CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9
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... Fonfara I, Hauer M, Doudna JA, Charpentier E. A Programmable Dual-RNA–Guided DNA Endonuclease in Adaptive...genes by generating insertions or deletions in the DNA sequence. This same approach is effective to target...because very small deletions and insertions in the DNA sequence can completely disrupt expression of the... gRNAs can be used to target specific sizes of a DNA fragment and turn off the function by removing the...affect nearby genes (Figure 1A-C).
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Knock-in: Introducing tags or stop...
Once Cas9 generates double-strand breaks, a new DNA sequence can be knocked-in, or introduced, into the...ncRNA expression without permanently altering the DNA, CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) and CRISPR activation...