CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics
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...for the 2+ million DHS sites. See below for further details.
DNA is a 3D Fractal
Figure 2: DNA compaction... we identified in step 2. The result is a heterogenous population of stem cells, usually housed in a single...:
1. Find Enhancers that have NANOG binding sites
2. Design a CRISPR screen to target and disrupt the ...NANOG enhancers
3. CRISPR out the enhancers from step 2. See which ESCs die or differentiate
Step 3 reveals...expression for NANOG enhancers, we’re ready for step 2: design a CRISPR screen to disrupt these enhancers... for stem cells, or metastasized tumor cells, or alzheimers-affected neurons, or [your cell line of interest...critical to stem cell survival. Knowing which genes influence the survival of our cell culture is the foundation...