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  1. Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene

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    Oct. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ....   Kanamycin Kanamycin, or kan, is an aminoglycoside which inhibits protein synthesis. The kan resistance...resistance gene, NPTII, facilitates phosphorylation of kan, which inactivates it. The NPTII gene confers resistance...decorative" title="Check icon" %} Satellite colonies Kanamycin Excellent No Bacteria and eukaryotes (G418) {%...
  2. CRISPR Challenges: Standardization and Homology Directed Repair

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    Feb. 14, 2018, 2:36 p.m.
    ...precise genome editing using oligonucleotide donors". Kan, Yinan, Brian Ruis, Taylor Takasugi, and Eric A. ... PMID: 28356322 PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5495063 Kan et al. use a GFP-BFP conversion system to assess ...
  3. Tag Your Favorite Yeast Genes with Ease

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    Nov. 19, 2013, 2:37 p.m.
    ...previously described pFA6a-link vectors and include a Kan, SpHIS5, or CaURA3 selection marker. Lee et al.(1...3xFlag, Protein A, or V5), and selection marker (KanMX, HphMX, or His3MX).  Each PCR product from this ...
  4. Plasmids 101: Mammalian Vectors

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    March 25, 2014, 3:15 p.m.
    ...instead use G418. This can be confusing since the neo/kan gene confers G418 resistance; however, like gentamicin...
  5. Evolution of Lab Techniques

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    June 21, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...PubMed PMID: 1195397. 2. Chang, Judy C., and Yuet Wai Kan. "A sensitive new prenatal test for sickle-cell anemia...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: AAV Serotypes and Tissue Tropism

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    Jan. 16, 2025, 3:42 p.m.
    ...frequencies in the central nervous system (CNS) (Wu, Asokan, et al., 2006). AAV1 has also been found to transduce...kidney, and retinal cells (Issa et al., 2023; Wu, Asokan, et al., 2006). AAV2 capsids are available as plasmids...kidney, and retinal cells (Issa et al., 2023; Wu, Asokan, et al., 2006). AAV8 capsids are available as plasmids...varies by species and route of administration (Wu, Asokan, et al., 2006). Want to know if a capsid is a good...doi.org/10.2337/diabetes.55.04.06.db05-0927 Wu, Z., Asokan, A., & Samulski, R. J. (2006). Adeno-associated...
  7. Hot Plasmids - September 2019 - CRISPR, Auxin Inducible Degradation, MerMAID Channelrhodopsins, and Genome Looping

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    Sept. 3, 2019, 1:15 p.m.
    ...with the cells’ endogenous ubiquitin ligase, the Kanemaki lab was able to translate AID to yeast, as well...Nishimura et al., 2009, Natsume et al., 2016).  The Kanemaki lab previously developed a CRISPR/Cas9 based method...essential proteins (Natsume et al., 2016). Now, the Kanemaki lab has created a new toolkit of plasmids for ...create conditional human cell lines. Lastly, the Kanemaki lab demonstrated that auxinole, a TIR1 inhibitor...
  8. Viral Vectors 101: AAV Variables That Matter

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    June 1, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...serotype can affect spread from the injection site  (Kanaan et al., 2017), axonal transport  (Murlidharan et...cells12050785 Murlidharan, G., Samulski, R. J., & Asokan, A. (2014). Biology of adeno-associated viral vectors...5), 1–41. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells12050785 Kanaan, N. M., Sellnow, R. C., Boye, S. L., Coberly, B...pharmaceutics13050750 Murlidharan, G., Samulski, R. J., & Asokan, A. (2014). Biology of adeno-associated viral vectors...
  9. Illuminating Choices: A Guide to Selecting Fluorescent Dyes and Ligands

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    March 21, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...signals when used with the same protein (Hayashi-Takanaka et al., 2014). Other dyes may prove challenging...and reliable imaging and assay results (Hayashi-Takanaka et al., 2014)​​. Conjugates with lower DOL tend...intracellular fluorescence live imaging ​​(Hayashi-Takanaka et al., 2014). Dyes can also vary in their brightness...994. https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.4403 Hayashi-Takanaka, Y., Stasevich, T. J., Kurumizaka, H., Nozaki,...
  10. Plasmids 101: Positive and Negative Selection for Plasmid Cloning

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    Aug. 22, 2019, 12:43 p.m.
    ...backbone contains a kanamycin resistance cassette, you would plate the cells on kanamycin-containing agar..... Only cells carrying plasmids that contain a kanamycin resistance cassette will grow. However, often ...
  11. Addgene-Seeding Labs plasmid grant round 3: microbial drug resistance and biofilms, antidiabetic plant components, visualizing brain injury - and a glowing robot fish

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    Nov. 27, 2018, 2 p.m.
    ...activity after ischemic brain injury Dr. Gohar Tsakanova, Institute of Molecular Biology of the NationalAcademy...Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, Armenia Gohar Tsakanova is a Senior Researcher who investigates the molecular...two-photon laser scanning microscope will allow Tsakanova to image cortical neurons and study changes in...
  12. Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle

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    July 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Structure of a retrovirus. Image re-used from Dong & Kantor, 2021 under CC-BY license. Figure 2 gives a...1406488. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC372876 Dong, W., & Kantor, B. (2021). Lentiviral Vectors for Delivery of ...PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4515362 Robinson, W. S., Pitkanen, A., & Rubin, H. (1965). The nucleic acid of the...
  13. Live and Let Dye: Self-Labeling Protein Tags

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    April 16, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ... based on a bacterial haloalkane dehalogenase that binds a synthetic chloralkane (CA) ligand. The current...  (TMP-tag) Few Easy HaloTag 295 Chloralkane (CA) Many Easy CLIP-tag 182 Benzylcytosine...
  14. R Bodies: Membrane-Rupturing Microscopic Tools

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    April 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...were first expressed in E. coli in the 1980s  (Kanabrocki et al 1986). Much later, it was shown that putting...her on Twitter @jessicapolka.     References 1. Kanabrocki, J. A., Quackenbush, R. L. & Pond, F. R. Organization...
  15. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Social Media for Scientists

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    Dec. 11, 2018, 12:46 p.m.
    ... with Dr. Stephani Page, the founder of the #BLACKandSTEM Twitter community. Dr. Page shares her story...@ThePurplePage and @HelloPhD "Role" call. #BLACKandSTEM what do you do? — Stephani Page, PhD 👩🏾‍🔬...
  16. CRISPR-mediated Plant Base Editors

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    Jan. 3, 2019, 1:35 p.m.
    ...PMID: 30272679. 8. Hua, Kai, Xiaoping Tao, and Jian‐Kang Zhu. "Expanding the base editing scope in rice by...11.4 (2018): 627-630. PubMed PMID: 29476916. 10. Kang, Beum-Chang, et al. "Precision genome engineering...
  17. Quick Guide to Near-Infrared Fluorescent Proteins

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    Oct. 5, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...contrast than previously developed NIR split probes (Tchekanda et al., 2014, Filonov et al., 2013). FRET biosensors...fluorescent nanobodies. Nat Methods submitted (2021). Tchekanda, E., Sivanesan, D. & Michnick, S.W. An infrared...
  18. Plasmids 101: Repressible Promoters

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    Dec. 20, 2022, 2:15 p.m.
    ...acid to Drosophila cells. Work by Wei et al. from Kang Shen’s lab has also shown that the Q system is also.... Wei, Xing, Christopher J. Potter, Liqin Luo & Kang Shen. “Controlling gene expression with the Q repressible...
  19. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    Jan. 9, 2018, 3:02 p.m.
    ... the B. subtilis Single Gene Deletion Library—Kanamycin and the CRISPRi Essential gene Knockdown library...regions (excluding start and stop codons) with kanamycin cassettes and were carefully designed to allow...
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