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pAAV-Ef1a-DIO mScarlet
(Plasmid #131002)

Ordering

This material is available to academics and nonprofits only.
Item Catalog # Description Quantity Price (USD)
Plasmid 131002 Standard format: Plasmid sent in bacteria as agar stab 1 $85
AAV1 131002-AAV1 Virus (100 µL at titer ≥ 7×10¹² vg/mL) and Plasmid. $405
AAV5 131002-AAV5 Virus (100 µL at titer ≥ 7 × 10¹² vg/mL) and Plasmid. $405

Backbone

  • Vector backbone
    pAAV-MCS
  • Backbone manufacturer
    Stratagene
  • Vector type
    AAV

Growth in Bacteria

  • Bacterial Resistance(s)
    Ampicillin, 100 μg/mL
  • Growth Temperature
    37°C
  • Growth Strain(s)
    NEB Stable
  • Copy number
    High Copy

Gene/Insert

  • Gene/Insert name
    mScarlet
  • Species
    Synthetic
  • Promoter Ef1a

Cloning Information

  • Cloning method Restriction Enzyme
  • 5′ cloning site AscI (not destroyed)
  • 3′ cloning site NheI (not destroyed)
  • 5′ sequencing primer GTTAGGCCAGCTTGGCACTTG
  • 3′ sequencing primer GAATACCAGTCAATCTTTCAC
  • (Common Sequencing Primers)

Resource Information

Terms and Licenses

  • Academic/Nonprofit Terms
  • Industry Terms
    • Not Available to Industry
Trademarks:
  • Zeocin® is an InvivoGen trademark.

Information for AAV1 (Catalog # 131002-AAV1) ( Back to top)

Purpose

Ready-to-use AAV1 particles produced from pAAV-Ef1a-DIO mScarlet (#131002). In addition to the viral particles, you will also receive purified pAAV-Ef1a-DIO mScarlet plasmid DNA.

EF1a-driven, Cre-dependent mScarlet expression. These AAV preparations are suitable purity for injection into animals.

Delivery

  • Volume 100 µL
  • Titer ≥ 7×10¹² vg/mL
  • Pricing $375 USD for preparation of 100 µL virus + $30 USD for plasmid.
  • Storage Store at -80℃. Thaw just before use and keep on ice.
  • Shipment Viral particles are shipped frozen on dry ice. Plasmid DNA (≥ 200ng) will also be included in the shipment.

Viral Production & Use

  • Packaging Plasmids encode adenoviral helper sequences and AAV rep gene, AAV1 cap gene
  • Buffer PBS + 0.001% Poloxamer 188 + 200 mM NaCl
  • Serotype AAV1
  • Purification Iodixanol gradient ultracentrifugation
  • Reporter Gene mScarlet (Cre-dependent)

Biosafety

Requestor is responsible for compliance with their institution's biosafety regulations. Lentivirus is generally considered BSL-2. AAV is generally considered BSL-1, but may require BSL-2 handling depending on the insert. Biosafety Guide

Terms and Licenses

Viral Quality Control

Quality Control:
  • Addgene ensures high quality viral vectors by optimizing and standardizing production protocols and performing rigorous quality control (QC) (see a list of our QC assays). The specific QC assays performed varies for each viral lot. To learn which specific QC assays were performed on your lot, please contact us.
  • Titer: the exact titer of your sample will be reported on the tube. The titer you see listed on this page is the guaranteed minimum titer. See how titers are measured.

Visit our viral production page for more information.

Addgene Comments

Using FLEX vectors in vivo: LoxP sites in FLEX plasmids are known to recombine during DNA amplification and viral vector production, which may result in a minority of Cre-activated (i.e., "flipped") viral vectors. Addgene has measured this occurs in 0.1-0.8% of viral particles in our typical production protocol. This can lead to a small number of cells exhibiting Cre-independent transgene expression in vivo. To address this, it is necessary to optimize the injection volume and viral titer to find the optimal AAV dosage required for Cre-dependent transgene expression and function in vivo. This may include reducing the viral particle dosage in order to reduce the likelihood of Cre-independent expression.

Information for AAV5 (Catalog # 131002-AAV5) ( Back to top)

Purpose

Ready-to-use AAV5 particles produced from pAAV-Ef1a-DIO mScarlet (#131002). In addition to the viral particles, you will also receive purified pAAV-Ef1a-DIO mScarlet plasmid DNA.

EF1a-driven, Cre-dependent mScarlet expression. These AAV preparations are suitable purity for injection into animals.

Delivery

  • Volume 100 µL
  • Titer ≥ 7 × 10¹² vg/mL
  • Pricing $375 USD for preparation of 100 µL virus + $30 USD for plasmid.
  • Storage Store at -80℃. Thaw just before use and keep on ice.
  • Shipment Viral particles are shipped frozen on dry ice. Plasmid DNA (≥ 200ng) will also be included in the shipment.

Viral Production & Use

  • Packaging Plasmids encode adenoviral helper sequences and AAV rep gene, AAV5 cap gene
  • Buffer PBS + 0.001% Poloxamer 188 + 200 mM NaCl
  • Serotype AAV5
  • Purification Iodixanol gradient ultracentrifugation
  • Reporter Gene mScarlet (Cre-dependent)

Biosafety

Requestor is responsible for compliance with their institution's biosafety regulations. Lentivirus is generally considered BSL-2. AAV is generally considered BSL-1, but may require BSL-2 handling depending on the insert. Biosafety Guide

Terms and Licenses

Viral Quality Control

Quality Control:
  • Addgene ensures high quality viral vectors by optimizing and standardizing production protocols and performing rigorous quality control (QC) (see a list of our QC assays). The specific QC assays performed varies for each viral lot. To learn which specific QC assays were performed on your lot, please contact us.
  • Titer: the exact titer of your sample will be reported on the tube. The titer you see listed on this page is the guaranteed minimum titer. See how titers are measured.

Visit our viral production page for more information.

Addgene Comments

Using FLEX vectors in vivo: LoxP sites in FLEX plasmids are known to recombine during DNA amplification and viral vector production, which may result in a minority of Cre-activated (i.e., "flipped") viral vectors. Addgene has measured this occurs in 0.1-0.8% of viral particles in our typical production protocol. This can lead to a small number of cells exhibiting Cre-independent transgene expression in vivo. To address this, it is necessary to optimize the injection volume and viral titer to find the optimal AAV dosage required for Cre-dependent transgene expression and function in vivo. This may include reducing the viral particle dosage in order to reduce the likelihood of Cre-independent expression.

How to cite this plasmid ( Back to top)

These plasmids were created by your colleagues. Please acknowledge the Principal Investigator, cite the article in which the plasmids were described, and include Addgene in the Materials and Methods of your future publications.

  • For your Materials & Methods section:

    pAAV-Ef1a-DIO mScarlet was a gift from Karl Deisseroth (Addgene plasmid # 131002 ; http://n2t.net/addgene:131002 ; RRID:Addgene_131002) For viral preps, please replace (Addgene plasmid # 131002) in the above sentence with: (Addgene viral prep # 131002-AAV1) or (Addgene viral prep # 131002-AAV5)
  • For your References section:

    Cortical layer-specific critical dynamics triggering perception. Marshel JH, Kim YS, Machado TA, Quirin S, Benson B, Kadmon J, Raja C, Chibukhchyan A, Ramakrishnan C, Inoue M, Shane JC, McKnight DJ, Yoshizawa S, Kato HE, Ganguli S, Deisseroth K. Science. 2019 Aug 9;365(6453). pii: science.aaw5202. doi: 10.1126/science.aaw5202. Epub 2019 Jul 18. 10.1126/science.aaw5202 PubMed 31320556