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  1. Plasmid Preps: Different Purity, Different Quantities, Different Uses

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    June 16, 2020, 1:25 p.m.
    ... be as pure as for other uses.   Cloning grade DNA Molecular cloning includes a set of techniques that...scientists to clone from a smaller amount of DNA (ng range). To allow efficient and flawless cloning it is important...extraction. Figure 2: Use cloning grade DNA for direct cloning of your gene of interest into a ...in 3 different ways: Transformation grade DNA Cloning grade DNA Transfection grade DNA Figure ...can have a plasmid or viral origin. The type of cloning approach you choose ultimately will influence the...the Addgene blog Browse blog posts on plasmid cloning Read our Plasmids 101 blog posts Learn about the...
  2. Plasmids 101: Screening Strategies Used in Plasmid Cloning

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    Sept. 15, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...’re cloning a plasmid, you’ll need a way to find the needle in the haystack: the one perfect clone that...find the desired clone. Do your selection, then screen Why add a screen to your cloning strategy? A screen...use positive and negative selection in plasmid cloning.  But oftentimes, a selection strategy is not ...screen will help you more easily identify successful clones so you have to weed through fewer colonies after...antibiotic resistance. But what about identifying clones that contain your desired insert? This is where...how you can use restriction digest to screen your clones, but there are many other ways to choose restriction...backbone-specific primer that will sequence over the Multiple Cloning Site (MCS) and into your insert. Check out our ...
  3. Hot Plasmids - March 2019 - Anti-CRISPR, 2in1 Cloning, Fluorescent Voltage Indicators, and Photoswitchable Proteins

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    March 19, 2019, 1:31 p.m.
    ...traditional Gateway™ cloning, the GOI first needs to be cloned into an entry vector. The 2in1 cloning system contains...2in1 vector cloning system Article contributed by Michelle Cronin  Listen to the 2in1 cloning podcast segment...the “2in1” vector cloning system - a Gateway compatible approach to simultaneously clone two genes-of-interest...restriction digest cloning to introduce the GOIs into the 2in1 vector instead of the GatewayTM cloning BP reaction...the GOI occurs through recombination. The 2in1 cloning system is well suited for protein-protein interaction...controlled. The Grefen Lab has utilized the 2in1 cloning system to generate a series of plasmids to study...
  4. Plasmids 101: A Brief History of Plasmids and an Improved eBook!

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    Oct. 29, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...eventually mammalian) species were cloned into plasmids and new cloning vectors such as pBR322, pACYC, and...predictable cut site) to develop the first plasmid “cloning” experiment. Dr. Cohen and colleagues treated a...proved successful, pSC101 became the first plasmid cloning vector and molecular biology was never the same...copy number vectors that could be used in these cloning experiments. Although plasmids started as a somewhat...and recombination, replication and topology, and cloning and gene expression. Just released: Addgene'...eBook include: new chapters on genome engineering, cloning, and plasmid tags, addtional content added to the... Learn more about the history of plasmids and cloning: CSHL Meeting: Plasmids: History & Biology The ...
  5. Plasmids 101: What is a plasmid?

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    April 2, 2020, 6:17 p.m.
    ... of cloning methods (restriction enzyme, ligation independent, Gateway, Gibson, etc). The cloning method...based on the plasmid you want to clone into. Regardless, once the cloning steps are complete, the vector...an origin of replication, selection marker, and cloning site. The ease of modifying plasmids and the ability...selection of plasmid-containing bacteria. Multiple Cloning Site (MCS) Short segment of DNA which contains .... Insert Gene, promoter or other DNA fragment cloned into the MCS for further study. Promoter Region...applications. Some common plasmid types include cloning plasmids, expression plasmids, gene knock-down ...Reference includes information about molecular cloning, how to choose a plasmid vector, molecular biology...
  6. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Online Molecular Biology Tools

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    Sept. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...types of cloning methods, such as restriction enzyme cloning, Gibson assembly, or In-Fusion cloning.  NEB...Design primers for Goldengate cloning   Design primers for In-Fusion Cloning Design primers for Gibson Assembly... any cloning method. You can select from five different insert:backbone ratios. In-Fusion cloning molar...design, as well as primer design for different cloning applications. Primer3 and Primer3Plus: For general...sets for high complexity Golden Gate Reactions Cloning ligation reaction calculators These links can help...make plasmid maps. Free for academic users. Serial Cloner: Free desktop-based software for plasmid design...
  7. Pushing the Limits of DNA Assembly

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    Sept. 6, 2017, 1:01 p.m.
    ...any well-executed cloning endeavor, NEBuilder requires upfront planning. This cloning methodology requires... More about Gateway Cloning Gibson Assembly and Other Long-Homology Based Cloning Methods Screen Plasmids...Biolabs. What is DNA assembly? In the context of cloning, DNA assembly refers to a method of physically ...Generation of constructs with multiple point mutations Cloning sgRNAs Production of Yeast Expression Cassettes...mutations spread over thousands of base pairs. Cloning sgRNAs Generating constructs to produce sgRNA for...experiments can be laborious, requiring multiple cloning steps. You can simplify this process by using NEBuilder...streamlined and simplified alternatives to traditional cloning. NEBuilder addresses the limitations associated...
  8. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    Sept. 10, 2020, 11:45 a.m.
    ...target sequences and clone them in just as you would for a single gRNA. You’ll clone in the first gRNA using... ever need to clone in filler sequences. To build your multiplexing construct, you clone all but one of...total number of gRNAs you wish to clone, so you don’t have to clone any filler sequences. You also have...introduce you to some of your potential options and cloning methods, but please scroll down for plasmids suitable...own promoter. But that doesn’t mean you have to clone and transfect multiple promoter-gRNA constructs ... can be inserted using Gibson Assembly or SLIC cloning methods. A BsaI-based E. coli multiplexing plasmid...step in CRISPR/Cas9 Golden Gate multiplexing is to clone the oligonucleotides specifying each gRNA target...
  9. Plasmids 101: Positive and Negative Selection for Plasmid Cloning

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    Aug. 22, 2019, 12:43 p.m.
    ...re-ligated back on themselves. Therefore, your cloning strategy needs to identify cells containing the...Auxotrophy and prototrophy come into play during cloning if you’ve designed your experiment using an auxotrophic...amino acid). Many common E. coli strains used for cloning are auxotrophic for specific amino acids. When ... acid. Auxotrophic selection is often used for cloning in yeast since antibiotic resistance spontaneously...selection strategy uses the toxin CcdB. Gateway cloning takes advantage of this property by including ccdB...allows the bacteria to grow on sucrose. Plasmid cloning: Creativity with naturally occurring genes  At ...strategies adopt naturally occurring genes for cloning purposes (antibiotic resistance genes, toxin genes...
  10. CRISPR 101: Validating Your Genome Edit

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    Nov. 3, 2022, 12:15 p.m.
    ...individual clones from that population. You can additionally calculate the minimum number of clones you would...interest. Thus, to find a null clone, you should screen, at the very least, 4 clones. Did you use a dual guide... sequence clones to verify that the deletions introduced are out of frame but finding clones with deletions... success? Before you start analyzing individual clones, it’s wise to quickly assess whether a significant...verify that you won’t need to screen hundreds of clones looking for your edit of interest. For all of the...before going on to generate and screen individual clones. If a clonal line isn’t your end goal, then a single...yielding a graph of edits in the input population or clone.   How to perform a TIDE First, use PCR to amplify...
  11. Building and Validating Recombinant Antibodies: A Case Study

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    April 5, 2022, 1:20 p.m.
    ...validated. The creativity in employing a variety of cloning techniques and troubleshooting methodologies drew...PCR was performed to create an amplicon that  was cloned into a plasmid backbone for expression of the mAb...colony PCR.   Fig. 1: (A) Schematic of cloning, expression and validation pipeline. (B) Schematic...the research community.    Validation For most cloning projects, the next step would be to validate your...IF-ICC worked well for identification of the correct clones, it was determined that for some constructs more...more than 90% of the colony PCR validated clones unexpectedly failed to produce functional R-mAbs. It was...of the hybridomas and, as a result, subsequently cloned into the expression constructs. The Trimmer lab...
  12. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    Jan. 6, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
    ... are cloned into Golden Gate entry vectors via traditional restriction enzyme cloning, TA cloning, or ...constructs? A new cloning system combining the advantages of Golden Gate and Multisite Gateway cloning methods ...that you need. The Golden GATEway cloning kit simplifies the cloning process for complex DNA constructs...efficient and flexible cloning process provides improvements to classical cloning methods, particularly... MoClo modular cloning system Synthetic biologists have developed a modular cloning strategy, MoClo,... of interest are retained after SLIC cloning. The general cloning strategy described in the associated...plasmids from building blocks via Golden GATEway Cloning Frustrated by the complexity of assembling recombination...
  13. Lambda Red: A Homologous Recombination-based Technique for Genetic Engineering

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    Dec. 15, 2016, 3:57 p.m.
    ...Restriction enzyme cloning is the workhorse of molecular cloning; however, one of its biggest limitations...sequence. This means cloning occurs in vivo, as compared to restriction enzyme cloning where the genetic ... is an alternative method that can be used for cloning or genome engineering and is based on homologous...that differ from traditional restriction enzyme cloning will be explained in greater detail. Substrate...bacteria. Selection and confirmation of recombinant clones.    Figure 2: Overview of using Lambda...typical frequency of recombinants is 1 positive clone out of 104 to 105 colonies. Pro Tip: Use a high-...remove the recombineering system once recombinant clones are generated.  A simple way to do this is to express...
  14. An Addgene Summer Internship

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    Aug. 8, 2024, 7:22 p.m.
    ...able to obtain eight clones. We ran digested and undigested samples of the clones on an electrophoresis...wrong. My capstone project was based on plasmid cloning and I, the researcher, got to choose what gene ... winner. We used the next 4-5 weeks to work on cloning the Syntaxin3 gene in a pLenti vector backbone....electrophoresis gel in order to differentiate which clone had successfully incorporated Syntaxin3 into its backbone... and I were unsure if there were any successful clones because the bands were all in the wrong place. ...Except for one. My manager speculated that the one clone we found with the correct bands was the right plasmid..., confirming that we had made a 100% successful clone of the Syntaxin3 in the pLenti backbone! Once everything...
  15. Quick, Versatile Plant Transgenesis with GreenGate Plasmids

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    Jan. 23, 2014, 3:23 p.m.
    ...introduced what’s been called a major breakthrough in cloning technology with the Golden Gate method. For the...researchers working in plant model systems. “The cloning is all done in vitro; it’s no different in mouse...to more tedious and time-consuming traditional cloning methods, Lohmann said. The key component of Golden... says their lab learned the hard way after the cloning method, which had been humming along at 99 percent... "GreenGate - A Novel, Versatile and Efficient Cloning System for Plant Transgenesis." PLoS ONE. 8(12)... Engler et al. "A One Pot, One Step, Precision Cloning Method with High Throughput Capability." PLoS ONE...
  16. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning Applications and Kits

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    May 14, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...another great option for mammalian cloning, and is geared towards cloning multi-TU expression constructs ...blog Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning High Complexity Golden Gate Cloning with NEB’s DAD New MoClo basics...Modular cloning is a popular DNA assembly tool used to build single- and multi-gene constructs for a ...should also take a look at the Yeast GoldenBraid Cloning System (Pérez-González et al., 2017). In addition... kit is a great starter for your general plant cloning experiments. Addgene also has two additional MoClo... kit is also compatible with the Joint Modular Cloning Kit which it builds upon (its ‘basics’ MoClo plant... the scientific community! Good luck and happy cloning! This article was written by Susanna Stroik and...
  17. How to Deposit Your Plasmids with Addgene

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    Feb. 27, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...sequence cloned into it.  Encodes gRNA/shRNA A plasmid with one gRNA or shRNA sequence cloned into it...information. Step 3: Cloning Information Please enter the name of the vector backbone you cloned your insert into...sequence. Empty Backbone A plasmid designed for cloning a gene/insert into it. Empty backbones often contain...proteins that are appended to new inserts through cloning. Encodes Multiple Inserts A plasmid encoding ... want to indicate separate promoters, tags, or cloning information for the inserts. *Note — If you will...Addgene. Description – please indicate the gene cloned into your plasmid, any tags or fusion proteins ... the backbone or was a part of the insert (when cloned into the vector backbone). As part of our quality...
  18. PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing

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    Feb. 23, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...sequencing of puromycin resistant clones, they found that 80% and 50% of clones displayed proper insertion at...month and a half, without the need for complicated cloning of homology arms. MMEJ: An Introduction There...repair template is present. HDR also presents a cloning dilemma - the longer the homology, the more efficient...with longer homology arms comes more time spent cloning. In contrast, the short homology required by MMEJ... regions of homology, which facilitates easier cloning. Abbreviated protocol for PITCh Step 1: Generate...inserted into the PITCh vector via In-Fusion or SLIC cloning. Step 2: Design an insertion locus-specific gRNA...of interest. For ideal use, this gRNA should be cloned into a vector containing Cas9 and the PITCh-gRNA...
  19. Plasmids 101: Antibiotic Resistance Genes

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    Jan. 30, 2014, 3:29 p.m.
    ...resistance as a marker for successful cloning. In these instances, the cloning vector typically has two separate...interest is cloned into/inactivates or completely removes (in the case of Gateway cloning) one cassette...would spend hours to days trying find their correct clones. Additionally, the presence of a plasmid is disadvantageous...How to Use Blue White Screening to Simplify Your Cloning Experiments See Where You Can Find Antibiotic Resistance...
  20. Multiple Plasmids at a Low Price: Kits from Addgene

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    Sept. 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...useful kits you can order from the repository: FX Cloning Kit BIOFAB Plasmid Set pCri System Cell Free Protein...please write to us in the comments section.  FX cloning kit This kit is designed to be used with Type IIS...restriction enzymes and standardized primers to clone your gene of interest into both sequencing (pInitial... incorporation of extensive sequences used for cloning into the final translated products. Negative selection... help decrease false positives observed in the cloning process, making it easier to produce the constructs...small leader peptides) downstream of which you can clone your gene of interest. Translation of the standardized...fusions all use the same restriction enzymes for cloning. Furthermore, some plasmids contain peptides to...
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