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  1. CRISPR 101: Homology Directed Repair

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    Jan. 26, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
    ... Learn about Base Editing Read 3 Tips to Improve HDR Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells ...and a donor DNA molecule containing your desired edit are all you need to generate a knock-in.   General...details on how "Cut-to-Mutation distance" affects editing efficiency. One important point to note is that...double or single stranded? The size of the intended edit is the biggest determinant when selecting a type...smaller modifications (~1-50 base pairs). Small edits require as little as 30-50 bases for each homology... is generally low; to increase the frequency of edits, researchers have designed self-cleaving plasmids...complementary ssDNA. Easi-CRISPR was shown to increasing editing efficiency from 1-10% with dsDNA to 25-50% with...
  2. Easi-CRISPR: Generating Knock-In and Conditional Mouse Models

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    April 5, 2018, 12:42 p.m.
    ...CRISPR genome editing has made it easier to create knockout alleles in a variety of species, including...times, hoping to produce a mouse with the desired edit. You’d also need to remove the selection marker,...it turned out your chimeric mice did not contain edited germ cells, your experiment would be unsuccessful...promoter activity. To avoid re-cutting by Cas9 after editing, make sure that the repair template does not contain...sequences from their PAMs, preventing re-cutting after editing. How to use Addgene plasmids for Easi-CRISPR You...requiring only 40-60 zygotes to generate a correctly edited founder. Figure 6: Diagram of ovary and ...i-GONAD as a simple method for delivery of genome editing components to the germline. In contrast to standard...
  3. Addgene's Tips for Plasmid Quality Control

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    Jan. 14, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...select forward and reverse primers for each sample with the help of DNA-editing software which integrates...collection. Use one of the many freely-available DNA-editing software packages to assemble your expected full...analysis web-tool. Alternatively, you can use DNA-editing software to perform alignments of multiple sequences...new primers to sequence the important features. You can use primer design software such as Primer3 to ...custom primers. Remember, when designing a sequencing primer, you need some space between your primer binding...database of over 2000 primers. Two 96-well PCR plates are prepared with the primer stocks for forward and... designing a primer specifically to target this region, as outlined above. Avoid primers that bind within...
  4. The CRISPR Software Matchmaker: A New Tool for Choosing the Best CRISPR Software for Your Needs

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    Nov. 3, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...laboratory enjoys a successful edit rate of over 90% in their work editing the genome of Plasmodium falciparum...pattern at any edit distance. It won’t, however, compute any score other than the edit distance. Added..., Institut Pasteur, Paris) that changed genome editing in the malaria community for the better (Nat. Biotechnol...the best CRISPR software tools yet. As a genome editing tool, the CRISPR/Cas9 technology has been surrounded...features being integrated into so-called genome editing workbenches such as Benchling (commercial, online...  References  1. Ghorbal, Mehdi, et al. "Genome editing in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum...features to help with the post-design process such as primer and plasmid design. Examples:  “multiplex design...
  5. 6 Tips for Analyzing and Troubleshooting Sanger Sequencing Results

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    June 26, 2014, 2:23 p.m.
    ...Feel free to edit it. Most chromatogram viewing programs (even the free ones) allow you to edit the sequence...column. They can be pricey, but well worth it. 6. Edit your DNA sequence Finally, when you do see a miscalled...unresolved and small, so I suggest designing your primer at least 50bp upstream of the sequence of interest...
  6. With Our New Viral Service, We're Taking CRISPR Further!

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    Dec. 6, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...reason CRISPR has become such a popular genome editing tool is its developers’ willingness to make their...particularly prominent problem in CRISPR genome editing experiments. We aim to alleviate this frustration...delivery of SpCas9 and Cas9 nickase for genome editing. You can also enhance expression of your gene of...EGFP can be used as positive controls for gene editing or gene activation, while the BRAF and MAP3K4 gRNAs...quality-controlled reagents from Addgene can greatly expedite a researcher's ability to make discoveries." If...Lentiviral Transdution Using Virus in Your Research: A Primer for Beginners 5 Tips for Troubleshooting Viral ...
  7. Early Career Researcher Toolbox: Free Online Molecular Biology Tools

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    Sept. 12, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...ApE (A plasmid Editor): A free, donation-based plasmid analysis tool including editing, annotating, creating... Plasmid mapping These tools are for viewing, editing or making plasmid maps, but can also analyze and... general primer design, as well as primer design for different cloning applications. Primer3 and Primer3Plus...Primer3Plus: For general primer design Design primers for Goldengate cloning   Design primers for In-Fusion Cloning...applications Primer design tools Many of the above-listed plasmid mapping tools have built-in primer design ...For hairpin analysis, Tm and primer dimer estimation, and other primer characteristics. NEB Data-optimized...Primer design. Plasmid mapping. DNA sequence analysis. We all have our favorite tools for tackling these...
  8. CRISPR 101 eBook...en español

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    Jan. 18, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...L. Denise Roche, PhD, MD, editora, [email protected] The first edition of our CRISPR 101 eBook is...professional scientific translator, L. Denise Roche, to edit the translation. We are pleased to announce that...¡La primera edición de nuestro libro electrónico CRISPR 101 ya está disponible en español! Esta traducción... científica profesional, L. Denise Roche, para editarla. Estamos orgullosos de anunciar que CRISPR 101...Sánchez, PhD, translator  Denise Roche, PhD, MD, editor, [email protected]...
  9. Sharing Your Lab Protocols: Using Apps to Save Time & Track Your Experiments

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    Sept. 23, 2014, 3:05 p.m.
    ...of time for your manuscript to get reviewed and edited prior to publication, and this will delay the dissemination...allowing scientists to actively comment, annotate, and edit protocols. After my introduction to protocols.io...Foundation and is built on scientists adding and editing content. Here at Addgene we’ve been known to recommend...you’re familiar with the process of creating and editing Wikipedia pages, OWW will be relatively easy for...(i.e. antibiotic concentrations, commonly used primers). We also encourage scientists to upload protocols...
  10. Lambda Red: A Homologous Recombination-based Technique for Genetic Engineering

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    Dec. 15, 2016, 3:57 p.m.
    ... a C/C mismatch at or within 6 base pairs of the edit site. This is an easy fix, but can only be used ... you use depends on what type of DNA you want to edit; however, BAC DNA can be modified with any of the...to modify chromosomal genes. After the initial editing event, the defective prophage can be removed from...lambda recombineering system is best suited for editing bacterial chromosomal DNA because it is easy to...Substrate dsDNA inserts can be made by PCR using primers that amplify the DNA sequence of interest and flank...the targeted insert site (Figure 2, top).  These primers are typically ~70 nucleotides long (20 nucleotides...
  11. Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein

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    June 28, 2018, 3:01 p.m.
    ...for transcription) are more effective for genome-editing events. In the light of these results, we [email protected]. Keep pipetting and happy genome editing! Pooran Dewari is a postdoc in Steve Pollard’s...interests include optimizing CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing methods and applying them to study brain tumour.... Enhanced CRISPR/Cas9-mediated precise genome editing by improved design and delivery of gRNA, Cas9 nuclease...Enhanced bacterial immunity and mammalian genome editing via RNA polymerase-mediated dislodging of Cas9 ...ICC and PCR genotyping (Sanger sequencing); use primers flanking the tag sequence and expect a size-shift...
  12. Site Directed Mutagenesis by PCR

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    Aug. 2, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...applies to plasmids, but may also facilitate genome editing. Tailored mutations are commonly introduced to ...double-stranded break. This site-directed genome editing requires a template of high homology to the endogenous... using the primers specified by the arrowheads in (A). Experimental guidelines Primer Design As a.... Forward and reverse primers are designed to be complementary, but each primer may extend beyond the ..., multimerization of the PCR primers can cause duplication of the primer sequence in the resulting plasmid...-mutations can be introduced to plasmids using primers (with the desired mutation) in a PCR protocol that...Plasmids. A) Generation of mutagenized plasmids. PCR primers (green) amplify the plasmid template (blue), and...
  13. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    Dec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m.
    ... domain of RNA editing enzyme, ADAR. This RBP-ADARcd fusion protein irreversibly edits adenine residues...enables rapid, automated, and high-throughput genome editing is multiplex automated genome engineering (MAGE...strains. Thus, pORTMAGE simultaneously allows genome editing and mutant library generation in several biotechnologically...Zoldos lab has developed CRISPR tools for epigenome editing that enable the precise study of particular epigenetic... system TALEs as nucleases (TALENs) are genome-editing tools that are deployed in both in vitro cell systems...CRISPR/Cas9 technology has revolutionized genome editing in multiple organisms thanks to its simple, easily...workload necessary to produce vectors for genome editing in worms to the point that high-throughput tagging...
  14. Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV

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    May 30, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...expression in a particular cell type to CRISPR genome editing, optogenetics, and chemogenetics experiments. ...contributed by guest blogger Didem Goz Ayturk with edits and updates from Addgenies Karen Guerin and Susanna... Addgene Blog New to Virus Work? Check out Our Primer for Beginners Read Our Lentivirus FAQ Learn about...
  15. Pushing the Limits of DNA Assembly

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    Sept. 6, 2017, 1:01 p.m.
    ...that contains a region of homology and any desired edits to the target region. Assembled plasmids can be ...homology can be introduced to fragments via PCR using primers that contain the regions of homology. A powerful...interface can guide you through both experimental and primer design based on fragment sequences and the polymerase... enzymes are adjusted. Appropriate fragment and primer design results in covalently joined, scarless DNA...search Addgene plasmids by gene here), designing primers with your desired mutation, performing PCR to generate...
  16. Harnessing Bacterial Toxins for Allelic Exchange

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    Aug. 15, 2019, 12:30 p.m.
    ... PMC4862005. Jiang, Wenyan, et al. "RNA-guided editing of bacterial genomes using CRISPR-Cas systems."...Cas9 Assisted Recombineering) system for genome editing in Escherichia coli." Scientific reports 5 (2015...rate of the organism of interest, from the day primers arrive, the desired chromosomal modification can...
  17. AAV Q&A with Tim Miles

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    May 17, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ... area for future AAV application to epigenetic editing. This area is discussed in our recent review.  ... Addgene Blog Using virus in your research - a primer for beginners Adenoviral delivery of CRISPR/Cas9...
  18. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    Jan. 6, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
    ...of interest is a key step for CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. Dr. Masahito Ikawa has created a GFP reporter ...that was used by Chen and colleagues for genome editing inXenopus tropicalis. (Guo et al., Development....Development. 2014..) A new, higher specificity genome editing system that combines TALENs and CRISPRS. Developed...select the appropriate pair of vector and gene primers from Table 2 of the associated publication which...of sequence homology between the vector and gene primer for SLIC cloning. Amplify the pCoofy vector and...
  19. Twenty Years of Sharing: Expanding Accessibility

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    Nov. 21, 2024, 10:47 p.m.
    ... a Plasmid? How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Editing The Promoter Region - Let's Go! How to Verify Your...Electrophoresis Bacterial Transformation How to Design a Primer Creating Bacterial Glycerol Stocks Inoculating ... Videos What is a Plasmid? How to Design Primers for PCR Agarose Gel Electrophoresis Inoculating...Analysis We also introduced guides — practical primers to help users get started with tools like CRISPR...
  20. Recombinase-based State Machines Enable Order-dependent Logic in vivo

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    July 28, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Learn How Piggy Bac Vectors Can Be Used for Genome Editing Learn about Michael Koeris' Journey from Grad Student...amplified by a particular primer pair. Then, by leveraging qPCR data from multiple primer pairs, one can infer...build new registers. The primer binding sites can also be used to design primers to read states by qPCR ... each state of a register enables the design of primer pairs that PCR amplify in some states but not others... regular PCR may not be very informative – each primer pair will amplify even if its target states are... promoters, and genes) were built with flanking primer binding sites (designed to have 20-30 nt length...
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