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  1. Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview

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    May 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...consisted of three plasmids: the packaging, envelope, and transfer plasmids. The packaging plasmid carried a mutated... packaging and envelope plasmids are two of Addgene’s most requested plasmids! Lentiviral particles with...Many CRISPR plasmids are designed for lentiviral use, including Addgene’s top requested plasmid in 2015: ...itself due to a few missing proteins. The envelope plasmid contained a viral envelope to dictate the tropism...the vector could infect. Finally, the transfer plasmid encoded the desired transgene flanked by HIV-1 ...genome integration. After co-transfection of these plasmids, 293T cells released transgene-containing lentiviral...recombination between the transfer and packaging plasmids does exist. To further reduce this possibility...
  2. Minigenomes - a Safe Way to Study Dangerous Viruses Like the Ebola Virus

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    March 17, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...encoded on separate plasmids and are co-transfected into cells alongside a plasmid encoding the minigenome...four viral genes in the same plasmid (as opposed to four separate plasmids), there are a few reasons arguing...separate (and thus smaller) plasmids. Finally, having four separate plasmids allows researchers to partially... 2 μg minigenome plasmid per well (in a 6 well plate format). However, since plasmid quality and transfection...Minigenome System). From a more technical standpoint, a plasmid with all four genes and necessary control elements...relatively large. Cloning the viral genes in this plasmid would be more difficult compared to if each gene...Technical tips It is important that all of these plasmids (those containing NP, VP35, VP30, L, and the minigenome...
  3. 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...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 ...multiple bacterial cultures of your AAV transfer plasmid at 30 °C instead of 37 °C and then screen for ITR...
  4. Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection

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    June 25, 2019, 12:54 p.m.
    ...don't exactly "eat" plasmids as depicted in this comic, when a bacterium uptakes a plasmid, the genes on the... the plasmid can give them different phenotypes. For example, this plasmid encodes a green fluorescent... Read all of our Plasmids 101 blog posts Check out all of our blog posts on plasmid cloning Resources...comes from adjacent lysed bacteria and can include plasmid DNA or fragmented DNA released into the environment...membrane so the bacteria can easily uptake your plasmid of interest. Scientists can also use electroporation...exist as transient extrachromosomal DNA, like a plasmid, or it can integrate into the host bacterium’s ...cloning vector that contains both bacteriophage and plasmid properties. The phagemids are packaged into replication-incompetent...
  5. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    Jan. 6, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
    ... Hot Plasmid list. Other popular plasmids & blog posts @Addgene: The 10 Most Distributed Plasmid Technologies...inducible inactivation. Find the Robinson plasmids or the Royle plasmids and get to work! Robinson et al...designed the pOSIP (one-step integration plasmid) series of plasmids, vectors that convey both the sequence...mGRASP plasmids. Additionally, the lab recently described the use of another set of mGRASP plasmids in their... favorite plasmid technologies? Email us at [email protected]  and let us know what plasmids you would ...sgRNA libraries expand upon the CRISPR family of plasmids by offering a lentivirus-based mechanism for sgRNA...new CRISPR screening tools, see our CRISPR/Cas Plasmids: Pooled Libraries webpage or read our blog post...
  6. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    Dec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m.
    ...Neurosci 2016. PubMed PMID: 26950006 Plasmid ID Plasmid Name Plasmid Type 74309 pcDNA3.0-TRPV4-p2A-ferritin-p2A-mCherry...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These brief articles...features and applications of a partiular plasmid or set of plasmids. We hope that these articles make it ... you to find and use the plasmids you need. You can find all the hot plasmids from 2016 below. With over...over 45,000 plasmids, we can't write posts for every great plasmid that comes into the repository, but...write about your plasmids in a future blog post. No time to read? Listen to our hot plasmids segment on the...stocks in a single plate with every plasmid or as individual plasmids shipped as agar stabs. Iverson, et...
  7. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - January 2021

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    Jan. 5, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...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...highlights from recent CRISPR plasmids. To find all of the CRISPR plasmids available from Addgene, head...AAV-deliverable ABE.  Find the plasmid here Jesse Zalatan’s lab deposited plasmids for a chemically inducible...need. If you'd ever like to write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here.  Here's what you'll...mGold, a new yellow fluorescent protein New CRISPR plasmids New items from the viral service A fast blue-light...protein.    Cells expressing an RFP reporter plasmid for recombinase activity were exposed to blue light...
  8. Our Most Popular Blog Posts from 2019

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    Dec. 31, 2019, 2:26 p.m.
    ...feature some recently deposited plasmids every quarter. The “hot plasmids” from last March were quite popular...behalf of scientists. 9. Plasmids 101: Positive and Negative Selection for Plasmid Cloning by Jennifer Tsang...past year: CRISPR, optogenetics, chemogenetics, plasmids, fluorescent proteins, careers, and more. These...s the top 10 blog posts from the year. 10. Hot Plasmids - March 2019 - Anti-CRISPR, 2in1 Cloning, Fluorescent... about mNeonGreen, mTFP1, and mWasabi and find plasmids containing these fluorescent proteins at Addgene..., and all possible base-to-base changes.   1. Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation... Read other Addgene news Find the most recent plasmid blog posts Find the most recent CRISPR blog posts...
  9. What's New in CRISPR - November 2021

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    Nov. 18, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
    ...CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by function Find recently deposited plasmids Topics: CRISPR, Other CRISPR... where we highlight a few of the newest CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. If you want to read more...will cover: Miniature CRISPR-Cas systems SEND plasmids Prime editing improvements Miniature CRISPR-Cas...Read the paper in Molecular Cell Find the CasMINI plasmids Efficient CRISPR editing with a hypercompact ...paper in Nature Biotechnology Find the Cas12f-GE plasmids Programmed genome editing by a miniature CRISPR-Cas12f...cells using various delivery methods, including plasmid, ribonucleoprotein, and AAV.  Read the paper in... in Nature Chemical Biology Find the AsCas12f1 plasmids   Selective endogenous encapsidation for cellular...
  10. Sharing Your Lab Protocols: Using Apps to Save Time & Track Your Experiments

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    Sept. 23, 2014, 3:05 p.m.
    ... requested plasmids. I wondered how many scientists have used the protocol for this plasmid, and if it... your protocols onto your plasmid page, scientists who request your plasmid will have easy access to your...restriction digest of plasmid DNA, and bacterial transformation. And more plasmid-related educational resources...be found in our Plasmids 101 blog series. Want to learn more about sharing your plasmids via Addgene? Check... resources, such as protocols, Plasmids 101 articles on various plasmid features, and reference tables...deposit their plasmids to the repository. These protocols show up on the related plasmid pages and can...http://www.addgene.org/ If you’re working with plasmids and you decide to share them using Addgene’s repository...
  11. Hot Plasmids - June 2019 - Optogenetics, Acoustic Reporter Genes, microRNAs, and the CRISPR-Cas9 system CHIME

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    June 6, 2019, 12:41 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... recent plasmid deposit please sign up here.      Listen to this episode of the Hot Plasmids podcast ... (ARG) plasmids to better monitor gene expression in vivo using ultrasound. These ARG plasmids contain...responses in C. elegans. Find the split BoTN/B plasmids at Addgene. Liu Q et al., Neuron. 2019. PubMed...potentially problematic for imaging. Find the ARG plasmids at Addgene. For more details on acoustic reporters...s collection consists of a library of reporter plasmids, each containing two fluorescent proteins and ...
  12. Hot Plasmids December 2018 - C. elegans RNAi, TurboID, Detecting Viral Outbreaks, and Protein Binding Specificity Tools

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    Dec. 6, 2018, 1:34 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...write about a recent plasmid deposit please sign up here.  Listen to the hot plasmids episode! New, highly...hundred SH3 domain containing plasmids available through Addgene. These plasmids can be used to carry out ...dsRNA necessary for RNAi. The Vellai lab’s new plasmid, T444T, contains T7 terminators adjacent to the...to increased RNAi efficiency. Find the T444T plasmid here! Strum A, et al. Nucleic Acids Research. 2018... Drosophila and C. elegans.   Find the TurboID plasmids here! Branon et al. Nat Biotechnol. 2018 PubMed...
  13. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    June 28, 2016, 10:59 a.m.
    ...pCAG-EGXXFP plasmid along with the individual gRNAs in their PX330 plasmids (or similar plasmids for gRNA... system floating around, and many pre-designed plasmids containing these variants ready for purchase. ... you can insert this region into a pCAG-EGXXFP plasmid using standard cloning techniques (The XX indicates...the EGFP fluorescent signal, for details on this plasmid, see Mashiko et al., 2013). Testing the efficacy...your chances of gene modification in vivo. Find Plasmids for Testing Your gRNAs in vitro at Addgene CRISPR...However, it is easier to directly inject the pX330 plasmids used in the validation assay (above) and it is... just as effective (Mashiko et al., 2014). The plasmid is sturdier than the delicate RNA and therefore...
  14. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    Jan. 9, 2018, 3:02 p.m.
    ...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...over 50,000 plasmids, we can't write posts for every great plasmid that comes into the repository, but...write about your plasmids in a future blog post. No time to read? Listen to our hot plasmids segment on the...editing for precise genome modification. Plasmid ID Plasmid Name Cas9 Variant Speacial Features 85169... to the Addgene blog to get all the latest hot plasmid updates!     Tol2 Gateway-compatiable toolbox...
  15. The Michael Davidson Collection: One-Stop Shop for Fluorescent Proteins

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    July 29, 2014, 6:16 p.m.
    ...Molecular Expressions collection including some 3,300 plasmids along with image galleries and educational resources...resources to go with them. This collection of plasmids is available in an easily searchable format on Addgene...Fluorescent Protein Collection webpage. These plasmids are divided into the following categories: Over...list of cell markers all tagged with mEmerald. Plasmids to monitor protein-protein interactions through...Specialty constructs for biosensing. Over 300 plasmid backbones spanning a rainbow of fluorescent proteins...proposition, explained Michelle Baird, who has created plasmids as a technician in the Davidson lab for the last...Proteins - Making the Right Connection.  mEmerald plasmids and many more! Baird has a helpful tip for anyone...
  16. Your Top Requested Plasmid in 2016!

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    Jan. 11, 2017, 8:47 p.m.
    ...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...      Similar to last year, the top requested plasmid from 2016 is an expression vector for CRISPR nuclease... of mammalian cell types. Purpose  SpCas9 This plasmid expresses Streptococcus pyogenes (Sp) Cas9 from...sequence as directed by a gRNA. 2A-Puro In this plasmid, SpCas9 is fused to the puromycin resistance gene...resistance gene enables selection of cells with the plasmid post transfection. The 2A "self cleaving" peptide... What's not in the name? Not included in this plasmid's name are some additional features. The first and...
  17. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021

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    March 23, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...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...highlights from recent CRISPR plasmids. To find all of the CRISPR plasmids available from Addgene, head...head over to our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources page.  Plasmids for delivering CRISPRi components by a single...inducible degron system for C. elegans New CRISPR plasmids New items from the viral service Epigenetic ... Haynes at Emory recently contributed a set of plasmids to the repository that will help epigenetic researchers...researchers custom design their own engineering plasmid tools in about a week. Taking advantage of Golden...
  18. Addgene Receives NIH BRAIN Initiative Grant to Create Open-Access Recombinant Antibody Resource

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    May 25, 2021, 2:29 p.m.
    ...Would you buy and use a plasmid if it didn’t include any plasmid sequence data? Of course not. Unfortunately...depositing your plasmids encoding antibodies, ScFvs, and nanobodies to Addgene! The plasmids will be made...Plückthun, 2015a, b). Recombinant antibodies are plasmid-based and offer numerous advantages, including ...antibodies that you have come to expect from our plasmid and viral services. The first step will be working...working with the community to build a resource of plasmids encoding recombinant antibodies as well as other...through our usual service (see our current antibody plasmid collection) and we plan to introduce affinity reagents...through distributions of research materials, such as plasmids and viral vectors. However, it typically takes...
  19. Hot Plasmids September 2018 - Optogenetics, RNA Localization, Fluorescent Protein, and Base-editing Tools

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    Sept. 18, 2018, 1:33 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.   Listen this episode of Hot Plasmids! Light controls...Hahn's lab at the University of North Carolina (plasmids at Addgene). It consists of two domains, LOV2 ... the same number of fluorophores. You can find plasmids containing the cobalamin binding riboswitches ...the Reuben Harris lab has deposited a reporter plasmid that allows for rapid fluorescence-based quantification...editing complexes are more efficient than the BE3 plasmid containing rat APOBEC1. Finally, they show that...
  20. Delivery Methods for Generating iPSCs

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    April 17, 2018, 1:37 p.m.
    ...into cells as a donor plasmid containing the transposon, along with a helper plasmid that expresses the ...reprogramming factors. Non-replicating Plasmids: Generating iPSCs with plasmid-based expression requires serial... generating iPSCs by plasmid transfection where 2 of 11 clones tested had plasmid integration. Another...the dose of plasmid the cells receive over the whole reprogramming period and the plasmid will get diluted...larger plasmids have lower rates of transfection. Minicircles: Minicircles are like mini-plasmids. They...reflection of the large size of the plasmid or silencing of the plasmid by DNA methylation. Another downside...choose a strategy suited to their research. Find Plasmids for Stem Cell Research Delivery Method Mechanism...
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