CRISPR 101: Off-Target Effects
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...sometimes localize to unintended sites with sequence similarity to the on-target site. When a CRISPR-Cas system...frequency of 5%.
Your experiment involves making a large sgRNA library to thousands of genes and targeting...targets by selecting a gRNA with low sequence similarity elsewhere in the genome. There are many predictive...Once you’ve selected a gRNA with low sequence similarity elsewhere in the genome to reduce off-targets...to consider your Cas enzyme. Even if there are similar sequences present in the genome, certain Cas enzymes...Candidate site sequencing
Sites with high sequence similarity to the gRNA can be sequenced. These sites can...appropriate method for an activator or repressor Cas. Similarly, Cas ChIP-Seq would also identify all DNA binding...