Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design
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... non-targeting guides. Toxicity is likely due to DNA damage and its subsequent repair. Additionally, the...on Addgene.org
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Find all of the CRISPR Pooled Libraries...fail to account for the effects of Cas9-induced dsDNA breaks.
Are off-target cutting patterns in genome-wide...function, i.e. sites that lack open chromatin marks, DNase hypersensitivity, or are in an enhancer, transcription...control for the effects of guide expression and dsDNA breaks.
Figure 2: Non-targeting vs. safe-targeting...for the inherent effects, or background noise, of dsDNA breaks caused by CRISPR. See supplemental figure...