New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications
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...transcriptional activators to induce gene transcription at genomic sites targeted by specific sgRNAs. Its RNA-guided...nature makes CRISPRa much simpler to implement in genome-wide screens over cDNA libraries. However, using... the p65-HSF1 transcriptional activator to each genome-bound dCas9 (see Figure 1a for the transgenic construct...Because CRISPRa can be targeted anywhere in the genome, it is relatively straightforward to use CRISPRa...occur. CD8+ cells were then isolated and their genomic DNA sequenced. Guide RNAs targeting several known...demonstrated by the Qi Lab, which developed a subgenome-scale CRISPRa screening approach in embryonic ...