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La Jolla Institute for Immunology (La Jolla, CA)
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Tools of the Day
Plasmid
Depositor: Chris Garcia
Purpose: Mammalian expression of cell-surface protein extracellular domain fused to COMP5AP-AviTag-9xHis. Protein is secreted from cells.
Viral Prep
Depositor: Simon Wiegert
Purpose: Ready-to-use AAV5 particles produced from CaMKII-somBiPOLES-mCerulean (#154948). CamKII-driven expression of soma-targeted BiPOLES for optogenetic inhibition (blue light) and activation (red light). These AAV preparations are suitable purity for injection into animals.
Antibody
Depositor: Institute for Protein Innovation (IPI)
Purpose: Anti-Integrin αVβ6 (Human) chimeric recombinant antibody with fused human variable and rabbit constant domains; binds the particular alpha/beta chain pair, blocks ligand binding/function (RGD-mimetic)