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  1. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - May 2020

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    May 28, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...2xStrep-IRES-Puro: Expression of the SARS-CoV-2 N protein  pLVX-EF1alpha-SARS-CoV-2-M-2xStrep-IRES-Puro:...pLVX-EF1alpha-SARS-CoV-2-E-2xStrep-IRES-Puro) and NSP2 (pLVX-EF1alpha-SARS-CoV-2-nsp2-2xStrep-IRES-Puro) are also in the...respectively of a GFP dependent Cre. The two segments come together in the presence of GFP to form a functional... activation to cells expressing both Cre and GFP. The GFP dependent FLPo, Flp-DOG (75469), is also available...-2 proteins ChR2 for targeted expression DREADDs GFP dependent Cre and FLPo And more!  New lentiviral...M protein pLVX-EF1alpha-SARS-CoV-2-orf3a-2xStrep-IRES-Puro: Expression of the SARS-CoV-2 ORF3a Lentiviral...in new serotypes, as well as a new Cre dependent GFP control plasmid for expression in forebrain GABA-...
  2. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - Spring 2019

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    March 26, 2019, 1:40 p.m.
    ...GlyR IRES EGFP Chimeric channels for neuronal manipulation 119742  AAV5  AAV SYN PSAM4 GlyR IRES EGFP...pAAV.hSyn-FLEX.iGABASnFR.F102G pAAV-Syn-Archon1-KGC-GFP-ER2 pAAV-Syn-FLEX-rc [Archon1-KGC-GFP-ER2] pAAV-FLEX-tdTomato pAAV-GFAP104...pAAV-mDlx-NLS-mRuby2 CAG-NLS-GFP pAAV-hSyn-mCherry Read on to learn more!  Calcium sensor AAV The GFP-based calcium...pAAV-Syn-Archon1-KGC-GFP-ER2) and cre-dependent version (pAAV-Syn-FLEX-rc [Archon1-KGC-GFP-ER2]) of this membrane-embedding...37825  AAV8*, AAV9*  pAAV-CAG-GFP 50465  AAV8*, AAV9*  pAAV-hSyn-EGFP *Also coming in our new 20 ...pAAV-GFAP104-mCherry, pAAV-mDlx-NLS-mRuby2, CAG-NLS-GFP,and pAAV-hSyn-mCherry at Addgene. Viral vectors coming...-dependent CRE) 55634  AAV1  pAAV-EF1a-mCherry-IRES-Flpo 55637  AAV1  pAAV-EF1a-Flpo Calcium sensors...
  3. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - June 2019

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    June 18, 2019, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Serotype Name 105530  AAV1 pAAV.CMV.PI.EGFP.WPRE.bGH 37825  AAV1 pAAV-CAG-GFP 59462  AAV2 pAAV-CAG-tdTomato... testing) pAAV-CAG-GFP 50465 AAV8, 9 (20 µL size serotype testing) AAV-hSyn-EGFP Biosensor AAV The... Name 119741  AAV5  AAV SYN flex PSAM4 GlyR IRES EGFP Recombinase AAV Finally, we are excited to ...testing) pAAV-CAG-GFP 50465 AAV1, 2, 5, rg (20 µL size serotype testing) pAAV-hSyn-EGFP Recombinases...Serotype Name 119472  AAV5  AV SYN PSAM4 GlyR IRES EGFP   Biosensors Plasmid Serotype Name 105322...various serotypes of two popular control AAV encoding GFP. Check out our inventory of serotype testing AAV ...)-mCherry 50467  AAV2 pAAV-CaMKIIa-HA-hM4D(Gi)-IRES-mCitrine 121538  AAV5 pOTTC1484 - pAAV SYN1 HA-hM4D...
  4. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)

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    May 15, 2014, 3:33 p.m.
    ...scientists to begin to study GFP and deduce its biochemical properties. Now GFP and its fluorescent derivatives...expressing GFP from cells that are not. Developmental/transgenic uses: Because of its stability, GFP can be...Fluorescent Protein Mutations Relative to Wildtype GFP EGFP F64L; S65T EYFP S65G; V68L; S72A; T203Y mYFP...halves of EGFP undergo folding, maturation, and fluorescence. Biosensors: A wide array of GFP-based fluorescent...from proteins such as Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) has likely existed in creatures such as jellyfish...derivatives are a staple in the lab. GFP is used in research across a vast array of biological disciplines...disciplines and scientists employ GFP for a wide number of functions, including: tagging genes for elucidating...
  5. Viral Production at Addgene

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    Oct. 24, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...pAAV-Ef1a-mCherry-IRES-Cre (55634-AAVrg) alone at 1.7E6 viral genomes (vg)/cell, pAAV-CAG-FLEX-rc [Jaws-KGC-GFP-ER2]... later, Cre-dependent GFP expression was detected with direct fluorescence. GFP was not detected in the...expression alone was detected. pAAV-Ef1a-mCherry-IRES-Cre was a gift from Karl Deisseroth (Addgene viral...prep # 55632-AAVrg). pAAV-CAG- FLEX-rc [Jaws-KGC-GFP-ER2] was a gift from Edward Boyden (Addgene viral...
  6. Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research

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    July 24, 2018, 12:51 p.m.
    ...technology CAG-GFP-IRES-CRE (Plasmid #48201) This retroviral vector from the Gage lab encodes GFP and Cre-recombinase...Vectors   Expressing your gene of interest pMKO.1 GFP (Plasmid #10676) Retroviral vector for cloning and...and expressing your gene of interest with GFP expression.  Cloning and expressing RNAi pMKO.1 puro (Plasmid...
  7. Tagging Optogenetics and Chemogenetics Receptors: Fluorescent Proteins and Other Options

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    May 11, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...protein of interest. The green fluorescent protein (GFP) and mCherry, two of the most common tags currently...with the opsin or chemogenetic receptor, through an IRES or 2A sequence. In this case, the proteins are not...article on the Addgene blog: Fluorescent Proteins 101: GFP Fusion Proteins – Making the Right Connection.   ...
  8. Fluorescent Proteins 101: When GFP lets you down

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    Aug. 23, 2018, 12:05 p.m.
    ...S65T) in the original jellyfish GFP (AvGFP) to create enhanced GFP (EGFP), a variant with improved brightness... There are numerous GFP variants. Here I use the name ‘GFP’, which refers to mEGFP. This variant was made...examined on a case-by-case basis. GFP is sensitive to acid The chromophore of GFP can exist in a protonated and...its acid tolerance is maintained in cells.   GFP is big GFP is a 28 kDa protein that resembles a cylinder...2013; Hilaire et al., 2017). GFP can only be used for tagging proteins GFP fusion proteins are made by ... a fusion with GFP allows for detection of genomic locations (Chen et al., 2013). GFP fluorescence overlaps... al., 2018). GFP is not tolerated in my fusion It is standard practice to attach the GFP to the N- or ...
  9. Visualizing Translation at the Single Molecule Level

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    Aug. 1, 2017, 1:15 p.m.
    ...enable this color switching, TRICK requires the following components: a GFP protein that binds to the coding... a reporter mRNA via a PP7 coat protein (NLS-PCP-GFP) an RFP protein that binds to the 3’ UTR of the reporter...Plasmid 64542 or 64543) Before translation, both GFP and RFP are bound to the reporter, causing it to ...appear yellow. The act of translation pushes NLS-PCP-GFP off of the mRNA, leaving only a red FP bound to the... contains a nuclear localization signal, NLS-PCP-GFP then returns to the nucleus to bind cognate untranslated...verified that translation is necessary for removal of GFP from the TRICK reporter. Delayed translation is known...Oskar protein levels were negatively correlated with GFP intensity, showing that TRICK is an accurate readout...
  10. Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus

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    March 21, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...containing the gene of interest (pTet-IRES-EGFP, pPRIME-Tet-GFP-FF3) and one with either tTA or rtTA (...be separated by an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) and expressed under the same promoter. Alternatively...viral titre to the number of cells transduced by a GFP encoded virus, and the reverse transcriptase activity...in terms of RCL generation because this vector requires only three HIV-1 genes (gag, pol, and rev) for...that there is often  background activity and it requires continuous administration of Dox to repress transgene...One drawback of the Tet system is that it often requires the delivery of two distinct expression vectors...
  11. RANbodies: Reporter Nanobody Fusions

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    April 10, 2018, 12:56 p.m.
    ... have 10 HA or 10 MYC tags built into a GFP scaffold. Some GFP nanobodies  stain poorly when tagged with...weak signals of fluorescent protein (i.e. GFP, RFP) Detecting GFP reconstitution across synaptic partners...Monster because they recognize this GFP scaffold itself. Fortunately the GFP1 HA Spaghetti Monster RANbody doesn...than HRP-RANbody staining Requires secondary antibody staining HA Tagged GFP, RFP, H2A2B Myc Tagged RFP...sensitive than HRP-RANbody staining Requires secondary antibody staining GFP, RFP, H2A2B   Are you ready... sequences that targeted the following antigens: GFP, RFP,  the histone protein H2A2B, and the actin-binding...recognize the scaffold and is useful for detecting GFP. Spaghetti Monster tagged RANbodies can be detected...
  12. Four Base Editing Reporters to Monitor and Enrich Editing in Real-time

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    July 7, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...engineered BFP variant that converts to GFP after a base editing event. GFP positive cells can be sorted and ... their hypothesis with GFP fluorescence. To do this they generated a silent GFP construct, that contains...the histidine to a tyrosine generating a GFP variant (GFPY66) that has a shifted emission spectra. Thus...lab was inspired by work that used an integrated GFP reporter that is converted into BFP (blue fluorescent...engineered a BFP variant that undergoes conversion to GFP after being targeted by a cytidine deaminase base... a successful base editing event would result in GFP fluorescence that can be visualized and sorted via...results in shift in emission spectra from BFP to GFP. Image from Standage-Beier et al., 2019. The team...
  13. Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    May 3, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Chang-Deng Hu Green sfGFP Split super-folder GFP, our most-requested GFP(1-10) and GFP(11) Versatile protein...Commun. 2016 Bo Huang spGFP Split superpositive GFP Split-superpositive GFP reassembly is a fast, efficient...base FP (for example, EBFP2(1-10) can be used with GFP(11)). Some of the articles linked below only provide...Blue EBFP2 EBFP2(1-10) and Capri(1-10) for use with GFP(11) Multiplexed labeling of cellular proteins with... Kamiyama Cerulean Cerulean(1-10) for use with GFP(11) Multiplexed labeling of cellular proteins with...background signal (especially for some older split-GFP constructs or certain cell environments). Also consider... variant of mScarlet Split-wrmScarlet and split-sfGFP: tools for faster, easier fluorescent labeling of...
  14. PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing

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    Feb. 23, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ... the GFP-Puro will be inserted just upstream of a stop codon. One potential concern is if the GFP-Puro...Target Chromosomes). Using their PITCh plasmids, GFP knock-in cell lines can be created in about a month...detailed protocol for MMEJ-mediated knock-in of a GFP-Puro cassette into a given locus, just upstream of...microhomology to the insertion locus flanking the GFP-Puro cassette. Three double stranded breaks are necessary...necessary for knock-in: one on either side of the GFP-Puro cassette and one in between the 5’ and 3’ microhomologies...microhomologies (5’ and 3’) to anneal, knocking the GFP-Puro cassette into the locus (see figure below). ... overview of PITCh. The PITCh plasmid contains a GFP-Puro cassette flanked by 5' and 3' microhomology ...
  15. Which Fluorescent Protein Should I Use?

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    May 20, 2014, 2:06 p.m.
    ... of GFP, it's variants, and their relevant mutations, check out Marcy's post from last week on GFP. Additionally... a few hours. For example, superfolder GFP (sfGFP) and mNeonGFP can fold in <10min at 37°C, mCherry takes...are PA-GFP, Dendra2, and the mEOS proteins. Some proteins are reversibly switchable (e.g. rsEGFP, Dreiklang...on many FPs (particularly those derived from GFP) requires oxygen. Therefore, these FPs cannot be used ...affected by the temperature. For instance, enhanced GFP (EGFP) was optimized for 37°C, and is therefore most... the discovery of the Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP), a protein from the jellyfish Aequorea Victoria....below (or emission wavelenght range).  By mutating GFP, the variants blue FP (BFP), cyan FP (CFP), and yellow...
  16. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - September 2019

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    Sept. 12, 2019, 1 p.m.
    ...collection is now complete! pAAV-CAG-GFP (plasmid 37825) and pAAV-hSyn-EGFP (plasmid 50465) are now available...DreO-bGHpA (50363-AAV5) Flp vectors pAAV-EF1a-mCherry-IRES-Flpo (55634-AAV1) pAAV-EF1a-Flpo (55637-AAV1) Viral...our entire AAV inventory. Our new AAVs include: EGFP-expressing AAV for serotype testing Calcium sensors... testing AAV, which are small (20 ul) samples of EGFP-expressing AAV packaged in various serotypes. This...recently released these controls: pAAV-hSyn-DIO-EGFP (50457-AAV5): The Synapsin promoter directs broad...broad, neuronal expression. AAV pCAG-FLEX-EGFP-WPRE (51502-AAV5): The CAG promoter directs ubiquitous expression...interneurons. pOTTC1032 - pAAV EF1a Nuc-flox(mCherry)-EGFP (112677-AAV5 and 112677-AAVrg): The EF1a promoter...
  17. New Acoustic Reporter Genes: Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression

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    Jan. 24, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...P2A-linked accessory genes gvpNJKFGWV marked with Emerald GFP. These plasmids can be used directly in transient...gating for the top quartile (or higher) of BFP and GFP producing cells. After FACS, return the cells to ...Simply cotransfect a mixture of 1248 ng of CMV-gvpA-IRES-BFP plasmid and 954 ng CMV-gvpNJKFGWV plasmid into...
  18. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins

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    April 25, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...reported was PA-GFP. PA-GFP was derived from Jellyfish (Aequorea victoria) GFP (wtGFP) by mutating Threonine...mutation in PA-GFP generates a chromophore population that is more neutral, causing PA-GFP to display almost...example, by engineering PA-GFP tagged to a mitochondrial matrix protein (mito-PAGFP) the Youle Lab was able...the neutral to the anionic form, which allows PA-GFP to exhibit up to a 100-fold increase in fluorescence...when illuminated with blue light (1). Similar to PA-GFP, scientists later developed red fluorescent PA-FPs...in vivo imaging models perfer the PA-RFPs over PA-GFP. Another class of irreversible PA-FPs are the photoconvertible...Fluorescence) Brightness Excitation/ Emission (nm) PA-GFP Monomer UV-Violet Dark/ Green ~200 Medium 504/ 517...
  19. Plasmids 101: Knockout/Knock-In Plasmids

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    Dec. 1, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...recombinase. If GFP is under control of an endogenous promoter, you can use expression GFP to track cells...tag an endogenous protein with GFP, as seen in blue flame plasmid OCT4-eGFP-PGK-Puro from the Jaenisch lab...In order to both knockout a given gene and insert GFP into the genome, we’d create a plasmid similar to...to the one shown below, where the sequence of GFP is cloned together with the Neomycin resistance (NeoR... 3 of the targeted gene. Upon recombination, the GFP/NeoR cassette is inserted in place of exon 2. Thus...gene is disrupted (knocked out) but the inserted GFP is expressed (knocked in). As seen in the above example...knockout/knock-in targeting vector designed to insert GFP into a given locus.   Conditional knockouts ...
  20. Scientists Map the SARS-CoV-2-Human Interaction Network

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    April 9, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...the viral protease, Nsp5. Our set also includes a GFP construct as a control. For easier portability, all...vectors if you need to. Additionally, they have an IRES-Puro marker to facilitate stable cell clone selection...
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