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  1. MXS Chaining

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    Feb. 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ... 101: Green Fluorescent Protein Resources on Addgene.org Browse our Fluorescent Protein Collection Find...multiple fluorescent protein sequences to develop diverse fluorescent reporters is a useful application of ... sensors. Given the expanding palette of fluorescent proteins and the availability of powerful imaging...been used to produce complex fluorescent reporter constructs. These fluorescent reporters can be used to ... modules used in this method include fluorescent proteins, promoters, enhancers, polyadenylation signals...constructs were created, each containing a unique fluorescent protein with minimal spectral overlap between them...Table 1). In each construct, 3 copies of the fluorescent protein were fused in-frame to a tethering partner...
  2. Tips for Using FRET in Your Experiments

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    Nov. 5, 2014, 3:41 p.m.
    ...fluorophores to proteins, pioneers of this technique were able to directly detect protein/protein interactions...Day RN, Davidson MW. Fluorescent proteins for FRET microscopy: monitoring protein interactions in living... CFP-YFP was the first to be used to study protein-protein interactions and several other pairs have been... can be used to create your choice of fluorescent fusion protein with your gene of interest: Plasmid... filters chosen for the donor fluorescence and the acceptor fluorescence. Additionally, this method could... the fluorescence decay time of the donor. When FRET occurs between the pairs, donor fluorescence is quenched...Articles About FRET: Piston DW, Kremers GJ. Fluorescent protein FRET: the good, the bad and the ugly. Trends...
  3. Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons

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    April 24, 2015, 2:39 p.m.
    ...The Brainbow-1.0 construct contains three fluorescent proteins: RFP (red), YFP (yellow) and M-CFP (membrane...Brainbow-1.1 scales up the system to four fluorescent proteins, with recombination events specified by ...the principles remain the same. The first fluorescent protein in the construct, OFP (orange), is expressed...tandem invertible segments, each with two fluorescent protein coding sequences in opposite orientations...once Cre is removed from the system, the fluorescent protein whose coding sequence is closest to the promoter...Although the fluorophores used are fluorescently distinct, their protein sequences are highly homologous,...above. First, they screened a variety of fluorescent proteins to find those with ideal characteristics...
  4. New Norepinephrine Indicators: nLightG and nLightR

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    Dec. 12, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ...permuted green fluorescent protein (GFP), and nLightR uses a red fluorescent protein, mApple. Kagiampaki ...findings that red fluorescent proteins tend to be less sensitive than green fluorescent proteins. nLightR did...the Addgene blog Fluorescent proteins 101: Fluorescent Biosensors Which Fluorescent Microscopy Technique...Plasmids Find Optogenetics Plasmids Visit the Fluorescent Protein Guide Pages ..., J., & Li, Y. (2019). A Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Sensor for Rapid and Specific In Vivo Detection...S., & Steinegger, M. (2022). ColabFold: Making protein folding accessible to all. Nature Methods, 19(6...neurons expressing nLightG or nLightR before/after application of NE (10 μM) and corresponding pixel-wise ΔF...
  5. Even more elegant: Single injection CRISPR/Cas9 in C. elegans

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    July 7, 2015, 3:36 p.m.
    ...tagging of every protein in the C. elegans genome. Although they tested fluorescent protein fusions, this...elegans even easier - now, one can generate a fluorescent protein fusion, transcriptional reporter, and loss-of-function...cassette (SEC). To make it possible fluorescently label proteins in C. elegans, they inserted the SEC...SEC into a synthetic intron between a fluorescent protein (FP) and a 3xFLAG tag (see construct schematic...located in this synthetic intron, and only the fluorescent protein and 3xFLAG-tag sequences are inserted into...repair template plasmid to create fluorescent and 3xFLAG-tag fusion proteins. The repair template and Cas9...Roller phenotype. These animals contain a fluorescent protein fusion for the targeted gene. After initial...
  6. Teaching an Old DOG New Tricks: Controlling Protein Activity with GFP

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    Nov. 24, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ... Cre-lox Resource Guide Fluorescent Protein Resource Guide Fluorescent Protein Blog Posts ...Other proteins may also be utliized as scaffolds, including the set of red fluorescent proteins. The T-DOGGs...scaffold system is likely applicable to many types of proteins. For proteins with a modular structure,... similarly to GFP, but commonly used red fluorescent proteins dsRed, mCherry, and TdTomato do not induce...and derivatives GFP and YFP, but not red fluorescent proteins, as seen with T-DDOGs. Like T-DDOGs, Cre-DOG...., et al. “A nanobody-based system using fluorescent proteins as scaffolds for cell-specific gene manipulation...Caussinus, E., Kanca, O., and Affolter, M. “Fluorescent fusion protein knockout mediated by anti-GFP nanobody...
  7. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    Dec. 23, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...epitopes fused to the protein of interest are recognized and thus fluorescently labeled by scFv antibodies...works by bringing together an anchor protein and activator protein to drive transcription. The anchor consists...off all mRNA binding proteins as it travels along the mRNA to produce the protein product. The system,...RNA Imaging by Coat protein Knock-off, is made up of three components: a GFP protein that binds to the ...of a reporter mRNA via a PP7 coat protein (NLS-PCP-GFP) a RFP protein that binds to the 3’ UTR of the reporter... sites for the fluorescent proteins and an inducible promoter (Plasmid 64543or 64542) When the reporter...and the RFP proteins in the nucleus. During the first round of translation, the GFP proteins that are bound...
  8. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    Jan. 9, 2018, 3:02 p.m.
    ...cyan-excitable red fluorescent protein (mCyRFP1). Derived from cyan-excitable organge fluorescent protein (CyOFP1...on This New AAV Tool    mCyRFP1: Novel fluorescent protein that enables imaging of two biosensors simultaneously...as a donor in FRET (fluorescence resonance energy transfer) and FLIM (Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy...Podcast Segment New bright monomeric red fluorescent protein - mScarlet! The Dorus Gadella lab has recently...recently developed a synthetic red fluorescent protein variant they call mScarlet. Bindels et al used a...evolution of new RFP variants The toolbox of fluorescent proteins (FP) for cellular imaging is constantly ...larger strategy to engineer improved red fluorescent proteins (RFPs) and, while the authors note that ...
  9. Viral Vectors 101: Calcium Sensors

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    Aug. 10, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...indicators (GECIs) are fluorescent proteins linked to calcium binding proteins (e.g., calmodulin or troponin...methods Many calcium reporters use a single fluorescent protein (FP), requiring only a simple measurement..... This sensor switches from green fluorescence to a red fluorescent state only by simultaneous (1) user-controlled...Structure-and mechanism-guided design of single fluorescent protein-based biosensors. Nature chemical biology...Resources on Addgene.org Addgene’s AAV Guide Fluorescent Proteins: Biosensors Addgene’s Viral Services  ...troponin C). Their fluorescent readouts are used to monitor calcium concentrations and transients in living... of the sensor, and (3) subsequent change in fluorescence only occurs at high calcium concentrations. ...
  10. Viral Vectors 101: Voltage Indicators

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    Jan. 30, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...sensors consist of a VSD fused to a single fluorescent protein (FP). This class of GEVI was the earliest... since rhodopsin proteins were initially evolved for ion transport, not fluorescence, they are not nearly...Chemogenetics Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetics Fluorescent Proteins 101: Introduction to FRET ... of fluorescence all have room for improvement. These sensors still have many useful applications, though... elements: a voltage-sensing component and a fluorescent output. The GEVI family of gadgets includes Ace...Chemigenetic sensors are better classified by their fluorescent reporter and the mechanism of their voltage sensing...rhodopsin functions as both the voltage detector and fluorescent signaler. The pro of this system is the kinetic...
  11. Hot Plasmids September 2018 - Optogenetics, RNA Localization, Fluorescent Protein, and Base-editing Tools

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    Sept. 18, 2018, 1:33 p.m.
    ...fluorophore binding aptamers and MS2-binding fluorescent proteins were the state of the art in RNA imaging...always on the lookout for better, brighter fluorescent proteins (FP) with improved tissue penetrance and...controls the activity of a microtubule-associated protein to regulate cell growth dynamics Article contributed...normally sits on microtubules to attract other proteins involved in their growth and extension. Now, they... domains. When both halves of the modified EB1 protein are overexpressed in cells, microtubule growth ...conformational changes, and as a consequence, EB1 protein function is inactivated by the separation of its...cellular dynamics. The photoinducible control of protein function is more specific and much faster than ...
  12. The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup

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    Jan. 29, 2019, 2:27 p.m.
    ...selection of an RNA mimic of green fluorescent protein by fluorescence-based selection and directed evolution...development and applications of fluorescent RNA aptamers in Addgene’s collection. Green fluorescent aptamers ...small molecule activates the fluorescence of the small molecule. Fluorescent RNA aptamers are used to track... of highly efficient RNA mimics of green fluorescent protein." Nature structural & molecular biology 21.8... Resources at Addgene.org Browse fluorescent protein plasmids and resources See all Jaffrey lab plasmids...using aptamers might know this best, as most fluorescent aptamers are named for a fruit or vegetable! ...What is an RNA aptamer? RNA is not inherently fluorescent and can be challenging to track intracellularly...
  13. Lighting Up Cell Signaling with Photoswitchable Kinases

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    July 25, 2017, 1:20 p.m.
    ...Photoactivatable Fluorescent Proteins Control Protein Expression with Cre-lox Control Protein Activity with... other kinases and proteins. Zhou et al suggest that more photoswitchable proteins could potentially be... reporter plasmids Find photoactivatable fluorescent proteins in empty backbones in the Michael Davidson...Photoswitchable Fluorescent Proteins ... fluorescent proteins...transduction pathways are a lot like cell phone networks. Protein kinases deliver messages to the next members of... the active site. Dronpa also produces green fluorescence when exposed to 500 nm light.  Under 400 nm ...
  14. Antibodies 101: Introduction to Immunofluorescence

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    Nov. 16, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...most commonly proteins. You can then use fluorescent microscopy to look for those fluorescent molecules, ... using fluorescence (for some background on fluorescence, try the Introduction to Fluorescence Microscopy...Introduction to Fluorescence Microscopy. iBiology. https://www.ibiology.org/talks/fluorescence-microscopy/...antibodies that have been joined to fluorescent molecules are applied to a cell or tissue sample where they bind...research applications of antibodies in Introduction to Antibodies Learn more about fluorescence microscopy...allows you to ask questions like: “Where does my protein of interest live within a cell,” “Does this disease..., knowing that where you see fluorescence indicates your target’s location. Some other terms you might...
  15. Viral Vectors 101: Biosensors

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    July 6, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...Epigenetics with a FRET Based Biosensor Fluorescent Proteins 101: Fluorescent Biosensors ...generate a fluorescent output, which will turn on, change color, or change intensity of fluorescence in the...fncel.2019.00474 Resources on Addgene.org Fluorescent Proteins: Biosensors Viral Service: Biosensor AAV...V., Fluorescent Biosensors for Neurotransmission and Neuromodulation: Engineering and Applications. Frontiers...readouts for levels of different chemicals, hormones, proteins, etc., that you are interested in. The most obvious...and the receptor, but readouts could involve fluorescence, pH change, heat, etc. The last component of...readout for whatever the bio-recognition event is (fluorescence, pH, etc.). The transducer will generate a numerical...
  16. Hot Plasmids - March 2020 - base editors, GEVI, MoClo, and optogenetics

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    March 3, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
    ...when paired with appropriate fluorescent optics. Existing red fluorescent voltage indicators, however,...inhibitory rhodopsin (Ace2N) with the red fluorescent protein (mScarlet) with either a seven or eight amino...zebrabow. In this system, cells express various fluorescent proteins controlled by Cre recombination. Each cell...of colors depending on the combination of fluorescent proteins expressed. CreLite-mediated recombination...editors that can be reconstituted in vivo to form a protein identical in sequence to the unmodified enzyme....31937940. Detection of neural activity using a red fluorescent genetically encoded voltage indicator Article...Genetically encoded voltage indicators (GEVIs) are proteins that detect and output the voltage changes in ...
  17. Visualizing Genomic Loci with CRISPR-Sirius

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    April 18, 2019, 12:53 p.m.
    ... 2015). To do so, they fused a different fluorescent protein to various Cas9 variants, SpCas9, NmCas9,... or boxB) that each recruits a different fluorescent protein (BFP, GFP, or RFP) to the genomic loci of...MS2-PP7) showing recruitment of different fluorescent proteins. (B) CRISPR-Sirius used to visualize relative...blog Download our CRISPR eBook Learn about fluorescent protein-based tools Read all CRISPR blog posts Resources...The catalytically dead Cas9 protein (dCas9) is well known for its ability to bind DNA targets without...to the small molecule, DFHBI-1T to induce its fluorescence. They found that aptamer insertion in the gRNA...8XMS2 which will recruit the HaloTag with red fluorescent ligands to the loci of interest. Dual color detection...
  18. 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.
    ...the photoswitchable proteins offers a powerful approach to control protein-protein interactions in cells... Biol 2018. PubMed PMID:29483642. Making protein-protein interaction studies easier with a 2in1 vector...The 2in1 cloning system is well suited for protein-protein interaction (PPI) studies in plants that rely...25971551. Discovery of new protein binder tools for photoswitchable proteins cPYP and AsLOV2 Article contributed...photoswitchable protein podcast segment Reversible control of photoswitchable proteins, which change in...technique using small scaffold proteins to identify novel binding proteins that bind to either the light...cells because the protein binders can be customized for protein visualization, relocation, degradation,...
  19. Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Michael Davidson and Roger Tsien Commemorative Conference Awards

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    Aug. 5, 2021, 12:15 p.m.
    ...years, we seek applications for awards to early career scientists using fluorescent proteins in their research... in the development and dissemination of fluorescent protein tools. This year, we’ve made some changes...inhibits the neuron (via hM4D). She fused fluorescent protein tags to the receptors to monitor their localization...are co-expressed with a photoconvertible fluorescent protein mEOS4a. Cells containing a sensor that shows...-generation intensiometric glutamate sensing fluorescent reporter (iGluSnFR3) to study glutamate, a signaling...disease,” says Aggarwal. This biosensor changes fluorescence based on the release of glutamate from neurons...thiol-containing acceptors. These hydropersulfides modulate protein activity and have important roles during oxidative...
  20. Antibodies 101: Multiplex Immunofluorescence

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    May 23, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...where an antibody binds a target protein in your sample, then a fluorescently labeled secondary antibody binds...suitable antibody against your target protein, consider fusing a protein tag to the target and using an epitope-based...reagents like fluorescently-labeled nanobodies or scFvs. Many, many options for fluorescently conjugated ...Antibodies Which Fluorescence Microscopy Technique is Best for Me? Introduction to Immunofluorescence Resources...then you use a microscope to see where the target protein is (localization) and how much there is (quantification...quantification). But what if you’ve got several interesting protein targets and you want to know if they co-localize...labeled and imaged at a time, inactivating the fluorescent secondary antibodies before labeling the next...
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