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  1. Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus

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    March 21, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...be separated by an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) and expressed under the same promoter. Alternatively...cells - one containing the gene of interest (pTet-IRES-EGFP, pPRIME-Tet-GFP-FF3) and one with either tTA...response element (RRE), an internal promoter, and the desired gene (transfer vector plasmid), 2) the HIV-1 genome...in terms of RCL generation because this vector requires only three HIV-1 genes (gag, pol, and rev) for...that there is often  background activity and it requires continuous administration of Dox to repress transgene...One drawback of the Tet system is that it often requires the delivery of two distinct expression vectors...This supernatant can be stored at 4 °C or can be directly added to your target cells. However in that case...
  2. New and Upcoming Viral Vectors - September 2019

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    Sept. 12, 2019, 1 p.m.
    ...DreO-bGHpA (50363-AAV5) Flp vectors pAAV-EF1a-mCherry-IRES-Flpo (55634-AAV1) pAAV-EF1a-Flpo (55637-AAV1) Viral...Testing AAV inventory for the entire collection! We are expanding our entire control AAV inventory to give...promoter directs ubiquitous expression. pAAV-mDlx-NLS-mRuby2 (99130-AAVrg): The Dlx element directs expression...in the last few months. You can also browse our entire AAV inventory. Our new AAVs include: EGFP-expressing...pAAV-hSyn-DIO-EGFP (50457-AAV5): The Synapsin promoter directs broad, neuronal expression. AAV pCAG-FLEX-EGFP-...112677-AAV5 and 112677-AAVrg): The EF1a promoter directs strong, ubiquitous expression. This is a Cre-dependent...
  3. Scientists Map the SARS-CoV-2-Human Interaction Network

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    April 9, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...vectors if you need to. Additionally, they have an IRES-Puro marker to facilitate stable cell clone selection... of dollars, but by approaching it from a new direction, we hope to do it much faster. Years of science...
  4. Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research

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    July 24, 2018, 12:51 p.m.
    ...shRNA Tools for RNAi! Cre-Lox technology CAG-GFP-IRES-CRE (Plasmid #48201) This retroviral vector from...silencing mechanism. Scientists can express siRNAs to direct the cellular RNAi machinery to silence target genes...
  5. Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV

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    May 30, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... genes packaged in them and use elements such as IRES or 2A to co-express them from one promoter. Specificity...
  6. Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene

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    April 6, 2021, 12:30 p.m.
    ...acceptor, contains sequence that is over 80% GC. Some IRES sequences also contain regions that are GC rich.... refined and user friendly, to own the process entirely remains a large undertaking. Priority number one... usually confirm the insert through BLAST or by direct alignment to an NCBI reference sequence or a sequence...workflow and yield sufficient data to capture the entire viral genome. The full details of that workflow...
  7. Rabies and Neuronal Tracing

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    May 29, 2018, 1:51 p.m.
    ...74(5):858-73. Pubmed PMID 22681690.  8, Wickersham IR, Finke S, Conzelmann KK, Callaway EM. Retrograde ...SK, Vamanrao A, Uchida N. Whole-brain mapping of direct inputs to midbrain dopamine neurons. Neuron. 2012...
  8. Fluorescent Proteins 101: Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP)

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    May 15, 2014, 3:33 p.m.
    ...interest, but after an internal ribosome entry site (IRES). This is oftentimes used in conjuction with FACS... the importance of the entire GFP protein, which is almost completely required to maintain fluorescent...co-factors, substrates, or enzymatic activity – it only requires the presence of oxygen during maturation. This...This meant that the protein could be taken directly from A. Victoria and expressed in any organism while...been done to expand the red-fluorescent protein repertoire; however, these proteins are unique from GFP ...
  9. A Look Back at One Year of Plasmid Sharing for COVID-19 Research

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    July 12, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...vectors (for lentiviral packaging) and contain an IRES-Puro marker for stable cell clone selection. For...neutralization assays, part of a study that examined the repertoire of antibodies from 19 COVID-19 convalescent individuals... E, Konermann S, Hsu PD (2021) Genome-wide, bidirectional CRISPR screens identify mucins as critical host...Harrison SC, Wesemann DR (2021) Memory B cell repertoire for recognition of evolving SARS-CoV-2 spike ...
  10. Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing

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    March 27, 2018, 1:32 p.m.
    ... vector, contains a promoterless splice acceptor-IRES-neoR gene, which enhances the efficiency of homologous...applications that require simultaneous modification of all alleles of a gene, or which require modifying multiple...experiment. For this reason, the AAV-based approach requires G418 selection of infected clones, making it unsuitable...suited for tissue culture based approaches that require modification of only a single allele of a gene,...deliver large repair templates for applications that require large gene fusions. The current state-of-the-art...PMCID: PMC4752446. 5. Asuri, Prashanth, et al. "Directed evolution of adeno-associated virus for enhanced...
  11. New Acoustic Reporter Genes: Ultrasound Imaging of Gene Expression

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    Jan. 24, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...Simply cotransfect a mixture of 1248 ng of CMV-gvpA-IRES-BFP plasmid and 954 ng CMV-gvpNJKFGWV plasmid into...booster cassette), their expression heterogeneity required single cell screening to isolate a clonal cell...producing ultrasound contrast, and gene silencing required addition of chromatic-opening agents to boost ...contrast. It turned out that Anabaena mARGs did not require a booster cassette, either, allowing us to reduce...marked with Emerald GFP. These plasmids can be used directly in transient transfection in rtTA+ cell lines ...
  12. Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains

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    Nov. 7, 2014, 2:56 p.m.
    ... fluorescent protein downstream, separated by an IRES element. You did a lot of work! But let’s take a...-thi-1 or thi1 Mutation in thiamine metabolism Requires exogenous thiamine for growth ara disruption...leuB β-isopropyl malate dehydrogenase inactivated Requires exogenous leucine source for growth proAB mutation...mutation in proline biosynthesis pathway Requires exogenous proline source for growth rpsL Mutation ...This strain is endA+, so column-based DNA preps require an additional wash step. F- glnV44 recA13 mcrB ...
  13. A Practical Guide to Optimizing AAV DIO and FLEx Vector Expression

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    Nov. 2, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    .../hum.2019.277 Lavin TK, Jin L, Lea NE, Wickersham IR (2020) Monosynaptic Tracing Success Depends Critically...Many neuroscience experiments that require gene expression in a specific cell type rely on transgenic...lox2272, that are in the opposite orientation (direction of arrows) the inverted transgene is reverted ...promoters, such as CAG are very strong and may require less viral particles or relatively short expression...such as hSynapsin, are relatively weak and may require longer waiting periods and/or higher injection ...recombination rate (0.1% and 0.13% respectively) still required a 200-300 fold dilution to minimize off-target...Conclusion Using AAV vectors in your experiments requires a full understanding of vector performance in ...
  14. Antibodies 101: The Four ELISAs and When to Use Them

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    July 25, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...four types of ELISA are direct, indirect, sandwich and competitive. In a direct ELISA a reporter enzyme...competing antigen. In direct, indirect and sandwich ELISA the reporter signal is directly proportional to the... the bench.   Indirect ELISAs The indirect ELISA process is similar to that of a direct ELISA, but the...figure was created with BioRender.com  Direct ELISAs A direct ELISA is the quickest and simplest of all...source appropriate antibodies for an indirect ELISA than for a direct. In addition, a lab can use the same...available to bind to the reporter. Unlike for direct, indirect, and sandwich ELISAs, in a competitive ELISA...are similar to those of the direct method. Namely, since the assay requires a single conjugated primary...
  15. Antibodies 101: Secondary Antibodies

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    Dec. 21, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...all use either the direct approach or indirect approach, depending on the requirements of the specific assay... also be. This is the direct approach to immunoimaging assays. But if the direct approach isn’t giving... associated, indirectly, with each protein of interest.    Figure 1: The direct approach (left...always use the indirect approach, while flow cytometry’s standard approach is the direct method. ELISAs...secondary antibodies require their own incubation and wash steps, which means that indirect methods are often...sometimes assumed that the direct method is more quantitative than the indirect method. But in reality, ...quantification can be done using either the direct or the indirect method.  New Methods Time is a precious...
  16. Antibodies 101: ELISA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay)

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    Aug. 24, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...sample, whereas antigen is bound directly to the wells in a direct and indirect ELISA.   Sandwich ELISA Most...et al., 2019.   Indirect ELISA The indirect ELISA is very similar to a direct ELISA, aside from the...detected. These are sandwich, competitive, direct, and indirect. Sandwich and competitive ELISA use antibodies...the sandwich ELISA as described here, the direct and indirect ELISA (more details below) can also be adapted...from Boguszewska et al., 2019.       Direct ELISA In a direct ELISA, purified proteins or the experimental...for visualization. The indirect ELISA is used for similar experiments as the direct ELISA, the only difference...Antibodies are used in many different experiments that require scientists to detect proteins in their samples....
  17. Common Injection Routes in Mice

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    Jan. 22, 2025, 9:42 p.m.
    ...deliver substances directly to the lungs. It is an advanced technique, as it requires intubation of the...< 0.05 ml Skill required: beginner Oral gavage Oral gavage delivers drugs that require ingestion, such...after initial mouse training. Other techniques require more skill and additional training, going from ...seem like the easier of the two, but it actually requires more technical skill to place the needle in the...is slower, and more institutional oversight is required. Restraint: mechanical restraint or anesthesia...-orbitally Gauge: 27–30 Volume: < 0.2 ml Skill required: beginner (retro-orbital) to intermediate (tail...Like IV injections, intraperitoneal injections require a little bit of practice to ensure the proper injection...
  18. Easi-CRISPR: Generating Knock-In and Conditional Mouse Models

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    April 5, 2018, 12:42 p.m.
    ...variety of other undesired outcomes, including one loxP site insertion and one NHEJ-repaired indel, often ...around the desired insertion site to search for potential gRNAs. As with other homology-directed repair experiments...with your desired insertion feature (e.g., a fluorescent protein), you can amplify the desired region using...the power of ssDNA donor molecules for homology directed repair. Using long ssDNA donors, the Gurumurthy...arduous. First, you’d construct a plasmid with your desired changes, long homology arms and a selection marker...pseudopregnant female mice. If you obtained the desired chimeric mice, you would breed them many times,...times, hoping to produce a mouse with the desired edit. You’d also need to remove the selection marker, likely...
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