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  1. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021

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    May 18, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...find all of the CRISPR plasmids available from Addgene, head over to our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources page...Hutchinson Cancer Research Center developed a pooled plasmid library encompassing all possible amino acid mutations...   The CRISPR corner By Jennifer Tsang Here are a few highlights from recent CRISPR plasmids. To find...subset of the new plasmids and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need...need. Here's what you'll find in this post: Pooled library to study antibody escape in SARS-CoV-2 Recombinant...most anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies. In the library, each plasmid encodes the mutated spike protein and a ...
  2. Hot Plasmids - June 2020 - Barcoded CRISPR Library, Sparse Cell Labeling, Calcineurin Reporter, and DNA Staining Dye Alternative

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    June 2, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles ...recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need...about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here.  Human whole genome sgRNA iBAR library Article contributed...Bachle Figure 1: Initial steps in the CRISPR-pooled screening using sgRNAiBAR. Image from Zhu et...conventional CRISPR screens require a low multiplicity of infection (MOI) during cell library construction... as a DNA staining dye Article contributed by Jennifer Tsang Figure 4: Double stranded DNA bound... fusions with tTALE to “stain” DNA. TALE proteins can bind specific DNA sequences which brings the attached...
  3. Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria

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    April 4, 2019, 12:53 p.m.
    ...interference plasmids Find bacterial CRISPR plasmids Read our CRISPR guide ...CRISPRa libraries Read all CRISPR blog posts Resources on Addgene.org Browse our CRISPR interference ...subtilis genome, the Mobile-CRISPRi ICE element forms a conjugative plasmid-like DNA circle and is transferred...suited for genome-wide CRISPRi library screening experiments where maintaining library diversity is important...Mobile-CRISPRi into bacteria. Top: A Tn7 transposon containing the CRISPRi components and a plasmid with...ready to move Mobile-CRISPRi into your bacteria of interest? Find Mobile-CRISPRi plasmids at Addgene! References...about other CRISPR methods for bacterial genome engineering   Learn about human CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa...
  4. Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)

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    March 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ...using Addgene’s lentiviral CRISPR tools. Schematic overview of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing process...whole-cell extracts from the initial stable cell pool (pool) and from individual cell expansions (monoclonal...primers flanking my edits in genomic DNA and doing PCR on genomic DNA. The surveyor assay itself was relatively...described in Improved vectors and genome-wide libraries for CRISPR screening. Sanjana NE, Shalem O, Zhang F...BRDN0000561167) (Plasmid #80034) and BRAF gRNAs (BRDN0001145345 and BRDN0001146266) (Plasmid #76479 and #76480...that Surveyor nuclease cleaves double stranded DNA (dsDNA) at basepair mismatches. To use this tool to ... denature and renature the dsDNA. Upon renaturation, you will generate DNA duplexes with one strand from...
  5. How to Deposit Your Plasmids with Addgene

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    Feb. 27, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...special cases below:   Pooled Library A pooled library is a set of plasmids all built with the same ...insert. Pooled libraries are normally supplied as liquid DNA with all of the plasmids in the library in a...unique plasmids in a pooled library can range from a few hundred to millions. Pooled libraries must be...Unpublished or pre-publication plasmids": Unpublished plasmids or plasmids that will not be published are...and entering a plasmid name,plasmid type, and plasmid description/experimental purpose (right). On the...with your plasmids, and adding all the plasmids at once increases the likelihood that the plasmids are given...the help center article, "Can I deposit a pooled DNA library with Addgene?" or contact us at [email protected]...
  6. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    Sept. 24, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Your CRISPR Basics with Our CRISPR Guide Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Find CRISPR Pooled Libraries...How to Conduct Genome-Wide CRISPR Pooled Library Screens Read other CRISPR Blog Posts Resources on Addgene.org...John Doench. CRISPR technology has made it easier than ever both to engineer specific DNA edits and to...incorporate new information into DNA. This also requires an exogenous DNA template. HDR, however, is a very...choice. For a genome-wide library to conduct genetic screens, however, a library composed of the latter ...Gene knockout with CRISPR technology is usually accomplished by Cas9-mediated dsDNA breaks: following ...so-called base editor Cas9, which makes DNA changes in the absence of dsDNA breaks (Rees et al., 2018). For C...
  7. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021

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    March 23, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...find all of the CRISPR plasmids available from Addgene, head over to our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources page...    The CRISPR corner By Jennifer Tsang Here are a few highlights from recent CRISPR plasmids. To find...different antibiotic resistance markers. New CRISPR pooled library from Keith Joung’s and Benjamin Kleinstiver...Tonia Rex's lab.  vfCRISPR, or very fast CRISPR, is a light-inducible CRISPR system developed by Taekjip...subset of the new plasmids and viral preps in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These articles...recent plasmid deposits and we hope they'll make it easier for you to find and use the plasmids you need...inducible degron system for C. elegans New CRISPR plasmids New items from the viral service Epigenetic...
  8. Comparing Cas9 to NgAgo: Can the Argonautes Best CRISPR?

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    June 9, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...the Doudna Lab Browse the CRISPR Collection Find CRISPR Pooled Libraries  ...27136078. Find plasmids from this publication at Addgene. 2. Swarts, Daan C., et al.  “DNA-guided DNA interference...GC-rich regions. DNA guides NgAgo uses 5’ phosphorylated DNA guides (so called “gDNAs”) rather than the...that this protein could cleave DNA in vitro, directed by phosphorylated DNA guides. Unfortunately, Swarts...identified NgAgo and showed that it can cleave plasmid and genomic DNA in a variety of mammalian cell lines, with... guide DNA and cannot switch guides. While this fidelity would prevent other small nuclear DNAs from binding...archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus is a DNA-guided nuclease that targets cognate DNA.” Nucleic Acids Res. 43(10) ...
  9. xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility

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    March 28, 2018, 6:52 p.m.
    ...Check out our CRISPR Guide Find CRISPR Plasmids for Mammalian Systems Learn about CRISPR History ...from the accessory plasmid (AP) encoding phage gene III. The accessory plasmid library contained all 64 ...In order to bind DNA, Cas9 and other CRISPR enzymes require a short PAM sequence adjacent to the targeted...and high DNA specificity." Nature (2018) doi: 10.1038/nature26155 PubMed PMID: 29512652 Plasmids from this...PAM flexibility. In this system, the mutagenesis plasmid (MP6) permits quick, large-scale mutation of the...to a protospacer. If ω-dCas9 could recognize a library PAM, it would induce transcription of gene III,...propagation and keeping that dCas9 sequence in the pool. According to this logic, ω-dCas9 variants recognizing...
  10. Your Top Requested Plasmid in 2016!

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    Jan. 11, 2017, 8:47 p.m.
    ...Deliver CRISPR Plasmids to Mammalian Cells Resources on the Addgene Website Visit our CRISPR Guide Pages...editors, Casilio, CombiGEM, and a variety of pooled libraries. Not all of these technologies were without... year, the top requested plasmid from 2016 is an expression vector for CRISPR nuclease, SpCas9 from the...on the Addgene Blog Browse Our CRISPR Posts Learn about Using CRISPR to Generate Knockouts Read Some ...for sure, as is obvious from our most requested plasmid, SpCas9 is still going strong as the basis for ...experiments. So, without further ado, the most request plasmid in 2016 was... pSpCas9(BB)-2A-Puro (PX459) V2.0... of mammalian cell types. Purpose  SpCas9 This plasmid expresses Streptococcus pyogenes (Sp) Cas9 from...
  11. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    July 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m.
    ...our comprehensive CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids and resources Find CRISPRa plasmids ...blog Browse our CRISPR blog posts Download our CRISPR cheat sheet Download our CRISPR eBook Resources...-Suntag activator were transduced with a pooled sgRNA library and were subsequently cultured for nearly... for sensitive applications such as CRISPR screening. The plasmids used by the Qi Lab for this particular...nature makes CRISPRa much simpler to implement in genome-wide screens over cDNA libraries. However, using...recent papers describe the development of CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) tools for neuroscience, including transgenic...neuroscience research. What is CRISPR-based activation? To summarize, CRISPRa uses a nuclease-dead variant...
  12. Technique: Probe Phage Genomes for Host Binding Proteins

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    Sept. 29, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... long-term library storage. After overnight growth, scrape up, pool and extract plasmid DNA directly from...random fragment library of phage DNA This first step involves digesting phage genomic DNA into 1-3 kb (approximately... modifications to DNA bases.  Ligate and transform your resultant plasmid libraries into chemically competent... cloning phage DNA can be difficult, in part because phages frequently alter their DNA by adding methyl...involves forcing DNA through a small opening using compressed nitrogen gas; this shears DNA at random locations...If working with DNA that is refractory to enzymatic manipulation, amplifying phage DNA with phi29 polymerase... from the colonies. Transform the resultant plasmid DNA into E. coli BL21 (DE3) cells (these have the ...
  13. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    May 10, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing Learn to Use CRISPR Pooled Libraries for Genome-Wide Screens...updated CRISPR Guide! Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Browse gRNA Design Tools  ...became much more realistic with the advent of CRISPR. Using CRISPR/Cas9 SAM to "shock and kill" To “shock ...HIV-1 out of the genome with CRISPR/Cas9 Before the introduction of CRISPR, HIV-1 genome editing with ...HIV-1 at the level of protein structure, CRISPR gRNAs require DNA sequence-specific binding. Patients’ HIV...Central PMCID: PMC4778041. Find CRISPR and lentiviral packaging plasmids used in this publication at Addgene... DA, Zhang F, Rice CM, Bhatia SN. CRISPR/Cas9 cleavage of viral DNA efficiently suppresses hepatitis B...
  14. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    Jan. 9, 2018, 3:02 p.m.
    ...to increase CRISPR editing efficiency across multiple CRISPR enzymes. Plasmids for CRISPR coselection ...created DNA ladders (aka DNA molecular weight markers) that can be used to measure the size of DNA fragments...podcast segment on CRISPR tools for plants CRISPR inhibitors Bacteria utilize CRISPR Cas9 systems to defend...vivo. Utilizing CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) technology, the arrayed knockdown library targets 289 genes...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These brief articles...articles provide a synopsis of a plasmid or group of plasmids' functions and applications. We hope that... you to find and use the plasmids you need. You can find all the hot plasmids from 2017 below. With over...
  15. Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016

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    Jan. 6, 2017, 3:56 p.m.
    ...then be used both for screens (using pooled CRISPR knockout libraries) and individual gene knockouts (using...lentiviral inventory is based on CRISPR tools, though we do provide a few non-CRISPR related viral preps. Cas9...Zhang F. Improved vectors and genome-wide libraries for CRISPR screening. Nat Methods. 2014 Aug;11(8):783...Cas9 is the headliner of most CRISPR applications and can be expressed from your cell line of choice after... Cas9 nuclease, which introduces double stranded DNA breaks, can be expressed from lentiCas9-Blast. Purpose...typically express Cas9 and a gRNA from the same plasmid. LentiCas9-blast virus can be used to generate ...with a single-vector system). Tips for using this plasmid Cas9 expression is typically cytotoxic, which makes...
  16. CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?

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    Oct. 13, 2022, 1:45 p.m.
    ...about CRISPR Pooled Library Experiments Additional resources on the Addgene website Find CRISPR Plasmids...many cases several exons’ worth of DNA. Any ∼20 nucleotides of DNA can serve as the target for Cas9’s ...Prime editor engaging target DNA. The reverse transcriptase polymerizes DNA onto the target strand based...on your CRISPR background with our CRISPR Guide Find Software Tools for gRNA Design    ...updated in 2022 by Susanna Stroik.  The advent of CRISPR/Cas9 has made it easier than ever to make precise...great choices. Check out our SpCas9 containing plasmids, optimized for a variety of species.   Specificity... be found in “The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9.” Single base pair edits Is the location...
  17. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    Jan. 8, 2019, 1:54 p.m.
    ...making it ideal for CRISPR pooled library screening experiments. Find lentiCRISPR v2.(If you’ve peeked...other CRISPR plasmids are from the Zhang lab. In fact, the Zhang lab has shared over 40,000 CRISPR-Cas9...requested plasmids over the last 15 years - the majority of these being lentiviral or CRISPR tools. How...and an envelope expressing plasmid, such as our second most requested plasmid of all time, pMD2.G. Find...wide range of applications. This plasmid was the top requested plasmid of 2017. Find pMD2.G. pSpCas9(BB... top requested plasmid from 2016. You may notice the “V2.0” at the end of this plasmid which indicates...prior version of this plasmid. Indeed the first version is the 15th most popular plasmid of all time, but ...
  18. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    Jan. 6, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
    ...information on these new CRISPR screening tools, see our CRISPR/Cas Plasmids: Pooled Libraries webpage or read ... These vectors and sgRNA libraries expand upon the CRISPR family of plasmids by offering a lentivirus-...Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries Enable Genome-Scale, Knockout Screening. Also, check out our updated CRISPR-Cas ...CRISPR-Cas resources at www.addgene.org/CRISPR/ to browse CRISPR plasmids, watch informational videos, download...Tet-inducible CRISPR activators and repressor plasmids. (Kearns et al., Development. 2014..) CRISPRs for Xenopus... Hot Plasmid list. Other popular plasmids & blog posts @Addgene: The 10 Most Distributed Plasmid Technologies...Microbiology 2011 Feb 22;11:38. Lentiviral CRISPR libraries for knockout screening New systems have been...
  19. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    Dec. 23, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...31. CRISPR-Display: A novel CRISPR technology for targeting RNA cargos to specific DNA loci John...Addgene Blog Read Our CRISPR 101 Posts Read Our Plasmids 101 Posts Read All of Plasmid Technology Posts ...amazing plasmid technologies developed by our community of depositors. With over 40,000 plasmids avaliable...amazing new plasmid tools that have come through our doors in 2015. Do you have a favorite new plasmid tool ... control over CRISPR/Cas9 mediated genome modification and gene expression. The plasmids associated with...system plasmids are available through Addgene and are already very popular. Use these plasmids to increase...whereas the nonsequestered pool goes on to initiate translation. These TRICK plasmids provide valuable tools...
  20. CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide

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    Aug. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...(2015) Unraveling CRISPR-Cas9 genome engineering parameters via a library-on-library approach. Nat Methods... function (Pan et al., 2018). cDNA libraries, which consist of plasmids that over-express coding sequences...using oligo library synthesis. Prior to Cas9 activators, similar tools were made using other DNA binding ...group has develop several popular CRISPR-based tools for altering DNA sequence or regulating gene expression..., Wang X (2015) WU-CRISPR: characteristics of functional guide RNAs for the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Genome... More about Genome-wide Screens with CRISPR/Cas9 Learn How CRISPR Has Been Used with AAV Resources on...Catch Up on Your CRISPR Background with Our CRISPR Guide Pages ...
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