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  1. Adenovirus Guide

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    ...in a higher background of non-recombinant adenoviral plasmids. Recombinant adenoviral plasmids are then...Coxsackie-Adenovirus Receptor (CAR) to enter cells. Recombinant adenovirus has two genes deleted: E1 and E3. ...recombination have not occurred. Once verified, the recombinant plasmid is linearized with PacI to create a linear...single-stranded DNA parvovirus and was discovered as a contaminant of adenovirus preparations, whereas adenoviruses...has published their method for generation of recombinant adenoviruses: A Practical Guide for using the...
  2. Addgene's eBook Collection

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    ... Overlay Select Antibodies 101 New! October 2024 | First Edition About Antibodies 101 October 2024...contains practical introductions and helpful tips for antibody-based applications, from flow to IHC! Close About...
  3. Guide to Using Pooled Libraries

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    ...can help you begin to understand what genes are important to a certain phenotype, and allow you to design...Both types of screen employ a selection method relevant to the phenotype being studied. Examples of published...lentiviral CRISPR libraries include: resistance to the anti-cancer drug vemurafenib , resistance to Clostridium...
  4. Retrovirus Guide

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    ... virus is produced in just a few days. Another variant, Phoenix-gp, contains only Gag-Pol and enables ...γ-retroviruses differ from lentiviruses? There are a few important differences between engineered γ-retroviruses ...names? The nomenclature of the plasmid backbone is meant to be descriptive of the components found within...
  5. Promoters

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    ...corresponds to the mRNA transcript produced. The antisense strand is referred to as the template strand or...itself which helps to explain how many physically distant DNA sequences can affect transcription of a given...
  6. Educational Resources

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    ...your molecular biology research. Topics include: Antibiotic Concentrations for Bacterial Selection What is...
  7. A Control for All Seasons

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    ...Recommended controls for antibody-based experiments Primary antibody specificity Antibody-based assays have ...Microscopy-based antibody experiments should include a primary antibody specificity control, secondary antibody specificity...species as your primary antibody, like if you are using an anti-mouse IgG antibody in mouse tissue. Such... signal from your anti-Mouse IgG2a secondary antibody, then that secondary antibody is reacting non-specifically...Addgene blog Antibodies 101: Validation Antibodies 101: Choosing the Right Isotype Antibodies 101: Selecting...confirm primary antibody specificity. The gold standard in demonstrating primary antibody specificity is...approaches discussed in the Antibodies 101: Validation post. The primary antibody control needs only to be...
  8. Tips for arabidopsis transformation

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    ...: Use healthy plants: Your plants should show no signs of stress, such as anthocyanin production, or ... more chances to recover a transformant. Use lots of plants: Lots of plants produce lots of seeds. I typically...select for transformants. It’s very important to select multiple T1 plants from each transformation. I like...process itself can affect the growth of resistant plants so you’ll want to know the effect of your insertion...of non-transformants and make finding true transformants more difficult. Don’t leave your plants on selective...dynamics of genes and proteins in living plants, to complementing mutant phenotypes. Arabidopsis is amenable...genomes of the plants it attacks Growing the transformed agrobacterium culture Dipping your plant’s flowers ...
  9. Plasmids 101: Secondary Nanobody Toolbox

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    ...smaller antibodies.They are derived from an unusual type of IgG antibody called a heavy chain antibody (HCab...traditional IgG antibody structures. Functional comparison Strong but Large: Advantages of Antibodies One of ...different epitopes of a primary antibody. B) Each arm of the antibody has an antigen binding site for a total... (DSHB). 1 ml of antibody-containing hybridoma supernatant is only $40, significantly cheaper than commercially...require secondary antibodies, frequently of the mouse or rabbit variety. While antibodies certainly aren’...their anti-mouse and -rabbit IgG secondary nanobodies toolbox. Nanobodies are like tiny antibodies which...be attached to each antibody. But being big is a double-edged sword. An antibody’s large size creates ...
  10. Troubleshooting and Optimizing a Western Blot

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    ...10,000 for primary antibodies). You’ll want to run a protein gradient to test the antibody at the recommended...polyclonal or recombinant multiclonal antibodies to increase overall signal from the primary antibody.  Pro tip... Not enough antibody binding sites Polyclonal or recombinant multiclonal antibodies Protein not... your blocking, first check your antibody spec sheet. Some antibodies work better with specific blockers...issues.   If your antibody information doesn’t contain blocker recommendations, you may want to try different...make up a fresh batch.  Antibodies We always recommend either using an antibody validated for your protein...interest or validating an antibody yourself. But even with a validated antibody, it can still take time ...
  11. Technical Design of a Western Blot

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    ...protocol video!  Antibodies The most important part of your western is your antibodies, particularly your...linearity within detection limits (important if you want to quantify your blots). Fluorescent proteins ...inherently “fuzzier” than gels. Quantification If you want to quantify the amounts of protein in your ...specificity Monoclonal antibodies Increased cost Recombinant antibodies Not always available;...your primary antibodies. We always recommend using an antibody validated for your target in your specific...polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies can work well for a western blot. Polyclonal antibodies, which bind to multiple... The highest reproducibility comes from recombinant antibodies (rAbs), which are produced from plasmids...
  12. RANbodies: Reporter Nanobody Fusions

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    ...labeled anti- HA or -MYC antibody or with an anti-HA or -MYC primary and a labeled secondary antibody. While...scale production of antibodies. Problems with antibodies Conventional antibodies are a non-renewable...with a labeled anti-HA or -MYC antibody, approximately as sensitive as detecting antigen with a standard... cross-react with anti-rodent or -rabbit Detection with an anti-Chicken IgY antibody is approximately ... (DSHB). 1 ml of antibody-containing hybridoma supernatant is only $40, significantly cheaper than commercially...Genetic Tagging - Since antibodies are produced in animals instead of via recombinant DNA, they can’t be genetically...below. The HA tag can be stained for with an anti-HA antibody and serves as a backup means of detection ...
  13. Of Myc and Men

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    ...providers have moved to producing anti-Myc [9E10] as a recombinant antibody. Researchers first sequenced the...blog Antibodies 101: Monoclonal Antibodies Plasmids 101: Peptide Tagging Plasmid-based Recombinant Antibody...? Why Myc? When did the commonly used anti-c-Myc [9E10] antibody come into play? We’ll dive into those...monoclonal antibodies. However, it was (and still is) infeasible to generate highly specific antibodies for ... peptide. One of these C-terminal antibodies was Myc1-9E10 (aka anti-c-Myc [9E10]). They noticed that ...found that the N-terminal half of the antigen differs significantly between human and the other species,...generated their Myc antibodies. At first, anti-c-Myc [9E10] was just one of several new tools for unraveling...
  14. RUBY-Red Siliques

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    ...purple plant pigments found in all other plants, anthocyanins.   Figure 1: An adult plant expressing...resistance to an antibiotic. Successful editing of transformants then typically occurs in T0 plants (from callus...an Arabidopsis mutant that can’t set seeds. I study the development of the mutant plants, but the seeds...unfamiliar with these mutant plants. Using RUBY to simplify the identification of these mutants will speed up ...expressing RUBY plant is a vibrant red/magenta while (bottom panel, left) a lower expressing RUBY plant is a pale...transgene markers for plant transformation fall into two main categories: antibiotic/herbicide resistance...off-target gene editing. Antibiotic selection would only then kill the desired plants! PCR or fluorescent ...
  15. Hot Plasmids February 2024

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    ...Endothelial-specific AAV delivery Recombinant anti-FLAG tag antibodies Peptide-assisted genome editing...-023-38582-7. PMID: 37291094.   Recombinant anti-FLAG tag antibodies By Ashley Waldron Of all the epitope... a variety of applications. Find anti-DYKDDDDK recombinant antibodies here!... generated a series of StayGold mutants and identified a triple mutant, Y187F, R144I and T155Q, which ...library of AAV9 variants (Chuapoco et al., 2023). They found the best-performing variant, CAP-Mac, was ...compared to AA9-X1.1. Importantly, AAV1-X1 is not neutralized by pre-existing antibodies against AAV9-based...you know that we distribute ready-to-use recombinant antibodies as well? Our collection includes a mouse...
  16. Hot Plasmids: Fall 2024

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    ... epitope tag antibodies available through Addgene. Anti-V5 [IPI-SV5-Pk1] is a recombinant version of the...you prefer to produce your own antibody or want to swap out the constant domains, the plasmids for the ...what you'll find in this post: Anti-V5 and other new epitope tag antibodies from IPI New tool for structural...Epitope tag antibody collection grows By Ashley Waldron We are excited to highlight the Anti-V5 tag antibody...performs well in many different antibody-based applications.  IPI’s recombinant version is a fusion of mouse...2024 under CC BY license.    Find Anti-V5 [IPI-SV5-Pk1] Antibody here!   Anderson, Z., Zhu, H., Riedel...R. E. (1992). Construction of solid matrix-antibody-antigen complexes containing simian immunodeficiency...
  17. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning Applications and Kits

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    ...your general plant cloning experiments. Addgene also has two additional MoClo plant kits: Plant Parts Kit...Kit II and Plant Parts Kit III (Gantner et al., 2018; Chamness et al., 2023). The Plant Parts II kit has...interested in recombinant protein purification and metabolic engineering. If instead you want to build genetic.... The MoClo Plant Parts Kit has everything you would expect in a MoClo kit plus the plant-specific parts...it builds upon (its ‘basics’ MoClo plant kit buddy). It is important to understand your experimental needs...2023). For plant biologists, Addgene has not one, not two, but three CRISPR MoClo kits for plants that work...sb4001504. Gantner, Johannes, et al. “Peripheral Infrastructure Vectors and an Extended Set of Plant Parts ...
  18. Plasmids 101: Protein Expression

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    ...purification of recombinant proteins from plants however can be expensive and time consuming as plant tissues ...Bacterial expression systems When one wants to produce vast quantities of protein rapidly and cheaply, a ...without harsh reagents and patience. Plant expression systems Plants provide a cheap and low-tech means ... mass expression of recombinant proteins. Many cells from various types of plants such as maize, tobacco... have taken advantage of the natural secretion of biochemicals and proteins through plant roots. Tagging...Tagging recombinant proteins with a naturally secreted plant peptide allows for easier access and purification...technology, plant cells have been used to express a wide range of proteins including antibodies and pharmaceuticals...
  19. AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?

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    ...measured by quantifying the concentration of viral genomes (by qPCR or other DNA quantification methods -...methods: Quantitative PCR (qPCR) Digital droplet PCR (ddPCR) Historically, a quantitative DNA hybridization...titer AAV! The point is there are many ways to quantify the composition of a viral vector solution, and... characteristics give us information on three important factors. What can AAV titers tell you? Physical...transduce cells. Infectious titers are typically quantified by cell transduction assays. Wild-type AAV2 has... of 1:1 (Zeltner et al., 2010). However, for recombinant AAV2, the same study reported a physical-to-infectious...2010), while another reported that only 20% of recombinant AAV2 particles were full, compared to 50% of ...
  20. Enabling Precision Functional Genomics with the Target Accelerator Plasmid Collection

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    ...individual variants found in tumors are exceedingly rare. As a result, how most of these “variants of unknown... available collection of mutant cDNA clones corresponding to cancer variants found in genome sequencing...include 634 sequence confirmed mutant cDNA clones corresponding to cancer variants derived from analysis of ...Cancer Mutant Collection) or “pan-cancer” analyses across many cancer types (Pan Cancer Mutant Collection...cancer clinical sequencing report includes rare variants that haven’t been characterized? Some have developed...approach this challenge, using attributes of cancer variants such as evolutionary conservation, or predicted...hope researchers can use to characterize these variants in a high-throughput manner and therefore push...
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