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  1. Expanding the Targeting Scope and Editing Efficiency of Adenine Base Editors

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    ... A plasmid in the host bacterium expressing dCas9 A plasmid in the host bacterium that expresses gene...work? Through molecular biology teamwork. The guide RNA (gRNA) specifies the editing target site on the DNA... which rely on the expression of gene III to create infectious particles. A plasmid-based genetic circuit...III is under the control of a T7 RNA polymerase and cannot be expressed until the base editor corrects ...base-editing activity. A plasmid-based genetic circuit in the bacteria links the expression of gene III to base...off-target DNA and off-target RNA editing rate of ABE7.10. Find the ABE8e plasmids at Addgene! Why engineer...editors for your research Read our CRISPR guide Find plasmids for your research ...
  2. Pushing the Limits of DNA Assembly

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    ...single-stranded synthetic oligo to generate a single-guide RNA (sgRNA). Using only one single-stranded oligo, instead... and generate constructs for producing single-guide RNAs – but it also allows you to skip purification... scarless plasmid inserts.  Want to Learn More about DNA Assembly? Check Out Our Plasmids 101 eBook!...as easy as obtaining a plasmid with the gene of interest (search Addgene plasmids by gene here), designing...homology. Producing yeast expression cassettes Traditionally, generating expression cassettes for yeast transformation...multiple point mutations Cloning sgRNAs Production of Yeast Expression Cassettes Generating constructs...Generating an sgRNA construct becomes as simple as combining your favorite linearized plasmid with a synthetic...
  3. Adenoviral Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Aims to Expand Genome Editing to Primary Cells

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    ...labs’ plasmids, including protocols, check out the plasmids at Addgene: pAdSh.PGK.Cas9 (expresses S. pyogenes...broader range of CRISPRs plasmid tools, find more plasmids, CRISPR technology guides, FAQs, and CRISPR resources...and U6 promoter-driven guide RNA constructs, pAdSh.U6.gRNAS1 and pAdSh.U6.gRNAGFP, and also Adeno Cas9 ...same chromosomal region. The CRISPR/Cas9-derived RNA-guided nuclease-induced gene disruption frequencies ... Nature Methods the same year that delivering RNA-guided nucleases or TALENs together with AdV donor DNA...Gonçalves MAFV (2014) Adenoviral vector delivery of RNA-guided CRISPR/Cas9 nuclease complexes induces targeted... large enough to carry the Cas9 gene and a gRNA expression cassette in one single viral particle. The ...
  4. Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus

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    ...genome and stable expression of the transgene   Transfer plasmids The transfer plasmid is the vector you...virus (MoMLV) and consisted of two plasmids: the packaging plasmid containing all the structural genes...crossover event between the vector plasmid and the packaging plasmid caused the Psi sequence to be placed... facilitates nuclear export) is expressed from a separate plasmid, and the promoter of the 5’LTR has been...(tTA, also expressed by your transfer vector) binds to the TRE and activates the expression of your gene...usually 293T cells, with your transfer plasmid and your packaging plasmids. For this, you can use the transfection...lentiviral vector guide to get more information and to get access to additional protocols and plasmids.  References...
  5. What's New in CRISPR - November 2021

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    ...the guide RNA that caps the 3’ end with a structured RNA motif. These engineered pegRNAs (epegRNAs) protect...CasMINI plasmids Efficient CRISPR editing with a hypercompact Cas12f1 and engineered guide RNAs Yong-Sam...Read our CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by function Find recently deposited plasmids Topics: CRISPR...the AsCas12f1 plasmids   Selective endogenous encapsidation for cellular delivery of RNAs By Mike Lacy...Find the SEND plasmids    Figure 1: SEND combines an endogenous Gag homolog, cargo RNA, and fusogen...restoring expression in the liver.  Read the paper in Nature Biotechnology Find the PEDAR plasmids   Additional...secretion, and delivery of specific RNAs, such as Cre mRNA or Cas9 mRNA and sgRNA, in human and mouse cells. They...
  6. Isolating a Monoclonal Cell Population by Limiting Dilution

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    ...could lead to reduced transgene expression over time, as the lower expressing clones take over the polyclonal...Limiting Dilution You may also like... Viral Vector Guides Virus Blog Posts Addgene Protocols Viral Service...that are more likely to retain stable transgene expression. Other methods of generating a monoclonal cell...population be monitored regularly for transgene expression. This protocol has been optimized for adherent...sufficiently expanded, screen the lines for transgene expression and/or other phenotypes. For example, perform...for lines with the highest or lowest transgene expression ( Figure 2 ). Sample Data Figure 1: Generation...from expansion of individual A549 cells stably expressing Cas9. A549 cells were transduced with lentiCas9...
  7. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    ...Gersbach Lab multiplexing plasmids: This plasmid set allows you to express 2-4 gRNAs, with four being the ...Assembly Multiplexing Plasmids: These plasmids can be used to express up to 8 gRNAs after Golden Gate or...Gate Assembly Multiplex Plasmids: These plasmids allow expression of 2-5 gRNAs in zebrafish. Custom destination...Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 5. Tsai, Shengdar Q., et al. “Dimeric CRISPR RNA-guided FokI...   Why use multiplexed gRNAs? By expressing multiple gRNAs on the same plasmid, you’ll make sure that ...Drosophila, a two-gRNA expressing plasmid is available from the Bullock lab, and gRNAs can be inserted ...each gRNA target sequence into distinct expression vectors using the enzyme BbsI. These expression vectors...
  8. What's New in CRISPR - March 2020

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    ...Read our CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by function Find recently deposited plasmids ...CRISPRa depended on continued expression of dCas9 and gRNAs whose expression varies depending on transgene...CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR plasmid tools...editing tool from Albert Cheng’s lab that enhances RNA-guided methylcytosine editing by TET1 by co-delivering...regulator. The lab expressed both dCas9 and the ctrA sgRNA and saw that the levels of ctrA mRNA decreased after...Read the paper in mBio Find the CRISPRi plasmids A multiplexed gRNA piggyBac transposon system for human...vectors to deliver uniform and sustained expression of multiplexed gRNAs in human pluripotent stem cells. Previously...
  9. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    ...permanently induce expression? Check out our Retro expression vector and Lenti expression vector. Turn it... the Addgene website Promoter Guide CRISPR Guide Lentiviral Guide  ...ablate protein expression. If you need the ability to control when you turn off expression for good, the...inducible expression (more on this below) will both achieve temporary repression of protein expression. Addgene... a gene (cDNA) can be done by either plasmid or virus. A plasmid carrying your cDNA can be targeted for...appropriate promoter to express your cDNA, depending on the level of expression you would like. Check out.... Whether you want to express or repress, good luck on your protein expression journey! Resources and...
  10. Cas13d: Small RNA-targeting CRISPR enzymes for transcriptome engineering

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    ...for which efficiency varies widely across guide RNAs, each guide tested with CasRx yielded >80% knockdown...Resources on Addgene.org: Find RNA Knockdown Plasmids Check out our CRISPR Guide Read our CRISPR History   ...independently process their own CRISPR arrays into guide RNAs. crRNA cleavage is retained in dCas13d and is thus...RNA-editing Cas13 enzymes have taken the CRISPR world by storm. Like RNA interference, these enzymes ...EsCas13d. Find the Yan et al. plasmids here Find the Konermann et al. Plasmids here How do Cas13d enzymes...any RNA sequence! In bacteria, Cas13d-mediated cleavage promotes collateral cleavage of other RNAs. As...similar cleavage products even when guides were tiled across a target RNA, indicating that this enzyme does...
  11. Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens

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    ...stem-loop 2; 3. The MS2-P65-HSF1 plasmid which expresses the activation helper protein. SAM can be combined...of interest. They also “showed that different guide RNAs have different abilities to turn genes on and...are turned on and off varies depending on which guide RNA we use. What we have to do now is learn more about...sam.genome-engineering.org/. Crystal structure of Cas9 in complex with guide RNA and target DNA. Nishimasu H, Ran FA, Hsu PD, Konermann...nucleolytically inactive Cas9-VP64 fusion; 2. A sgRNA incorporating two MS2 RNA aptamers at the tetraloop and stem-...are also developing sgRNAs that will enable even more fine-tuning of gene expression levels and on software...Konermann, the first generation of CRISPR-Cas9 plasmids were not designed with gene activation in mind...
  12. General Transfection

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    ...therefore, plasmid DNA purification should include an endotoxin removal step. For high quality plasmid DNA, ...protocol to transfect mammalian cells with your plasmid of interest. Protocols... Transfection You may also like... Viral Vector Guides Virus Blog Posts Mol Bio Protocols Viral Service...polyethylenimine. Transfections allow for transient expression of a gene of interest in a target cell line and..., the plasmid should also be propagated in an endonuclease negative E. coli strain such as NEB stable....is prepared, transfect cells with a fluorescent plasmid using a variety of ratios. Check the cells 1–2 ...the cells 24–48 h before checking for protein expression. Sample Data Legend: Lenti-X 293T cells were ...
  13. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    ... or inducible (CMV-TO) cDNA expression, sgRNA (U6) expression, shRNA/shRNA-miR30 constitutive (H1, U6,...locus. When fused to the sgRNA and co-expressed with dCas9 – the dCas9, sgRNA/RNA cargo complex localizes...machinery that brings the sgRNA/cargo RNA to the appropriate DNA locus. The sgRNA/RNA fusions retained their...large RNA cargos to specific DNA loci. In CRISPR-Display, your RNA of interest is fused to an sgRNA used...amazing plasmid technologies developed by our community of depositors. With over 40,000 plasmids avaliable...amazing new plasmid tools that have come through our doors in 2015. Do you have a favorite new plasmid tool ... mediated genome modification and gene expression. The plasmids associated with this article can be obtained...
  14. Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus

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    ...minigenome system Similar to other RNA viruses, EBOV brings its own RNA-dependent RNA polymerase into the infected...additional plasmid containing the T7 RNA polymerase gene or using cells that stably express T7 (e.g. BSR...Browse Our Viral Vector Plasmids Read Our Lentiviral Vector Guide Read Our AAV Guide  ...encoded on separate plasmids and are co-transfected into cells alongside a plasmid encoding the minigenome...four viral genes in the same plasmid (as opposed to four separate plasmids), there are a few reasons arguing...separate (and thus smaller) plasmids. Finally, having four separate plasmids allows researchers to partially... 2 μg minigenome plasmid per well (in a 6 well plate format). However, since plasmid quality and transfection...
  15. Choosing Your Perfect Empty Backbone

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    ...More Plasmid Resources from Addgene: Plasmids 101 blog series Addgene's Molecular Cloning Guide & Other...complete guide to empty backbones for additional details and guidance for choosing your perfect plasmid backbone...as close as possible to the basal expression level, induce expression at an opportune time or go all out... following the expression pattern of a defined promoter region, ectopically expressing YGOI in a pattern...for overexpressing YGOI in an isolated, controlled environment. In most cases bacterial expression vectors... in molecular biology to isolate, multiply, or express the insert they carry in the target cell. These...most important thing you need to know is your expression system or environment. The host organism will...
  16. What's New in CRISPR - December 2019

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    ...Read our CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by function Find recently deposited plasmids ...Acids Research Find the gRNA and packaging plasmids   Cytosine deaminase for RNA editing Feng Zhang’s lab...CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR plasmid tools...adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editor called REPAIR by fusing catalytically inactivated RNA-targeting Cas13 (dCas13... Cas9/gRNA ribonucleoproteins for transient expression. They replaced the tetraloop of the sgRNA scaffold...Lentiviral capsid-based Cas9/gRNA ribonucleoprotein delivery Cytosine deaminase for RNA editing CRISPRi toolkit...of bacteria that can cause disease in humans. Expression of this system is tunable via a rhamnose-inducible...
  17. CRISPR Activators: A Comparison Between dCas9-VP64, SAM, SunTag, VPR, and More!

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    ...Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-Guided Platform for Sequence-Specific Control of Gene Expression. Cell 152:1173–1183...systems only require changing the programmable guide RNA. Gene activation by dCas9, also referred to as...specific sequences, CRISPR/Cas systems rely on a guide RNA complementary to the sequence of interest. Upon... F, Crawford GE, Reddy TE, Gersbach CA (2013) RNA-guided gene activation by CRISPR-Cas9–based transcription... on Addene.org Read Addgene's CRISPR Guide Find CRISPR plasmids for your research ...recruit transcription factors to increase gene expression. CRISPRa methods vary in their transcriptional...VP64, a strong transcriptional activation domain. Guided by dCas9, VP64 recruits transcriptional machinery...
  18. Viral Vectors 101: Parts of the AAV Transfer Plasmid

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    ...with some plasmids. You just need three plasmids to start making AAV:  the packaging plasmid which contains... transfer plasmid an AAV transfer plasmid. ITR sequences are 145 bases each and AAV plasmids have two ...aids in the nuclear export of RNA and RNA translation, and promotes RNA transcript longevity. The polyA...of an AAV transfer plasmid. Parts shown in green are key elements of an AAV plasmid. Parts shown in grey... elements of an AAV plasmid First let’s talk about the key parts of an AAV plasmid. Inverted terminal ... of expression. For example, CAG is a strong promoter that drives very high, ubiquitous expression, while...transfer plasmids have a promoter, but this element isn’t required when the transfer plasmid harbors non-coding...
  19. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    ... LITE Plasmids Resources on Addgene.org Check out Our CRISPR Guide Pages Find Validated gRNAs to Target... made targeting much easier! With the help of guide RNAs, fusions between Cas proteins and the epigenetic...CRISPR-based DNA demethylation by Casilio-ME-mediated RNA-guided coupling of methylcytosine oxidation and DNA ... Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Liu XS, Wu H, Ji X, Stelzer Y, Wu X, Czauderna S, Shu... 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....that help package DNA, were associated with gene expression or silencing. To alter DNA modifications, researchers...
  20. Immunocytochemistry

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    ...that you know expresses the protein, such as cells transfected with a plasmid to express the protein of...may also like... Antibody Plasmid Collection Antibody Blog Posts Antibody Guide Western Blot Protocol Recombinant...negative control sample such as cells that do not express the protein of interest....may not be the best fixation method for all. Alternative fixation methods such as methanol or acetone ...and follow your institution's laboratory safety guidelines for disposing of waste in the appropriate container...
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