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  1. CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems

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    ...Pawluk et al., 2016). While Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpyCas9) is the most used and well studied CRISPR... study, the labs found that anti-CRISPR prevents Cas9 activity in HEK293 by reducing editing from ~30%...interact with CRISPR-Cas systems such as Cascade-Cas3, Cas9, Cas12, and Cas13 (Marino et al., 2020). Some Acr...ways: Inhibit DNA binding Example:  AcrIIA4 blocks Cas9’s interaction with the PAM site (Dong et al., 2017... crRNA loadingExample: AcrIIC2 interactions with Cas9 interferes and prevents the correct assembly of ... AcrIIC1 binds to the HNH endonuclease domain of Cas9 and prevents target DNA cleavage (Harrington et ... Doudna lab found that at least 50% of on-target Cas9 edits happens within the first six hours. When added...
  2. What's New in CRISPR - November 2021

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    ... enzyme with a fully active Cas9 enzyme. PE-Cas9 comprises an active Cas9 fused to the reverse transcriptase...Pyhtila One drawback to the commonly used S. pyogenes CRISPR/Cas9 system is that it is too large to be effectively...CasMINI system is less than half the size of the Cas9 or Cas12a based systems, making it well suited for...and delivery of specific RNAs, such as Cre mRNA or Cas9 mRNA and sgRNA, in human and mouse cells. They further...with these modified gRNAs is comparable to that of SpCas9. The group also confirmed that the Cas12f1 and ...
  3. 15 Hot Plasmids from 2017

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    ..., a base editor containing high fidelity Cas9 variant HF-Cas9. They subsequently tested the original BE3...-BE3  EQR-Cas9 (NGAG)  Lower off-target activity than BE3  85173  pBK-VRER-BE3  VRER-Cas9 (NGCG)   ...type II CRISPR systems, which include S. pyogenes (Spy) Cas9, been identified. In Rauch, et al. 2016 the...The popular CRISPR base editing technique uses dCas9/Cas9 nickase fused to a cytidine deaminase for targeted...Plasmid ID Plasmid Name Cas9 Variant Speacial Features 85169  pJL-SaBE3  SaCas9 (NNGRRT)    85170  pJL-SaKKH-BE3... pJL-SaKKH-BE3  SaCas9 (NNGRRT)    85171  pBK-VQR-BE3  VQR-Cas9 (NGA)  Lower off-target activity than...the effects of dCas9 binding to a genomic locus, or limiting the amount of time that Cas9 is active in ...
  4. CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)

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    ... 27, 2020. CRISPR, and specifically Cas9 from S. pyogenes (SpCas9), is truly an exceptional genome engineering...Abudayyeh et al., 2016). In the endogenous CRISPR/Cas9 system, Cas9 uses both a tracrRNA and crRNA to facilitate...Perhaps the biggest difference between Cas13a and Cas9 is that Cas13a binds and cleaves RNA rather than...enzymes - Cas13a contains two HEPN domains, whereas Cas9 uses HNH and RuvC domains to cleave target DNA. ...roles for HEPN domains in other proteins. As with Cas9, mutating key residues in the Cas13a molecule results... Guide RNA Target PAM (PFS) Cleavage Mechanism Cas9 HNH, RuvC TracrRNA, crRNA DNA 5' NGG Specific...conformational changes in the Cas13a molecule. Like Cas9, Cas13a tolerates single mismatches between the ...
  5. Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery

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    ...one AAV, Cas9 must be made smaller. Previous attempts to “shrink” Cas9 include the use of St1Cas9 (~3.3 ...amino acids in length, Cas9 from Campylobacter jejuni (CjCas9) is the smallest Cas9 ortholog characterized...vehicle for Cas9. However, to allow for more room for regulatory sequences while still fitting Cas9 and its...equally potent Cas9 protein, the Zhang lab took a different approach. They analyzed over 600 Cas9 orthologs... aureus Cas9 (SaCas9, 1053 amino acids) displayed cleavage activity in mammalian cells. SaCas9 produced... tissues. However, packaging Streptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9) and a gRNA together (~4.2 kb) into an AAV...truncated Cas9. Unfortunately, certain drawbacks limit the utility of these systems: St1Cas9 requires ...
  6. Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Uses in Scientific Research

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    ...lentiviral backbone from the Zhang lab expressing S. pyogenes Cas9 and a gRNA cassette. It can be used to produce...catalytically inactive (dead), human codon-optimized Cas9 under the control of Murine Stem Cell retrovirus... (shRNA, miR-30-shRNA), mutation/editing (CRISPR-Cas9) or deletion (Cre), together with expression of ...and selection marker removal. CRISPR technology pdCas9-humanized (Plasmid #44246) Expression of a catalytically...
  7. The Advances Behind The World's First Personalized CRISPR Treatment

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    ...Kleinstiver’s lab engineered new variants of S. pyogenes Cas9. While the wild-type enzyme requires a PAM sequence... engineering Cas9 variants with a preference for specific PAMs. Though near-PAMless Cas9s can broadly ...editing was invented in David Liu’s lab by combining Cas9 DNA-targeting technology with a fused cytidine deaminase...effects in a variety of RNA transcripts independent of Cas9 targeting (Rees et al., 2019). The Liu lab characterized... and eight bases, close to the PAM recognized by Cas9. If no PAM is available nearby, a base editor may... models tested both the SpG and SpRY variants of Cas9. With many PAMs available, a large number of gRNAs...efficient editing. In these initial experiments, SpG Cas9 came out on top. Narrowing PAM preferences The Kleinstiver...
  8. CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...systems, expression of S. pyogenes Cas9 or Cas9 variants (hereafter referred to as Cas9) and a single stranded... gRNA backbones also contain Cas9, which enables expression of both Cas9 and the gRNA off of the same ...Nuclease dead Cas9 (dCas9) based activators (such as dCas9-VP64) or repressors (dCas9-KRAB or dCas9-SRDX) can...get more information on multiplexing gRNAs here). Cas9 is commonly tagged with a nuclear localization sequence...targeting to the nucleus, and several codon optimized Cas9 variants have been created in an effort to increase...repress target genes in plant cells, respectively. Cas9 expression is commonly driven by plant-derived RNA...Examples of commonly used RNA pol II promoters for Cas9 expression include the ubiquitously expressing cauliflower...
  9. CRISPR-based Genome Editing Systems For Editing in E. coli

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    ...consists of one plasmid that expresses the S. pyogenes Cas9, a temperature-sensitive replicon for self-curing...), which we presume caused pTargetF to be cut by Cas9. This would result in the lack of recovered transformants...Editing in the Escherichia coli Genome via the CRISPR-Cas9 System. Appl Environ Microbiol 81:2506–2514 . https...2021) A modified pCas/pTargetF system for CRISPR-Cas9-assisted genome editing in Escherichia coli. Acta...edits. Once you have all the edits you want, cure pCas9 by growing the cells at 37 °C.     The new pEcCas...  The updates involved the following changes. In pCas9, we 1) replaced the promoter of gRNA-pMB1 with PrhaB...
  10. Analyzing CRISPR Editing Results with ICE from Synthego

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    ...Currently, ICE is configured for Cas9 fromStreptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9). ICE Score - The editing efficiency...from single or multiplex CRISPR-Cas9 double-strand DNA breaks using SpCas9. More features will be added ...Addgene Blog Browse our CRISPR featured topic page xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with Pam Flexibility...
  11. How to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing

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    ...protein-coding capacity of a locus. When using S. pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9), potential target sites are both [5’-20nt-NGG... (inhibition) technologies – a nuclease-dead Cas9 (dCas9) is directed near the promoter of a target gene...with CRISPR technology is usually accomplished by Cas9-mediated dsDNA breaks: following a cut, the error-prone...even more exquisite for the so-called base editor Cas9, which makes DNA changes in the absence of dsDNA...2019) Agreement between two large pan-cancer CRISPR-Cas9 gene dependency data sets. Nat Commun 10: . https...Incidence of Off-Target Mutations in Individual CRISPR-Cas9 and TALEN Targeted Human Stem Cell Clones Detected...widely-used Cas enzyme, the development of SaCas9, NmeCas9, Cas12a enzymes, and engineered variants thereof...
  12. Typing CRISPR Systems

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    ...–C, with the beloved SpCas9 (from Streptococcus pyogenes) belonging in II-A. Cas9 was the first to be ...first time. The discovery and application of CRISPR-Cas9 kicked off over a decade of frenzied interest in...while Class 2 use single protein Cas effectors, like Cas9. The Cascade complex doesn’t usually carry out the...type VI, each relying on a unique Cas effector — Cas9, Cas12, or Cas13. If you’d like to explore Class...most popular and well-known type, as this is where Cas9 falls. The mechanism of type II is, unsurprisingly... Figure 3: Schematic of the basic CRISPR-Cas9 mechanism, representing type II-A. Created with ...effectors and is one of the most popular alternatives to Cas9. Cas12 is unique because it can process multiple...
  13. CRISPR Guide

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    ...Plasmids: Purify Cas9 Alternatives for CRISPR Genome Engineering S. pyogenes Cas9 (SpCas9) is the most commonly... available with multiple Cas9 variants, including high fidelity Cas9s, Cas9s with various PAM requirements...strand SpCas9-HF1 — disrupt Cas9’s interactions with DNA phosphate backbone HypaCas9 — increase Cas9 proofreading...Species/Variant of Cas9 PAM Sequence* Streptococcus pyogenes (SP); SpCas9 3' NGG SpCas9 D1135E variant 3...design, engineered Cas9s can enhance CRISPR specificity. SpCas9 (from Streptococcus pyogenes ) is the most ...more Cas9 fusion tools later in the guide. Figure 3: Overview of Cas9n. Increasing fidelity of Cas9 Researchers...enhanced specificity by engineering Cas9 into high fidelity Cas9s (hfCas9) . There is currently no defined...
  14. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    ...fully functional Cas9 upon dimerization. Splitting wild-type Cas9 into n-terminal (Cas9(N)-2xNLS) and c-terminal...three orthogonal nuclease-inactive Cas9's (dCas9) from S. pyogenes, N. meningitidis and S. thermophilus... can write a blog post about it! Split Cas9 system The Cas9 protein is composed of an n-terminal DNA... the bi-lobed architecture of Cas9 to engineer a series of "split" cas9 molecules that cannot function...activation, the c-terminal cas9 fragment was fused with FK 506 binding protein 12 (Cas9(C)-FKBP-2xNLS) and the... the n-terminal cas9 fragment with FKBP rapamycin binding domain of mTor (Cas9(N)-FRB-NES) resulting in...rapamycin-inducible Cas9 for genome editing. Without rapamycin treatment, the Cas9(N)-FRB-NES fragment...
  15. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) Guide

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    ... genome editing. Packaging the Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9) and a gRNA together into an rAAV...Addgene. CRISPR/Cas9 Delivery rAAV vectors are a popular choice for the delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 elements, making...this obstacle, has been to use smaller Cas9 orthologs, such as SaCas9 from Staphylococcus aureus . The Feng...too large to fit within the rAAV capsid, such as Cas9-derived plasmids and base/prime editors, is to create...Feng Zhang lab has developed plasmids containing SaCas9 optimized for their use in rAAV vectors . Read ...
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