Skip to main content
This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. By continuing to use this site, you agree to the use of cookies.

Please note: Your browser does not support the features used on Addgene's website. You may not be able to create an account or request plasmids through this website until you upgrade your browser. Learn more

Please note: Your browser does not fully support some of the features used on Addgene's website. If you run into any problems registering, depositing, or ordering please contact us at [email protected]. Learn more

Addgene
Showing: 21 - 40 of 214 results
  1. Plasmids 101: Knockout/Knock-In Plasmids

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...Addgene.org Find Mammalian Expression Vectors Find Cre-Lox Plasmids Learn More about CRISPR  ...: A knockout targeting vector designed to insert a resistance gene. The vector contains a neomycin resistance...techniques such as CRISPR are easier to use and are more efficient at inactivating genes. CRISPR can target a...have developed new CRISPR-based methods for various knock-ins, discussed in our CRISPR 101 eBook. It’s ...genes in mammalian cells. Despite the popularity of CRISPR-based knockout/knock-in systems, these systems ...systems remain valuable, especially in cases where CRISPR cannot be used (e.g. there are no suitable PAM sequences... homologous sequence using a specially designed vector that contains sequence homology to the locus of...
  2. Adenoviral Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Aims to Expand Genome Editing to Primary Cells

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...need to use a two viral vectors system: one vector for Cas9/sgRNA and one vector for your specific DNA ...range of CRISPRs plasmid tools, find more plasmids, CRISPR technology guides, FAQs, and CRISPR resources... machinery such as CRISPR-Cas. Delivering gRNA and Cas9 using adenoviral vectors As compared to other...than AAV vectors. This capacity is large enough to carry the Cas9 gene and a gRNA expression cassette ...mammalian cells. Applications of CRISPR delivery by adenoviral vectors Since then, other groups have successfully... of plasma proteins where Adv vector delivery is often used, the CRISPR approach based on HDR has the ... animal models. Start using adenoviral vectors with your CRISPR/Cas9 research! To find more information...
  3. Hot Plasmids - March 2019 - Anti-CRISPR, 2in1 Cloning, Fluorescent Voltage Indicators, and Photoswitchable Proteins

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...control of CRISPR-Cas9 by CASANOVA Article contributed by Cary Valley  Listen to the anti-CRISPR podcast ...podcast segment Anti-CRISPR (Acr) proteins potently inhibit type II CRISPR systems including the popular S. ... cloned into an entry vector. The 2in1 cloning system contains two entry vectors (pUC57-L1L4 and pUC57... of protein coexpression. By introducing a single plasmid containing both GOIs, expression levels are ... them a rather blunt instrument for controlling CRISPR. To bring greater control to Acr activity as a ...domains, they have developed a system to control CRISPR-Cas9 activity using blue light (Bubeck et al., ... protein AcrIIA4. In the dark, AcrIIA4 inhibits CRISPR activity.   With the addition of blue light, the...
  4. Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...template for CRISPR-mediated homology directed repairs (HDR). Split AAV vector approaches Split vector approaches...ideal split vector system. Overall the efficiency of transgene expression from split vectors has been inconsistent... overviews of three split vector strategies plus one additional split vector strategy for increasing the...Generally an overlapping split vector has equal or higher transgene expression when compared to using a single...copies of both vectors. Examples of use: Halbert et al., 2002 used an overlapping vector with 440 or 1000bp...dystrophy. While mini-dystrophin expression levels were lower than expression of wild-type dystrophin in normal...to deliver LacZ to muscle in mice. Expression from the hybrid vector, as measured by β-galactosidase activity...
  5. Using Addgene's New Viral Service for Your Research

    Type
    Blog Post
    ... most popular lentiviral vectors in the repository are used to produce CRISPR tools, we’re starting the...Expanding the viral vector knowledge base: You can help! We’ve been expanding our viral vector educational resources...Beginners Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview AAV: A Versatile Tool for Gene Expression in Mammals Additional...spending time and money producing virus from select vectors in the repository yourself, you can now order ready-to-use...Service, we’re distributing lentivirus (with many CRISPR tools included among the preps that are currently... production process while still ordering viral vectors. Virus production can be a frustrating process ... activators, Cas9 repressors, select gRNAs, and CRISPR pooled libraries. Whether you’d like to knockout...
  6. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...bacterial expression vector which gives close to 100% cloning efficiency and gene expression. The pUCXKT...custom-cloned vectors in a Multisite Gateway reaction with a desired destination vector expressing a separate...temporal control over CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome modification and gene expression. The plasmids associated...science.aaa3380 MuLE vectors for customized lentivirus production Finding a lentiviral vector backbone with ... SFFV) or inducible (CMV-TO) cDNA expression, sgRNA (U6) expression, shRNA/shRNA-miR30 constitutive (H1...-miR30 (CMV-TO) expression, or a promoterless construct. Pre-constructed Entry vectors containing Cas9...a final lentiviral vector containing up to 5 different elements. Lentiviral vectors constructed with the...
  7. Casilio: An Adaptive, Multitasking “CRISPR-OS”

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...up on Your CRISPR basics with Our CRISPR 101 Posts Read about Other Applications of CRISPR Learn How to...  The early applications of CRISPR/Cas9 Nonetheless, as powerful as CRISPR-Cas9 has been in the lab and...fused to dCas9. CRISPR-Cas9 combinatorial functionality enabled by Casilio Although CRISPR 2.0 has proven...what we consider CRISPR 3.0: Casilio. Casilio is a powerful platform that allows CRISPR/Cas9 to multitask...Casilio are dCas9 (pAC1445 or existing dCas9 expression vectors available through addgene.org); at least ...Casilio system Although our current Casilio expression vectors are for transient transfection, we provide...We are also developing a lentiviral expression vector collection of Casilio modules (lentiCasilio) to make...
  8. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...deacetylases. CRISPR and epigenetics As with many TALEN-based technologies, the advent of CRISPR has made .... For an up-to-date list of CRISPR epigenetic tools, check out our CRISPR Epigenetics resource. Transcriptional...the lab used this vector in chick embryos, it also functions in mammalian expression systems.   Christopher...certainly not the only CRISPR-based technology designed to alter gene expression. Fusing dCas9 to a transcriptional...potential advantage of CRISPR epigenetic tools is their persistence and inheritance. CRISPR activators and repressors... are an additional layer of control over gene expression that go beyond genomic sequence. Dysregulation...modifications are correlated with alterations in gene expression, but causality and mechanisms remain unclear....
  9. CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems

    Type
    Blog Post
    ... HDAd5/35++ Adenovirus Vector Expressing Anti-CRISPR Peptides Decreases CRISPR/Cas9 Toxicity in Human ... do anti-CRISPR proteins work? Anti-CRISPRs proteins are highly diverse but most block CRISPR activity... off CRISPR activity. The ability to turn off CRISPR activity is an important step towards CRISPR-based...genome editing, activating gene expression, repressing gene expression, and much more. But there’s one.... Discovery of anti-CRISPR proteins That is, until the discovery of anti-CRISPR proteins in 2012 (Bondy-Denomy..., 2012). Anti-CRISPR (Acr) proteins are phage-derived small protein inhibitors of CRISPR-Cas systems that...Since these early anti-CRISPR studies, scientists have discovered over 50 anti-CRISPR proteins that interact...
  10. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning Applications and Kits

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...conditional gene expression, multiplexed CRISPR, and chromosomal integration of larger expression cassettes ...chromosomal integration and gene expression, the system includes a toolkit to express recombinant proteins within...more of these kits, as there are many options! CRISPR CRISPR-Cas can harness the power of MoClo to expand...repurposed for CRISPR applications (gene insert = Cas9 + gRNA), Addgene distributes specialized CRISPR kits too... frequently made comparisons between CRISPR components expressed from different plasmid backbones. They...the Rapid Design and Production of Diverse Expression Vectors.” ACS Synthetic Biology, vol. 6, no. 7, American...Abby V., et al. Modular Vector Assembly Enables Rapid Assessment of Emerging CRISPR Technologies. Cold Spring...
  11. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...to increase CRISPR editing efficiency across multiple CRISPR enzymes. Plasmids for CRISPR coselection ...podcast segment on CRISPR tools for plants CRISPR inhibitors Bacteria utilize CRISPR Cas9 systems to defend...editing. The bacterial and mammalian expression vectors for these CRISPR inhibitors are listed in the table...on Coselection with Ouabain New CRISPR base editors The popular CRISPR base editing technique uses dCas9...low off-target activity; mammalian expression vector Rees H, et al. Nature Communications. 2017. PubMed...and ribozyme systems for multiplex gRNA expression. Expression of toolkit components can be controlled...back using CRISPR inhibitors. Several such inhibitors have been characterized for type I CRISPR systems,...
  12. DAP arrays for multiplex gene editing

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...promoter, which is used to drive the expression of the array. After expression, the individual gRNAs are released...packaged into viral vectors for potential in vivo applications or multiplex CRISPR screening.   Using...More resources on the Addgene blog CRISPR 101: Multiplex expression of gRNAs Four Base Editing Reporters...The natural CRISPR locus of a bacteria host encodes multiple guide RNAs (gRNAs) on a single array to ... invading phage pathogen. Over the past decade, CRISPR tools have leveraged such host-defense mechanisms...with only minimal payloads. DAP array  Although CRISPR-Cas12a, with abilities to process and release its...leading the edge of the precision gene editing. CRISPR-Cas9, the key component to enable efficient base...
  13. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...easier to clone, express, and purify compared to antibodies. Nanobodies are easily expressed in the cytosol...#140702) The pMAK461-64 plasmids were expressed in SHuffle T7 Express competent E.coli (NEB) using IPTG induction...approaches rely on continual expression of both dCas9 and the gRNA. This expression can vary significantly ...fluorescently labeled piggyBac vectors for uniform and sustained expression of single or multiplexed gRNAs...and track cells expressing both dCas9 and gRNAs. The multi-gRNA piggyBac vector integrates into ...57500-1 The CRISPR corner By Jennifer Tsang Here are a few highlights from recent CRISPR plasmids. To...To find all of the CRISPR plasmids available from Addgene, head over to our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources...
  14. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...-baToN, “sender” cells express GFP on the surface and “receiver” cells express an anti-GFP nanobody on...response 1 (TIR1) expressed under a desired promoter with a specific spatiotemporal expression pattern and ...useful vectors compatible with Gibson and Saptrap cloning systems to generate AID* tagged CRISPR knock-...       The CRISPR corner By Jennifer Tsang Here are a few highlights from recent CRISPR plasmids. To...To find all of the CRISPR plasmids available from Addgene, head over to our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources... very fast CRISPR, is a light-inducible CRISPR system developed by Taekjip Ha’s lab where Cas9-gRNA complex...levels of dCas9 expression and contain different antibiotic resistance markers. New CRISPR pooled library...
  15. What's New in CRISPR - September 2019

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...with GeneWeld vectors GeneWeld from Jeffrey Essner’s lab uses CRISPR/Cas9 and a donor vector to create knock-ins...metastasis CRISPR screen. The Chen Mouse Tumor Suppressor Gene CRISPR Knockout Library is an AAV CRISPR knockout...blog Download the CRISPR 101 eBook Find our CRISPR 101 blog posts Read our CRISPR cheat sheet Resources...the new CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR plasmid...will help you find new CRISPR tools for your research! This time: GeneWeld vectors to create knock-ins ...CasX Drug inducible CRISPR/Cas9 activation E. coli genome-wide inhibition library CRISPR knockout libraries...Library CRISPR knockout libraries for cancer research The Sidi Chen lab recently published two CRISPR knockout...
  16. PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...Addgene.org Learn All about CRISPR on Our CRISPR Guide Pages Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Experiments...cloned into a vector containing Cas9 and the PITCh-gRNA. Step 3: Contransfect the PITCh vector with the vector...mammalian genomes as assessed by CRISPR design tools at crispr.mit.edu. They tested their system in HEK293...If you follow CRISPR research, you know all about using non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) to make deletions...repair, making it easier to construct targeting vectors. Addgene depositor Takashi Yamamoto’s lab has harnessed... harnessed MMEJ to create a new method for CRISPR gene knock-in, termed PITCh (Precise Integration into...percentage of the mutations seen with TALENs and CRISPR. MMEJ is active during M and early S phases, when...
  17. Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...counterselection vector is the pDS132 sacB-based allelic exchange vector. This vector contains sacB, an...Tight control of toxin expression is absolutely necessary, because leaky expression of toxin could select...introduce a mutation in the chromosome is to disrupt expression of a gene with an antibiotic resistance cassette...in the chromosome, sometimes interfering with expression of surrounding genes. However, there are ways...genomes using exogenous enzymes: Lambda red and CRISPR Developed over the past 20 years, Lambda Red recombineering...used  (Thomason et al., 2014). In recent years, CRISPR-Cas9 technology has also aided in the creation ...selecting for an antibiotic resistance marker from the vector (abR, Figure 1). The resolution step (“double crossover...
  18. Pairing CombiGEM and CRISPR for Combinatorial Genetic Screening

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...of CombiGEM-CRISPR experiments. CombiGEM-CRISPR: The marriage of two simple platforms CRISPR has revolutionized...multiplexed gRNA expression (Wong et al., 2016), in addition to the combinatorial expression of other genetic...CombiGEM lentiviral vector backbone pAWp12 (Figure 2). Cloning from the pAWp28 storage vector to the pAWp12 ...Tracing Read about CRISPR/Optogentics Tools Resources on Addgene.org Catch up on Your CRISPR Background with...with Our CRISPR Guide Pages Find CRISPR Plasmids Find More Tools for Combinatorial Engineering on Our ... to rapidly decode the complexity? The CombiGEM-CRISPR technology was developed with the goal of providing...The ease with which one can design and synthesize CRISPR guide RNAs (gRNAs) for genome editing in large-...
  19. With Our New Viral Service, We're Taking CRISPR Further!

    Type
    Blog Post
    ...ready-to-use CRISPR lentiviral preps to researchers across the globe. Why provide CRISPR as virus? “Like...Service Page Check Out Our CRISPR Guide Pages Find Viral Vectors ...are rough approximations of the total number of CRISPR plasmids for that particular organism available...total with the indicated function. One huge reason CRISPR has become such a popular genome editing tool is... is its developers’ willingness to make their CRISPR technologies available to the academic research community...point for the production of viruses used to deliver CRISPR components to cells or organisms under study. In... Advisory board, on the difficulty of producing CRISPR lentivirus. As we’ve heard from scientists, producing...
  20. Addgene's Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015

    Type
    Blog Post
    ... combine CRISPR and AAVs. 9. CRISPR 101: Validating Your Genome Edit Once you’ve used CRISPR/Cas9 to make...Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Engineering While the vast majority of CRISPR plasmids in our repository...genomic locations. 6. CRISPR 101: Non-homologous End Joining So you know that CRISPR can be used to generate... Match Made in Heaven: CRISPR/Cas9 and AAV Adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors are useful for in vivo...Recent Plasmids 101, CRISPR 101, and Career Posts Resources at Addgene Browse Our CRISPR Resources Learn ... continue to be those from our Plasmids 101 and CRISPR 101 series. These posts aim to give researchers...get started using plasmids and the revolutionary CRISPR technology in their own labs. We’re overjoyed to...
Showing: 21 - 40 of 214 results