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  1. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    Sept. 10, 2020, 11:45 a.m.
    ...sequence into distinct expression vectors using the enzyme BbsI. These expression vectors each contain Type...BsmBI and ligated into Cas9 or dCas9-containing destination vectors. Destination vector options include humanized...for ordered assembly into a destination vector that expresses Cas9. This is illustrated in the schematic...Lentiviral Expression Systems (MuLE) Kit: This kit can be used to create lentiviral vectors expressing wt humanized...subsequently inserted into a Cas9-containing destination vector based on pCAMBIA. Cas9 is plant-optimized, and...into a wt Cas9-containing vector using Golden Gate assembly, and up to 8 gRNAs may be expressed simultaneously...multiple gRNAs and Cas9 together into a single plasmid. Although only wt hCas9 entry vectors are supplied with...
  2. Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1

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    May 9, 2017, 2:12 p.m.
    ...than one vector to express the gRNAs and Cas9. Co-transfections can lead to variable expression levels ...Multiplexed Lentiviral Expression Cassettes lentiviral transduction One vector expresses Cas9, eGFP, and up ...larger expression vectors which are often more difficult to transfect or package into viral vectors. Cas9...Golden Gate Assembly transfection One vector expresses Cas9 and up to 7 gRNAs Each gRNA requires its...Comparing the Cas9 and Cpf1 CRISPR Nucleases   Cas9 Cpf1 Components crRNAtracrRNACas9 crRNACpf1 ... guide page for a review of Cas9.  For a brief comparison of Cpf1 vs. Cas9, see the table below. Table...multiplexing vectors are larger because they require regulatory sequences to allow for expression of multiple...
  3. Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016

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    Jan. 6, 2017, 3:56 p.m.
    ...alternative single-vector systems typically express Cas9 and a gRNA from the same plasmid. LentiCas9-blast virus... monoclonal Cas9 background because you’ll have more consistent levels of Cas9 expression between experiments...transductions with a single-vector system). Tips for using this plasmid Cas9 expression is typically cytotoxic... can be expressed from lentiCas9-Blast. Purpose of LentiCas9-blast LentiCas9-blast is a Cas9 expression...Secondly, you can use a LentiCas9-Blast viral prep to create a single stable Cas9-expressing cell line and then... rate variability when using lentiCas9-blast to generate Cas9-expressing cells. To ensure that this growth...related viral preps. Cas9 is the headliner of most CRISPR applications and can be expressed from your cell ...
  4. Introducing an All-in-One CRISPR/Cas9 Vector System for Multiplex Genome Engineering

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    Nov. 12, 2014, 3:54 p.m.
    ...ease and efficiency for all-in-one CRISPR/Cas9 vectors expressing up to seven guide RNAs (gRNAs). Sakuma ...on to show that their CRISPR/Cas9-nuclease and CRISPR/Cas9-nickase vectors work successfully to target ... newly established all-in-one vector construction system for CRISPR/Cas9-mediated multiplex genome engineering... Schematic overview of the all-in-one CRISPR/Cas9 vector construction system for multiplex genome engineering...cloning method to ligate expression cassettes of the gRNAs into a single vector in tandem. They went on...engineering in human cells using all-in-one CRISPR/Cas9 vector system. Sakuma T, Nishikawa A, Kume S, Chayama...versions of Cas9, nuclease and nickase, but we are now adopting dCas9, dCas9-VP64, and dCas9-KRAB in our...
  5. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    Jan. 8, 2019, 1:54 p.m.
    ...  Find the scrambled shRNA vector. pLKO.1 - TRC cloning vector - This vector from the David Root lab is... with lentiCas9-Blast or with cell lines already expressing Cas9. Find lentiGuide-Puro. pSpCas9n(BB)-2A-GFP... Similar to pSpCas9(BB)-2A-Puro (PX458), pSpCas9n(BB)-2A-GFP (PX461) expresses both a Cas9 protein and...Find pSpCas9n(BB)-2A-GFP (PX461). pSpCas9(BB)-2A-Puro (PX459) - This mammalian expression vector encodes...Find pMD2.G. pSpCas9(BB)-2A-GFP (PX458) - This plasmid from the Zhang lab expresses Cas9 from Streptococcus...from the Zhang lab is a mammalian vector that expresses both SpCas9 and your gRNAs and was also the top...and a gRNA. But instead of Cas9, this plasmid expresses Cas9n (a D10A nickase mutant) to nick, rather than...
  6. Adenoviral Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Aims to Expand Genome Editing to Primary Cells

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    Dec. 10, 2020, 1 p.m.
    ...) by CRISPR/Cas9. Adenoviral CRISPR vectors (left) or CRISPR vectors and donor DNA vectors (right) are...need to use a two viral vectors system: one vector for Cas9/sgRNA and one vector for your specific DNA ...Delivering gRNA and Cas9 using adenoviral vectors As compared to other viral vectors, AdVs can provide ...than AAV vectors. This capacity is large enough to carry the Cas9 gene and a gRNA expression cassette ... out the plasmids at Addgene: pAdSh.PGK.Cas9 (expresses S. pyogenes Cas9 from the PGK promoter) and U6...target cells. Within target cells, Cas9 machinery is transiently expressed and binds to target DNA. In the...to deliver a standard AdV vector to the targeted organs or tissues with Cas9 and a gRNA designed to target...
  7. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    Feb. 16, 2023, 7:05 p.m.
    ...permanently induce expression? Check out our Retro expression vector and Lenti expression vector. Turn it on...induce expression? Check out Addgene's Lentiviral dCas9 SAM vector and Piggybac dCas9 SAM vector! On/off...turn off expression permanently is to knock out the gene for your protein of interest. CRISPR-Cas9 and a ...ablate protein expression. If you need the ability to control when you turn off expression for good, the...knock out plasmids? Check out our Cre vector and Murine LoxP vector.   Turn it off for a little while Transient...inducible expression (more on this below) will both achieve temporary repression of protein expression. Addgene...appropriate promoter to express your cDNA, depending on the level of expression you would like. Check out...
  8. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    Sept. 24, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...System Application Mammalian expression vector Promoter driving Cas9 expression can be constitutive or inducible... CRISPR tools for your application: Wildtype Cas9 or Cas9 nickase are appropriate for generating knockouts...included with each expression system as well as suitable applications. Expression System Components ...generate stable cell lines. Transient or stable expression of Cas9 and/or gRNA in a mammalian cell line that...Lentiviral transduction Cas9 and gRNA can be present in a single lentiviral transfer vector or separate transfer...make lentiviral particles. Stable, tunable expression of Cas9 and/or gRNA in a wide variety of mammalian...in vivo viral delivery. Cas9 mRNA and gRNA Plasmids containing gRNA and Cas9 are used in in vitro transcription...
  9. The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens

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    Feb. 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
    ... to use variants of Cas9, like split Cas9, or a smaller Cas9 ortholog like SaCas9. You could even venture...multi-plasmid system, where you have one AAV vector dedicated to expressing Cas9, while the other houses the gRNA ...large packaging capacity and stable expression of lentiviral vectors make them an attractive option. However...using different types of AAV. Expression Another advantage of AAV vectors is how the cargo — in this case...However, safety requirements and expression limitations may be too constraining for some experiments, ... particularly in vivo ones. In those cases, AAV vector screens may be AAVantageous!       In vivo, in ...delivery method for in vivo CRISPR screens. AAV vectors can be made at high titers equal to those achieved...
  10. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    Dec. 23, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...fully functional Cas9 upon dimerization. Splitting wild-type Cas9 into n-terminal (Cas9(N)-2xNLS) and c-terminal...bacterial expression vector which gives close to 100% cloning efficiency and gene expression. The pUCXKT...CMV-TO) expression, or a promoterless construct. Pre-constructed Entry vectors containing Cas9, EGFP, ...custom-cloned vectors in a Multisite Gateway reaction with a desired destination vector expressing a separate...luciferase reporter vector. dCas9 or dCas9-VP64 (a control that is known to enhance gene expression) were then ... direct Cas9 to a specific genomic locus. When fused to the sgRNA and co-expressed with dCas9 – the dCas9... can write a blog post about it! Split Cas9 system The Cas9 protein is composed of an n-terminal DNA...
  11. Mouse Modeling, Part 1: Genetically Engineered Mice

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    July 11, 2019, 1:26 p.m.
    ...homologous recombination of the targeting vector. CRISPR/Cas9-based systems have been developed for generating... alters or eliminates the expression of a particular gene. Targeting vectors used to create knockout mice...Inducible gene expression Another type of genetically engineered mouse model allows gene expression to be controlled... that regulates Cre expression. The most common drug used to induce the expression of Cre is tamoxifen...of the Esr1 domain that blocks Cre expression. Then, Cre is expressed and Cre-mediated recombination of...Mice can be engineered by inserting a targeting vector containing the gene of interest into a zygote, ..., and mice with conditional or inducible gene expression. Transgenic and knockin mice As the name suggests...
  12. Your Top Requested Plasmid in 2016!

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    Jan. 11, 2017, 8:47 p.m.
    ...a versatile mammalian expression vector that you can use to express both SpCas9 and your gRNA in a variety...a versatile mammalian expression vector that you can use to express both SpCas9 and your gRNA of interest...requested plasmid from 2016 is an expression vector for CRISPR nuclease, SpCas9 from the Zhang Lab. It's name...cell types. Purpose  SpCas9 This plasmid expresses Streptococcus pyogenes (Sp) Cas9 from a Cbh promoter...translate Cas9-2A and the Puromycin resistance gene as separate peptides. PX459 This is the vector backbone...this vector contain GFP-tagged and un-tagged versions of SpCas9 and further variants replace SpCas9 with...N-terminus. This tag can be used to test for SpCas9 expression post transfection by western blot. Overall, this...
  13. Fluorescent Tagging of Endogenous Genes with SapTrap

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    Oct. 12, 2017, 2:26 p.m.
    ...targeting vector (Fig. 1, Step 4), and co-injection of the targeting vector and a Cas9 expression plasmid...then mixed and transfected along with a Cas9 expression vector. They can also be introduced directly into...cell line stably expressing Cas9. This PCR toolkit offers C- and N-terminal tagging vectors (eg GFP, Flag...reaction to generate high-throughput targeting vectors. These vectors can be used to tag endogenous genes and...site destination vectors for inserting a tag at multiple target sites. SapTrap vectors can be easily modified...cells. To use CRISPaint, users need 3 vectors:  1) a gRNA vector that targets the gene of interest, 2)...this system lies in the ability of the endonuclease Cas9 to create a DNA double stranded break (DSB) at a...
  14. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    Dec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m.
    ...Kit contains Cas9, Cas9 nickase, and Cas9 activator expressing plasmids that can co-express 1-8 gRNAs. ...parasites that constitutively express Cas9 with a library of sgRNA expression vectors (containing ten guides ...protein expression constructs fused with epitopes or fluorophores, generate expression vectors with various...the Liu lab’s own pAc-sgRNA-Cas9 insect expression backbone, which expresses the gRNA from a Drosophila...CRISPR-Cas9-based tool for targeting CpG methylation by fusing catalytically inactive Cas9 (dCas9) with...cell lines expressing it. The Church lab fixed this issue by creating a new dCas9-VPR expression plasmid ...doxycycline-inducible expression. The end result is genomic integration of dCas9-VPR and controlled expression of the...
  15. Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research

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    July 24, 2018, 12:51 p.m.
    ... handling and expression of these vectors when used in experiments. Retroviral vectors make up a large...Transfer Vectors   Expressing your gene of interest pMKO.1 GFP (Plasmid #10676) Retroviral vector for cloning...cloning and expressing your gene of interest with GFP expression.  Cloning and expressing RNAi pMKO.1 ...interest. Lentiviral vectors Popular Lentiviral Transfer Vectors    Expressing your gene of interest ...lentiviral vector backbone from the Shih lab. You can find more lentiviral expression vectors (empty backbones...building block Entry vectors and 5 lentiviral Destination vectors. These vectors can induce combinatorial...thereby enable long-term stable gene expression. Gamma-retroviral vectors are derived from the Moloney Murine...
  16. Using Addgene's New Viral Service for Your Research

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    Nov. 17, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...preps for the delivery of Cas9 endonuclease, Cas9 nickase, Cas9 activators, Cas9 repressors, select gRNAs...Expanding the viral vector knowledge base: You can help! We’ve been expanding our viral vector educational resources...Beginners Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview AAV: A Versatile Tool for Gene Expression in Mammals Additional...spending time and money producing virus from select vectors in the repository yourself, you can now order ready-to-use... production process while still ordering viral vectors. Virus production can be a frustrating process ...Lentivirus As some of the most popular lentiviral vectors in the repository are used to produce CRISPR tools... to knockout a gene, replace it, modulate its expression, or perform a genome-wide screen, we’ve got viruses...
  17. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021

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    May 18, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...different promoters driving expression of Cas9 were used in this study.  The zCas9i cloning kit is a plant ...contains a series of vectors and DNA modules for assembly of CRISPR/Cas9 constructs. zCas9i is a high efficiency...terminals with one vector. AAV hSyn FLEx mGFP-2A-Synaptophysin-mRuby from Liqun Luo’s lab expresses membrane tethered...element containing vectors developed in the Jordane Dimidschsteind lab provide expression selectively in ...interneurons. We now provide ready-to-use AAV vectors expressing GCaMP6f with this promoter. Image calcium...dendritic neurites from axonal neurites with AAV vectors expressing cytoplasmic targeted tdTomato and pre-synaptic...efficiency intron-optimized SpCas9-coding gene. SlugCas9 is a compact Cas9 ortholog from Staphylococcus lugdunensis...
  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.
    ... cloned into an entry vector. The 2in1 cloning system contains two entry vectors (pUC57-L1L4 and pUC57... It works with the S. pyogenes Cas9, dCas9-effector fusions, and xCas9, and requires no additional chemicals... of protein coexpression. By introducing a single plasmid containing both GOIs, expression levels are ...episode of Hot Plasmids! Optogenetic control of CRISPR-Cas9 by CASANOVA Article contributed by Cary Valley  ...CRISPR systems including the popular S. pyogenes Cas9 (Rauch et al., 2017, Hynes et al., 2017). However..., they have developed a system to control CRISPR-Cas9 activity using blue light (Bubeck et al., 2018)...., inhibiting function of Acr. This allows CRISPR-Cas9 to function on its target.  They name their most...
  19. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    July 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m.
    ...ubiquitous expression of sgRNA(s) and mCherry (vector 1) with neuron-specific expression of dCas9-VPR (Figure...system with ubiquitous expression of sgRNA (top) and neuron-specific expression of dCas9-VPR (bottom). Created...large size of Cas9 activators, which largely precludes delivery by adeno-associated vectors (AAV). This ...et al., 2018). This mouse expresses a modified version of the “Suntag” Cas9 activator that recruits up... (i.e., how many sgRNA expression cassettes will fit). Cre-dependent expression of the SPH activator paired...be found here. Neuron-optimized viral vectors Alternatively, Cas9 activators can be delivered to the CNS...Figure 2), a popular Cas9 activator developed by the Church Lab. Neuron-specific expression is mediated by ...
  20. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    Jan. 9, 2018, 3:02 p.m.
    ...-HF-BE3  HF-Cas9 (NGG)  Very low off-target activity; mammalian expression vector Rees H, et al. Nature...Bacterial Expression Construct SpCas9 Inhibition (E. coli) Mammalian Expression Construct SpCas9 Inhibition..., a base editor containing high fidelity Cas9 variant HF-Cas9. They subsequently tested the original BE3...-BE3  EQR-Cas9 (NGAG)  Lower off-target activity than BE3  85173  pBK-VRER-BE3  VRER-Cas9 (NGCG)   ...pET42b-HF-BE3  HF-Cas9 (NGG)  Very low off-target activity; protein purification vector  87439  pCMV-HF-BE3...and ribozyme systems for multiplex gRNA expression. Expression of toolkit components can be controlled...gene editing. The bacterial and mammalian expression vectors for these CRISPR inhibitors are listed in...
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