PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing
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... protocol for MMEJ-mediated knock-in of a GFP-Puro cassette into a given locus, just upstream of a stop...microhomology to the insertion locus flanking the GFP-Puro cassette. Three double stranded breaks are necessary...necessary for knock-in: one on either side of the GFP-Puro cassette and one in between the 5’ and 3’ microhomologies...microhomologies (5’ and 3’) to anneal, knocking the GFP-Puro cassette into the locus (see figure below). The double-MMEJ...overview of PITCh. The PITCh plasmid contains a GFP-Puro cassette flanked by 5' and 3' microhomology and PITCh-gRNA...’ and 3’ microhomologies are added to the GFP-Puro cassette via PCR, and this construct is inserted into...their system in HEK293 cells, integrating the GFP-Puro cassette into the FBL locus. Upon sequencing of puromycin...