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  1. CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics

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    ...Addgene Blog Catch Up on Your CRISPR Background with CRISPR 101 Learn about CRISPR Delivery Methods Validate...Addgene.org Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Check out Our CRISPR Guide Find Validated gRNAs ...sites 2. Design a CRISPR screen to target and disrupt the NANOG enhancers 3. CRISPR out the enhancers ...design a CRISPR screen to disrupt these enhancers. The third and final step is to conduct our CRISPR screen...RNAs (gRNAs) across the population. Recall that guide RNAs are the targeting mechanism for CRISPR. Therefore...embryonic stem cells, and conclude with a targeted CRISPR screen that can disrupt these enhancers. A real-world...have more to say about clinical applications of CRISPR in the next section. In order to denote the NANOG...
  2. Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016

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    ...lentiviral inventory is based on CRISPR tools, though we do provide a few non-CRISPR related viral preps. Cas9...screens (using pooled CRISPR knockout libraries) and individual gene knockouts (using gRNA lentiviruses). Separating...expressing various gRNAs. It’s better to compare the phenotypic effects of expressing various gRNAs in a monoclonal...Cas9 is the headliner of most CRISPR applications and can be expressed from your cell line of choice after...in conjunction with a second vector that delivers gRNA, such as lentiGuide-Puro. The alternative single-vector...single-vector systems typically express Cas9 and a gRNA from the same plasmid. LentiCas9-blast virus can be... Separating Cas9 and the gRNA into two constructs (i.e., using a dual-vector system as opposed to a single-vector...
  3. Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design

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    ...genome-wide CRISPR knockout screen to analyze the following unanswered questions about CRISPR screen design...genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen design Are non-targeting guides an appropriate control? Many CRISPR screens...new approach to genome-wide CRISPR screen design.   Bassik lab’s CRISPR knockout libraries Overview...conditions for CRISPR knockout screens, the Bassik lab created a human knockout library that has 10 gRNAs per gene...expected to be identified in a CRISPR knockout screen. Improving the Design of CRISPR Knockout Screens Before...Short gRNAs have lower off-target cutting and similar on-targeting cutting as full-length gRNAs Lastly...conduct genome-wide screens with CRISPR/Cas9 Review the basics of CRISPR with this cheat sheet Read our ...
  4. The Twelve Days of CRISPR

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    ...new CRISPR content designed to help you with your CRISPR experiments and to learn about new CRISPR tools... third day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: tips and tricks for designing gRNAs for CRISPR editing. On the... day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: CRISPR methods for bacteria.  On the eighth day of CRISPR, Addgene...delivery of CRISPR/Cas9.  On the twelfth day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: multiplexed gRNAs.  We hope ...the recap! The twelve days of CRISPR recap On the first day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: a primer on...On the second day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: SHERLOCK and DETECTR, two CRISPR-based methods to detect...the fourth day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: ways to use optogenetics to control CRISPR editing.  On the...
  5. Fluorescent Tagging of Endogenous Genes with SapTrap

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    ... site specified by a guide RNA (gRNA) sequence. Users can design gRNAs to induce the break at a specific... other CRISPR/Cas systems used for endogenous protein tagging, please visit our website CRISPR/Cas Plasmids... of interest with a fluorescent protein fusion. CRISPR genome editing can help accomplish this goal. The...sequence (like GFP) can be inserted at the DSB. CRISPR has allowed scientists to tag and light up endogenous...better understand normal protein function. However, CRISPR protein tagging does have its limitations, especially...expensive and time consuming to individually generate gRNAs and homology arm repair templates containing the...plasmid assembly toolkit called SapTrap to improve CRISPR genomic tagging in C. elegans. SapTrap offers scientists...
  6. Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR

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    ... editing   Guides for CRISPR are typically selected by the ‘quality’ of the gRNA sequence, including propensity...further-away gRNA where there is an available PAM must be selected. When it comes to CRISPR experiments...gkab507   Resources on Addgene.org Addgene’s CRISPR Guide CRISPR Plasmids and Resources Resources on the ...Cas9 xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility History of CRISPR Cas – A Tale of Survival...sequence for your genome engineering experiment. With CRISPR entering the clinic for correction of disease-causing...Protospacer Adjacent Motif (PAM) sequence. If the gRNA sequence is suitable, but there is no PAM next to...While it is possible to "get lucky" and find a great gRNA with a proximal PAM right where you need it, the...
  7. Adenoviral Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Aims to Expand Genome Editing to Primary Cells

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    ...Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing by John Doench CRISPR-Cas9: Tips for Optimizing sgRNA Activity...DNA knock-in (right) by CRISPR/Cas9. Adenoviral CRISPR vectors (left) or CRISPR vectors and donor DNA vectors...range of CRISPRs plasmid tools, find more plasmids, CRISPR technology guides, FAQs, and CRISPR resources...simple switching of the relevant gRNAs and donor DNA Adenoviral CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing tools can also...with your CRISPR/Cas9 research! To find more information about the adenoviral delivery of CRISPRS/Cas9 using...delivery of advanced genome editing machinery such as CRISPR-Cas. Figure 1: Schematic of targeted gene...Gonçalves; made with BioRender.   Delivering gRNA and Cas9 using adenoviral vectors As compared to...
  8. Mapping the 4D nucleome with CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...It seems that there’s a new CRISPR advance or technique published every week! One of the newest applications...hybridization (FISH) or fluorescently labeled TALEs, CRISPR/Cas9’s ease of use and ability to label live cells...adapted to fluorescently label a sequence matching its gRNA, facilitating the live study of chromatin dynamics...in the PAM sequences required by each ortholog, a gRNA designed for one dCas9 should be specific to that...orthologs. Ma et al. tested their dCas9 variants using gRNAs specific for telomeric sequences and showed that... label two different pairs of chromosomes using gRNAs specific to sequences on chromosomes 9 and 13. They...understanding of chromatin organization. This fluorescent CRISPR/Cas9-based method is a great step forward in live...
  9. Easi-CRISPR: Generating Knock-In and Conditional Mouse Models

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    ...how you can make CRISPR mouse model generation easi-er! Generating mice before CRISPR The process of generating... process takes ~8-10 months. With CRISPR (B), you can inject CRISPR components directly into a zygote ...crRNA and tracrRNA) for maximum Easi-CRISPR efficiency. Easi-CRISPR is compatible with standard microinjection...wild type gRNA target site and adjacent PAM. Your knock-in design may naturally remove the gRNA sequence...Addgene.org Check out our CRISPR Guide Find Plasmids for Cas9 Purification Find CRISPR Plasmids for Mammalian...CRISPR genome editing has made it easier to create knockout alleles in a variety of species, including...relatively simple in C. elegans and bacteria. But CRISPRing typical mouse models, including creating Cre-dependent...
  10. Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries Enable Genome-Scale, Knockout Screening

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    ... more about CRISPRs: Using CRISPR/Cas to Edit Disease Out of the Genome History of CRISPR Cas - A tale...system. Genome wide mouse CRISPR library The Yusa lab has leveraged the CRISPR system to target all 19,...protein coding regions with 87,897 unique gRNAs. Their gRNA library is delivered via lentiviral infection...It’s clear that CRISPR-Cas9 technology has really changed the game for anyone looking to quickly and ...all across the genome? Two new human lentiviral CRISPR library systems described in companion papers in...describes the development of a mouse lentiviral CRISPR library.  “This enables you to do customized genetic...gene groups The 6 available enriched lentiviral CRISPR libraries developed by MIT's Tim Wang and colleagues...
  11. CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?

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    ...on your CRISPR background with our CRISPR Guide Find Software Tools for gRNA Design    ...many freely available sgRNA design programs. Find Validated gRNAs for Your Next CRISPR Experiment Cas9 expression...about CRISPR Pooled Library Experiments Additional resources on the Addgene website Find CRISPR Plasmids...selecting a sgRNA Addgene may carry a validated sgRNA for your target gene.  Validated gRNAs are a great...updated in 2022 by Susanna Stroik.  The advent of CRISPR/Cas9 has made it easier than ever to make precise... be found in “The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9.” Single base pair edits Is the location..., consists of a dCas9-VP64 fusion and a modified gRNA that is capable of interacting with an additional...
  12. CrispyCrunch: High-throughput Design and Analysis of CRISPR+HDR Experiments

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    ... our CRISPR 101 blog posts Learn about some considerations when designing gRNAs Find other CRISPR software...Addgene.org Find CRISPR plasmids and resources Download the CRISPR eBook Read our CRISPR guide  ...performed because weak gRNAs (CFD < 20) bind almost not at all, and strong gRNAs (CFD > 80) bind almost...announce the general availability of new a tool for CRISPR scientists––CrispyCrunch! CrispyCrunch is a web... helps scientists design and analyze batches of CRISPR samples. We invite you to jump in and try it out...pre-existing guides for primer design. The ecosystem of CRISPR tools Before deciding to build our own tool, we...Cambrian-like explosion of software tools accompanying the CRISPR revolution. (See omictools for even more.) However...
  13. Hot Plasmids - June 2020 - Barcoded CRISPR Library, Sparse Cell Labeling, Calcineurin Reporter, and DNA Staining Dye Alternative

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    ...for each of the gRNAs. The idea was to assign four different barcodes to each of the gRNAs and to embed ...barcodes within the gRNA sequences. This allowed tracing of the performance of each gRNA multiple times within...Figure 1: Initial steps in the CRISPR-pooled screening using sgRNAiBAR. Image from Zhu et al., 2019.  ...experiment by counting both the gRNAs and their iBAR sequences. Since the sgRNAiBAR library covers every annotated...'s lab at Peking University has developed a new CRISPR screening method that makes use of guide RNAs with...false-positive rate discovery rate, conventional CRISPR screens require a low multiplicity of infection...to ensure that the majority of cells receive one gRNA. The iBAR method resulted in high quality data even...
  14. CasPEDIA: A Functional Classification of Cas Enzymes

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    ...on Addgene.org CRISPR software and resources Addgene CRISPR Guide Addgene’s CRISPR 101 eBook More ...the Addgene blog CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 do I choose for my CRISPR experiment? CRISPR 101: Cas9 The Other...with any other required non-CRISPR-associated host factors required for CRISPR processing. For each enzyme...Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9 More resources from the Innovative Genomics Institute      CRISPRpedia IGI... gene targeting. Fast forward a decade, and the CRISPR field has exploded with dozens of Cas enzymes and...properties (CasID): Cis/trans activity, PAM requirement, gRNA, and multiplex ability Experimental guidelines ...Target requirements As we all know, a Cas guided by a gRNA is useless without an adjacent PAM or protospacer-flanking...
  15. Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation

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    ... Design your gRNA to overlap the CpG of interest. Having the CpG directly inside the gRNA sequence is ...the Addgene blog CRISPR101: Editing the Epigenome  Mapping the 4D Nucleome with CRISPR/Cas9 Resources ...introduce you to a simpler, yet more effective, CRISPR-based epigenetic approach (spoiler alert: it’s ...dioxygenase  When I started to work on building a CRISPR/dCas9-based tool for DNA demethylation in 2015,...al. 2018, Kaas et al. 2013). Figure 2: CRISPR TET-based epigenetic editing. In reality, editing... works, too), but if this is not possible due to gRNA design restrictions, anything within 5 base pairs...especially 3’ of PAM) might work too.  High dCas9 and gRNA expression are key for complete DNA demethylation...
  16. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    ...PMID: 23328393 Wu lab human lentiviral CRISPR library     CRISPR pooled libraries enable researchers to...HEK293FT cells expressing a single gRNA targeting a single gene. The gRNA expressing cells were then transfected...Drosophila CRISPR library Addgene has had the privilege of distributing several human and murine CRISPR pooled... Toronto KnockOut (TKO) CRISPR Library. This complex second-generation CRISPR lentiviral library targets...library” that contains ~90,000 gRNAs that target ~15,000 genes with 6 gRNAs per gene. The second is a "supplementary...contains an additional 6 gRNAs per gene generated using slightly relaxed gRNA design parameters. To demonstrate...as an interactive gRNA viewer. The Moffat lab has also deposited their Cas9 and gRNA backbone plasmids...
  17. CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...Resources on addgene.org Addgene's CRISPR Guide Addgene's CRISPR 101 eBook CRISPR resources More resources on... DNA, CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) and CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) are powerful tools. CRISPRi uses a... for us, CRISPR is an incredibly versatile system that can be tweaked to target ncRNA. CRISPR/Cas9 techniques...Bester 2021.    Alternative CRISPR systems for targeting ncRNAs While CRISPR/Cas9 has proven to be an extremely...If the CRISPR/Cas9 system is not effective for your experiments, there are plenty of other CRISPR-based...many protein-coding genes thanks to systems like CRISPR/Cas9 that allow them to manipulate full genes and... Knock-out: Targeting short vs. long ncRNAs The CRISPR/Cas9 system is often used to knock-out, or permanently...
  18. Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3

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    ... blog CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s) CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems..., these types of CRISPR systems work using a multi-Cas complex called Cascade (CRISPR-associated complex...mechanical work for editing. Class 1 CRISPR systems make up the majority of CRISPR-based immune systems in bacteria... Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons Additional resources on Addgene.org CRISPR guide Cascade-Cas3 ...The versatility of CRISPR allows you to play with DNA in a number of ways, from small edits that change...derivative of Cas9, but the ever-expanding repertoire of CRISPR has brought many other Cas effectors to light. ... A “complex” system Cas3 is part of the Class 1 CRISPR family, which means it requires multiple Cas effectors...
  19. Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria

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    ...treated with a folA gRNA were more sensitive to trimethoprim when compared to control gRNA treated or untreated... libraries Read all CRISPR blog posts Resources on Addgene.org Browse our CRISPR interference plasmids...plasmids Find bacterial CRISPR plasmids Read our CRISPR guide ...about other CRISPR methods for bacterial genome engineering   Learn about human CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa...them. For example, gene knockdown with CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) has been limited to lab-adapted bacteria...promoters, antibiotic resistance selection markers, gRNAs, and dCas9 proteins. Second, it can be introduced...disease-associated. Mobile-CRISPRi: a modular approach for CRISPRi transfer Mobile-CRISPRi offers two advantages...
  20. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    ...other CRISPR plasmids are from the Zhang lab. In fact, the Zhang lab has shared over 40,000 CRISPR-Cas9...makes lentiCRISPR v2 great? It produces a ~10 fold higher titer virus, making it ideal for CRISPR pooled...expresses the S. pyogenes CRISPR chimeric RNA element with customizable sgRNA from the U6 promoter and ...years - the majority of these being lentiviral or CRISPR tools. How many times have these plasmids been ...from the Zhang lab is used to deliver Cas9 and your gRNA of interest into mammalian cells. This vector was...mammalian vector that expresses both SpCas9 and your gRNAs and was also the top requested plasmid from 2016...-GFP (PX461) expresses both a Cas9 protein and a gRNA. But instead of Cas9, this plasmid expresses Cas9n...
  21. CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide

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    ...the gene into a gRNA finder such as WU-CRISPR (Wong et al., 2015)) or our lab’s sgRNA scorer 1.0 (Now ..., Wang X (2015) WU-CRISPR: characteristics of functional guide RNAs for the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Genome... More about Genome-wide Screens with CRISPR/Cas9 Learn How CRISPR Has Been Used with AAV Resources on...Catch Up on Your CRISPR Background with Our CRISPR Guide Pages ... Two ways to use CRISPRa for your research CRISPRa for specific gene targets CRISPR activation for genes...Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. CRISPR/Cas9 is an enormously plastic tool and has taken...loci to create changes in phenotypes. For example, CRISPR activation has been used to differentiate induced...
  22. Choosing a CRISPR Nuclease: Site Accessibility, Specificity, and Sensitivity

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    ...Addgene.org Visit our CRISPR plasmids and resources page Read our CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids for mammalian...for My CRISPR Experiment? The three years flew by, but since then, scientists have adapted CRISPR nucleases...loci and gRNA lengths. Recent alternatives to Cas9 While Cas9 remains the most widely used CRISPR nuclease... Read our CRISPR 101 blog posts Find more information about Cas proteins Download the CRISPR 101 eBook...site that is not a perfect match to the guide RNA (gRNA) used to target the genomic locus of interest. As...previous blog post The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9 described the PAM specificity of ...the Cas9 to use in your experiments   The CRISPR drawer. So many options! Comic by Maya Kostman....
  23. CRISPR-Cas14: a family of small DNA-targeting enzymes enabling high-fidelity SNP genotyping

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    ... to a CRISPR array and the universal CRISPR integrase, cas1. They discovered a family of CRISPR-Cas systems...about DETECTR Browse all of the CRISPR blog posts Download our CRISPR cheat sheet Resources on Addgene.org...Cas14 plasmids here Checkout our CRISPR guide page Browse the CRISPR collection ...genome of virtually any organisms on this planet, CRISPR-Cas systems were merely adaptive immune systems...other Cas proteins found in the so-called class 2 CRISPR-Cas systems. There are 24 variants of the cas14...predicted RuvC nuclease domain, characteristic of CRISPR-Cas enzymes. In contrast to other Cas enzymes, ...cloned the cas14 gene together with the adjacent CRISPR array and intergenic regions containing the putative...
  24. Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning

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    ...create a single gRNA-expressing plasmid, but it can also be adapted to express multiple gRNAs. Addgene has...Gate-based gRNA assembly methods available, which allow you to efficiently clone up to 7 gRNAs into one ...’s restriction cloning guide! CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs Choosing a Molecular Cloning Technique...efficiently in just a few steps. More recently, CRISPR technology has adapted Golden Gate cloning for ...inserting the appropriate oligonucleotides specifying a gRNA target sequence into a Cas9-containing plasmid such... you are using the Golden Gate method to create CRISPR/Cas9 constructs, assemble standard plasmids parts...
  25. xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility

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    ...Check out our CRISPR Guide Find CRISPR Plasmids for Mammalian Systems Learn about CRISPR History ...In order to bind DNA, Cas9 and other CRISPR enzymes require a short PAM sequence adjacent to the targeted... PAM near your insertion site, the corresponding gRNA might be undesirable due to potential off-target...activity. Surprisingly, off-target effects across 5 gRNAs with NGG PAM sequences were actually lower for xCas9...3.6/3.7 than for SpCas9. For some non-promiscuous gRNAs, xCas9 3.7 displayed more than a 100 fold decrease...decrease in off-target editing; for known promiscuous gRNAs, xCas9 3.7 still showed a 4.2-9.4-fold improvement...Learn about Engineered Cas9 PAM Variants Read about CRISPR Base Editing Learn about Homology Directed Repair...
  26. Treating Muscular Dystrophy with CRISPR Gene Editing

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    ...Check out Our CRISPR Guide Pages Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Find Validated gRNAs for Your Research...dystrophin. In a subsequent study, they used CRISPR with two gRNAs to delete exon 51 or exons 45-55 in patient...additional, unique facets of CRISPR DMD therapy. Long et al. show that AAV-CRISPR does not cause obvious germline...directions and obstacles to clinical CRISPR editing Given the success of the CRISPR-mediated exon skipping approach...To bring DMD CRISPR therapy closer to the clinic, much work is still needed. First, CRISPR delivery must... to be treated clinically with CRISPR. Many obstacles remain for CRISPR gene editing, but given the speed...Having seen CRISPR’s success in basic research, researchers are eager to apply it in a clinical setting...
  27. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    ...Browse All CRISPR Plasmids Find Validated gRNAs for Your Next Experiment Check Out Our CRISPR Guide Pages...multiplexing; expressing 5 gRNAs simultaneously produces comparable gene knockdown to single gRNA expression. Although...diversity to the CRISPR toolbox and will continue to expand the applications of CRISPR. Since this post... a splash in the CRISPR field. We feel that the culture of sharing within the CRISPR community is an essential...Addgene Blog Check Out Our CRISPR Featured Topic Page Learn about Anti-CRISPRs Multiplex Genome Editing ...This post was updated on Jul 27, 2020. CRISPR, and specifically Cas9 from S. pyogenes (SpCas9), is truly...several unique properties that further expand the CRISPR toolbox. We'll cover how Cas13a was identified,...
  28. Hot Plasmids - October 2020

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    ....107804 The CRISPR corner By Jennifer Tsang Here are a few highlights from recent CRISPR plasmids. To...To find all of the CRISPR plasmids available from Addgene, head over to our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources... Addgene The Human GlycoGene CRISPR Library is a new lentiviral CRISPR library that targets human glycosyltransferase... Cas9-Cas12a gRNAs under a single U6 promoter. The paralog and dual-targeting hybrid gRNA library can ...Fluorescent timers for studying cell cycle length The CRISPR corner New from the viral service Labeling excitatory...arrays can lead to artifacts due to overexpression. CRISPR can insert the FP gene into the target gene’s native...introducing large genetic changes in C. elegans with CRISPR can be difficult since it requires the much less...
  29. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - July 2021

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    ...article: CRISPR-based editing in organoid Biosensors for detecting strigolactones The CRISPR Corner New...10.1021/acssynbio.0c00192   The CRISPR corner By Jennifer Tsang New CRISPR plasmids are always being added...To find all of the CRISPR plasmids available from Addgene, head over to our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources... lentiviral CRISPR library from Alec Kimmelman targets mouse metabolic genes with ~6 gRNAs per gene.  ...genome-wide CRISPR knockout library from Xiaole Shirley Liu's lab targets all mouse genes with 10 gRNAs per gene...system, showing the workflow for inducible CRISPR inhibition (CRISPRi). A) Lentiviral vector design. B) Strategy...New ready-to-use viral preps New toolkit for CRISPR-based genome editing in organoids By Ashley Waldron...
  30. CRISPR 101: Homology Directed Repair

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    ...principles driving CRISPRs and genome editing technology. Links: Zhang Lab’s CRISPR FAQs CRISPR forum moderated...limitations of ssODNs is Easi-CRISPR (Quadros et al., 2017). Easi-CRISPR in vitro transcribes RNA encoding... for more in-depth information on HDR and CRISPR. Our CRISPR 101 series was designed to help explain the...Increased Efficiency of CRISPR/Cas-mediated Transgenesis (2018). Pubmed. CRISPR References: Genome engineering... to CRISPR applications. Singh P, et al. Genetics 114.169771; (2014). PubMed. The Use of CRISPR/Cas9...Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells Resources on Addgene.org Browse All CRISPR Plasmids Find...Find Validated gRNAs for Your Next Experiment Check out our CRISPR Guide   ...
  31. An “elegans” Approach to Better CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency

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    ...editing with CRISPRs? Check-out Addgene's CRISPR Resources Learn about gRNA design and gRNA optimization...efficiency of genome editing by CRISPR whether it be by improved gRNA or repair template design, delivery... 2018). To see more CRISPR tools for C. elegans, visit Addgene’s C. elegans CRISPR plasmids page. Future...regulate gene expression (CRISPRi/CRISPRa), visualize specific genomic loci (CRISPR-imaging), or to find the... University of California, Santa Cruz. Emerging CRISPR/Cas9 editing technologies have transformed the ...gene regulation during developmental processes, CRISPR/Cas9 allows us to delete sequences and introduce...to remain in the edited animal. Development of CRISPR/Cas9 editing strategies in C. elegans As brilliantly...
  32. Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery

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    ...toxicity. More AAV-based CRISPR systems Smaller Cas proteins SaCas9 isn't the only CRISPR enzyme that’s small...about Cas9 Variants and the Expanded CRISPR Toolbox Read about CRISPR enzyme Cpf1 Read our Introduction ...Addgene.org Check out our CRISPR Guide Find CRISPR Plasmids ...SaCas9 and sgRNA construct using the liver-specific serotype AAV8. Since the efficiency of CRISPR/Cas9 genome... and last updated Sep 16, 2020 by Beth Kenkel.  CRISPR genome editing has quickly become a popular system... packaging Streptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9) and a gRNA together (~4.2 kb) into an AAV vector is challenging...Zhang's group previously packaged Cas9 and multiple gRNAs into separate AAV vectors, increasing overall packaging...
  33. X-CHIME: Context Dependent Germline Knockout in Immune Cells

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    ...Editing CRISPR Cheat Sheat Resources from Addgene.org CRISPR Guide CRISPR: Protocol for Genome Deletions in... Addgene blog CRISPR101: Validating Your Genome Edit How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing...time-consuming, as it only changes one gene at a time. CRISPR-based systems enable gene knockout in immune cells...stem cells with a lentiviral vector containing a gRNA. These transduced stem cells can be implanted in...and in combination with different genes. Having CRISPR systems for assessing genes in defined contexts.... G., Haining, W. N., & Sharpe, A. H. (2019). A CRISPR-Cas9 delivery system for in vivo screening of genes...
  34. Comparing Cas9 to NgAgo: Can the Argonautes Best CRISPR?

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    ...Lab Browse the CRISPR Collection Find CRISPR Pooled Libraries  ...question on everyone’s minds is: could NgAgo replace CRISPR? Such a drastic shift won’t happen overnight, but...are a few reasons why you might choose NgAgo over CRISPR proteins Cas9 or Cpf1 - keep reading to learn more...targeting flexibility Unlike Cas9 and the other CRISPR enzymes, NgAgo does not require a PAM sequence,... plasmid or in vitro transcribed, and changes in gRNA secondary structure can affect editing efficiency...will represent a key advantage over Cas9, for which gRNA sequence can greatly affect editing efficiency. ...viral vectors such as AAV. Base removal RNA-guided CRISPR enzymes cause double-stranded breaks, with either...
  35. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    ...Addgene blog: Browse CRISPR articles from our CRISPR topic overview Find other CRISPR methods for bacteria...integration using CRISPR-associated transposases” or MUCICAT. Here, we’ll describe each of these CRISPR systems.... Resources on Addgene.org: Visit the CRISPR Guide Get CRISPR plasmids from Addgene ...at 37 °C.     The new pEcCas/pEcgRNA system We speculated that the gRNA on pCas that is specific to the...system with the updated pEcCas/pEcgRNA system, and confirmed that indeed the gRNA-pMB1 had a slightly higher...Yang lab, we’re continually optimizing the use of CRISPR editing systems in bacteria. Our pCas/pTargetF ...changes. In pCas9, we 1) replaced the promoter of gRNA-pMB1 with PrhaB, 2) changed the replicon of pCas...
  36. Optimizing Donor DNA for Enhanced CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...Addgene.org Catch up on Your CRISPR Background with Our CRISPR Guide Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research...Your HDR Basics Learn How to Design Your gRNA Find the Ideal CRISPR Software for Your Needs Resources on... a Postdoctoral Researcher in Jacob Corn’s lab. CRISPR-Cas9 (Cas9) is an RNA-guided nuclease that targets...gene is worse than leaving the mutation alone). CRISPR delivery by nucleofection The in vivo editing experiments...genome editing by catalytically active and inactive CRISPR-Cas9 using asymmetric donor DNA." Nature biotechnology...human genome engineering by controlled timing of CRISPR/Cas9 delivery." Elife 3 (2015): e04766. PubMed ...Research Check out Our List of gRNA Design Tools ...
  37. 10 Great Guest Posts We're Thankful For

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    ...you’re getting started with them. CRISPR Pairing CombiGEM and CRISPR for Combinatorial Genetic Screening...can use CombiGEM to barcode small libraries of CRISPR gRNAs to use for screening experiments. Get the full...publication. Optimizing Donor DNA for Enhanced CRISPR Genome Editing CRISPR has revolutionized how researchers make...and other types of genome edits, but, even with CRISPR, it isn’t always easy to insert a section of DNA...biophysics! Casilio: An Adaptive, Multitasking “CRISPR-OS” In this post, Albert Cheng and Mark Wanner ...modular RNA binding proteins, dCas9, and a modified gRNA to direct a variety of customizable functions to...
  38. Optogenetics + CRISPR, Using Light to Control Genome Editing

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    ...blog post: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems.  Listen to the anti-CRISPR podcast segment... combined CRISPR and optogenetic techniques to develop a variety of photoactivatable CRISPR tools. These...optogenetic manipulation of CRISPR-based systems in animal models. Use Anti-CRISPRs to Turn Off Genome Editing.... Stop light! Photoactive anti-CRISPRs halt Cas9 activity Anti-CRISPR proteins are a highly diverse group...photoactivatable CRISPR strategies Publication System nickname Photoactivatable moiety Cas9 variatn CRISPR protein...Light-Dependent Anti-CRISPR Bubeck et al., 2018 CASANOVA LOV2 from A. Sativa AcrIIA4 anti-CRISPR protein, co-...Jain et al., 2016 CRISPR-plus Photocleavable ssDNA oligonucleotides Cas9, photocaged-gRNA Gene editing ...
  39. Another Pathway into Cells: iTOP

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    ...iTOP would be compatible with CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing. Although CRISPR/Cas9 is all the rage, they had...transduction method and its potential applications to CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing.   Protein-only transduction...expression. Image courtesy of Diego D'Astolfo. CRISPR/Cas9: a potential application of iTOP Having tested...iTOP efficiently took up both Cas9 protein and a gRNA (yes, iTOP can also be used for RNA transduction...stemness, indicating that iTOP may be valuable for CRISPR/Cas9 stem cell editing. The small molecule...of iTOP. iTOP can be used to transduce Cas9 and a gRNA, which subsequently enter the nucleus and cleave... crispr...
  40. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    ...for 1-3 days. There’s also a CRISPR for that! CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) targets a catalytically dead...little while Yes, there’s a CRISPR for that, too! CRISPR activators (CRISPRa) are transcriptional activators... gene for your protein of interest. CRISPR-Cas9 and a custom gRNA is all you need to generate a frameshift...approach - read more about them on our CRISPRa blog! Fig. 1 CRISPR activator and repressor mechanisms... to a dead Cas9. The system is led, via a custom gRNA, to your gene of interest to temporarily increase... Promoters Plasmid 101: Repressible Promoters CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for my Experiment ...resources on the Addgene website Promoter Guide CRISPR Guide Lentiviral Guide  ...
  41. Targeted Mutagenesis with EvolvR

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    ...Resources on Addgene.org Browse our CRISPR guide pages Find bacterial CRISPR plasmids ...within a user-defined genomic region. EvolvR, a CRISPR-Cas9 based targeted mutagenesis method developed...for targeted mutagenesis of a site of interest. A gRNA is used to direct the PolI3M-nCas9 complex to a ...window also increased the likelihood that a single gRNA would introduce more than one mutation near the ... Pablo Perez-Pinera. "The continuously evolving CRISPR barcoding toolbox." Genome biology 19.1 (2018):...PMCID: PMC6154929. Halperin, Shakked O., et al. "CRISPR-guided DNA polymerases enable diversification of...resources on the Addgene blog Learn about other CRISPR methods for bacterial genome engineering   Learn...
  42. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    ...to increase CRISPR editing efficiency across multiple CRISPR enzymes. Plasmids for CRISPR coselection ...podcast segment on CRISPR tools for plants CRISPR inhibitors Bacteria utilize CRISPR Cas9 systems to defend...on Coselection with Ouabain New CRISPR base editors The popular CRISPR base editing technique uses dCas9...back using CRISPR inhibitors. Several such inhibitors have been characterized for type I CRISPR systems,...of essential genes in vivo. Utilizing CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) technology, the arrayed knockdown library... et al. PLoS ONE. 2017. PubMed PMID: 28241009 CRISPR coselection with ouabain increases editing efficiency...Doyon’s lab has developed a new method to increase CRISPR editing efficiency in mammalian cells. Their marker-free...
  43. PRIDICT: Predicting Efficiencies of Prime Editing Guide RNAs

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    ...Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing PRIME Editing: Adding Precision and Flexibility to CRISPR Editing...Resources on Addgene.org CRISPR: PRIME Edit Collection The CRISPR Guide Empty gRNA Expression Vectors...models. In addition, we provide options for nicking gRNAs (used for PE3 and PE5 prime editing strategies) ...together with a prime editing guide RNA (pegRNA). The pegRNA consists of a target-complementary spacer... where pegRNAs are coupled to their target allowing us to edit and evaluate all of the pegRNAs in one ...transcription template (RTT). The design of the pegRNA has been shown to play a critical role in the editing...could design hundreds to thousands of different pegRNAs for each desired edit, it simply becomes impossible...
  44. 3 Tips to Improve HDR Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells

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    ...Design Your gRNA Delivering CRISPR Ribonucleoproteins Resources on Addgene.org Browse All CRISPR Plasmids...Increasing HDR accuracy with CRISPR/Cas-blocking mutations After genome editing with CRISPR/Cas9 in human cells...Paquet, et al  2017). Find Additional CRISPR Resources on Addgene's CRISPR Guide Page 2. Optimizing "cut-to-mutation...Plasmids Check Out Our CRISPR Guide Pages Find Validated gRNAs ...s lab at the Rockefeller University in NYC. The CRISPR/Cas9 system is a versatile tool for precise gene... many organisms and model systems. We have used CRISPR/Cas9 extensively for the purpose of making sequence-specific...human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). The CRISPR/Cas9 com­plex is very efficient at introducing ...
  45. Four Ways to Package Transgenes That Exceed the Size Limit of Adeno-associated Virus

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    ...increasing the size of the AAV donor template for CRISPR-mediated homology directed repairs (HDR). Split...sequential homology directed repairs (HDR) with CRISPR/Cas9. Donor A contains: 400bp homology arms to ... for integration, “part A” of the transgene, the gRNA target site that mediated the donor template’s integration...integration; and a sequence of stuffer DNA after the gRNA target site. Donor B contains: 400 bp homology ...single step and serve as donors for two consecutive CRISPR-mediated HDR events which results in the integration...if non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) disrupts the gRNA target site after the first HDR event, then the ...A in any of the reading frames downstream of the gRNA target site so that transcripts undergo nonstop ...
  46. Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing

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    ...adeno-cre. AAV-based gene editing compared to CRISPR editing CRISPR, of course, has started a revolution in ...whether to use AAV or CRISPR for a given experimental approach. First, unlike CRISPR, the AAV-based approach...AAVs with CRISPR systems. Ohmori et al 2017 use a dual vector system composed of SaCas9 and a gRNA in one...in gene editing. However, while CRISPR is remarkably effective for introducing non-sequence specific frameshift...proven more challenging to develop high efficiency CRISPR-based approaches for the generation of knockins...simultaneously in the same cell, are more appropriate for a CRISPR-based approach. Second, the AAV preps generally...comparable or better than the efficiency of most current CRISPR-based approaches for the generation of knockins...
  47. The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9

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    ...crRNA (or synthetic gRNA) are derived from the same species. Expanding the CRISPR toolbox The isolation...of novel CRISPR proteins has and will continue to dramatically increase the number of CRISPR applications...trying to decide which CRISPR tools are best for your experiment, check out our CRISPR guide or leave a comment...Check out our CRISPR Featured Topic Page Resources on Addgene.org Check out our CRISPR Guide Browse ...Browse All CRISPR Plasmids Find Validated gRNAs ...variants effectively double the targeting range of CRISPR/Cas9 within the human genome. Another variant, ...applications. The first non-Cas9 CRISPR protein adapted for genome engineering was Cas12a (formerly Cpf1), a ...
  48. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021

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    ...2021.01.30.428974   The CRISPR corner By Jennifer Tsang Here are a few highlights from recent CRISPR plasmids. To...To find all of the CRISPR plasmids available from Addgene, head over to our CRISPR Plasmids and Resources... light to deactivate photocleavable gRNAs within seconds. A CRISPR-based lineage tracing tool captures...inducible CRISPRi library - Ampl133 targets S. cerevisiae genes with 6-12 guides per gene where gRNA expression...Nanocompartments for yeast bioproduction pathways The CRISPR corner New ready-to-use viral preps Mapping antibody...series of vectors and DNA modules for assembly of CRISPR/Cas9 constructs. zCas9i is a high efficiency intron-optimized...induced by anhydrous tetracycline. Three new anti-CRISPRs were identified that inhibit the S. aureus Cas9...
  49. CRISPR 101: Making a Knock-In Cell Line

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    ...for successful HDR events. CRISPR cut site location Position your CRISPR cut site as close as possible...Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells Resources on Addgene.org Browse All CRISPR Plasmids Find...Find Validated gRNAs for Your Next Experiment Check out our CRISPR Guide ...Then choose which Cas enzyme to use and design a gRNA to where you would like to introduce the edit. Finally...s41589-019-0432-1 Mehdi Banan. Recent advances in CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knock-ins in mammalian cells. J Biotechnol... homology-directed repair choice in response to CRISPR/Cas9 Induced-double strand breaks. Int J Mol Sci...human genome engineering by controlled timing of CRISPR/Cas9 delivery. eLIFE. (2014) 10.7554/eLife.04766...
  50. Addgene’s Top 10 Blog Posts from 2014

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    ...and improved. The CRISPR posts written by our guest bloggers, the experts in the CRISPR/Cas field, have ...Popular Posts of 2014 How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing By John Doench (Guest Blogger...past year. A quick glance shows that interest in CRISPR continues to grow as the genome editing technique...Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors By Marcy Patrick CRISPR-Cas9 FAQs Answered! By Caroline LaManna Plasmids...
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