INTEGRATE: Bacterial Genome Engineering Using CRISPR-Transposons
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...different orientations, but is strongly biased towards T-RL, where the R end is proximal to the target site...transposition, genetic cargos must be flanked by the L and R ends - thus, scarless insertions are not currently...efficient and programmable insertions of large DNA cargos into bacterial genomes. This new capability was...DNA (aka mini-transposon), which contains the DNA cargo of interest flanked by ~50-150 bp transposon end... which offer simple transformations for smaller cargos, and the ability to easily cure cells of the plasmid...spacer(s) into the CRISPR array
Clone desired DNA cargo into the mini-transposon
Transform plasmid(s) into...programmable insertions of even very large genetic cargo, at one or multiple desired genomic loci. Many applications...