CRISPR Activators: A Comparison Between dCas9-VP64, SAM, SunTag, VPR, and More!
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...proteins or TALE proteins, proteins had to be re-engineered for each gene, making wide-scale gene activation...gene activation: rather than requiring protein engineering for each loci, CRISPR/Cas systems only require...methods rely on fusion proteins while others re-engineer components of Cas systems themselves. SunTag, ...Mediator (SAM)
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SAM uses specially engineered sgRNAs to increase transcription. This is done... through creating a dCas9/VP64 fusion protein engineered with aptamers that bind to MS2 proteins. These...activation of bacterial gene expression using an engineered CRISPR-Cas system. Nucleic Acids Research 41:...Genome-scale transcriptional activation by an engineered CRISPR-Cas9 complex. Nature 517:583–588 . https...