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... best bet is the Plasmid Map: We auto-generate a plasmid map based off of the plasmid sequence and feature...colleagues. Top of the plasmid page The ‘breadcrumb’ trail at the top of any plasmid page gives the hierarchy... to the individual plasmid page. The depositing lab page contains all the plasmids from the same lab while...contains all the plasmids deposited from the same publication. Next up, we have the plasmid name: This is...other plasmids with similar names in the collection, but you can use this name to find this plasmid from...A quicker way to find this plasmid through search is... The Addgene plasmid number: This is the unique... given to every plasmid in our catalog - if you know the catalog number of the plasmid you are searching...

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...Cas9’s second HNH endonuclease domain. Cpf1 cleaves DNA in a staggered pattern and requires only one RNA ...Francisella Cpf1 (FnCpf1), they employed an E. coli plasmid depletion assay to discover FnCpf1’s PAM sequence...system." Cell (2015). PubMed PMID: 26422227. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Zetsche,....1 (2016): 31-34. PubMed PMID: 27918548. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 3. Kim, Daesik...Biotechnol. (2016). PubMed PMID: 27272384 Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Kleinstiver...Biotechnol. (2016). PubMed PMID: 27347757. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Makarova, Kira...PMID: 26411297. Resources at Addgene Find CRISPR plasmids at Addgene Read Addgene's CRISPR Resource Guide...