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  1. Even more elegant: Single injection CRISPR/Cas9 in C. elegans

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    ...selection-based gene tagging approach Multiple features of C. elegans have made CRISPR/Cas9 so successful...is inserted at the 5’ end of a gene, the SEC separates the targeted gene from its promoter, creating a ...the targeted gene. After initial testing, Dickinson et al. tested this system across 7 genes in parallel...animals per gene, they obtained the desired insertions on the first attempt for 6/7 genes. The data are...efficient selection-based CRISPR/Cas9 method to generate knock-ins on any genetic background. Their new method...publication at Addgene. Additional Resources on the Addgene Blog An “elegans” Approach to Better Cas9 Editing...plasmids from this publication at Addgene. Other strategies for CRISPR/Cas9 editing in C. elegans: Engineering...
  2. CRISPR Plasmids - Prime Edit

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    ...replace” gene editing method in which a reverse transcriptase (RT) is fused to the C terminus of Cas9 H840A...Plasmid Gene/Insert Promoter Selectable Marker PI Publication Return to top Bacteria ID Plasmid Gene/Insert...Plasmid Gene/Insert Promoter Selectable Marker PI Publication Return to top Plant ID Plasmid Gene/Insert...contains Cas9. ID Plasmid Expression System Promoter Guide RNA Type Cloning Enzyme Co-expressed Cas9 Selection...directs the Cas9 nickase to the target sequence where it nicks the non-target strand and generates a 3’ flap...nuclear localization signals, and two mutations in Cas9 to enhance nuclease activity; can be used in PE2...PE6 — small prime editors with optimized RT and/or Cas9 domains PE7 — addition of RNA-binding exonuclease...
  3. Nanoblades: Tiny CRISPR Ninjas for Genome Editing Difficult Cells

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    ...releasing Cas9. Nanoblades can also deliver Cas9 variants, such as a transcriptional activator dCas9-VPR, ...Nanoblades by association with the the Cas9 portion of the Gag-Cas9 fusion protein. A single Nanoblade particle...along with the gRNA and Cas9. An “all-in-one” Nanoblades which carries a gRNA, Cas9, and a HDR donor template...editing and mouse-model generation. Key components of Nanoblades Nanoblades are a Cas9 RNP delivery vehicle...centrifugation. Gag-Cas9 fusion protein The MLV Gag protein fused to a Flag-tagged SpCas9 is incorporated ...alternative method for generating transgenic mice strains and for non-invasive in vivo gene editing. The bottom... leukemia virus (MLV)-like particles loaded with Cas9-gRNA ribonucleoproteins (RNPs). According to the...
  4. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    ...your application: Wildtype Cas9 or Cas9 nickase are appropriate for generating knockouts or knock-ins, or...used for generating transgenic embryos. Cas9-gRNA ribonucleoprotein complexes Purified Cas9 protein ...permanently knock out or knock-in a gene? Do you want to activate or repress gene expression? Are you trying to...in vivo viral delivery. Cas9 mRNA and gRNA Plasmids containing gRNA and Cas9 are used in in vitro transcription...catalytically dead dCas9 can be used in conjunction with activator or repressor domains to control gene expression...reporter gene (e.g. GFP) to identify and enrich positive cells or a selection marker to generate stable ...transcription reactions to generate mature Cas9 mRNA and gRNA. RNA is delivered to target cells using microinjection...
  5. Some Like it Hot: Thermostable GeoCas9

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    ... 1. Comparing SpCas9 and GeoCas9. *For in vitro Cas9 RNP activity or longevity. GeoCas9 is active at high...loving) bacteria, such as Streptococcus pyogene’s SpCas9. These Cas9 proteins don’t work well at high temperatures...used to make eSpCas9 and SpCas9-HF1. By mining the treasure trove of naturally occurring Cas9 diversity ...discovery of GeoCas9 by the Doudna lab has opened up the field of thermophilic bacteria to CRISPR/Cas9 genome...discovered a Cas9 protein from the thermophilic bacteria Geobacillus stearothermophilus (GeoCas9). G. stearothermophilus...human plasma. The discovery of GeoCas9 clears the way for CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in facultative and... Cas9 is the genome editing tool of choice for a number of model organisms: mammalian cells, yeast, drosophila...
  6. CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems

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    ...used for genome editing, activating gene expression, repressing gene expression, and much more. But there...engineering viruses. For example, an Acr gene was used to replace genes in the difficult-to-engineer Sulfolobus...Pawluk et al., 2016). While Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpyCas9) is the most used and well studied CRISPR... the Addgene Blog First time CRISPR user? Check out this post. Learn how to Choose the Best Cas9 Variant... 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...
  7. Four Base Editing Reporters to Monitor and Enrich Editing in Real-time

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    ...single base editing by APOBEC-Cas9 Though the ACE reporter quantifies APOBEC-Cas9 efficiency in real-time, ...and enrichment of DNA editing by APOBEC–Cas9 or cleavage by Cas9 in living cells. Nucleic Acids Research... a APOBEC-Cas9n-UGI complex. So how exactly does this work? Figure 1: APOBEC- and Cas9-mediated ...genome, but they’re inefficient compared to CRISPR/Cas9 edits that rely on double strand DNA breaks. Due...can help you do just that. Monitoring APOBEC and Cas9-mediated editing in real time The Harris lab created...APOBEC (a family of cytidine deaminase proteins) and Cas9-mediated editing in real time (St. Martin et al....quantify the on-target DNA editing efficiency of APOBEC-Cas9 editisome complexes in real-time (St. Martin et ...
  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...Resistance by CRISPR/Cas9-Targeted Mutagenesis of the ERF Transcription Factor Gene OsERF922. PLoS ONE ... to activate or repress target genes in plant cells, respectively. Cas9 expression is commonly driven ... as mRNAs for gene expression). Examples of commonly used RNA pol II promoters for Cas9 expression include... target genes in plants and many of the aforementioned empty gRNA backbones also contain Cas9, which enables...Nuclease dead Cas9 (dCas9) based activators (such as dCas9-VP64) or repressors (dCas9-KRAB or dCas9-SRDX) can...knockout, activate or repress target genes in plants using the same general experimental design principles ...
  9. Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries Enable Genome-Scale, Knockout Screening

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    ...and easily manipulate specific genes. But what if you want to study genes all across the genome? Two new...7,114 human genes. Unlike the GeCKO library, each library has been enriched for different gene targets. ...designed to target a smaller set of genes and it includes more guides per gene. The Sabatini/Lander library ...transfected for Cas9 expression. The Yusa lab has used their library to screen for genes involved in bacterial...previously unknown genes.  “With this work, it is now possible to conduct systematic genetic screens in mammalian... function of both protein-coding genes as well as non-coding genetic elements.” These lentiviral libraries...It’s clear that CRISPR-Cas9 technology has really changed the game for anyone looking to quickly and ...
  10. CRISPR 101: Non-Homologous End Joining

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    ...Repair of Cas9-induced breaks by NHEJ As illustrated below, NHEJ-mediated repair of Cas9-generated breaks... in your gene of interest, as it is prone to generating indel errors. Indel errors generated in the course...compatible overhangs is available. Cas9 can also be altered to generate a targeted single strand break; ...Cas system for genome engineering is the fact that Cas9 can be easily programmed to make a DNA double strand...discuss NHEJ, and how it impacts what happens to Cas9-mediated DSBs in the genome. Non-homologous end...consequently the principal means by which CRISPR/Cas9-introduced breaks are repaired. The following factors...introduce indels. Given the end structure of the Cas9 DSB (blunt or near-blunt ends without nucleotide...
  11. Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions of NgAgo

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    ... preassembled Cas9/gRNA complexes or with guide RNA- and Cas9-expression plasmids. Cas9 guide RNA delivery...genome, which seem resistant to Cas9 cleavage (1). Both the CRISPR-Cas9 and NgAgo genome engineering methods...edit a gene in vivo. Try NgAgo for Yourself On the other hand, the widespread success of CRISPR-Cas9 across...-HF1 See How Cpf1 Stacks Up to Cas9 and NgAgo Resources on Addgene.org Request NgAgo Find CRISPR Resources...engineer sharing the stage with much-lauded CRISPR-Cas9 is DNA-guided endonuclease NgAgo! We'll discuss ...head-to-head.  Exciting features of NgAgo First, unlike Cas9, NgAgo does not require a PAM sequence for target... guide sequence rather than an RNA guide as with Cas9. Third, it can be used to target “difficult” GC-...
  12. Cpf1 Update: Comparison to Cas9 and NgAgo

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    ...overcome some of Cas9’s shortcomings. Cpf1’s preferred PAM is 5’-TTN, differing from that of Cas9 (3’-NGG) in...directional gene transfer, analogous to traditional restriction enzyme cloning. Sticky-end mediated gene transfer...than that of the widely used SpCas9 and comparable to SaCas9. As seen with Cas9 orthologs, Cpf1 efficiency...rate is similar to that of high fidelity Cas9s eSpCas9 and SpCas9-HF1. Both AsCpf1 and LbCpf1 ribonucleoproteins...editing in AT-rich genomes. Additionally, whereas Cas9 generates blunt ends 3 nt upstream of the PAM site, Cpf1...two Cpf1 nucleases, distant cousins of well-known Cas9. Cpf1 cleaves DNA in a staggered pattern and requires...rather than the two (tracrRNA and crRNA) needed by Cas9 for cleavage. Now, two new studies show that Cpf1...
  13. Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein

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    ... Figure 2: Cas9 RNP complexed with 2-part cr:tracrRNA tags genes more effectively than Cas9 complexed ...2017. Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-assisted gene targeting enables rapid and precise genetic manipulation of mammalian... epitope tagging of a large cohort of genes (e.g. tagging genes representing a protein super family). ...Synthetic cr:tracrRNA/Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein (csRNP) delivery Epitope tagging of mammalian genes using CRISPR ...knock-in for 96 different genes in a single go (Figure 3). We were able to tag >30 genes/plate in the first ...designed for ~250 genes, we have had about 30% tagging success, although many of these genes were expressed...Enhanced CRISPR/Cas9-mediated precise genome editing by improved design and delivery of gRNA, Cas9 nuclease,...
  14. Unique and persistent IDs for improved reproducibility: Addgene now supports RRIDs and compact identifiers for all plasmids

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    ...available through Addgene. Let’s take a look at lenti-Cas9-VQR-Blast, which has the Addgene ID #87155. The...format for lenti-Cas9-VQR is the URL “http://n2t.net/addgene:87155” where the Addgene registered prefix...lenti-Cas9-VQR-Blast was a gift from Daniel Bauer (Addgene plasmid # 87155 ; http://n2t.net/addgene:87155...Bauer (Addgene plasmid # 87155 http://n2t.net/addgene:87155)” Cite plasmid using RRID “lenti-Cas9-VQR-Blast...lenti-Cas9-VQR is represented as “RRID:Addgene_87155” and the following URL (https://scicrunch.org/resolver...resolver/RRID:Addgene_87155) will take you directly to the lenti-Cas9-VQR plasmid page. Despite their differences...
  15. Zebrafish Plasmid Collection

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    ...zebrafish gene of interest? Search Addgene's collection for plasmids that contain a zebrafish gene or sequence...Lab CRISPR/Cas9-based conditional mutagenesis in zebrafish - Wenbiao Chen Lab A CRISPR/Cas9 Vector System... zinc finger nucleases, TALENS, and CRISPR/Cas9-based gene editing make the zebrafish a stalwart research...zebrafish-specific gene expression database that provides information about when genes are active in developing...developing embryos. zfRegeneration - A database for gene expression profiling during regeneration. Seurat - R ...-type specific conditional gene inactivation - Jeffrey Essner Lab GeneWeld Vectors for Targeted Integration...modified CRISPR-Cas9 system - Shuo Lin Lab Re-purposed Ac/Ds transgenic system enabling CRISPR/dCas9-interference...
  16. Generating Mouse Models Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...Wenning Qin and Haoyi Wang. CRISPR/Cas9 is revolutionizing the mouse gene-targeting field. Mice have long... so genes. It would be great if we could just go in and quickly manipulate individual mouse genes and ...insertion of a reporter gene, or replacement of the murine sequence with a human gene. Advantages of using...conventional gene targeting. CRISPR tools were recently used to introduce a 25 kb human gene into the mouse...design of highly active sgRNAs for CRISPR-Cas9–mediated gene inactivation. Nat Biotechnol 32:1262–1267..., Nakauchi H (2018) Intra-embryo Gene Cassette Knockin by CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing with Adeno-Associated... Efficient Production of Gene-Modified Mice using Staphylococcus aureus Cas9. Sci Rep 6: . https://doi.org...
  17. CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...protein-coding genes thanks to systems like CRISPR/Cas9 that allow them to manipulate full genes and observe...nearby genes and its role in gene expression, though this may still unexpectedly affect nearby genes (Figure...The CRISPR/Cas9 system is often used to knock-out, or permanently disable, protein-coding genes by generating...JS. Fitness effects of CRISPR/Cas9-targeting of long non-coding RNA genes. Nature biotechnology. 2020;38...CRISPR plasmids at Addgene! Knock-in: Introducing tags or stop signals Once Cas9 generates double-strand breaks...powerful tools. CRISPRi uses a nuclease-dead Cas9 protein (dCas9) and a sgRNA to temporarily block the transcription...only 2% of our genome is made of protein-coding genes, and you might be wondering what the rest of our...
  18. Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond

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    ...effectively serving their function of guiding Cas9 to generate a targeted break. These advances in gRNA technology...surprise then that stability of the RNA used in CRISPR-Cas9 experiments – the “gRNA” – suffers from the same...modifications The recognition sequence for CRISPR-Cas9 targeting is led by a ~20 bp gRNA which is part ...trans-activating crRNA (tracrRNA) which interacts with the Cas9 protein. These RNA molecules are vulnerable to attack...partially DNA gRNA is surprisingly well-tolerated by the Cas9 protein and can increase on-target efficiency. In...modifications listed above were developed before CRISPR-Cas9, for use in applications like siRNA and antisense...On-off switches for gRNAs A major drawback of CRISPR-Cas9 technology is that most expression systems are constantly...
  19. An “elegans” Approach to Better CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency

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    ...which I use to study gene regulation during developmental processes, CRISPR/Cas9 allows us to delete sequences...co-conversion markers. Expanding beyond Cas9 Since the development of CRISPR/Cas9 editing methods, other Cas proteins...mammalian and yeast cells using modified Cas9 proteins to regulate gene expression (CRISPRi/CRISPRa), visualize...Forstemann K (2014) Efficient chromosomal gene modification with CRISPR/cas9 and PCR-based homologous recombination...Recovery of Custom Genetic Modifications with CRISPR/Cas9 in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genetics 198:837–846 ....Editing Using CRISPR-Cas9. Genetics 211:431–457 . https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.118.301775 Ghanta KS...elegansvia a CRISPR–Cas9 System. Genetics 195:1181–1185 . https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.113.156075 Ward...
  20. Mapping the 4D nucleome with CRISPR/Cas9

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    ... a colorful Cas9 toolbox, Ma et al. turned to SpCas9 and its orthologs NmCas9 and St1Cas9. Each ortholog...states. dCas9 gets a colorful makeover Even without its nuclease activity, catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9...joins the pantheon of useful CRISPR/Cas9 techniques, we at Addgene are excited to see what’s coming next...this publication at Addgene. A protein-tagging system for signal amplification in gene expression and fluorescence... colorful system that uses fluorescently labeled Cas9 to label multiple genomic loci in live cells. While...hybridization (FISH) or fluorescently labeled TALEs, CRISPR/Cas9’s ease of use and ability to label live cells make... chromatin organization. This fluorescent CRISPR/Cas9-based method is a great step forward in live cell...
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