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  1. Plasmids 101: A Brief History of Plasmids and an Improved eBook!

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    ...Lederberg in 1952 was noted to integrate into the E. coli chromosome in some cases. This terminology held ... plasmid, pSC102, with EcoRI and selected for E. coli transformants that were resistant to both. When ... M. Lederberg. “Sex Compatibility in Escherichia Coli.” Genetics 37.6 (1952): 720–730. PubMed PMID: 17247418...
  2. Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange

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    ... of eight bacterial toxin genes isolated from E. coli or Psuedomonas aeruginosa. These toxins were a mix...Gram-negative Enterobacteriaceae including in E. coli O157:H7, Shigella flexneri, Enterobacter cloacae... et al. "Toxic protein expression in Escherichia coli using a rhamnose-based tightly regulated and tunable...simplified chromosomal gene replacement in Escherichia coli." Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 81.15 (2015): 5103-5114...Recombineering) system for genome editing in Escherichia coli." Scientific reports 5 (2015): 15096. PubMed PMID...
  3. Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream

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    ...delight,” the very first protein they tested — E. coli expressing good ol’ EGFP — showed a slight but detectable...: Fluorescence intensity of EGFP-FlavinTag in E. coli changes in response to a ~25 mT magnet. Gray regions...magnetoresponse was clearly visible whether expressed in E. coli, in mammalian cells, or in purified form, and didn...license.   Video 1: Fluorescence movie of E. coli expressing MagLOV while a magnet is waved under ...
  4. Simplify Cloning with in vivo Assembly

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    ...into E. coli and plasmid assembly (re-circularization) occurs in vivo. We use XL-10 Gold E. coli, but have...plasmid in vitro, before transforming it into E. coli for propagation. However, while not widely known...successful recombination reported in all laboratory E. coli strains tested so far. The use of this pathway as...
  5. Plasmids 101: Gateway Cloning

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    ...performed, the next step is to transform competent E. coli cells and select the positive clones. The entry ...expression clone. You will also need to use a E. coli strain sensitive to CcdB (e.g. DH5α, TOP10, Mach1...protein inhibits the growth of CcdB sensitive E. coli strains, most colonies should contain the desired...available for all kind of organisms from mammals to E. coli. Glossary of Gateway cloning vectors Vector type...
  6. Plasmids 101: Blue-white Screening

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    ...remain the lovely whitish-cream color of standard E. coli. On the other hand, intact β-galactosidase produces...restriction digest. Make sure you use a proper E. coli strain (i.e. contains the lacZΔM15 mutation): XL1...the Addgene Blog Read Our Post on Common Lab E. coli Strains Learn to Use Yeast Two Hybrid Systems Browse...
  7. GCE4All: Making Genetic Code Expansion Accessible

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    ...the late nineties, this was developed into an E. coli system, with the noncanonical amino acid in the ...expression of phosphoserine-including proteins in E. coli (Zhu et al., 2022). It uses the TAG codon for the...Phosphoserine into Recombinant Proteins in Escherichia coli. 12(21). https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.4541...
  8. Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors

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    ...elements required for plasmid maintenence within an E. coli cell, but vectors can be widely utilized across ...necessary components to allow shuttling between E. coli and yeast cells. To be useful in the lab, the vectors...Can this be used for auxotrophic selection in E. coli? Additional considerations HIS3 L-hisitidine no...
  9. CRISPR Library Amplification

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    ...of CRISPR pooled plasmid libraries in Escherichia coli cells....amplification of a pooled-plasmid library in Escherichia coli cells. Pooled libraries contain tens to millions...Maxipreps rely on incremental, ordered cell lysis. E. coli cells are subject to lysis by freeze-thaw if not...
  10. Plasmids 101: The Wide World of Natural Plasmids

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    ... other organisms. If you’ve ever wondered why E. coli is safe to use in the lab but also causes outbreaks..., Gateway cloning relies on genes found on an E. coli fertility plasmid that also encodes a toxin, CcdB...to that toxin, CcdA. Knowing which strains of E. coli contain this F plasmid is critical for successful...Some bacteria possess plasmid-borne toxins like colicins and subtilisins to kill other bacteria in the ...plasmids carrying genes for bacterial toxins like colicin typically also carry the necessary resistance genes...survive their own secretions. Pro tip! Historically, colicin-producing plasmids have been referred to as “Col...
  11. What's the Best Way to Elute and Store Your Plasmid DNA?

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    ... plasmid DNA extraction and purification from E. coli is the presence of the protein endonuclease I encoded...encoded by the gene endA. Nowadays, the most common E. coli strains used for plasmid amplification are endA ...
  12. Viral Vectors 101: Preparing Pooled Libraries

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    ...library is transformed into E. coli for amplification. Transformed E. coli are allowed to grow on plates...is similar to amplifying a plasmid: transform E. coli with the pooled library DNA, allow the bacteria ...
  13. CRISPR Plasmids - Bacteria

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    ...BsaI E. coli, S. pneumoniae Kanamycin none, need Cas9 plasmid Marraffini 42876 pCas9 BsaI E. coli, S. pneumoniae...
  14. Antibodies 101: Affinity Tags

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    ...chromatography. Purification of His fusion proteins from E. coli is generally more straightforward and of a higher...a Solubility Enhancer. In P. E. Vaillancourt, E. coli Gene Expression Protocols (Vol. 205, pp. 99–118)...more!   Resources and References   References Coligan, J. E., Dunn, B. M., Speicher, D. W., & Wingfield...
  15. FastCloning: A Newer, Simpler Cloning Technique

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    ...transformed directly into chemically competent E. coli and transformants selected with the appropriate ...have been isolated from methylation competent E. coli for this procedure to work properly. Directly transform...
  16. Addgene's Top 10 Blog Posts of 2015

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    .... Max Juchheim in this post. 3. Plasmids 101: E. coli Strains for Protein Production Addgenie Julian Taylor-Parker...explains why you might want to use a specialized E. coli strain for protein production and gives a quick ...
  17. Special Delivery: Fluorophore Targeting for FRET Studies

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    ...acids E. coli and Mammalian Cells pEVOL-pAzF synthetase for p-azido-l-phenylalanine E. coli pEVOL-...proven most effective only in a few cell types (E. coli and Xenopus oocytes, mainly). Nevertheless, tRNA...pEVOL-pBpF synthetase for p-benzoyl-l-phenylalanine E. coli pAcBac1.tR4-MbPyl pyrrolysyl-tRNA synthetase Mammalian...
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