Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design
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Bassik lab’s CRISPR knockout libraries
Overview of Library
To better define the optimal conditions...infected with Cas9.
Validating the Library
The CRISPR knockout library was validated via a growth screen...this guide to pooled plasmid libraries
Find all of the CRISPR Pooled Libraries currently available from Addgene...screens, the Bassik lab created a human knockout library that has 10 gRNAs per gene and targets all ~20,...selecting guides. Guides were delivered as a pooled library via a lentiviral vector to cell lines that either...been identified (Hart et al, Bassik et al). The library performed well in both screens, with the growth... essential genes while previous Cas9 and shRNA library screens only identified 60% of the essential genes...