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  1. Adenovirus Plasmids

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    ...cell types with almost 100% efficiency. Unlike lentiviruses or other retroviruses , adenoviruses do not ...expression cassette. Bunz 16402 pShuttle Shuttle For production of viruses containing transgene under a chosen...promoter Vogelstein 16403 pShuttle-CMV Shuttle For production of viruses containing transgene under CMV promoter...promoter Vogelstein 16404 pAdTrack Shuttle For production of GFP-trackable viruses containing transgene...promoter Vogelstein 16405 pAdTrack-CMV Shuttle For production of GFP-trackable viruses containing transgene... plasmids Zhang 50957 RedTrackCMV Shuttle For production of mRFP-trackable viruses containing transgene...under CMV Bamburg 50958 ShuttleNSE Shuttle For production of viruses containing transgene under Neuron-...
  2. Viral Vectors 101: Types of viruses

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    ... with immortalized cell line cultures. Lentivirus Lentivirus is a type of retrovirus and shares many ...-studied lentivirus is HIV, which many lentiviral tools have been derived from. Lentiviruses have slightly... commonly used lab viruses: gamma-retrovirus, lentivirus, adenovirus, and adeno-associated virus. Gamma-retrovirus...gamma-retrovirus, coming in around 9 kb. Unlike gamma, lentivirus can infect both dividing and non-dividing cells...nucleus as gamma-retroviruses do. Fun fact: Since lentivirus and gamma-retrovirus are so closely related, ...adenovirus has the highest maximum titer, a plus for production and infection. This virus can infect dividing...specific virus? We have you covered with guides on lentivirus, retrovirus, adenovirus, and AAV. If you’re wondering...
  3. Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered

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    ...Q1: Are retroviruses and lentiviruses the same thing? Can I package lentivirus with retroviral packaging...Lentiviruses are useful and efficient tools to introduce your gene of interest into cells. Unlike gamma-retroviruses...gamma-retroviruses that can only infect dividing cells, lentiviruses can infect dividing and non-dividing cells.  ...packaging plasmids (and vice versa)? A1: Lentiviruses are part of the retroviral family. What scientists often... member of the retroviral family. While both lentiviruses and gamma-retroviruses use the same genes for... difference between lenti- and retroviruses. Lentiviruses are able to enter an intact nuclear membrane...probability of creating replication-competent lentivirus (RCL) in your target cells.  Q4: How do the packaging...
  4. Viral Vectors

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    ...engineer various types of viruses. Lentivirus Plasmids | Guide Lentiviruses are versatile tools because of...virus infects a host cell, its genome directs the production of more viruses. However, in theory, a viral ...Target Cell Genome Integration Immune Response Lentivirus Stable RNA <8 Kb 80-130 Dividing/Non-dividing...
  5. Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview

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    ...useful viral vectors in the lab. Advantages of lentivirus include a large genetic capacity and the ability... Didier Trono and collaborators turned to the lentivirus HIV-1, well-known to infect non-dividing cells...genes that do remain are very important for viral production: Gag (structural precursor protein), Pol (polymerase...expression systems. If you’re new to the world of lentivirus, check out our lentiviral plasmid and biosafety...beginning your experiment. Let us know how you use lentivirus in the comments section below! References 1..... PubMed PMID: 8602510. 2. A third-generation lentivirus vector with a conditional packaging system. Dull...25804479. 9. Development of a self-inactivating lentivirus vector. Miyoshi H, Blömer U, Takahashi M, Gage...
  6. Kazuhiro Oka Lentiviral Vectors

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    ...generating infectious virus. Protocol: Lentivirus Transfer Vector Production Protocol Lentiviral Vector ID Purpose... Viral Vectors Lentivirus Oka Lab Lentiviral Vectors Baylor College of ...
  7. Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)

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    ...with Lentivirus Isolating a Monoclonal Cell Population by Limiting Dilution Lentivirus Production Websites...cells (the PCR product should contain the wild-type BRAF sequence). Then, mix the PCR products and use temperature...the middle of the PCR product. If the mismatch is in the middle of the PCR product, you would expect two...digestion products (that would co-migrate on a gel) instead of two different sized digestion products (which...middle of the PCR product, you would still be able to identify the cleavage product. 3. The Surveyor kit...what confirms it’s a real digestion product and not another PCR product. Figure 5: gRNA-targeted...GFP-edited amplification products (BRAF-GFP duplex) and from GFP-edited amplification products (GFP-GFP duplex)...
  8. Lentivirus Production

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    ... Protocols Lentivirus Production Lentivirus Production You may also like....protocol to generate lentivirus Protocols...Introduction This protocol can be used to produce lentivirus from a lentiviral vector transfected into 293T...lines or transfection reagents. Once produced, lentivirus can be used for a variety of downstream applications...Use cells that are below passage 15 for viral production. Procedure Seed 293T packaging cells at 3.8×10...
  9. Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)

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    ... with these tools, I found myself writing AAV production tricks into the margins of my protocol. While...life easier!  In this post, I’ll share some AAV production, purification, and titration tips, while also... and analyses needed for packaging AAV. AAV production Overview: The first step in packaging AAV is ...expand the HEK293 cells. Check out the Addgene AAV Production protocol for more details. Pro tips I’m not ...always make more AAV than I think I need. Unlike lentivirus, AAV requires a higher number of viral particles... have enough AAV. Compared to the Addgene AAV Production protocol, I take a lazier approach for harvesting...then the viral suspension generated during AAV production is overlaid. Following ultracentrifugation, the...
  10. Mammalian RNAi Tools

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    ...contains a 1.9 kb stuffer region to easily visualize products from an AgeI/EcoRI restriction digest) David Root...PNAS. 2004. Jul 13; 101(28):10380-5. PubMed . A lentivirus-based system to functionally silence genes in... Nat. Genet. 2003. Mar; 33(3):401-6. PubMed . Lentivirus-delivered stable gene silencing by RNAi in primary...
  11. Plan Your Experiment

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    ...lentiviral particles (for details about lentivirus, see our Lentivirus Guide ) Stable, tunable expression ...increase the likelihood that a nonfunctional protein product is produced. Alternatively, gRNAs can be designed.... The region of interest is PCR amplified, PCR products are denatured-renatured, treated with a nuclease...genome-insert boundary (insertions only). The PCR product is then run on an agarose gel to determine whether...
  12. Protocols for Molecular Biology, Plasmid Cloning, and Viral Preps

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    ...plasmid DNA to mammalian cells Lentivirus Production Produce lentivirus with a polyethyenimine (PEI) transfection...preparation Lentivirus Titration by ddPCR Use ddPCR to measure the physical titer of your lentivirus preparation...transfection protocol Fluorescence Titering Assay for Lentivirus Quantify virus using fluorescence measurements...measurements Colony Formation Titering Assay for Lentivirus Quantify virus by counting antibiotic resistant colonies...colonies Generating Stable Cell Lines with Lentivirus Genomically integrate your DNA sequence into a cell...lines from a polyclonal pool of stable cells AAV Production in HEK293 Cells Produce adeno-associated virus...
  13. Alex Chavez on MD PhDs, CRISPR, Gene Drives, & More

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    ... Eddy Page! Edward B. Page is a Digital Media Production Specialist at Addgene. He is the audio engineer...Our CRISPR Guide Pages Find Ready-to-Use CRISPR Lentivirus Learn about Other Members of the Addgene Leadership...
  14. Addgene’s Viral Service - Why Virus? Why Now?

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    ...about virus production protocols and quality control can be found on Addgene’s Viral Production webpage)....consistent, high-quality protocols for lentiviral production. Bryan Roth’s lab from the University of North...Campus have provided valuable insight into AAV production. Finally, we are blessed to have an incredibly... team took the lead on operationalizing viral production and distribution, this project involved every...Software Engineering Team (and, added in 2018, our Product Team) continues to make improvements to our website...management systems to enable efficient, tracked production and distribution of viral samples. The Office...the Addgene Blog Check Out the Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016 Learn How You Can Use the Viral...
  15. Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle

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    ... the lentiviruses (like HIV-1) — that have been developed into lentiviral vectors. Lentiviruses are sometimes...the full wild-type viral genome can direct the production, packaging, and release of progeny viral particles...and viral vectors. Key to the wild-type virus’ reproductive cycle is the fact that the virus must have its...inside of the capsid . This is useful for viral reproduction, and for causing contagious infection; however...
  16. Viral Vectors 101: Producing Your rAAV

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    ...diligently throughout the production process.  Helper-free production Unlike lentivirus, AAV does not possess...For more details on the production process, check out the Addgene AAV Production protocol. Titering Once...experience. Here, we’ll go over the basics of rAAV production.  Of course, you will want to make sure that...facilitate efficient replication. The most common production system, however, is a “helper-free” system, in...).    Figure 1: Overview of key steps of AAV production, iodixanol gradient purification, and AAV titration...remove residual plasmid DNA carried over from the production process. For more details on the qPCR titering... capsid ELISA: Packaging of genomes can limit production of recombinant AAV-2. Gene Therapy, 6(7), Article...
  17. AAV Vector Quality Control: Going the Extra Mile with NGS

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    ...What if bacteria snuck into the prep during the production process? These questions are especially important...genome can be packaged inside the vectors during production. These impurities cannot be removed during the...during plasmid growth in bacteria or during viral production. This recombination produces a minor pre-recombined...Sequences during Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Production and Their in Vivo Persistence after Vector Delivery....org Find Ready-to-Use AAV Find Ready-to-Use Lentivirus Browse Viral Plasmids ...
  18. "Build Your Plasmid": The Game - Play to Teach

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    ... observe, answer questions, and guide them to productive strategies while noting any gaps in their knowledge...has been developed to teach gamma-retrovirus or lentivirus-based ex-vivo gene therapy’ strategies to undergraduates...
  19. Adeno Associated Virus (AAV) for Cell and Gene Therapy

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    ...technologies have been investigated including lentiviruses, adenovirus, and inorganic delivery tools such...co-infection of helper viruses like adenovirus for productive infection. AAV vectors are engineered to provide... in Addgene's Viral Service Check out our AAV Production Protocol Check out our AAV Purification Protocol...
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