News & Highlights: Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a rare and fatal disease characterized by premature aging. In their recent collaboration, YRC researcher John Yates and collaborator Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte found induced pluripotent stem cells from HGPS patients lacked molecular characteristics associated with the disease, which were restored upon differentiation. See their paper in Nature to learn more. [Read Article]
News & Highlights: YRC researcher Stan Fields used the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae to probe the effects of nutritionally acquired metabolites on statins, a cholesterol-lowering drug widely prescribed to prevent heart disease. He found that copper and zinc ions impair the effect of statins by upregulating genes related to sterol production. Please read his paper in Molecular BioSystems to learn more. [Read Article]
News & Highlights: YRC researchers David Baker and Stan Fields have developed new technology for examining how a protein's sequence affects its function. This new technology is large-scale and may be applied to many in vitro or in vivo protein assays, providing a general means for studying the functional consequences of protein variation. Please read their paper in Nature Methods to learn more. [Read Article]
News & Highlights: The YRC collaborated with Sue Biggins at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle to examine centromeres, whose proper function is critical to prevent conditions associated with cancer and some birth defects. This work, performed in yeast, was recently published in Molecular Cell, where Dr. Biggins proposes a new pathway for the regulation of centromeric function. [Read Article]
News & Highlights: Multidimensional protein identification technology (MudPIT) developed by the YRC was used in a recent collaboration with David Drubin at the University of California, Berkeley, to examine the assembly of actin networks in yeast. In his recent paper in Current Biology, Dr. Drubin describes the nucleation and assembly of these large protein complexes, and how MudPIT was used to characterize their composition. [Read Article]

mCherry (kan) Plasmid pBS34

pBS34 is based upon the pFA6-GFPkan (Wach et al) except that GFP is replaced by mCherry (Shaner et al). Forward and reverse primers are described on the protocol page "Fusing GFP to the Carboxy Terminus of Your Favorite Protein". Some common restriction enzyme sites are shown. Unique sites are in red.
Because the plasmids pBS34 and pBS35 contain mCherry that was developed in the Roger Tsien lab, a copy of their Material Transfer Agreement must be signed by the principle investigator and faxed to them (858-534-5270) AND to the YRC (206-685-1792, "attn Davis lab"). This agreement does not need to be countersigned or require any further processing. If a fax machine is unavailable, note this in the Comments section of your request to inquire about alternative methods.

Map

Sequence

The DNA sequence of pBS34 is shown below with the mCherry sequence in red.
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Plasmids & Protocols