Optogenetics + CRISPR, Using Light to Control Genome Editing
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...off-target activity, and prevent cytotoxic effects. For a more detailed review, check out our blog post...externally control the location, timing, and reversibility of the genome editing process. Read on to learn...expression while imparting spatiotemporal control, reversibility, and repeatability.
The system developed by ...ASCL1 gene could be spatially controlled in a reversible and repeatable manner.
With their light-activated... after 30 hr. The system was also shown to be reversible and repeatable when blue light (450nm) was cycled...paCas9-2 system could be spatially controlled and reversibly activated by turning blue light on and off.
As...repressor (dCas9). The activity of all variants was reversible and repeatable.
Since these initial studies ...