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  1. Optimizing Donor DNA for Enhanced CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...Postdoctoral Researcher in Jacob Corn’s lab. CRISPR-Cas9 (Cas9) is an RNA-guided nuclease that targets and cuts...outcomes: Cas9 breaks repaired by the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) pathway disrupt target gene sequences...replacement by HDR. Understanding Cas9 biophysics enhances HDR We first measured Cas9 dissociation rates and discovered...error-prone repair of the gene would be disastrous (i.e. if breaking the gene is worse than leaving the...(in our hands) this technique supports gene disruption or gene replacement frequencies that are an order...interaction with the Cas9-DNA duplex. Image from Richardson et al., 2016.   dCas9 enables sequence replacement...normally accompanies Cas9 cutting. We still don’t know the mechanism underlying dCas9 editing, but it could...
  2. Worm Expression Resources

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    ...can knock down genes by feeding worms bacteria expressing dsRNA or use CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to easily...briggsae , etc.) gene or sequence: ID Plasmid Gene/Insert PI Don’t see your gene listed? Know of some great... via a CRISPR-Cas9 system. Cloning-free CRISPR for C. elegans , which uses purified Cas9, such as that...Tagging of Endogenous Genes with SapTrap Even more elegant: Single injection CRISPR/Cas9 in C. elegans External...Custom Genetic Modifications with CRISPR/Cas9 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mos1 Based Transgenesis miniMos... used in worms, search Addgene's entire collection. ID Plasmid Description Gene/Insert PI Plasmids Expressing...which diminishes epigenetic silencing in the germline. A "FLP-Out" system for controlled gene expression in...
  3. Adenoviral Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Aims to Expand Genome Editing to Primary Cells

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    ...Pten by CRISPR/Cas9 in Mouse Liver in Spite of Cas9-Specific Immune Responses. Human Gene Therapy 26:432...Schematic of targeted gene knock-out (left) and targeted DNA knock-in (right) by CRISPR/Cas9. Adenoviral CRISPR...vectors. This capacity is large enough to carry the Cas9 gene and a gRNA expression cassette in one single viral...targeted organs or tissues with Cas9 and a gRNA designed to target a mutated gene. In a Scientific Reports paper...chromosomal region. The CRISPR/Cas9-derived RNA-guided nuclease-induced gene disruption frequencies in the...DNA Adenoviral CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing tools can also be used to deliver Cas9 and DNA templates in ... CRISPR/Cas9 research! To find more information about the adenoviral delivery of CRISPRS/Cas9 using the...
  4. Keeping Up With CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...more References: Generation of Gene-Modified Cynomolgus Monkey via Cas9/RNA-Mediated Gene Targeting in One-Cell...CRISPR/Cas9 system to precisely edit specific genes in monkeys. "Our study shows that the CRISPR/Cas9 system...for CRISPR Plasmids? CRISPR-Cas9 Plasmids available at Addgene CRISPR-Cas9 References, Protocols, and ...advances in the understanding and application of CRISPR/Cas9 technology are coming along at a fast and furious...system enables simultaneous disruption of two target genes in one step without producing off-target mutations...Beisel and Rodolphe Barrangou, had applied the CRISPR/Cas9 system to developing an antibiotic that selectively...important details in their understanding of how CRISPR/Cas9s actually work. Last month, the Lawrence Berkeley...
  5. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    ...a cell. ZFNs and CRISPR/Cas9 have also been used to create mutations in genes essential to HIV-1 replication...or apoptosis with Cas9/gRNA expression. A pooled analysis found no evidence of Cas9 cleavage at predicted...escape from CRISPR/Cas9-induced modification targeting either the LTRs or essential genes. Many of these ...were located near the Cas9 cut site, leading Wang et al. to conclude that some Cas9-derived indels may not...Genomes from Human T-lymphoid Cells by CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing. Sci Rep. 2016 Mar 4;6:22555. PubMed PMID...to the CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation Mediators (SAM) system available from Addgene. This system uses...CRISPR/Cas9 escape occurs in an animal model. If these escape mutations are frequent, the dCas9-mediated...
  6. Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...needed by Cas9 for cleavage. In certain cases, Cpf1 may be better suited for genome editing than Cas9 - read...CRISPR system. Like Cas9, Cpf1 contains a RuvC-like endonuclease domain, but it lacks Cas9’s other HNH endonuclease...Potential advantages of Cpf1 over Cas9 Type II CRISPR systems based on Cas9 were thought to be the simplest...directional gene transfer, analogous to traditional restriction enzyme cloning. Sticky-end mediated gene transfer...than that of the widely used SpCas9 and comparable to SaCas9. As seen with Cas9 orthologs, Cpf1 efficiency...rate is similar to that of high fidelity Cas9s eSpCas9 and SpCas9-HF1. Both AsCpf1 and LbCpf1 ribonucleoproteins...Again, they were in for a surprise! Whereas Cas9 generates blunt ends 3 nt upstream of the PAM site, Cpf1...
  7. Progress Towards a PAM-Free CRISPR

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    ...several Cas9s that recognize NG PAMs. The Nureki lab generated SpCas9-NG, a rationally engineered Cas9 with...PAM-interacting domain of Cas9. After multiple rounds of engineering, they developed the SpRY Cas9 variant (Walton... at NGH PAMs (Zhang et al, 2021) NG Cas9 NG - SpG Cas9  NG  - SpRY nuclease  C to T Base Editor...notes SpCas9 NGG - Cas12a TTTV Great for AT-rich regions Cas9 EQR NGAG - xCas9 NG Less...of gRNA placement significantly over SpCas9 and more so than Cas9s with an NG PAM.   Cas PAM sequence...    Fig. 1: SpCas9 has sparse PAM coverage in the human genome. SpRY Cas9 has PAM sites covering...blog The PAM Requirement and Expanding Beyond Cas9 xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility...
  8. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    ... encoding the gRNAs and Cas9. As with the Gersbach lab plasmids, multiple Cas9 variants are available:...subsequently inserted into a Cas9-containing destination vector based on pCAMBIA. Cas9 is plant-optimized, and...humanized Cas9, D10A nickase mutant (Cas9n), dCas9 (transcriptional repression), and Fok1-dCas9 (dimeric...options include humanized wt Cas9, dCas9 (transcriptional repressor), and dCas9-VP64 (transcriptional activator... then digested using BsmBI and ligated into Cas9 or dCas9-containing destination vectors. Destination ...the multiple gRNAs and Cas9 together into a single plasmid. Although only wt hCas9 entry vectors are supplied...plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 2. Kabadi, Ami M., et al. “Multiplex CRISPR/Cas9-based genome engineering...
  9. Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1

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    ...or see Addgene's CRISPR guide page for a review of Cas9.  For a brief comparison of Cpf1 vs. Cas9, see ...Comparing the Cas9 and Cpf1 CRISPR Nucleases   Cas9 Cpf1 Components crRNAtracrRNACas9 crRNACpf1 ...method, other multiplex CRISPR gene editing methods relied solely on Cas9. Overall, these approaches have...promoters).  spCas9 and its gRNAs are also larger than their Cpf1 counterparts. Table 2. Cas9 Multiplexing...Resources on the Addgene Blog Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My... A Match Made in Heaven: CRISPR/Cas9 and AAV Resources on Addgene.org Browse Our CRISPR Multiplexing... system for editing multiple targets compared to Cas9.  Read on to learn more about Cpf1 multiplexing....
  10. Fluorescent CRISPR Reporters: SRIRACCHA and GEmCherry2

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    ...stably integrate a reporter gene that contains a puromycin resistance gene followed by the target site...contains Cas9. The Madison lab also created an inducible SRIRACCHA system (iSRIRACCHA) where Cas9 expression...that targets your desired gene (whose sequence is also found in the reporter gene). A control RFP expression...while cells containing the reporter gene that was cleaved by Cas9 and repaired via HDR using the supplied...plasmids at Addgene GEMCherry2, an improved monomeric fluorescent protein for assessing CRISPR/Cas9 activity... labor intensive and quite time consuming.   As Cas9/gRNA activity is crucial for successful CRISPR editing...the scientific community for efficient real-time Cas9 activity assays. Recently scientists have created...
  11. Plan Your Experiment

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    ...mutant allele of a gene (point mutant)? Increase or decrease expression of a target gene? Once you have a...). You will decide how to express Cas9, the delivery system for Cas9 and the guide RNA (gRNA), the design...non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) at the cut site Cas9 or Cas9 nickase High-fidelity Cas enzymes increase specificity...insertions, by copying from a DNA donor template Cas9 or Cas9 fusions with proteins that promote HDR Requires...site. Consider alternative Cas9 enzymes with different PAM sequences or Cas9 enzymes with flexible PAM ... Target the promoter region of the gene of interest, where the Cas9 protein can block transcription from...targeting regions within the gene itself can also be effective, as the Cas9 bound to the DNA can interfere...
  12. CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)

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    ...similarities and differences to Cas9. DNA targeting Cas enzymes Cas9 – The genome engineering workhorse...CRISPR’ without shortly thereafter hearing ‘Cas9’. The Cas9 nuclease is a genome engineering powerhouse...making Cas9 an adaptable choice for many genome engineering endeavors. For more information on Cas9 variants...genome where it will proceed to generate a blunt DNA double strand break. Cas9 has been studied for genome...Cpf1, Cas12’s primary difference from Cas9 is that it generates staggered breaks, also known as sticky...same mechanism as traditional spCas9. If you are looking to modify RNA, Cas9 just won’t cut it – literally..., unlike Cas9, it targets RNA instead of DNA. This makes it particularly useful in generating transient...
  13. Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016

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    ...express Cas9 and a gRNA from the same plasmid. LentiCas9-blast virus can be used to generate Cas9-expressing...this plasmid Cas9 expression is typically cytotoxic, which makes generation of high titer Cas9 lentiviruses...While various Cas9 mutants have been engineered to perform unique editing tasks, classic Cas9 nuclease, which...libraries) and individual gene knockouts (using gRNA lentiviruses). Separating Cas9 and the gRNA into two ...gRNAs in a monoclonal Cas9 background because you’ll have more consistent levels of Cas9 expression between... expressed from lentiCas9-Blast. Purpose of LentiCas9-blast LentiCas9-blast is a Cas9 expression vector...growth rate variability when using lentiCas9-blast to generate Cas9-expressing cells. To ensure that this...
  14. CRISPR Plasmids - Base Edit

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    ...are created by fusing Cas9 nickase or catalytically inactive “dead” Cas9 (dCas9) to a cytidine deaminase...editors are available with multiple Cas9 variants including high fidelity Cas9’s. Further advancements have ...Plasmid Gene/Insert Promoter Selectable Marker PI Publication Return to top Bacteria ID Plasmid Gene/Insert...Plasmid Gene/Insert Promoter Selectable Marker PI Publication Return to top Yeast ID Plasmid Gene/Insert...Plasmid Gene/Insert Promoter Selectable Marker PI Publication Return to top CRISPR Resources Addgene has ...base editors, the evolved TadA domain is fused to a Cas9 protein to create the adenine base editor. Both ...from the Michael Bassik lab , in which Cas9 is fused to activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID). Figure...
  15. CRISPR/Cas9 FAQs Answered!

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    ...Utilization During Gene Targeting with Zinc-Finger Nucleases. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics, 3(4), 657–664. ...the Cas9 nickase doesn't have the ability to induce double-stranded breaks like the wildtype Cas9 does...Jaenisch, R. (2013). One-Step generation of mice carrying mutations in multiple genes by CRISPR/CAS-Mediated ... engineering experiments, consider that wildtype Cas9 with optimized chimeric gRNA has high efficiency...effect. The double nickase system is based on the Cas9 D10A nickase described in Figure 4 of the Cong et...can express two different chimeric gRNAs with the Cas9 nickase which will together introduce cleavage of... the region, will they also be targeted? A4: The Cas9 cuts 3–4 bp upstream of the PAM sequence. There ...
  16. Build Your CRISPR Vocabulary

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    ...have created Cas9 enzymes with looser PAM requirements, which are available from Addgene!   RNA crRNA:..., simplifying the CRISPR-Cas9 system for laboratory applications. At Addgene, we sometimes refer to the... Sheet  Resources on the Addgene blog A Needle in a Base-Stack: Cas9 Structural Biology...elegant bacterial immune system and an efficient gene editing tool… but boy does it have a lot of parts...chromosome encodes a tracrRNA (in some systems including Cas9), Cas proteins, and a CRISPR array. The CRISPR array...bacteria, these crRNAs are bound by Cas proteins (Cas9 shown here). The repeat sequence base pairs with...“single-guide RNA” that performs both functions. Cas9 cuts both the target and nontarget DNA strands upstream...
  17. Comparing Cas9 to NgAgo: Can the Argonautes Best CRISPR?

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    ...Publication at Addgene Cas9 and NgAgo head to head NgAgo has a number of unique features compared to Cas9. These...Resources on the Addgene Blog Read About Cas9 Homolog Cpf1 Check Out High Fidelty Cas9 Mutants Browse ...lines, with an efficiency similar to that of Cas9. Like Cas9, NgAgo is also able to mediate homology-directed... certain guide sequences - using 5 guides/gene for 10 genes, they did not observe differences in cleavage... BELOW Biologists are going gaga over the newest gene-editing protein - a DNA-cleaving Argonaute from ... why you might choose NgAgo over CRISPR proteins Cas9 or Cpf1 - keep reading to learn more! Background...These include: More targeting flexibility Unlike Cas9 and the other CRISPR enzymes, NgAgo does not require...
  18. Using CRISPR/Cas9 to Edit Disease Out of the Genome

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    ...researching a way to treat AD using CRISPR/Cas9. They are targeting the genes responsible for both early onset ...mutation in a gene that causes cataracts could be rescued by coinjection into zygotes of Cas9 mRNA and a ...5. Rohn et al. 2018. “The Potential of CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Editing as a Treatment Strategy for Alzheimer’...Lucie is an Addgene co-op from Northeastern University.  There can be no doubt that CRISPR/Cas9 technology...applications.” Li’s team noted that CRISPR/Cas9 has been used to generate mutations in a wide range of organisms...glance at genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9 technology.” Current genetics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00294-019...2020. . “Advances in CRISPR/Cas-based Gene Therapy in Human Genetic Diseases.” Theranostics. https://doi.org...
  19. Genome-wide Screening Using CRISPR

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    ...trying to target every gene in the genome, or a specific class of genes? Addgene currently carries several...versatility. CRISPR/Cas9 consists of two components: the non-specific endonuclease (Cas9) and a single stranded...within the target gene. CRISPR can also be used to activate or repress target genes without permanently... of a CRISPR screen is to use Cas9 and a pool of gRNAs to identify genes that are essential for a given...repress target genes by combining a gRNA library with the aforementioned derivatives of Cas9. Several CRISPR... in a different gene. Libraries may be available in a 1-plasmid system, in which Cas9 is included on the... gRNAs targeting the same gene can be strong evidence that a particular gene is actually important for...
  20. What's New in CRISPR - Winter 2018

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    ...dual-nuclease Cas9-Cas9 chimeras Scot Wolfe’s lab has developed dual-nuclease Cas9-Cas9 chimeras with ...compared to monomeric Cas9’s. Read the paper in Nature Communications Find the Cas9-Cas9 chimera plasmids...proteins for optogenetic control of CRISPR-Cas9. By combining AcrIIA4, a Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 inhibitor...plasmids Anti-CRISPR proteins for optogenetic control of CRISPR-Cas9 Anti-CRISPR proteins that inhibit... a few of the new CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR...adapted for detecting SNPs. Learn more from this Addgene blog post Read the paper in Science Find the...editing is now possible. Learn more from this Addgene blog post Read the paper in Nature Methods Find...
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