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  1. Antibiotic Resistance: An Old Solution but a New Problem

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...transfer’. Resistance can also arise from random mutations in the genetic sequence that happen to be beneficial... if some didn’t develop, either through random mutation or horizontal gene transfer, means to defend themselves...effective drug targets (ones that are less likely to mutate or change in order for the bacterium to survive...
  2. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...fluorescent tag or the introduction of a specific mutation, one generally relies on homology directed repair...experimental conditions used, led to no detectable mutations (Veres et al., 2014). When working with single-cell...Musunuru K (2014) Low Incidence of Off-Target Mutations in Individual CRISPR-Cas9 and TALEN Targeted Human...
  3. When Fidelity Matters: A frank discussion about ligase fidelity

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    Blog Post
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    March 6, 2018, 1:49 p.m.
    ...Electrochemiluminescent assay for detection of extremely rare mutations based on ligase reaction and bead enrichment."...direct identification of allelic composition of mutated DNA in a mixed population of excess wild‐type DNA...probe for the detection of low-abundance point mutations." Analytical chemistry 86.1 (2013): 900-906. PubMed...
  4. Cancer and the Immune System: Deciphering the Relationship

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    Blog Post
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    March 14, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...vasculature to feed themselves, use the blood stream to commute to and invade multiple organs, and most importantly..., tumor penetration, inadequate concentration, mutation of cell surface targets by tumor cells, are a ...the most important: How will cancers evolve and mutate based on the immunotherapeutics we use on them?...
  5. CRISPR 101: Cytosine and Adenine Base Editors

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    Blog Post
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    Feb. 13, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ...being able to specify and correct single-base mutations without introducing DSBs at all. Base editing ...properties of the individual Cas9. They also mutagenized the cytidine deaminase portion of the base editor...are smaller and less likely to cause off-target mutations than those derived from naturally occurring cytidine...
  6. Your Top Requested Plasmid in 2016!

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    Blog Post
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    Jan. 11, 2017, 8:47 p.m.
    ... V2.0 from it's predecessor, which had a point mutation in the puromycin resistance gene that made it ...less effective in certain cell lines. This point mutation has been corrected in V2.0. pSpCas9(BB)-2A-Puro...
  7. What's the Best Way to Elute and Store Your Plasmid DNA?

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    Blog Post
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    June 4, 2020, 1:22 p.m.
    ...repaired by base excision repair, but can lead to mutations in single stranded DNA undergoing replication....endA negative, meaning the gene has been removed/mutated to neutralize the nuclease activity. For strains...
  8. Running for Rare Disease, Running for FOP, Running for AJ

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 15, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...disease typically caused by a single R206H point mutation on the receptor ACVR1. ACVR1 triggers appropriate...regeneration in healthy patients. However, the R206H mutation makes ACVR1 responsive to members of the ubiquitous...
  9. CRISPR/Cas9 FAQs Answered!

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    Blog Post
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    March 13, 2014, 4:08 p.m.
    ...the introduction of a mutation into the genome, how can cells with that mutation be selected/screened?...
  10. Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance Genes

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    Blog Post
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    Jan. 30, 2014, 3:29 p.m.
    ...inactivates the gene and acts as a marker for the mutation. When designing these types of experiments it ...not to use the same resistance cassette for the mutation and for plasmid selection. Additionally, scientists...
  11. Plasmids 101: TOPO Cloning

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 27, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... Blog Perform Site Directed Mutagenesis by PCR Use REPLACR Mutatgenesis to Easily Generate Insertion ...
  12. Even more elegant: Single injection CRISPR/Cas9 in C. elegans

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    Blog Post
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    July 7, 2015, 3:36 p.m.
    ...Other labs have used PCR-based screening to detect mutants, but this method limits screening to a few hundred...other genome modifications, including targeted mutations. SEC-based systems may prove effective in other...
  13. Another Pathway into Cells: iTOP

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    Blog Post
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    June 23, 2015, 8:37 p.m.
    ...toxin, indicating a 70% frequency of biallelic mutations. Importantly, hESCs retained their stemness, indicating... remove the risk of viral integration causing mutations and gene expression changes elsewhere in the genome...
  14. K. phaffii: Rising to the Occasion

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    Blog Post
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    April 4, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...the preferred pathway for generating knock-in mutations, and NHEJ is an error-prone pathway frequently...frequently introducing frameshift knockout mutations. Thus, if genetic manipulation one way or the other (knock-in...
  15. Multiplexed Overexpression of Regulatory Factors (MORF) collection

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    Blog Post
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    March 30, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...example, very few diseases manifest as a single mutation or expression dysregulation event. Diseases are...multiple layers of dysregulation from either genetic mutation and/or TF dysregulation. A targeted TF screening...
  16. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferase

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    Blog Post
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    June 24, 2014, 3:59 p.m.
    ...enhancers and untranslated regions, or the effect of mutations of these regulatory elements on gene expression...expression. The regulatory element (wild-type or mutant) is cloned upstream of the luciferase gene in the plasmid...
  17. Hot Plasmids - May 2022

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    Blog Post
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    May 26, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...long sequences with reduced risks of unwanted mutations in mammalian cells. Long sequences traditionally...traditionally have higher risks of off-target mutations. These plasmids contain catalytically inactive dCas9 and...
  18. Plasmids 101: Screening Strategies Used in Plasmid Cloning

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    Sept. 15, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...non-functional 𝛽-galactosidase. Complementing this mutation by expressing this deleted portion, for example...custom primers are especially helpful in verifying mutations that wouldn't be reached by sequencing from either...
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