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This post was contributed by guest blogger Natalie Niemi, a postdoctoral fellow at the Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison, Wisconsin. It is commonly cited that approximately one-third of cellular proteins are modified through phosphorylation (1). However, the expansion ...
This post was contributed by guest blogger Jessica Polka, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with Pamela Silver. Most types of biological motion (whether endocytosis, vesicle trafficking, or muscle contractions) are produced by orchestrated movements of networks of proteins ...
When cancers are treated with drugs designed to hit them right where it hurts, the effects are often remarkable but fleeting. “What’s been shown by others is that, in a relatively short amount of time, cancers become resistant to drugs, particularly targeted therapies,” said ...
This post was contributed by guest blogger Tessa Cressey. The highly pathogenic Ebola virus belongs to the group of nonsegmented negative sense RNA viruses, along with other viruses that cause disease in humans such as measles, mumps, and rabies. Research on Ebola virus has been ...
Site-directed mutagenesis (SDM) is one of the key tools researchers use to prove causation in molecular biology and genetics. It can be used to characterize the function of certain regions in a promoter or gene, as well as to study the effects of inactivating/activating ...
One of the best things about sharing plasmids through Addgene is that we provide an added level of confidence in the plasmids we distribute through our quality control processes. Every plasmid we receive is rigorously verified before becoming available to the community. This is ...
At Addgene we're continually impressed with the amazing plasmid technologies developed by our community of depositors. With over 40,000 plasmids avaliable in the repository, we can't give all of them attention they righlty deserve, but, in this post, we'll provide a small ...
