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  1. Plasmids 101: Protein Expression

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    ...modifications Learn more molecular biology in our Plasmids 101 eBook! Researchers use various techniques to...for your protein of interest is inserted into a plasmid expression vector that is then transformed into...being able to help the scientific community share plasmids.   Additional Resources Thermofisher Protein ...Addgene.org Bacterial expression systems Search for plasmids by expression system ...
  2. Plasmids 101: Colony PCR

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    ...the correct orientation or even if it’s in your plasmid backbone. Backbone-specific primers: A second...orientation of your insert or if the insert is in your plasmid Have to make a new primer pair for each insert ...about the size of the insert and if it's in the plasmid Can be used to screen clones that were created ...created with the same backbone because primers are plasmid dependent Doesn't provide information about the...insert Tells you if the insert is present in the plasmid Great for blunt end cloning You have to make...thermocycling program. One key difference is the plasmid DNA must be released from the bacteria in order... just need to lyse the bacteria to release the plasmid DNA by either briefly boiling the sample before...
  3. Plasmids 101: FLEx Vectors

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    ...In a previous post from our Plasmids 101 series, we learned how the Cre-loxP recombination system can... plasmids 101... even in the presence of Cre recombinase. This plasmid now specifically drives expression of mCherry instead...2286602. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3406316. Find FLEx plasmids from these Addgene depositors: Ed Boyden Bernardo... plasmids plasmid... plasmid plasmids... flex plasmid...
  4. Plasmids 101: Cre-lox

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    ...previous posts for our Plasmids 101 series, we examined a number of important plasmid elements – promoters...Resources on Addgene.org Find Cre plasmids Find loxP plasmids  ...  plasmids 101... expression proceeds. One popular lox-stop-lox plasmid is from Tyler Jack's lab: Lox-Stop-Lox TOPO.  Cre-dependent...
  5. Plasmids 101: Protein tags

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    ...localization, or protease protection. Thus far Plasmids 101 has covered GFP and its related fluorescent ...interest: Which Fluorescent Protein Should I Use? Plasmids 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) Fluorescent...   plasmids 101...stability activity, can be readily purified using plasmids found in this paper (available at Addgene).   ...
  6. Addgene's Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015

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    ...eBook Download the Plasmids 101 3rd Ed. eBook Read the Most Recent Plasmids 101, CRISPR 101, and Career Posts... posts continue to be those from our Plasmids 101 and CRISPR 101 series. These posts aim to give researchers...CRISPR mediated genome engineering. 10. Plasmids 101: Control Plasmids Need help thinking about the types ...two eBooks (Management for Scientists and the Plasmids 101 2nd ed, the 3rd edition has now been released...how it’s used in CRISPR genome editing.   2. Plasmids 101: Cre-lox Cre recombinase can be used to generate...from Addgenie A. Max Juchheim in this post. 3. Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Production Addgenie... use to express your protein of interest. 4. Plasmids 101: Blue-White Screening Getting a lot of empty...
  7. Addgene’s Top 10 Blog Posts from 2014

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    ...Melina Fan Plasmids 101: The Promoter Region – Let's Go! By Kendall Morgan Plasmids 101: Mammalian ...Joanne Kamens Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance Genes By Marcy Patrick Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors... helping to answer your plasmid and cloning questions through our Plasmids 101 series and by responding...FAQs Answered! By Caroline LaManna Plasmids 101: What is a plasmid? By Margo R. Monroe Best wishes...detailed information about this new technology. Our Plasmids 101 series continues to grab scientists’ attention...Genome Editing By John Doench (Guest Blogger) Plasmids 101: Origin of Replication By Kendall Morgan ...as seen through the lens of Addgene’s blog and plasmid repository. Our blog is just over a year old, and...
  8. Plasmids 101: The Wide World of Natural Plasmids

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    ... Solution but a New Problem Plasmids 101: What is a Plasmid? Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction...toolbox. Natural plasmids, also called environmental plasmids, are all around us! A plasmid is a small piece...colicin-producing plasmids have been referred to as “Col plasmids” or “Col factors.” Virulence plasmids: microbial...F. (2023). Plasmid classifications. Plasmid, 126, 102684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plasmid.2023.102684...., 2001) Beneficial traits of natural plasmids Natural plasmids often convey a variety of functions that...functions of natural plasmids. Created with BioRender.com. Resistance (R) plasmids: microbial defense...example of a plasmid benefiting its host. For example, cells with a penicillin resistance plasmid can grow...
  9. Plasmids 101: Broad Host Range Plasmids

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    ...Addgene blog Plasmids 101: Origin of Replication Plasmids 101: What is a PlasmidPlasmids 101: Transformation...host range in plasmids? Not all plasmids were created equally. Only a handful of plasmids have been identified...broad host-range IncQ plasmids. Plasmid, 62(2), 57–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plasmid.2009.05.001  Meyer...define plasmid host range, identify a few of the features that confer broad host range in plasmids in nature...recombinant vectors.  A plasmid’s host range is determined by the different hosts that a plasmid can transfer to...influence the plasmid’s ability to establish and maintain itself within host cells.  The plasmid has multiple...if a plasmid has few restriction sites, it may be able to sneak past this checkpoint.  The plasmid is ...
  10. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Luciferase

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    ...More: All Plasmids 101 Articles Browse plasmids that contain luciferase ... plasmids 101...choose from) is now a common feature in reporter plasmids.  Learn How Luciferase Can Be Used In Concert ...hirtus) 630 64 Luciferin ATP No Common uses for plasmids expressing luciferase Luciferase reporter assay...assay The typical luciferase-containing plasmid is most often used to investigate the effect of regulatory... cloned upstream of the luciferase gene in the plasmid, which is then introduced into the desired mammalian...sequence. The gene of interest is cloned into a plasmid downstream of luciferase containing a stop codon...
  11. Plasmids 101: Screening Strategies Used in Plasmid Cloning

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    ... on the Addgene blog Get all the plasmid basics in our Plasmids 101 series Find more molecular biology...once in the plasmid backbone and another enzyme that cuts within the insert. If the plasmid contains the... PCR product if the plasmid contains the insert and no PCR product if the plasmid does not contain the...If you’re cloning a plasmid, you’ll need a way to find the needle in the haystack: the one perfect clone...clone that contains the plasmid you’re looking for out of the many cells that don’t. One way to begin ... how to use positive and negative selection in plasmid cloning.  But oftentimes, a selection strategy...enough on its own to help you find your desired plasmid. In many cases, you will need a screening strategy...
  12. Plasmids 101: Positive and Negative Selection for Plasmid Cloning

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    ...selections in plasmid cloning. Additional resources on the Addgene blog Read our Plasmids 101 blog posts... successfully takes up plasmid DNA. Among those that do, some now have plasmids that contain your gene...including ccdB on its destination plasmids. In the destination plasmid, the ccdB gene is flanked by recombination...purify your gene of interest, get it into your plasmid backbone, and zap the mixture of DNA into cells...gene of interest, but others will uptake plasmid backbones that re-ligated back on themselves. Therefore...strategy needs to identify cells containing the plasmid construct you’re seeking. Fortunately, there are... example, if the DNA you’re inserting into the plasmid backbone contains a kanamycin resistance cassette...
  13. Plasmids 101: A Brief History of Plasmids and an Improved eBook!

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    ...tetracycline resistant plasmid, pSC101, and a newly developed kanamycin resistant plasmid, pSC102, with EcoRI...gene expression. Just released: Addgene's Plasmids 101 (2nd Ed.) eBook And now for some exciting news...now download the newest version of Addgene's Plasmids 101 eBook! In keeping with our goal of creating ...engineering, cloning, and plasmid tags, addtional content added to the "Plasmids that Glow" and "Viral Expression...Learn more about the history of plasmids and cloning: CSHL Meeting: Plasmids: History & Biology The Joshua... plasmids 101...both. When this proved successful, pSC101 became the first plasmid cloning vector and molecular biology...
  14. New CRISPR Web Resources and #12DaysofCRISPR Recap

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    ...changes we’ve made: New CRISPR plasmid pages We’ve given our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources a fresh new design...design, sorting the plasmids we have available by category. Each plasmid page now has a helpful graphic...introduce you to the plasmid class covered on that page. To help you find popular plasmids, we’ve also added... new plasmid pages that cover some of the hottest CRISPR tools. Base Edit: Base editing plasmids allow... Genome-Wide Screening Using CRISPR/Cas9 and Plasmids 101: NGS Quality Control for Pooled Libraries Day...revolution, Addgene has distributed over 100,000 CRISPR plasmids. But that’s not our only job - we strive to also...up with new developments (and, of course, find plasmids that will be useful to you.) With these goals...
  15. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies

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    ... be used for. Addgene’s Antibody Plasmid Collection includes plasmids that express antibodies, nanobodies...can learn more about antibodies in our Antibodies 101 animation, What is an Antibody?    The ability of...details about polyclonal antibodies on our Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies blog post. Monoclonal antibodies...immunoglobulin genes, recombinant antibodies are plasmid-based. Their sequences can be optimized for specificity...protein (Wang et al., 2013). These proteins are also plasmid-derived. However, a disadvantage to ScFv is their...more details on ScFvs in this article: Antibodies 101: Single Chain Fragment Variables (scFvs). Nanobodies...nanobodies, or synbodies, can be produced from plasmids, saving time and money. Nanobodies and synbodies...
  16. Viral Vectors 101: Pseudotyping

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    ...three plasmids: (1) The transfer plasmid, (2) the envelope plasmid, and (3) the packaging plasmid. These...pseudotyped protein is encoded on the envelope plasmid which contains a promoter, the envelope gene, and...scientists encode the spike protein on the envelope plasmid. Image from Crawford et al., 2020.   Broad tropism...Research and Gene Therapy. Viruses 12:1016 . https://doi.org/10.3390/v12091016 Joglekar AV, Sandoval S (2017)...Targeted Neurons. Neuron 53:639–647 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2007.01.033 Additional resources on the...
  17. Antibodies 101: Chimeric Antibodies

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    ...been cloned into plasmids. Because their sequences are known and encoded on a plasmid, they can be easily...Validation Antibodies 101: Polyclonal Antibodies Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody  ...://doi.org/10.1016/s0021-9258(18)99982-5 More resources on the Addgene blog Antibodies 101: Validation...recombinant antibodies. Recombinant antibodies are plasmid-based and are created synthetically or derived ...regions of a specific antibody are cloned into a plasmid backbone containing all constant regions, just ...Handbook (pp. 245–265). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-097037-0.00017-8     Morelock, M. M.,...
  18. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    ...multiple gRNAs on the same plasmid, you’ll make sure that each cell that gets the plasmid contains all of the...rectangles) are cloned into various plasmids using oligonucleotides. These plasmids contain Type IIS restriction...different purposes.   Gersbach Lab multiplexing plasmids: This plasmid set allows you to express 2-4 gRNAs, with...assembled to produce a plasmid encoding the gRNAs and Cas9. As with the Gersbach lab plasmids, multiple Cas9 ...Golden Gate/Gibson Assembly Multiplexing Plasmids: These plasmids allow you to assemble 2-4 gRNAs through...Golden Gate/Gibson Assembly Multiplexing Plasmids: These plasmids can be used to express up to 8 gRNAs after...Yang Lab Single Transcript Multiplexing Plasmids: These plasmids are similar to the Csy4 polycistronic ...
  19. Plasmids 101: Stringent Regulation of Replication

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    ...balance the total plasmid number.  Let’s consider pSC101. This plasmid is stringently controlled and has...replication. In general, these plasmids tend to be low copy number. Conversely, plasmids that can initiate DNA ...growth against sustainability. Plasmid DNA replication and regulation Plasmids must also strike a balance:...a given plasmid has been reached, negative feedback circuits reduce replication of the plasmid to balance...promotes initiation at the plasmid ori, after which replication of the plasmid proceeds (and terminates)...tool to stringently regulate plasmid replication. For example, the plasmid ColIb-P9 encodes the protein...post on the Origin of Replication Browse other Plasmids 101 Posts Get practical molecular biology help with...
  20. Plasmids 101: Blue-white Screening

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    ...This post is part of our ongoing Plasmids 101 series. Plasmids 101 will provide you with an overview ... the Plasmids 101 posts here. Now that we have covered antibiotic selection here at Plasmids 101, we can...α-complementation plasmid. This way you can quickly and easily identify colonies that not only have your plasmid (antibiotic...rescued by genes supplied on the transformed plasmid. Such plasmids may contain genes that allow for the use...Use Yeast Two Hybrid Systems Browse All of Our Plasmids 101 Posts Resources on the Addgene Website Choose... able to select for colonies that contain your plasmid is a great start when cloning, but how about being...being able to choose those that contain plasmid with an insert? Blue-white selection is a widely used ...
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