompete...Witte et al., 2025). The best evoCAST featured 20 mutations in TnsB, the subunit that catalyzes DNA insertion...therapy, highly tailored treatments to specific mutations require individualized optimizations, safety testing...intervention for a variety of loss-of-function mutants could provide a streamlined, one-size-fits-most...
  10. CRISPR 101: Drug discovery and CRISPR

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    May 4, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...knock-ins of patient mutations which are variants of unknown significance – mutations with unclear effects...with defined, straightforward causes (a specific mutation in a known gene = disease onset) may be best served...accessible, fast, and easy. In cases where the mutational basis of a disease is known – repeat expansion...CRISPR could even be used to generate patient mutations and then test both individual and combinatorial...
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