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  1. Protocol - How to Perform a Diagnostic Digest

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    ... Protocols Diagnostic Restriction Digest Diagnostic Restriction Digest You may also like... Restriction...unique but distinct patterns so that you get double confirmation. In the example above, digestion with either...Protocol for how to perform a diagnostic digest to verify plasmid size, verify insert orientation, and...specific piece of DNA from one plasmid to another. A diagnostic restriction enzyme digest takes advantage of ...quickly used to verify your plasmid. The goal of a diagnostic digest is to cut your plasmid into specific sized...all of an insert from it. Before beginning your diagnostic digest, you will need to select a restriction...Insert and Backbone Size The simplest form of diagnostic digest is one in which you just want to verify...
  2. Protocol - pLKO.1 – TRC Cloning Vector

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    ...must contact your institution’s Bio-Safety office to receive permission and institution-specific instructions... your institution and from the CDC and NIH for work in a BL2 facility. If you have any questions about...Recommended materials C.2 Annealing oligos C.3 Digesting pLKO.1 TRC-Cloning Vector C.4 Ligating and transforming...vector has a 1.9kb stuffer that is released by digestion with AgeI and EcoRI. shRNA oligos are cloned into...selection are continuously being improved. Below are suggestions for target selection. Use an siRNA selection ...targets for your gene. For example, the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research hosts an siRNA Selection...Additional design rules can be found at the Broad Institute's TRC shRNA Design Process . To minimize degradation...
  3. Molecular Biology Protocol - Restriction Digest of Plasmid DNA

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    ... are digesting a large number of plasmids with the same enzyme(s) (for instance, in a diagnostic digest... DNA Ligation Introduction Restriction enzyme digestion takes advantage of naturally occurring enzymes...opens in a new window) NEB . Restriction enzyme digestion is commonly used in molecular cloning techniques...to quickly check the identity of a plasmid by diagnostic digest . Last Upload: Oct. 11th, 2016 Protocol...Pro-Tip If you are conducting a double digest (digesting with two enzymes at the same time), you will need...DNA that you cut depends on your application. A diagnostic digest typically involves ∼500 ng of DNA, while...volume of DNA to be cut. A typical restriction digestion reaction could look like this: 1 µg DNA 1 µL of...
  4. AAV Production in HEK293 Cells

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    ...needed. Add stir bar and stir slowly at 4 °C for 1 h, then keep at 4 °C for 3 h without stirring to allow...controller Hazardous waste container pH meter Stir plate Magnetic stir bar Sonicator Ear protection Vortex Reagents...other than PES. AAV particles stick to many other surfaces, but do not stick to PES. Using a PES filter ... FBS media causes less filter clogging during harvesting. The addition of sorbitol has been shown to increase...PEI powder into 100 mL of deionized water. While stirring, slowly add hydrochloric acid until the solution...deionized water and adjust to a final volume of 1000 mL. Stir at RT until fully dissolved. Pro-Tip This step is... challenging due to the high viscosity of PEG. Stirring under medium heat will promote faster dissolution...
  5. Transfection for Recombinant Antibodies

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    ...deionized water in a 1 L bottle and stir on a magnetic stir plate. Stir until all particles have dissolved...platform set to 120 rpm 37 °C bead bath Vortex Stir bar Magnetic stir plate pH meter Reagents HEK293 cells Recombinant...check for the presence of particles still in solution. Continue to stir until all particles have dissolved...ensure that you are in compliance with your institution’s biosafety regulations. Last Update: February...
  6. Plasmid Cloning by PCR (with Protocols)

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    ... of the primer assist with restriction enzyme digestion (usually 3-6bp). Restriction Site: Your chosen...and then TAAGCA to improve restriction enzyme digestion. This gives us a sequence of 5'-TGGCATATCTCGAAGTACTGAGCGGCCGCTAAGCA... You can generate the reverse-complement using existing software (a quick internet search will lead you... The PCR product is now ready for restriction digestion. Digest Your DNA Set up restriction digests for...have compatible overhangs or no overhangs after digestion, you will need to use a phosphatase to prevent...colonies are a result of uncut empty plasmid, you will still have colonies when you do not add ligase. If the...purification. After purifying the DNA , conduct a diagnostic restriction digest of 100-300ng of your purified...
  7. Protocol - How to Ligate Plasmid DNA

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    ...called "sticky ends", are what allow the vector and insert to bind to each other. When the sticky ends ...depicts the ligation of two sticky ends that were generated by EcoRI digestion: Usually, scientists select...that have been generated by restriction enzyme digestion . Most restriction enzymes digest DNA asymmetrically...ligating to itself during the ligation process. If the sticky ends on either side of the vector are compatible...
  8. Video Library

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    ...Protocol Diagnostic Restriction Digest Verify a plasmid using restriction enzymes Diagnostic Restriction...free to email us at [email protected] with any questions. Protocols Video protocol guides for standard ...- Requests Your guide to the MTA process when requesting samples from Addgene Technology Transfer How ...Ordering Page MTA FAQs Answers to frequently asked questions about the MTA process Help Center How to Deposit...
  9. Plasmid Cloning by Restriction Enzyme Digest (with Protocols)

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    ... with the recipient plasmid's MCS. However, you still need to avoid restriction enzymes that cut within...have compatible overhangs or no overhangs after digestion, you will need to use a phosphatase to prevent...colonies are a result of uncut empty plasmid, you will still have colonies when you do not add ligase. If the...purification. After purifying the DNA , conduct a diagnostic restriction digest of 100-300ng of your purified...orientation of your insert, so you may want to design a diagnostic digest for this purpose. Congratulations, you...
  10. Coomassie Purity Stain of Recombinant Antibodies

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    ...gel from the plastic wrapper and rinse with deionized water. Gently remove the white sticker on the bottom...Rocking platform Fume hood Metal spatula Razor blade Plastic tray Gel imaging system ImageJ or similar software...Section 2: Staining the Gel Place the gel in a plastic tray with 100 mL of deionized water. Rinse gel ...the standard curve is y = 14725x + 3748.4, then substitute 18179.442 for y and solve for x. 18179.442 = ...
  11. Western Blot

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    ...follows: Remove the gel from the plastic packaging. Remove tape and plastic comb. Rinse the wells with deionized...well microtiter plate Chemiluminescence substrate Plastic wrap Primary antibody Secondary antibody Deionized... white separator. Keep the Bottom Stack in the plastic tray. Place the Bottom Stack on the blotting surface...for 5 min at RT . Cover the membrane with clear plastic and use a gel imager with chemiluminescence detection...
  12. Protocols for Molecular Biology, Plasmid Cloning, and Viral Preps

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    ...molecular biology, plasmid cloning, and titering and testing your viral preparations. ...free to email us at [email protected] with any questions. Intro to the Lab Bench Introductory techniques...your plasmids. Virus Protocols for titering and testing your virus preparations. Antibodies Protocols for...Amplification Amplify CRISPR pooled-plasmid libraries Diagnostic Restriction Digest Verify a plasmid using restriction...
  13. Gibson Assembly Protocol

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    ... Gibson and colleagues at the J. Craig Venter Institute developed a novel method for the easy assembly...the assembled parts. Tips and Troubleshooting “Stitching” fragments together using oligos When you need...sequence between two PCR products, one method is to “stitch” together several oligos. This technique is especially...Pro-Tip Please note that the way to design the “stitching” primers and the amounts of primers to include...
  14. Lentivirus Production

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    ...controller Hazardous waste container pH meter Stir plate Magnetic Stir Bar Reagents DMEM high glucose, Corning... of powder in 100 mL of deionized water. While stirring, slowly add hydrochloric acid until the solution...any packaging cells that were collected during harvesting. Filter supernatant through a 0.45 μm PES filter...
  15. Using a Light Microscope Protocol

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    ...allows you to distinguish objects within the sample. You can increase contrast by a) adjusting the aperture.... You can take entire courses on microscopy and still have more to learn, so, for this protocol, we'll...image larger) and resolution (the ability to distinguish between two discrete objects). Figure 1 depicts...
  16. Protocol - How to Run an Agarose Gel

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    ...details on doing diagnostic digests and how to interpret them please see the Diagnostic Digest page. Purifying... how to perform gel electrophoresis. Equipment Casting tray Well combs Voltage source Gel box UV light...the solution heats up.). Caution HOT! Be careful stirring, eruptive boiling can occur. Pro-Tip It is a good...
  17. Virus Protocol - Generating Stable Cell Lines

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    ...mammalian antibiotic resistance (e.g., puromycin, blasticidin), which enables selection of a stable cell culture...untransduced cells, resulting in a more homogenous (but still polyclonal) cell population. Depending on the transducibility...Appropriate antibiotic for selection (e.g. puromycin, blasticidin) Reagent Preparation DMEM Complete: 10% v/v FBS...lentiCas9-Blast and then selected with 1 µg/mL blasticidin for 9 days. Single cells were then plated in...
  18. CRISPR Library Amplification

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    ...later. At a minimum we recommend the use of a diagnostic digest and high-throughput next generation sequencing...plasmid backbone a single time and visualize that digestion on an agarose gel ( see restriction digest protocol... Transform, recover, set up overnight growth (Estimated time 2-3 hours) Transformation should be performed...limited. Day 2: Harvest cells and purify DNA (Estimated time 3-4 hours) Cells should be harvested first...
  19. Plasmid Modification by Annealed Oligo Cloning (with Protocols)

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    ...desired restriction sites and add them to your existing vector. It is a couple days of work that will ...the overhangs generated by restriction digest of existing sites in the original vector. Designing oligos...bases to complement the overhangs generated when digesting the vector with EcoRI and SalI (see diagram )....
  20. Water Bath Protocol

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    ...Equipment Water Bath 10% bleach or 70% ethanol Distilled water Disinfectant Thermometer Water bath weights...the edge of the slide. Fill the water bath with distilled water, not tap water, to prevent salts from accumulating...water in it from previous uses. However, you will still need to regularly clean out the water bath even ...
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