...extremely strong affinity for one another. Actually the bond between them is one of the strongest noncovalent...that scientists began to exploit biotin and its strong interaction with avidin for molecular biology and...papers and webpages are listed below: EMSA (Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assays) ELISA (Enzyme-Linked... biotinylate macromolecules of interest both in vitro and in vivo. Biotinylation reagents Biotin’s exposed...attached to a photoreactive arylazide group. Under strong visible light, the arylazide group becomes reactive... Krijgsveld, J., Katsantoni, E., Heck, A., … Strouboulis, J. “Efficient biotinylation and single-step ...Schwartz, S. A. “Biotinylated probes in the electrophoretic mobility shift assay to examine specific dsDNA...

...place the most important controls front and center, and make specialized controls available when needed....sequence and display frequently used genes and control elements. Development of this tool required creating... DNA sequence has changed. Identifying plasmid control elements Coding sequence features are relatively...relatively straightforward to define, but for control elements such as promoters and transcription terminators...obvious. We found that the annotated boundaries for control elements in commercial plasmids were inconsistent...how we use SnapGene during the plasmid quality control process Check out full plasmid sequencing at Addgene...

...or Salmonella, or any cells that bind strongly to nitrocellulose, over-incubation of plates can lead to...forcing DNA through a small opening using compressed nitrogen gas; this shears DNA at random locations and allows...containers that can easily be attached with a hose to a nitrogen gas tank with a pressure regulator. Other methods...cells, isolated colonies will be lifted onto nitrocellulose membranes and exposed to IPTG in order to induce...release recombinant proteins directly onto the nitrocellulose for subsequent probing for cell-binding activity...First, cut out 20 Petri dish-sized circles of nitrocellulose membrane and press each gently down onto a ... helpful to spot this protein directly onto nitrocellulose and carry out the steps from blocking the membrane...

...1980s, gene targeting technology was invented to introduce specific changes into the mouse genome. With these... early technologies, a researcher would first introduce a mutation into a mouse embryonic stem cell (ESC...chromatogram showing the telltale signs of a mutation introduced by CRISPR. The sequence started clean and then...handling embryos ex vivo, the components can be electroporated into the oviduct of pregnant females, a technique...gRNA, Cas9, and donor oligonucleotide can be electroporated into the mouse zygote (Qin et al., 2015).  ...targeting. CRISPR tools were recently used to introduce a 25 kb human gene into the mouse genome. However...Goodwin LO, Morgan JL, Juan WC, Roca X, Ong ST, Bergstrom DE (2018) Viable Mice with Extensive Gene Humanization...

...on the left, your digested DNA (and undigested controls) are loaded at the top of the gel in wells positioned... uncut sample of each plasmid to help with troubleshooting if your digests don’t look as expected. Once...to insert. It is critical to set up a negative control ligation reaction with no insert DNA added. This...much less total DNA (<1ng) or if you are having trouble getting colonies, you might want to use higher ...to be very large (>10kb) you might want to use electro-competent cells instead of the more common chemically-competent...minimum, two transformations after a ligation: 1. Control Transformation containing the ligation mixture ...see any colonies, you should conduct a positive control to ensure that your transformation worked. You ...

...etiopathomechanisms of ischemic stroke, the most common type of stroke and the third leading cause of ...-Seeding Labs plasmid grant we are excited to introduce the 5 awardees and their research. These researchers... is necessary to improve tuberculosis care and control. In her current research, Sheen aims to identify...taraxacifolia (Willd), an annual herb of Western Tropical Africa typically known as wild lettuce. Aside ...of death and disability worldwide. An ischemic stroke occurs when arteries leading to the brain become ...of interesting combinations: biomedicine and astrobiology. During the last 11 years he has studied various...

...will continue to add more controls, and have recently released these controls: pAAV-hSyn-DIO-EGFP (50457...sensors Optogenetics Recombinases And more! Control AAV For many AAV experiments, we recommend validating...aliquots in AAV1, AAV2, AAV5, AAV8, AAV9, and AAV Retrograde. You can also request the specific serotypes ...entire collection! We are expanding our entire control AAV inventory to give scientists access to a wide...AAV5 and 112677-AAVrg): The EF1a promoter directs strong, ubiquitous expression. This is a Cre-dependent... Email us or check our website to access them! Controls pAAV-hSyn-hChR2(H134R)-EYFP (26973-AAVrg) pAAV-hSyn-hChR2...

...generation lentiviral packaging plasmid from the Didier Trono lab that expresses the HIV gag, pol, rev, and tet...pMD2.G. Find psPAX2. pMD2.G - Also from the Didier Trono lab is pMD2.G, a VSV-G envelope expressing plasmid...envelope protein for producing lentiviral and MuLV retroviral particles. It can be used with packaging plasmids...as pCMV-dR8.2 dvpr (lentiviral) or pUMVC (MuLV retroviral). Fun fact: published in 2003, this plasmid predates...generation lentiviral packaging plasmid from the Trono lab contains the rev gene. It’s meant to be used...generation lentiviral packaging plasmid from the Trono lab that contains the gag and pol genes. It also...shRNA. This scrambled shRNA is used as a negative control for mammalian RNAi experiments.  Find the scrambled...

...you can select an appropriate isotype control. An isotype control has the same constant heavy chain domain...heavy-chain constant region (see Antibodies 101: Introduction to Antibodies for a refresher). There are five...molecules are recruited by the antibody to help destroy and remove a pathogen. Different isotypes also ...doesn’t bind your antigen of interest. Isotype controls are used to make sure the staining you see is ... than nonspecific background staining. Isotype controls are used in antibody-based applications including...techniques that you can use antibodies for in our Intro to Antibodies post Check out our Antibodies 101:...

...The calcium is strong here….I can sense it….sound like a plot to an biology scifi movie? Or maybe it’...neurotransmitter, such as norepinephrine, or an electrolyte such as calcium. This varied component, which...For one, many viral platforms, such as AAV or retrovirus, can either permanently integrate and/or express...serotypes can be used to affect or determine viral tropism—the type of cells the viral particles infect. This... sensor, whether you choose lentivirus, gamma retrovirus, or AAV as your vehicle, we’ve got you covered...Resources References  Bhalla N., Jolly P., et al. Introduction to Biosensors. Essays Biochem. 2016 Jun 30;60... Susanna Stroik...

...consequently the principal means by which CRISPR/Cas9-introduced breaks are repaired. The following factors are...ends tends to be the point where mutations are introduced. Repair of Cas9-induced breaks by NHEJ As illustrated...microhomologies”). NHEJ doesn’t obligatorily introduce indels. Given the end structure of the Cas9 DSB...hundreds of base pairs or more can simultaneously introduce a pair of chromosome breaks, and could result ...single strand break; when two such breaks are introduced near each other, in opposite strands. This “double...j.cell.2013.08.021 Waters CA, Strande NT, Pryor JM, Strom CN, Mieczkowski P, Burkhalter MD, Oh S, Qaqish BF...Video] Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens        ...

...phosphorylated DNA termini to 3 ́-OH DNA termini (1-4). In vitro, ligases (notably T4 DNA ligase) are critical reagents...circularization of dsDNA (6). Less commonly utilized in vitro, Taq DNA ligase will ligate only nicks (5-8). Taq...identifiable and quantifiable by capillary electrophoresis (CE) (see below). This method allowed screening...gene PCR-ligase detection reaction-capillary electrophoresis assay." Journal of clinical microbiology 45.6...PMC1933048. 16. Cheng, Changming, et al. "Electrochemiluminescent assay for detection of extremely rare mutations...mixed population of excess wild‐type DNA." Electrophoresis 34.9-10 (2013): 1415-1422. PubMed PMID: 23463388... PMID: 17466627. 25. Luo, Jianying, Donald E. Bergstrom, and Francis Barany. "Improving the fidelity of...

...anticipated outcomes? What are your controls? Will these controls enable you to interpret your results...e.g. an R01 from the NIH, in the United States) Strong letters of reference that attest to your talent...figures are missing? For example, are additional controls necessary? As you build your story, are additional...person makes time for you, as needed, this is a strong indicator that this person cares about your science... together, all of this means that you need to introduce yourself to and talk with more senior scientists...you and your research exposure. Use meetings to introduce yourself to and interact with the members of your...Medical Institute. His interests include the quality control of secretory proteins in the Endoplasmic Reticulum...

...that antibody works as expected, you will see a strong antibody signal in the retinal sample, but little...you see a similar antibody signal between your control and your knock-out sample, you should be concerned...antibody binding in the transfected cells but not in control cells. But (there is always a ‘but’), you should...encoding this protein, which we will call Negative Control Gene (NCG) (A). Then you lyse the cells and run... your antibody (B). Your results show a lovely, strong band from the cells transfected with your protein...well as a third unrelated antibody as a negative control (A). The two antibodies to your protein of interest...sample using the antibody and then uses mass spectrometry to identify the captured proteins. If the antibody...

...identified seven genera in in vitro experiments, possibly because in vitro conditions did not optimally...situ Conjugation (MAGIC). With MAGIC, scientists introduce an Escherichia coli donor strain into the microbiome...antibiotic selection. The team tested this system in vitro and in vivo. They identified cells from 19 genera...from different bee species. BTK can be used to introduce fluorescent markers to visualize localization ...protein. The expression of this fusion is under control of the arabinose-inducible promoter. Cells are ...showed that this method can be used for both in vitro and in vivo studies. Find distributed cell division...

...eliminate fluctuations due to copy number by introducing genes of interest into the chromosome. But this...input signal that both positively and negatively controls the output. In this case, plasmid copy number ...gene increases its expression. However, if you introduce negative regulation by using a promoter that is.... placed a trans-acting RepA protein under the control of IPTG. Because RepA is a plasmid replication ...Segall-Shapiro et al. placed the genes under the control of a constitutive promoter and then moved them ...decreased. But when the genes were placed under the control of a stabilized promoter, deoxychromoviridans titers...the joys of a p-value < 0.05, having such fine control of gene expression is useful for many metabolic...

...autosomal dominant mutation in MYBPC3 that leads to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. An adult male with a heterozygous...containing Cas9 and two different gRNAs, and electroporated them with an ssODN repair template in induced...wild-type copies of MYBPC3 (versus 47.4% of untreated controls.) 27.6% of embryos carried indels at the mutation...blastocyst stage at similar rates to untreated controls. Ma et al. performed sequencing of 23 potential... conducted whole genome sequencing in selected control and CRISPR-Cas9 injected embryos. In all cases,...challenging for homozygous mutations. Moreover, introducing new DNA seems impossible with current tools, ...applicable in many situations. In the case of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and other genetic disorders, ...

...All three can introduce multiple base pair deletions, but CRISPR/Cas9 can also introduce point mutations...homologous recombination. A targeting vector is electroporated into embryonic stem cells and this will insert...joining, the newly inserted gene may have errors introduced to the nucleotide sequence during the DNA repair... in more detail in part 2 of this blog series) controls the cell types in which the conditional recombination...engineered mouse model allows gene expression to be controlled through a drug or small molecule that regulates..., Cre is fused to the ligand binding domain of estrogen receptor alpha (Esr1). Mice are fed or injected...

... A fast blue-light inducible Cre for precise control of bacterial gene expression By Meghan Rego Recombinases...recombinases to manipulate genomes, scientists can control expression of their genes of interest. While recombinases...their activity can be fine-tuned and precisely controlled through the use of optogenetics. Optogenetic ...authors demonstrate that CRISPR-Casɸ is active in vitro as well as in human and plant cells. Casɸ...assay for mammalian cells. It's based on the introduction & resolution of two DSBs in a fluorescent reporter...serotype AAV5.  Get the channelrhodopsin here Astrocyte specific tight affinity glutamate sensor from ...from the Sanford Boye lab with enhanced retinal tropism. Find the upcoming serotypes here  ...

... affinity terminator may be desired for multi-cistronic constructs where high termination efficiency is...structure. It is thought that poly(A)s are used to control the cellular concentration of regulatory RNAs and... and may additionally act as a quality control mechanism to rid the cell of mis-folded RNAs. Eukaryotic...virus 40 late polyadenylation signal by using in vitro analyses. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 1992. ...Ther. 2008. PMID: 18627247 Zufferey R, Donello JE, Trono D, Hope TJ. Woodchuck Hepatitis Virus Posttranscriptional...Enhances Expression of Transgenes  Delivered by Retroviral Vectors. Journal of Virology. 1999. PubMed PMID...Resources on the Addgene Blog Learn how the Promoter Controls Gene Expression Learn about New Cloning Techniques...