Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery
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Blog Post
...problems with Cas9 delivery. Adeno-associated viral vectors (AAV) are commonly used for in vivo gene delivery...SpCas9) and a gRNA together (~4.2 kb) into an AAV vector is challenging due to its packaging capacity of...packaged Cas9 and multiple gRNAs into separate AAV vectors, increasing overall packaging capacity but necessitating... the Zhang lab created an all-in-one SaCas9 and sgRNA construct using the liver-specific serotype AAV8... a control AAV-GFP. Not only did the AAV-SaCas9-sgRNA constructs mediate genome modification, but they...genome engineering: An adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector toolbox. Biotechnology Journal 9:1402–1412 . https...Editing: Strategies and In Vivo Delivery by AAV Vectors. Cell 181:136–150 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell...