CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome
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...Researchers showed that TALE-TET1 constructs, which fused a TALEN to the Tet1 demethylase catalytic domain...with BioRender.com.
Tet1 demethylase
Ronggui Hu’s lab has created pdCas9-Tet1-CD for targeted cytosine...mammalian cells. This plasmid is used with pcDNA3.1-MS2-Tet1-CD to decrease methylation and activate transcription... ready-to-use lentivirus.
Figure 2: dCas9-Tet1 demethylates cytosines at promoters and enhancers...increased transcription. Created with BioRender.com.
Tet1 initiates cytosine demethylation of DNA. However...oxidation and repair pathways work downstream of Tet1 to restore the DNA after cytosine removal. Recently...system. This system allows for targeted delivery of Tet1 alone, or coupled with DNA oxidation and repair ...