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  1. Plasmids 101: Codon usage bias

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    Sept. 27, 2018, 1:09 p.m.
    ...theory, this is not as easy as it sounds. Even for relatively short peptides, there can be many possible ways...non-exhaustive list includes: Codon abundance relative to cognate tRNA abundance Repetitive sequences...This is possible because there are 4 bases (A, T, C, and G) and 3 positions in each codon. There are therefore...al. found that translation efficiency is well correlated with codon bias in both E. coli and S. cerevisiae...with specific secondary structures in 10 closely related yeast strains. Adaptation to changing conditions...
  2. Important Considerations When Using AAVs

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    June 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    .... Speed: AAV transduction experiments are relatively quick. We have found that expression occurs quickly...nitrogen or a dry ice/ethanol bath, and store at -80° C. Once thawed, the AAV aliquot should be used quickly...PubMed Central PMCID: PMC190186. 9. Grieger, Joshua C., and Richard J. Samulski. "Packaging capacity of ...roles of certain cell types in locomotion. We have relied heavily upon AAV vectors to deliver chemogenetic...AAV selection, there are three important factors related to location. Location (1): What tissue? Location... (2007): 1740-1743. PubMed PMID: 17882145. 2. Zincarelli, Carmela, et al. "Analysis of AAV serotypes 1...
  3. CRISPR Methods for Bacteria: Genome Engineering, CRISPRa, CRISPRi, Base Editing, and More

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    Sept. 28, 2020, noon
    ... of cytidine and adenine base editors that enable C-to-T and A-to-G base substitutions respectively. Substitutions...:723–728 . https://doi.org/10.1021/sb500351f Dong C, Fontana J, Patel A, Carothers JM, Zalatan JG (2018... https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.02.022 Ronda C, Pedersen LE, Sommer MOA, Nielsen AT (2016) CRMAGE...Vridhambal GS, Rivera AJ, Montgomery SA, Fortier L-C, Barrangou R, Theriot CM, Ousterout DG (2020) In Vivo...two tandem copies of the gRNA cassette, one can reliably knockdown expression of multiple target transcripts...Streptomyces Some of the most industrially and clinically relevant bacterial species reside in the genus Streptomyces...
  4. Plasmids 101: The Wide World of Natural Plasmids

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    Oct. 8, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...doi.org/10.1128/AEM.67.8.3440-3444.2001 Fogarty, E. C., Schechter, M. S., Lolans, K., Sheahan, M. L., Veseli....102684 Shareck, J., Choi, Y., Lee, B., & Miguez, C. B. (2004). Cloning Vectors Based on Cryptic Plasmids...some researchers have suggested they may have relevance to human health (Fogarty et al., 2024), and others...created as whole-genome sequencing becomes more relevant (Garcillán-Barcia et al., 2023). In this post,...organization doesn’t necessarily reflect genetic relationships or plasmid incompatibility. Plasmids may also...than one function: for example, Gateway cloning relies on genes found on an E. coli fertility plasmid ...cloning. In addition, scientists have engineered entirely new types of plasmids without clear analogues ...
  5. CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)

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    Dec. 8, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...genomic loci as the PAM does not require any G’s or C’s. One curious feature of this Cas is that once it ...requirement: protospacer flanking sequence – A, U, or C. Best for: targeting single stranded RNA.   Cas7...enzymes Cas9 – The genome engineering workhorse You rarely hear the word ‘CRISPR’ without shortly thereafter...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: Chemogenetics

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    July 11, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...10.1021/cn500325v Goutaudier, R., Coizet, V., Carcenac, C., & Carnicella, S. (2019). DREADDs: The Power of the...https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41088-2 Magnus C, Lee P, Bonaventura J, Zemla R, Gomez J, Ramirez M...neuronal firing. What is chemogenetics? Chemogenetics relies on genetically introducing engineered receptors... However, concerns have been raised over the reliability of using CNO as a DREADD agonist due to its ability...the compound, or compounds, you choose to ensure reliable results (Goutaudier et al., 2019). Using PSAMs...BL, Jin J (2015) The First Structure–Activity Relationship Studies for Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated...
  7. Adenoviral Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Aims to Expand Genome Editing to Primary Cells

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    Dec. 10, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ...Maddalo D, Manchado E, Concepcion CP, Bonetti C, Vidigal JA, Han Y-C, Ogrodowski P, Crippa A, Rekhtman N, de... Journal of Controlled Release 298:128–141 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconrel.2019.02.009 Wang D, Mou...efficient introduction of DNA into therapeutically relevant, non-transformed mammalian cells. These viral ... could be realized via simple switching of the relevant gRNAs and donor DNA Adenoviral CRISPR/Cas9 genome...
  8. When Fidelity Matters: A frank discussion about ligase fidelity

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    March 6, 2018, 1:49 p.m.
    ...temperatures (up to 95 °C) and is active over a range of elevated temperatures (37–75 °C). T4 DNA ligase ...PMC4737175. 22. Liu, Pingfang, Artur Burdzy, and Lawrence C. Sowers. "DNA ligases ensure fidelity by interrogating...ligase, conditions and suitable probes, LDR can reliably detect single-base differences. The original creators...interrogation of multiple potential SNP sites (15). The related LCR technique uses two sets of probes to achieve...DNA library preparation. However, when a method relies on accurate ligation of nicks lacking gaps or mismatched...
  9. Plasmids 101: Using Transposons in the Lab

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    July 6, 2021, 1:28 p.m.
    ... its preferred target integration site: TNA(C/G)TTATAA(G/C)TNA. Tol2 can deliver 10-11 kB to mammalian...   References and Resources References Feschotte C, Pritham EJ (2007) DNA Transposons and the Evolution...first copy themselves as RNA transcripts and then rely on a reverse transcriptase enzyme to reverse transcribe...
  10. Making CRISPR Plasmids Using Fragmid

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    Aug. 29, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Cas proteins, guide cassettes, promoters, N’ and/or C’ terminus, and selection markers. Need fewer components...Griffith, A. L., Szegletes, Z. M., Wen, B., Kraus, C., Miller, N. W., Steger, R. J., Escude Velasco, B.... order. (It’s also why you can’t skip a module entirely, but instead will have to replace it with a spacer...
  11. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - January 2021

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    Jan. 5, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...application of blue light, Vvd dimerizes bringing the C-terminal and N-terminal Cre fragments together and...the PAM sequence is 5’-TBN-3’ (where B is G, T, or C). The authors demonstrate that CRISPR-Casɸ is active...unlike other well-characterized Cas enzymes, which rely on multiple active sites. In addition, Casɸ has ...
  12. Celebrating the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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    Oct. 17, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...! References Kuhlman, B., Dantas, G., Ireton, G. C., Varani, G., Stoddard, B. L., & Baker, D. (2003)....John Jumper! The Baker Lab focuses on designing entirely new proteins, improving our understanding of how...
  13. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Protein Timers

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    May 4, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...predictable kinetics over 14 hours of expression in C. elegans embryos. However, this initial timer was ...timer could be used in vitro, in mammalian cells, in C. elegans, and in Xenopus embryos. Of course, timers...of protein concentration. Calibration curves correlating this ratio to the total expression time can therefore...used to: Monitor dynamics of vesicle fusion and release from the plasma membrane by fusing various vesicle... situation where one wants to understand the relationship between the age of a cell, protein, or cellular...nascent tissues and the formation of limbs are correlated with changes in gene expression. In a developing...
  14. Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy

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    July 16, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ... a AAV8 expressing eGFP under the human ubiquitin C promoter. Anatomical abbreviations: Gr= Gracile tract...Deisseroth. (2014) Nat Protoc., 9, 1682-1697. Pubmed. C. Soderblom, D.-H. Lee, A. Dawood, M. Carballosa, et...major advances in light microscopy, particularly related to the neurosciences.  These developments in microscopy...microscopy) (16).  Both 3DISCO and CLARITY have relied on the use of transgenic mice in which a subpopulation... our understanding of the structure-function relationship of the central nervous system under normal and...
  15. Golden Gate Assembly Upgrades: More Fragments, Faster Assembly, and Higher Fidelity

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    Oct. 11, 2018, 12:30 p.m.
    ...construct. Reactions are often cycled between 37°C and 16°C to provide optimal reaction temps for both the...practices for assemblies of more than 10 modules often rely on two-step hierarchical approaches using different...pre-determined manner. If the original insert religates into its original vector, it will subsequently...
  16. Droplet Digital PCR for AAV Quantitation

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    Jan. 16, 2020, 2:18 p.m.
    ...calculate the viral titer: GC/mL = {[(R*C)(1000/V)]*D} R = Reaction volume C = Copies/uL V = Volume of virus ...polymerase chain reaction Browse our blog posts related to viral vector protocols and tips Read all of ... by qPCR Browse our collection of viral vector related protocols Learn more about the Addgene viral service...
  17. Special Delivery: Fluorophore Targeting for FRET Studies

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    July 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Most FP fusions for FRET studies are at the N- or C-terminus of your target protein, but even these modifications...can insert your protein of interest, resulting in a C-terminal fusion of a tetracysteine tag. In addition...for observed FRET efficiencies between 80% and 10%. C Cy3NTA and Cy5NTA bind His tags similarly but with...poly-histidine tag often used for protein purification is a reliable FRET acceptor labeling site when used in conjunction...
  18. Plasmids 101: Gateway Cloning

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    Jan. 12, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...into an attL-containing entry vector.   Method C: Restriction cloning of a restriction enzyme fragment...attL-containing entry vector.   Figure 5: Method C to create an entry clone: Restriction cloning the ...their desired DNA sequences. Gateway technology relies on the two reactions described below: The BP Reaction...
  19. Antibodies 101: Immunoprecipitation

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    Dec. 7, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ... epitope such as c-Myc, GFP or V5 can be used to tag the protein of interest on the C- or N-terminus. ...conformations and interactions. For difficult to release proteins, including those in the nucleus, more ...
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