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  1. Hot Plasmids - December 2019 - CRISPR pooled library, LipoGlo, CRISPRa, and Voltage Imaging Tools

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    ... the gRNAs that elicit the phenotype, and this depends on the method used to introduce the gRNAs into ...transducing a only a single gRNA per cell. The viral DNA containing the gRNA then integrates into the genome...Lab created a tripartite system consisting of dCas9, a gRNA fused to an RNA binding motif, and a RNA-binding... fusion. Thus, the bEFPs bind the UAS via the dCas9-gRNA complex which allows transcription from the promoter... genome. Thus the gRNAs responsible for a phenotype can be identified by next-generation sequencing of...created a retroviral CRISPR knockout library using gRNAs designed by the Kosuke Yusa Lab. This retroviral...

  2. CRISPR Activators: A Comparison Between dCas9-VP64, SAM, SunTag, VPR, and More!

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    ... cell lines.   dCas9-VP64 Description CRISPR activation can occur through fusing dCas9 with VP64, a strong... for CRISPR-based gene activation. dCas9-CBP In this method, dCas9 is fused to CBP, an histone acetyltransferase...specially engineered sgRNAs to increase transcription. This is done through creating a dCas9/VP64 fusion protein... the programmable guide RNA. Gene activation by dCas9, also referred to as CRISPRa, was initially published...methods for CRISPR activation CRISPR activation uses dCas9, a CRISPR protein variant lacking its endonuclease...shown significant improvements upon the initial dCas9-VP64 method, so there are multiple options to choose...strong transcriptional activation domain. Guided by dCas9, VP64 recruits transcriptional machinery to specific...

  3. CRISPR Cheat Sheet

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    ...Nucleases: Proteins that bind to gRNAs and are directed by the gRNAs to cut particular DNA or RNA sequences...research or applied goal. Components of CRISPR: gRNAs: Sequences of RNA that direct the CRISPR system ...Most CRISPR plasmids from Addgene produce either a gRNA, a nuclease, or both. Applications of CRISPR: ...versions of CRISPR nucleases that can’t cut DNA (dCas9, for example) that are used to increase or decrease...decrease expression of a gene. Screen: A library of gRNAs with a CRISPR nuclease target multiple genes in ...

  4. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    ...including pcDNA-dCas9-p300 Core and pcDNA3.3-Nm-dCas9-p300 Core, as well as pLV-dCas9-p300-P2A-PuroR for...pCMV-dCas9-D3A) and Tet-dependent (TetO-dCas9-D3A) constructs. For lentiviral expression, Fuw-dCas9-Dnmt3a...Goodell's lab has deposited pcDNA3.1-dCas9-MQ1(Q147L)-EGFP, a fusion of dCas9 to a small DNA methyltransferase...Fusing dCas9 to a transcriptional activator like VP64 or VPR activates transcription, whereas dCas9-KRAB...activators/repressors - dCas9-p300 increased transcriptional activation more than dCas9-VP64, especially when...Non-editing CRISPR applications direct catalytically dead dCas9 fused to a variety of epigenetic modifiers to specific...Transcriptional activation p300 acetyltransferase dCas9 fused to the catalytic domain of p300 acetyltransferase...

  5. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    ...? Check out Addgene's Lentiviral dCas9 SAM vector and Piggybac dCas9 SAM vector! On/off control all the...your protein of interest. CRISPR-Cas9 and a custom gRNA is all you need to generate a frameshift mutation...repression of protein expression. Addgene has a dCas9 KRAB plasmid for transient knockouts!  Turn it on... to a dead Cas9. The system is led, via a custom gRNA, to your gene of interest to temporarily increase...

  6. Searchable and Sortable gRNAs for Your Next CRISPR Experiment

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    ...validated gRNAs in our newly curated Validated gRNA Target Sequence Table. What are validated gRNAs? Proper...reagents, including many gRNA-containing plasmids (McDade et al, 2016). Many of the gRNAs contained within these...validated gRNAs can save you the time that would be spent making and testing entirely new gRNA designs....contains validated gRNA sequences. Validated in this context refers to the fact that every gRNA listed in the...to use our validated gRNA Target Sequence Table. Disclaimer: The efficacy of gRNAs is impacted by the ...validated gRNA table has been derived from scientists’ submissions, either their deposited gRNA plasmids...the validated gRNA sequences alone. Sequence submission is welcomed for validated gRNAs that are not generated...

  7. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...design gRNAs. You can also find validated gRNAs for your next experiment in Addgene's Validated gRNA Sequence...same is true when designing gRNAs for using CRISPR technology – the “best” gRNA depends an awful lot on what...restricting gRNAs to 5 – 65% of the protein coding region will still result in many dozens of gRNAs to choose... fewer gRNA to choose from, and thus an optimal sequence may not be available. Predicting gRNA efficacy...basis of the activity of a single gRNA, and thus diversity of gRNAs across a gene should be examined whenever...a less-active gRNA that targets a truly unique site in the genome, or a more-active gRNA with one additional... (2016) Optimizing sgRNA position markedly improves the efficiency of CRISPR/dCas9-mediated transcriptional...

  8. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    ... expression of sgRNA(s) and mCherry (vector 1) with neuron-specific expression of dCas9-VPR (Figure 2)...ubiquitous expression of sgRNA (top) and neuron-specific expression of dCas9-VPR (bottom). Created with...Co-transduction of primary rat neurons with dCas9-VPR and sgRNAs targeting either transcript variant led ...that stably express the dCas9-Suntag activator were transduced with a pooled sgRNA library and were subsequently..., CRISPRa uses a nuclease-dead variant of Cas9 (dCas9) and engineered combinations of transcriptional ... transcriptional activator to each genome-bound dCas9 (see Figure 1a for the transgenic construct). More...). Created with BioRender.com. Before using gRNAs in vivo, they should be screened for activity in...

  9. Hot Plasmids - September 2019 - CRISPR, Auxin Inducible Degradation, MerMAID Channelrhodopsins, and Genome Looping

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    ...experiments, such as transcription factors tethered to dCas9, require long time scales with constitutively expressed...proteins that are not inducible. To further develop dCas9 for synthetic looping, the Phillips-Cremins lab ...-dynamic-looping (LADL) system. The group fused dCas9 to a truncated CIB1 protein from Arabidopsis (CIBN...call the LADL Anchor. Using specifically designed gRNAs, they can then recruit these LADL Anchors to genomic...

  10. Mobile-CRISPRi: Bringing CRISPRi to Diverse Bacteria

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    ..., antibiotic resistance selection markers, gRNAs, and dCas9 proteins. Second, it can be introduced into...treated with a folA gRNA were more sensitive to trimethoprim when compared to control gRNA treated or untreated...promoters, selection markers, and different versions of dCas9. Following integration, Mobile-CRISPRi is stably...

  11. CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Delivery

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    ...While using Cas9-gRNA RNPs may require the production of the Cas9 protein and a gRNA in your laboratory...tips on gRNA design Resources on Addgene.org Browse all CRISPR plasmids Find validated gRNAs Check out...two components: the Cas9 protein and a guide RNA (gRNA) targeting your genomic site of interest. This is... Cas9 and contains a site for inserting a custom gRNA.  While this methodology has proven to be incredibly...Appropriate promoters must be chosen for both Cas9 and gRNA expression       Plasmid DNA may be incorporated...transcription and translation delays editing What are Cas9-gRNA ribonucleoproteins? One alternative approach, which... of the Cas9 protein in complex with a targeting gRNA, to your cells of interest. Cas9 RNPs are capable...

  12. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    ...vivo viral delivery. Cas9 mRNA and gRNA Plasmids containing gRNA and Cas9 are used in in vitro transcription.... Cas9-gRNA ribonucleoprotein complexes Purified Cas9 protein and in vitro transcribed gRNA are combined... mutations and tags, while a catalytically dead dCas9 can be used in conjunction with activator or repressor...can help you make precise point mutations near the gRNA target site. Choose an appropriate expression system... or inducible. U6 promoter is typically used for gRNA. May contain reporter gene (e.g. GFP) to identify...lines. Transient or stable expression of Cas9 and/or gRNA in a mammalian cell line that can be transfected...high efficiency. Lentiviral transduction Cas9 and gRNA can be present in a single lentiviral transfer vector...

  13. Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells

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    ...activator dCas9-VPR, if these variants are fused to the MLV Gag in place of SpCas9. gRNA A gRNA targeting...cells along with the gRNA and Cas9. An “all-in-one” Nanoblades which carries a gRNA, Cas9, and a HDR donor...leukemia virus (MLV)-like particles loaded with Cas9-gRNA ribonucleoproteins (RNPs). According to the authors...Nanoblade particle can be loaded with 1-4 different gRNAs. Viral envelope proteins To alter the cell tropism...editing efficiency in mouse BM cells when using a gRNA targeting the Fto gene, while editing was not detected...off-target effects when compared to DNA transfection of gRNA and Cas9 expression plasmids. These results are ...previous research showing that the method of Cas9 and gRNA delivery can influence the level of off-target effects...

  14. Rewiring Metabolic Circuitry with CRISPR RNA Scaffolds [Video]

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    .... Using dCas9 as an on/off switch The multiple scRNAs all individually utilize the same dCas9 protein....modulate dCas9 expression, multiple scRNA transcriptional programs can be regulated with dCas9 as a master...an orthogonal dCas9 protein that will still recognize guide RNA but with a different dCas9 binding module...protein (dCas9) that lacks endonuclease activity coupled with a customizable single guide RNA (sgRNA) that...specific proteins via aptamer domains. Combined with dCas9, this new scaffold RNA (scRNA) will bind to a PAM-adjacent...layered with distinct programs controlled by each dCas9 regulatory switch. By no means limited to the field...applied to effectively change metabolic flux. The dCas9 protein and orthogonal variants can be used as regulatory...

  15. 10 Great Guest Posts We're Thankful For

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    ...that uses modular RNA binding proteins, dCas9, and a modified gRNA to direct a variety of customizable functions...use CombiGEM to barcode small libraries of CRISPR gRNAs to use for screening experiments. Get the full details...

  16. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    ...xylose-inducible dCas9 paired with a single, unique, and constitutively expressed sgRNA targeting the 5... The popular CRISPR base editing technique uses dCas9/Cas9 nickase fused to a cytidine deaminase for targeted...subsequently tested the original BE3 and HF-BE3 using a gRNA with high off-target cutting, and they found that... constructs (wild-type and truncation mutants), gRNAs used for TZAP gene editing, and a Hi6xs-MBP tagged...as Cys4, tRNA, and ribozyme systems for multiplex gRNA expression. Expression of toolkit components can...compatible backbones that can be combined with your gRNA and repair templates of choice though modular cloning... applications, such as reversing the effects of dCas9 binding to a genomic locus, or limiting the amount...

  17. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    ...specific genes using dCas9-VP64 activator fragments (dCas9(C)-FKBP-2xNLS-VP64 and dCas9(N)-FRB-NES). This...gene activation when fused to dCas9. In the dCas9-SunTag-VP64 system, dCas9 is fused to a scaffold containing...domains onto dCas9 to generate a dCas9-VP64-p65-Rta fusion protein (referred to as dCas9-VPR) had a synergistic... with dCas9 – the dCas9, sgRNA/RNA cargo complex localizes to the sequence targeted by the sgRNA. This...transactivating capabilities of CRISPR/dCas9-fusion proteins and have made their dCas9 transactivators available through... through Addgene. The development of dCas9 and dCas9-fusion proteins has dramatically increased the potential...greater than the original dCas9-VP64 activator. They also revealed that dCas9-VPR mediated gene activation...

  18. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - March 2021

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    ... editor targets DNA (via catalytically inactive dCas9) to modify chromatin. A fluorescent protein can ... system developed by Taekjip Ha’s lab where Cas9-gRNA complex binds the target DNA without cleavage until...Jacobs-Wagner’s lab produce different levels of dCas9 expression and contain different antibiotic resistance...

  19. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    ...an inactive RNA-guided DNA binding protein (dCas9). dCas9 is then tethered to a repressive domain, such...Calabrese: human CRISPRa sgRNA library In addition to inhibiting gene expression, dCas9 can also be used for...the other containing dCas9-VP16). Like CRISPRi, CRISPRa is only effective when sgRNAs target a specific ...loss of function while nuclease-deactivated Cas9 (dCas9) can be tethered to a repressor (CRISPRi) or an ...developed to recruit transcriptional machinery to dCas9 and its RNA directed binding site. These methods... fusion of an activation domain such as VP16 to dCas9 or the recruitment of multiple copies of VP16 termed...CRISPRko sgRNA library The Brunello library consists of 77,441 sgRNAs with an average of 4 sgRNAs per gene...

  20. Targeted Mutagenesis with EvolvR

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    ...diversification by targeting a site of interest with dCas9 fused to the Activation Induced Cytidine Deaminase...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 ...
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