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  1. With Our New Viral Service, We're Taking CRISPR Further!

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    Dec. 6, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...EGFP can be used as positive controls for gene editing or gene activation, while the BRAF and MAP3K4 gRNAs...provide the Brunello (targeting human genes) and Brie (targeting mouse genes) pooled libraries from the labs...editing. You can also enhance expression of your gene of interest with a variety of Cas9 activators available...pooled gRNA libraries that can be used to screen for genes involved in a wide variety of cellular processes...80,000 gRNAs to target around 20,000 individual genes. We provide enough lentivirus for you to both perform...and member of the Addgene Advisory Board) says: "When you're setting up to do a genetic screen, you need... are members of the Addgene Advisory Board. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog Get the Most from...

  2. Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells

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    Sept. 26, 2019, 12:50 p.m.
    ...alternative method for generating transgenic mice strains and for non-invasive in vivo gene editing. The bottom...repression, transgenic mouse line creation, and in vivo gene editing of mice, with the potential to be used for... Primary cells are often refractory to gene delivery methods, but the researchers was able to edit hiPSCs... stimulation, respectively. Primary cell type Gene targeted by guide Editing efficiency hiPSCs  EMX1...cells when using a gRNA targeting the Fto gene, while editing was not detected in cells electroporated with... used Nanoblades to disrupt the tyrosinase (Tyr) gene in mouse zygotes, which results in albinism in mice....  Nanoblades can also be used to non-invasively gene edit the liver of adult mice. When mice were IV ...

  3. Open Resources and Plasmid Tools For Studying C. elegans

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    July 18, 2019, 12:55 p.m.
    ...toolkits available at Addgene.  C. elegans open resources The C. elegans Neuronal Gene Expression Map & Network...expression of your gene of interest.  SapTrap Tool Kit for CRISPR Cas9 edits At Addgene, we have the entire...-throughput CRISPR/Cas9 gene modification in Caenorhabditis elegans." Genetics 202.4 (2016): 1277-1288... The CeNGEN goal is to establish a comprehensive gene expression atlas of every C.elegans  neuron. Scientists... C. elegans embryo when all essential embryonic genes are individually depleted via RNA interference (...based bipartite expression system that can regulate gene expression in C.elegans. In this system a promoter...that can bind to activation sequences upstream of genes to stimulate expression (Wang et al., 2016). In ...

  4. Plasmids 101: Terminators and PolyA signals

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    March 31, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Plasmids designed to express genes in a given host cell type are generally broken down into two broad categories...discussed the promoter's role in the initiation step of gene transcription; today we'll provide an overview on...define the end of a transcriptional unit (such as a gene) and initiate the process of releasing the newly...machinery. Terminators are found downstream of the gene to be transcribed, and typically occur directly ...studies focus on promoter strength as a determinant of gene expression levels, the terminator also plays an ... to variability in RNA half-life, and ultimately gene-expression. Polyadenylation is the post-transcriptional... in a Promoter-Dependent Manner. Hum Gene Ther. 2008. PMID: 18627247 Zufferey R, Donello JE, Trono D, ...

  5. Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing

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    Jan. 26, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...Repair is Used to Edit Genes Read How Non-Homologous End Joining is Used to Delete Genes Additional Resources... CRISPR gene therapy, it’s important to realize that DMD is a simpler case than other genetic diseases...there is still no good treatment. The dystrophin gene is very large (79 exons), but much of the sequence...Dystrophin’s size makes it difficult to deliver via gene therapy, so researchers have set their sights on... cells expressed functional dystrophin. Editing genes in vivo is of course much more difficult than in...cells, where precision editing of the dystrophin gene would take place, with minimal risk of off-target...clinically with CRISPR. Many obstacles remain for CRISPR gene editing, but given the speed at which the technology...

  6. RUBY-Red Siliques

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    March 1, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...fluorescent proteins. Selection using resistance genes usually involves killing the untransformed seedlings...individual. For example, with CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, transformation may be identified by resistance ...continued production of new alleles or off-target gene editing. Antibiotic selection would only then kill...requires specialized equipment. Reporters for studying gene expression have similar drawbacks, often requiring...Res. (2020).   I can do this by expressing a gene that rescues the mutations, using RUBY as a selection.... et al. A reporter for noninvasively monitoring gene expression and plant transformation. Hortic Res ...presence of a transgene instead, which can’t be done if your selection method kills the transgene free individual...

  7. Viral Vectors 101: Parts of the AAV Transfer Plasmid

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    Aug. 11, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...through this challenging sequence. Transgene The transgene is the gene that will be delivered by the AAV..., or your gene of interest. Promoter The promoter drives the expression of the AAV transgene. On a plasmid...plasmid which contains the structural and packaging genes, the adenoviral helper plasmid which contains the...plasmid map, promoters are upstream or 5’ of the gene they control. Promoters can be organism or tissue...for the successful and specific expression of your gene of interest. References Haery L, Deverman BE, ...Terminal Repeats of Adeno-Associated Virus. Human Gene Therapy Methods 30:206–213 . https://doi.org/10.1089...control transgene expression. Lox sites are directional 34 bp sequences that can flank the transgene and ...

  8. 10 Great Guest Posts We're Thankful For

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    Nov. 18, 2016, 3 p.m.
    ...repression of your target gene, activation and repression of different genes in a single cell, and localization...replication and transcription as well as reporter genes. To learn how you can use minigenomes in your research... them in action. AAV: A Versatile Viral Tool for Gene Expression in Mammals Adeno-associated viruses (... (AAVs) are commonly used to deliver a genes of interest to a variety of cell types in-vivo. These are...localization of a fluorescent signal to your target gene. Read this post to find out more about how the Casilio...are widely used by the optogenetics and chemogenetics communities to activate neurons and neuronal pathways...guest writers. Your contributions make Addgene and the Addgene Blog useful resources for the biological...

  9. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning Applications and Kits

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    May 14, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...cross-cassette interactions in gene expression, and to generate multi-gene knockouts. Mammalian and fly ... to generate anything from individual transcription units (TUs) used to express your favorite gene-of-...While a generic MoClo system for any given species can be repurposed for CRISPR applications (gene insert...DNA assembly tool used to build single- and multi-gene constructs for a variety of applications. MoClo ...several additional capabilities, including conditional gene expression, multiplexed CRISPR, and chromosomal ...). Those looking to express high levels of their gene of interest in yeast should also take a look at ...elements for S. cerevisiae chromosomal integration and gene expression, the system includes a toolkit to express...

  10. Top Requested AAV of 2017: pmSyn1-EBFP-CRE

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    Jan. 17, 2018, 2:57 p.m.
    ...Cre-dependent gene of interest in neurons. This ability to be paired with any Cre-controlled gene of interest...neuroscientists because they efficiently deliver genes to various brain regions. You can partially control...occasionally you may want to further control where your gene of interest is expressed.  A cell-type specific ...and what do they mean? AAV: A Versatile Tool for Gene Expression in Mammals Subscribe to Viral Vector ...! To find more viral vectors available through Addgene, be sure to check out our viral service page and...Vector Blog Posts Additional Resources on Addgene.org Check out our Viral Service Page Browse Additional ...

  11. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    Feb. 16, 2023, 7:05 p.m.
    ...inducible yet permanent gene excision. Essentially, LoxP sites are knocked in flanking a gene of interest (or ... the gene for your protein of interest. CRISPR-Cas9 and a custom gRNA is all you need to generate a frameshift...? Is the regulation of an exogenously introduced gene or over the native locus? Let’s explore each of...Cas9 fused to a transcriptional repressor to your gene of interest. It will inhibit transcription instead...cinch. Stably introducing the coding region of a gene (cDNA) can be done by either plasmid or virus. A...Cas9. The system is led, via a custom gRNA, to your gene of interest to temporarily increase expression. ...of action Check out Addgene's Lentiviral Tet-on and AAVS1 targeted Tet-on transgene vector. Degron tags...

  12. Plasmids 101: Screens vs. Selections

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    Nov. 10, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...all known genes. This is a perfect example of an unbiased, reverse screen – all known genes are assayed...of knocking out the genes of interest (or the whole genome), they knock down gene expression temporarily... a biological process. Players can be proteins, genes, enzymes, drugs, or anything else that plays a role...where there is removal of known factors (such as a genes) and the loss of those factors is assessed. The ...especially useful if you are interested in studying genes whose knockout would be lethal to cells and thus...The two most common methods of manipulation are genetic knockout mutations and treatment with small molecules...selection would work is if you are trying to identify genetic conditions which convey resistance to a drug. You...

  13. Fluorescent CRISPR Reporters: SRIRACCHA and GEmCherry2

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    May 26, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...stably integrate a reporter gene that contains a puromycin resistance gene followed by the target site...that targets your desired gene (whose sequence is also found in the reporter gene). A control RFP expression...donor plasmid that contains a puromycin resistance gene linked to an in-frame H2B-GFP. This visual read ... express RFP while cells containing the reporter gene that was cleaved by Cas9 and repaired via HDR using...unedited cells. In an experiment that targeted the gene NFE2L2, the Madison lab found that H2B-GFP expressing...desired genomic edit.  Find SRIRACCHA plasmids at Addgene GEMCherry2, an improved monomeric fluorescent protein...stem cells.  Find GEmCherry2 reporter plasmids at Addgene Overall SRIRACHA and GEmCherry2 reporter systems...

  14. Hot Plasmids December 2018 - C. elegans RNAi, TurboID, Detecting Viral Outbreaks, and Protein Binding Specificity Tools

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    Dec. 6, 2018, 1:34 p.m.
    ... allowing for the gene on the toehold switch to be expressed. In this case, the gene encodes the LacZ𝛼...interfere with other genetic pathways making it difficult to link a phenotype to the gene being targeted via...need for mutant genetic backgrounds. The standard RNAi vector, L4440, places a target gene between two inverted..., highly efficient RNAi construct for C. elegans gene knockdown Article contributed by Alyssa Cecchetelli...extensively used in C. elegans research to study gene function. RNAi is commonly achieved by feeding E... from each promoter progresses past the specific gene producing long unspecific RNA fragments that are... most scientists use mutant animals that are genetically altered to overexpress endogenous RNAi pathways...

  15. Working with Nuclear Receptors

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    July 15, 2014, 4:03 p.m.
    ...functional groups of genes involved in the execution of a specific regulatory regime (such as genes involved in...consortium-generated datasets with a systematic effort to compile NR- and coregulator-related global gene profiling...remain unknown. Together, NRs govern expression of genes involved in a broad range of reproductive, developmental...efficient and timely activation or repression of gene expression (see www.nursa.org for a curated list... NRs and coregulators, and although the reporter gene has over the years evolved from chloramphenicol ...O'Malley, B. W. (2002). Combinatorial control of gene expression by nuclear receptors and coregulators...funding model in nuclear receptor research, and has generated a set of comprehensive datasets that collectively...

  16. Addgene's Cancer Collection Pages Connect the Research Community

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    Sept. 6, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...specific genes involved. Downregulation of tumor suppressors and upregulation of proto-oncogenes ­­­can ...click on a gene of interest will direct the investigator to a list of all available Addgene plasmids he... group of genes/proteins that, when expressed, normally encourage cell survival, growth and proliferation... the health of an organism that both classes of genes function normally to maintain balance – encouraging...Technologies, Carlsbad, CA) that represents 180 genes from the Ras signaling pathway. Its major appeal...of vectors to study the function of any of these genes through several different applications such as fluorescent... in the development of cancer. With hundreds of genes involved in the Ras pathway alone and thousands ...

  17. PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing

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    Feb. 23, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...harnessed MMEJ to create a new method for CRISPR gene knock-in, termed PITCh (Precise Integration into Target ...than that observed with NHEJ. PITCh: Using MMEJ for gene knock-in Building on the lab’s previous work, Sakuma... should target near the last coding exon of your gene of interest. For ideal use, this gRNA should be ... is if the GFP-Puro will alter expression of the gene it follows. For increased versatility, it would ...would be advantageous to adapt PITCh to insert genes into AAVS1, the “safe harbor locus” of the human genome...another strategy researchers can exploit for CRISPR gene editing. In organisms where HDR is downregulated...Sakuma, Tatsushi, et al. (2016).  “MMEJ-assisted gene knock-in using TALENs and CRISPR-Cas9 with the PITCh...

  18. Harnessing TnpB for Genome Editing: A Compact and Versatile Tool for Your Research

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    July 29, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...hygromycin resistance gene as the plant-selectable marker and a kanamycin resistance gene for bacterial selection...viral vectors have been successfully used to generate gene-edited plants without the need for tissue culture... viral delivery is a highly effective method for gene editing and allows targeting of specific cell types...demonstrated that TnpB can also function as an efficient gene activator when fused to a transcriptional activation...TnpB can be used to simultaneously target multiple genes, enabling efficient multiplexed genome editing in...Identify a TAM site (5′-TTGAT-3′) in your target gene. Choose a 20-nt sequence immediately downstream ...for delivery via viral vectors and for multiplexed gene editing applications. As research into TnpB continues...

  19. What's Your Organism? Expanding Genomic Tools via the NSF EDGE Program

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    May 2, 2019, 12:41 p.m.
    ... and the gene that is responsible is understood. It’s possible to actually silence this gene with RNAi...only 1,700 genes total). Hydra (Celina Juliano) This is a known stem cell and regeneration model. Little... human interaction for all of us studying human genes in test tubes and gels). As a freshman in college... I studied development and evolution of histone genes in Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, the spiny purple...direct tests of cause and effect hypotheses between gene function and phenotypes in diverse plants, animals...frog cell lines to develop robust methods for frog gene editing. They edit in a cell line, then take the...nonetheless - the first example was of a pigmentation gene.   Genus Microtus (Zoe Donaldson) Voles have fascinating...

  20. An Addgene Summer Internship

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    Aug. 8, 2024, 7:22 p.m.
    ...choose what gene to focus on. The gene choice had restrictions. It couldn’t be a Covid gene, a toxin, or...Syntaxin3 gene was the winner. We used the next 4-5 weeks to work on cloning the Syntaxin3 gene in a pLenti...after discussion, we sent it for sequencing. The gene was successfully sequenced, confirming that we had...with Amy C., Addgene’s intern coordinator shortly after hearing her talk about Addgene’s internship opportunity... past six weeks. Through Addgene, I learned the basics of lab safety, general work skills — such as using...environment changes them. Addgene gave me the chance to become a real life scientist. Addgene gave me the chance...knowledge more than ever before. Before joining Addgene, I had spent most of my junior year stressed out...
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