Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation
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...expression (Sapozhnikov and Szyf 2021).
Figure 3: A simpler approach - dCas9 blocks DNMT1 methylation...work well, and up to 10 base pairs away (especially 3’ of PAM) might work too.
High dCas9 and gRNA expression...approach (spoiler alert: it’s dCas9… with no modifications). Ready to get started?
Figure 1:... when DNMT1 methylates the genome during DNA replication, it doesn’t methylate sites blocked by dCas9....for dCas9 to interfere with DNMT1 even through replication.
The dCas9 also needs to be removeable, otherwise...vivo using dCas9–peptide repeat and scFv–TET1 catalytic domain fusions. Nat Biotechnol 34, 1060–1065. ...