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...sequence on either side of the desired mutation (usually 1-3 mismatched bases) is sufficient for your primers...researcher at Cornell University.       References 1. Breslauer, Kenneth J., et al. "Predicting DNA duplex... PCR followed by Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) analysis (right). Introduction of restriction...of that particular site with fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. In this process, if your mutation...

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...total dose between 1 x 1011 and 5 x 1011 vg per animal (i.e., 10 and 50 µL of vector at 1 x 1013 vg/mL titer... and 1 x 1012 vg*. Most systemic capsids are easy to produce in high titer, but higher doses (>1 x 1012...before using it in an application.     Figure 1: AAV toolkit for targeted gene delivery to the brain...decision tree for selecting a capsid, while Table 1 gives a brief overview of published descriptions of...Capsids page to learn more about that collection. Table 1: Systemic capsid plasmids available from Addgene ...AAV9. At lower viral titers than AAV-PHP.B (e.g., 1 x 1011 vg/mouse), AAV-PHP.eB can transduce a greater...Diverse Brain Cells. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 45(1), 447–469. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-neuro-111020...

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...for locating and containing escaped flies. Nature 4:1-22. https://doi.org/4.01.2022/hafd...FLIS and Flies  Drosophila, more commonly known as fruit flies, have been an important animal model for...

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...light-sensitive LOV2 domain of Avena Sativa phototropin 1 (AsLOV2). In the dark, this peptide is caged by the...iLID nano and 800nM to 47µM for iLID micro; Figure 1). With this great affinity range, these LIDs have ...Figure 2). They are all available now at Addgene. 1 Lungu et al., Chem Biol. 2012 Apr 20;19(4):507-17....Guntas et al., Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2015 Jan 6; 112(1):112-7. doi: 10.1073/pnas. CRISPR-Cas9 optogenetic... al., BMC Molecular Biology. 2013 August 20th; 14(1). TRICK: A method for visualizing the first round...for a variety of experimental purposes including (1) single or multiple, constitutive or inducible, gene...the years. The authors optimized these systems by: 1) decreasing the number of plasmids required for each...

...post about multiplexing with Cpf1.   Figure 1: Multiplexing allows researchers to express multiple...be used in a wide range of bacteria. References 1. Maddalo, Danilo, et al. “In vivo engineering of oncogenic...other model systems, including E. coli, plants, Drosophila, and zebrafish!   Why use multiplexed gRNAs?...restriction enzyme BsaI. If you’re working in Drosophila, a two-gRNA expressing plasmid is available from...supplied on a separate plasmid. Multiplexing in Drosophila Bullock Lab Multiplex Plasmid: Two gRNAs can ...or SLIC cloning. gRNAs are expressed from two Drosophila U6 promoters. Cas9 must be supplied on a separate...efficient germline and somatic genome engineering in Drosophila.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

...healthcare system was $35.2 billion (or $140 per $1 invested in the trial). The goal of gendered innovations...is the goal of Gendered Innovations. This project: 1) develops state-of-the-art methods of sex and gender... work to be done! Researchers need to learn sophisticated methods of sex and gender analysis. Universities...

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...blotting, named for its inventor Edward M. Southern (1), can be used to detect DNA identity, size, and abundance...hours at low cost with restriction mapping (Figure 1). Though some labs may prefer to send DNA directly... serotonergic system and behavior.     References 1. Southern, Edwin Mellor. "Detection of specific sequences...simian virus 40 DNA by restriction endonuclease of Hemophilus influenzae." Proceedings of the National Academy...

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