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  1. A History of Genome Engineering in Popular Culture

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    ...to researchers.  TALENs In 2010, transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) were engineered...findings of the 1952 Hershey-Chase experiment. In the same year, Rosalind Franklin and her student Raymond ...
  2. AAV Viral Preps

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    ...Rabies Virus-Based Serotype Serotype Testing Samples Small samples of control AAV vectors for trial purposes... Service page . Function Chemogenetics DREADDs, PSAMs Optogenetics Channelrhodopsins, Halorhodopsins, ...Monster, Brainbow Molecular Tools Tetracycline Transactivators, Affinity Purification, Cell Ablation Monosynaptic...
  3. Optogenetics Guide

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    ...different colors of light to activate/silence the same neuronal population, or activate different neural populations...respectively. Color of activation light. There are a variety of different activation wavelengths, ranging...including protein activation, membrane localization, and transcriptional activation. In the widely used... transcriptional activation domain and DNA binding domain, allowing light to activate transcription. Phytochromes...Multiple-color optical activation, silencing, and desynchronization of neural activity, with single-spike ...the closing of the channel 470(activ.), 590(inact.) ReaChR Red-activatable variant of CrChR2 590 Channelrhodopsins...Different activation wavelengths also make it possible to combine multiple opsins in the same experiment...
  4. CRISPR Guide

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    ...helper activators; highest levels of single-gene activation (Figure 9D) In bacteria, activating gene expression...nuclease activity Cas9 enzymes will likely improve as more key residues for specificity and activity are discovered...-NG - NG; increase in vitro activity SpG - NGN; increase nuclease activity SpRY - NRN/NYN, where R = A...select for gRNAs with high on-target activity and low off-target activity. Knockout libraries often target...become a flexible tool to activate, repress, visualize, and isolate genes. Activation or Repression of Target...transcriptional activator (e.g. VP64) or repressor (e.g. KRAB; Figure 9A). Other examples of activation systems...instead of a two-component system (Figure 9C) SAM activators - co-expression of dCas9-VP64 with a modified...
  5. Lentiviral Guide

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    ...and actively dividing cell types whereas standard retroviruses can only infect mitotically active cell...trans Second generation only; Trans-activator; binds TAR to activate transcription from the LTR promoter...weak promoter and requires the presence of Tat to activate expression. The envelope protein Env (usually ...shown that lentiviruses most often integrate into actively transcribed genes, and that this preference is...the provirus). Contains sequences necessary for activation of viral genomic RNA transcription. R; Repeat... Sub-element: TAR; 2nd generation only; Trans-activating response element; located in the R region of ...deletion in the 3'LTR, rendering the virus “self-inactivating” (SIN) after integration. Packaging plasmid(...
  6. Distribution to Industry

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    ...partner labs. Learn More ID Recombinant Antibody Reactivity Recommended Applications PI Don’t See What You...allowed to use for distribution. Please see the Sample Agreements on our Technology Transfer Information...
  7. Antibody Guide

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    ...fluorophores are available in a range of colors activated by different wavelengths, allowing for easy differentiation...conjugated with HRP. Wash and block the membrane. Activate the HRP with a substrate kit. Image the membrane...antibody, followed by incubation and wash steps. Activate the conjugate and read the output via a plate ... antigen and the conjugate, typically HRP, is activated and its output measured. This method can be performed...secondary antibody is added. The conjugate is activated and the output is read. A standard curve with ...deposited into tubes or plate wells) by fluorescence activated cell sorting (FACS). Figure 7: Flow cytometry ...application Collect and lyse samples to make proteins available. Tissue samples may need additional processing...
  8. Cloning

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    ... Cloning (LIC) relies on the 3'-5' exonuclease activity of T4 DNA polymerase. An exonuclease is an enzyme...strand. In LIC, the T4 DNA polymerase’s exonuclease activity creates “chewed-back” overhangs of 10-12 base ...this opportunity, T4 will resume its polymerase activity, add back the free base, and become stuck at this...side of it into any plasmid that has the same sites in the same orientation within its multiple cloning...
  9. AAV Production in HEK293 Cells

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    ...FBS can be purchased already heat-inactivated, or it can be inactivated in the lab by heating to 56 °C for...) (Link opens in a new window) (3,180 cm 2 - the same surface area as 21 x T-175 flasks). Cell stacks ... 2 Cellstack 2, Corning 3269, 1272 cm 2 Heat-inactivated FBS (HI-FBS) Pro-Tip Different brands and lots...bottle of DMEM high glucose, add 55 mL of heat-inactivated FBS and 5 mL of glutaGRO 11 mL of 200 mM L-alanyl-L-glutamine...0.08 μg/bp Therefore, for each plasmid we need: Sample Calculations RepCap: 0.08 μg/bp × 7,265 bp = 582.1...overnight at 4 °C if needed. Transfer the entire sample to 3 x 500 mL conical bottles and centrifuge at...round of sonication to avoid overheating of the sample. Mix well between rounds of sonication. Sonicate...
  10. Colony Formation Titering Assay

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    ...FBS can be purchased already heat-inactivated, or it can be inactivated in the lab by heating to 56 °C for...glutamine such as glutaGRO, Corning 25-015-CI) Heat-inactivated FBS Polybrene (10 mg/mL), Millipore TR-1003-G...bottle of DMEM high glucose, add 55 mL of heat inactivated FBS and 5 mL of 100X glutaGRO. Store at 4 °C....protocol outlines the seeding of the cells at the same time as the virus-mediated transduction. For some... titer, take the average of multiple dilutions. Sample Data Figure 1: A549 cells were transduced with ...
  11. Virus Protocol - Generating Stable Cell Lines

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    ...FBS can be purchased already heat-inactivated, or it can be inactivated in the lab by heating to 56 °C for...glutamine such as glutaGRO, Corning 25-015-CI) Heat-inactivated FBS Polybrene (10 mg/mL), Millipore TR-1003-G...bottle of DMEM high glucose, add 55 mL of heat-inactivated FBS and 5mL of 100X glutaGRO. Store at 4 °C. ...complete + 10 µg/mL polybrene. Note, this is just a sample of possible dilutions. You may want to try higher...monoclonal lines from the early polyclonal populations. Sample Data Figure 1: Generation of monoclonal cell lines...
  12. Fluorescence Titering Assay

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    ...FBS can be purchased already heat-inactivated or it can be inactivated in the lab by heating to 56 °C for...glutamine such as glutaGRO, Corning 25-015-CI) Heat-inactivated FBS Polybrene (10mg/mL), Millipore TR-1003-G ...bottle of DMEM high glucose, add 55 mL of heat-inactivated FBS and 5 mL of 100X glutaGRO. Store at 4 °C.... titer, take the average of multiple dilutions. Sample Data Figure 1: 293T cells were transduced with ...
  13. General Transfection

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    ...FBS can be purchased already head inactivated or it can be inactivated in the lab by heating to 56 °C for...glutamine such as glutaGRO, Corning 25-015-CI) Heat-inactivated FBS Low serum medium such as Opti-MEM or Opti-Pro...bottle of DMEM high glucose, add 55 mL of heat-inactivated FBS and 5 mL of 100X glutaGRO. Store at 4 °C....24–48 h before checking for protein expression. Sample Data Legend: Lenti-X 293T cells were transfected...
  14. Lentivirus Production

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    ...FBS can be purchased already heat inactivated or it can be inactivated in the lab by heating to 56°C for...chloroquine Polyethylenimine, linear MW 25,000 Da Heat-inactivated FBS 1x PBS pH 7.4 without calcium or magnesium...bottle of DMEM high glucose, add 55 mL of heat-inactivated FBS and 5 mL of glutaGRO. Store at 4 °C. Pro-Tip... °C as soon as possible to avoid loss of titer. Sample Data Figure 1: 293T cells were transfected with...
  15. Science Guides

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    ...molecules, which allows for specific control of activity. Read More CRISPR Class 2 C lustered R egularly...plasmids. Plasmids within a given library have the same backbone, but they express or target different genes...
  16. Isolating a Monoclonal Cell Population by Limiting Dilution

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    ...glutamine such as glutaGRO, Corning 25-015-CI) Heat-inactivated FBS 1X PBS pH 7.4 without calcium or magnesium...bottle of DMEM high glucose, add 55 mL of heat-inactivated FBS and 5 mL of 100X glutaGRO. Store at 4 °C....performed at Addgene on the A549 cells described in our sample data , each 96-well plate gave rise to 15–20 monoclonal...solution will be used to seed the 96-well plate. Sample Calculation First, use a hemocytometer to quantitate...plate for individual cells, which should be on the same focal plane. Scan the entire plate and make note...highest or lowest transgene expression ( Figure 2 ). Sample Data Figure 1: Generation of monoclonal cell lines...
  17. Viral Vectors 101: Systemic Capsids

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    ...spatiotemporal control of transgene expression or activity can be achieved using switches, including riboswitches...function like your average AAVs — and have many of the same restrictions, like limited cargo space (~4.7 kb)...systems, which use two or more AAVs to transduce the same cell, can accommodate larger, modular genetic payloads...efficient AAV-PHP.eB, developed and deposited by the same lab. AAV-PHP.eB is the most commonly requested systemic...off-target organs. AAV.CAP-B22 was developed through the same process as AAV.CAP-B10 and shows high transduction...
  18. Antibodies 101: The Four ELISAs and When to Use Them

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    ... the sample to that of a standard curve to extrapolate the concentration of antigen in the sample. A variety...with samples, eliminating them from the procedure removes one potential source of cross-reactivity.   While...use the same secondary antibody for any ELISA protocol that uses primary antibodies of the same isotype...-containing sample with their conjugated primary antibody. Users next incubate the sample with the multiwell...used to quantify the level of target antigen in a sample. While Engvall et al. originally developed the ... proteins and small molecules from a variety of sample types (Engvall 1971). Scientists value ELISAs for...using the method. ELISA basics All ELISAs follow the same overall process. First users coat a multiwell plate...
  19. Antibodies 101: Multiplex Immunofluorescence

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    ...presence of several biomarkers together in the same tissue sample predicts a certain cancer and want to look...you will need to start with a fixed sample. Depending on the sample type, this might be frozen or formalin-fixed...you image the first target, you inactivate the fluorophores in the sample, either by chemical treatment ...al, 2022 for a sample protocol.)  Simultaneous IF Depending on your needs, your sample, and targets, you...known to be abundant in your samples (with a primary antibody that has the same species and isotype as the...set of samples where you label only one target in each. Compare these individually-labeled samples with ...the sample is being damaged by all the handling steps, or there’s some unexpected cross-reactivity. Keep...
  20. Retrovirus Guide

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    ...the provirus). Contains sequences necessary for activation of viral genomic RNA transcription. R; Repeat...While both lentiviruses and γ-retroviruses use the same gene products for packaging (i.e., Gag, Pol, and... only in lentivirus. Are γ-retroviruses self-inactivating (SIN)? They can be. Plasmids that encode SIN.... Return to Top Glossary Plasmid Type Element On Same Plasmid as Transgene? Purpose Envelope VSVG in trans...
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