PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing
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...copies the sequence from a repair template with flanking sequence homology for error-free DSB repair. NHEJ...MMEJ uses regions with 5-25 bp of microhomology flanking a DSB to repair DNA. The DNA ends are chewed back...figure above, short (5-25 bp) regions of homology flanking a double-stranded break yield precise deletion... is likely to introduce additional nucleotides flanking the insertion. If the DNA ends anneal incorrectly...5’ and 3’ microhomology to the insertion locus flanking the GFP-Puro cassette. Three double stranded breaks...The PITCh plasmid contains a GFP-Puro cassette flanked by 5' and 3' microhomology and PITCh-gRNA binding...