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  1. Starter Guide to induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs) Part 2:  Reprogramming and Transdifferentiation

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    Nov. 6, 2018, 1:12 p.m.
    ...Differentiate the Stem Cell Field Learn how lentiviral vectors can be used for gene delivery Resources ...our Stem Cell Pages Find Viral Vectors for Your Research Find Plasmids from the Yamanaka Lab ...include retrovirus [2], lentivirus [4], adenovirus [5], Sendai virus [6], plasmid electroporation (episomal... [7, 8] and mRNA transfection [9]. Many of the plasmids used for these methods can be found on Addgene...Neurons [32, 33, 34] You can find a variety of plasmids for differentiation here. Transdifferentiation...and in vitro methods are similar except that the vectors carrying the transdifferentiation factors are directly... (iPSCs) by temperature-sensitive Sendai virus vectors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2011. 108(34): p. 14234...
  2. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    Oct. 20, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...-to-use viral preps of select CRISPR lentiviral plasmids Additional resources on the Addgene Blog  How....org  View Addgene's collection of empty gRNA vectors View Addgene's CRISPR resources Request ready-to-use...
  3. CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics

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    Aug. 9, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...millions of embryonic stem cells (ESCs) with a lentiviral vector, an attenuated retrovirus in the same family...Genome Edit Resources on Addgene.org Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Check out Our CRISPR Guide Find...family as HIV. By design, our lentivirii are genetically programmed to CRISPR out the enhancers we identified...cells. Remove this pillar and the ESC dies. Order Lentivirus from Addgene If you’re interested in designing...
  4. New Optogenetic Tools for Cytoskeleton and Membrane Control

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    Sept. 28, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...katanin module, which are also available as lentiviral plasmids if you want to make a stable cell line. This...developing embryo is accessible for injection of plasmids and other materials.    Figure 3: Optogenetic...Guide or browse our collections of optogenetics plasmids – and keep an eye out for future updates to the...Additional resources on the Addgene blog Viral Vectors 101: Optogenetics Additional resources on Addgene.org...Addgene.org Optogenetics Guide Optogenetics Plasmids References Aljiboury, A. A., Ingram, E., Krishnan, N...
  5. Viral Vectors 101: Virus Safety

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    June 22, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...transfer plasmid), the envelope (Env) gene on a separate plasmid (envelope plasmid), and the polymerase ...different plasmids. For a retroviral system this looks like the genetic cargo in one plasmid (the transfer...Gag structural protein on yet a third plasmid (packaging plasmid). Viral production then proceeds by transfection...Viral Plasmids Which Type of Virus Should I Use? Resources on the Addgene blog Viral Vectors 101: ... transfection of all three plasmids into a producer cell line, such as HEK-293T, production of viral particles... and Pol genes are not encoded in the transfer plasmid, the component that physically integrates into ... retroviral packaging components onto distinct plasmids for safety.    Viral cargo-specific safety...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: What is a Virus (and a Viral Vector)?

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    Aug. 18, 2023, 4:15 p.m.
    ...separate plasmids and expressed via cells cultured with the vectors. This allows the viral vectors to reproduce...Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications Viral Vectors 101: Viruses as Biological Tools Viral Vectors 101:...create far safer viral vectors that can be used in BSL-1 or BSL-2 labs. Viral vectors are viruses that have...increase the viral vector’s carrying capacity. In order to allow the viral vectors to reproduce when experimentally...of Viral Vectors 101 posts about each type, so be sure to check our blog, or our Viral Vectors 101 eBook...: AAVs, lentivirus, gamma retrovirus, and adenovirus. And now that you know what viral vectors are, it...viral particle is called a virion. Finally, viral vectors, which are used in the lab, are distinct from viruses...
  7. Viral Vectors 101: Transductions

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    April 30, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Production at Addgene Viral Vectors 101: What is a Virus? Viral Vectors 101: Viral Vector Elements ..., a viral vector is selected to perform the transduction with: either retrovirus, lentivirus, adenovirus...desired DNA to be integrated can be cloned into the vector that you have selected. The nucleic acid will be...produced, and viral particles are packaged, when the vector is expressed. Once the design and construction ... it’s time to make virus! The constructed viral vector containing the cargo of interest is then typically...typically transfected along with viral packaging plasmids into a viral production cell line, usually HEK-293...-293 cells. When all of these viral plasmids are expressed within the production cell line, viral particles...
  8. AAV Vector Quality Control: Going the Extra Mile with NGS

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    Sept. 12, 2017, 1:44 p.m.
    ...DNA from the helper plasmids or the cell genome can be packaged inside the vectors during production. ...cell genome, bacterial genomes, cloning vectors, and helper plasmids (Chadeuf et al., 2005, Wright et al....blog Check out our Viral Vectors Featured Topic Page Subscribe to Viral Vectors Blog Posts Learn How We...Ready-to-Use Lentivirus Browse Viral Plasmids ... of poor reagent quality. To make sure our AAV vectors are of the highest quality, we undertake a rigorous...To make sure that adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors available at Addgene are suitable for in vivo studies...should you care about viral quality control? AAV vectors are produced by scientists - not robots. Unfortunately...
  9. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications

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    April 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Browse Our Viral Vector Pages Learn About Viral Vector Biosafety Deposit Your Viral Vectors ...We offer a variety of viral vectors, viral services and even a Viral Vectors eBook to get you started. ... terrains. They are, in fact, a choice delivery vector from basic science research all the way to clinical...sequence for degradation. Viral introduction of shRNA plasmids can induce gene-specific silencing temporarily... long-term, and even inducibly depending on the vector and virus. Viral CRISPR-Cas9 tools have been...interest, turning expression off permanently. Viral vectors can also be used to express proteins. Viral expression...of interest, and often a selectable marker. This vector can express your construct in target cells transiently...
  10. Viral Vectors 101: Biosensors

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    July 6, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...engineered into viral vectors, so if you want to use them, you’ll need to use the vectors (or redesign the ...genetically encoded, and luckily, we have pre-designed plasmids for these systems! Ion sensors One common biosensor...we’ve got you covered with packaging plasmids! References and Resources References  Bhalla N., Jolly ...Biosensors Viral Service: Biosensor AAV Viral Vectors 101 eBook Resources on the Addgene blog An Overview...ready to deliver your sensor, whether you choose lentivirus, gamma retrovirus, or AAV as your vehicle, we...
  11. Using AAV for Neuronal Tracing

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    Aug. 9, 2018, 1:04 p.m.
    ...2007; plasmids at Addgene). AAV vectors: A platform for delivering neuronal tracers AAV vectors have been...communication. Viral vectors and the nervous system With the advent of viral vector technology, new methods...unique hue (plasmids at Addgene). A large-scale example of neuronal tracing with AAV vectors is the Allen...Find ready-to-use AAV Preps Find AAV plasmids Browse all viral vectors ...genome is a single-stranded DNA molecule and AAV vectors are replication deficient (i.e. they cannot easily... low immunogenicity and cellular toxicity. AAV vectors can be equipped with strong promoters for high ... is often made Cre-dependent. If Cre-dependent vectors are used in transgenic animals that express Cre...
  12. Plasmids 101: Using Transposons in the Lab

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    July 6, 2021, 1:28 p.m.
    ...move antibiotic resistance genes between plasmids or from plasmids to the bacteria’s genome. In humans, if...in viral vectors, but easily fit in a TE. Transposons are also less likely than viral vectors to induce...advantage over viral vectors (~5 kB payload for AAV and ~8 kB payload for lentivirus). Large cargos, such...transposon’s LTRs, similar to when packaging viral vectors.   Let’s take a closer look at three different ... in human cells at rates similar to retroviral vectors. The hyperactive version of the SB transposase,...activity (Voigt et al., 2016). Sleeping Beauty plasmids  piggyBac Although its name suggests otherwise...efficiency in human cells similar to retroviral vectors. The hyperactive PB transposase (hyPB) is ~10-fold...
  13. A Novice's Perspective on Neuroscience - SfN2017

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    Dec. 15, 2017, 2:07 p.m.
    ... If there’s a plasmid or AAV tool that you can’t find, you can always suggest a plasmid to us, request...virus (AAV) and lentivirus are now available from Addgene. While super useful, these vectors require a bit...want to get into the field. Find Optogenetics Plasmids for Use in Neuroscience Research Neuroscience ...to generate new knockout mice, using adenoviral vectors to deliver IGF receptors to the brain, and probing...400 who signed up for our newsletter and a free plasmid) were very excited about our new viral services...individual labs to make efficiently. For select viral vectors in the repository, you can instead have Addgene... into neuroscience, you could look to our viral vector pages on the Addgene website and on the Addgene...
  14. Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV

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    May 30, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...scAAV) vector. Full-length ssAAV vector genome of both polarities are rescued from the vector plasmid and...Addgene.org Read Our AAV Guide Find AAV Vectors Browse All Viral Vector Resources ... Primer for Beginners Read Our Lentivirus FAQ Learn about Viral Vector Elements Resources on Addgene....a type 2 ITR and a type 8 serotype. Almost all vectors contain type 2 ITRs, which comes from the AAV2 ...capsid (outer protein shell) used to package an rAAV vector; these capsids allow the virus to infect (or not...multiple small genes, you can design single rAAV vectors with multiple genes packaged in them and use elements...or second strand synthesis. In contrast, a scAAV vector with half the size of the ssAAV genome has a mutation...
  15. Important Considerations When Using AAVs

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    June 13, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...-associated viral vectors: packaging capacity and the role of rep proteins in vector purity." Human gene...Cas9 and AAV Viral Vector Elements Additional Resources on Addgene.org Find AAV Vectors for Your Research... AAV vectors without specific facilities (Biosafety Level-1). Other possible tools, lentiviruses for example...Immune Response: Compared to other viral vectors (e.g. Lentivirus, Adenovirus) AAVs cause the least amount...Future? I knew little about adeno-associated Viral Vectors (AAVs) before starting my graduate program at the...in locomotion. We have relied heavily upon AAV vectors to deliver chemogenetic/optogenetic constructs ...Although they have a small packaging capacity, AAV vectors were suitable for our needs for the following reasons...
  16. Sequencing Options for CRISPR Genotyping

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    Oct. 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...CRISPR-Cas9 and TALENs using integrase-defective lentiviral vectors." Nature biotechnology 33.2 (2015): 175-178... Pages Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Experiments Get Ready-to-Use CRISPR Lentivirus ...
  17. Plasmids 101: Terminators and PolyA signals

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    March 31, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Download our Plasmids 101 eBook to get all the background you need to start working with plasmids! What are...Techniques Read all of our Plasmids 101 Posts Resources on Addgene.org Browse our Plasmid Reference Pages Just...Plasmids designed to express genes in a given host cell type are generally broken down into two broad...based on the functional elements they contain. Plasmid DNA in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic systems ...Rho-dependent terminators are not usually employed in plasmid-based expression systems, so these will not be ...the end.  Nearly all common bacterial expression plasmids use Rho-independent terminators, which include...terminator will suffice. Many commercial expression vectors use double terminators to reduce unwanted translation...
  18. DAP arrays for multiplex gene editing

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    July 7, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
    ...arrays, which is scalable and efficient in plasmid and viral vectors. In applications when repetitive tRNA ...number of gRNAs that can be packaged into viral vectors for potential in vivo applications or multiplex...unprecedented number of genes with a single viral vector.   Fig. 1: Schematic of multiplex gene ...manual and online design examples of using Addgene plasmids hCtRNA_FT (#186715) and hCtRNA_VT (#186716).   ...deliveries via adeno-associated virus (AAV) and lentivirus, demonstrating simultaneous editing of genes ...
  19. Tips for a 1st time AAV user (by a Rookie AAV user)

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    Oct. 23, 2018, 11:49 a.m.
    ...packaging plasmids. The cells need three different plasmids to produce AAV: 1) the RepCap plasmid which provides...AAV plasmid standard and AAV transfer plasmids. It’s easy to contaminate a workspace with plasmid, not...going to lie, AAV transfer plasmids are kind of a pain to work with. These plasmids contain ITRs which are...My lab's vector of choice is AAV, with nearly every experiment requiring AAV. Before joining my lab, ...AAV’s protein shell, or capsid; 2) the pHelper plasmid which expresses adenovirus genes which help mediate...mediate AAV viral replication; and 3) the transfer plasmid which encodes a transgene of interest that’s packaged...structures that are prone to deletion from the transfer plasmid. The good news is there’s a few simple ways to ...
  20. Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein

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    June 28, 2018, 3:01 p.m.
    ...many pitfalls: they require construction of plasmid vectors and/or rely on cumbersome in vitro synthesis...purchased and there is no need to construct plasmid vectors or synthesize/purify IVT sgRNA in the lab. ...on the Addgene Blog Plasmids for endogenous gene tagging in human cells Plasmids 101: Protein Tags Fluorescent...Browse CRISPR plasmids Check out our CRISPR guide pages Find ready-to-use Cas9 lentivirus ...
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