CRISPR 101: Non-Homologous End Joining
Type
Blog Post
...advantage to using the CRISPR/Cas system for genome engineering is the fact that Cas9 can be easily programmed...https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2013.08.021
Waters CA, Strande NT, Pryor JM, Strom CN, Mieczkowski P, Burkhalter....
Repair of Cas9-induced breaks by NHEJ
As illustrated below, NHEJ-mediated repair of Cas9-generated breaks...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...population of cells constitutively expressing a targeted Cas9 should possess indels in the majority of their chromosomes...