Hot Plasmids - June 2019 - Optogenetics, Acoustic Reporter Genes, microRNAs, and the CRISPR-Cas9 system CHIME
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...CIB1 to regulate botulinum neurotoxin were also created. The depositors demonstrated the utility of light-mediated...these gas vesicle proteins scatter sound waves and create ultrasound contrast. At a very low volumetric density...s lab at MIT pushed the field further with the creation of the largest miRNA sensor collection reported...al., Nat Commun, 2019. PubMed PMID: 29934631.
Screening immune cell lineages in vivo using the CRISPR-...tools have been used in immunology for in vitro screens of immune cell activity. However, a CRISPR-based...gene. CHIME can also be used for high throughput screens using pooled libraries.
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