Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery
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Blog Post
... packaging Streptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9) and a gRNA together (~4.2 kb) into an AAV vector is challenging...Zhang's group previously packaged Cas9 and multiple gRNAs into separate AAV vectors, increasing overall packaging...regulatory sequences while still fitting Cas9 and its gRNAs into one AAV, Cas9 must be made smaller. Previous... the Zhang lab created an all-in-one SaCas9 and sgRNA construct using the liver-specific serotype AAV8... a control AAV-GFP. Not only did the AAV-SaCas9-sgRNA constructs mediate genome modification, but they...