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  1. Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries Enable Genome-Scale, Knockout Screening

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    ... more about CRISPRs: Using CRISPR/Cas to Edit Disease Out of the Genome History of CRISPR Cas - A tale... lentiviral crispr-cas9 libraries...It’s clear that CRISPR-Cas9 technology has really changed the game for anyone looking to quickly and ... smaller size of the plasmids. The Zhang lab, on the other hand, uses a 1 plasmid, single infection system...system. Genome wide mouse CRISPR library The Yusa lab has leveraged the CRISPR system to target all 19,...Genetic Screens in Human Cells Using the CRISPR/Cas9 System. Wang T, Wei JJ, Sabatini DM, Lander ES. Science...Science. 2013 Dec 12. (PubMed). Genome-Scale CRISPR-Cas9 Knockout Screening in Human Cells. Shalem O, Sanjana...
  2. Top Requested Lentivirus and AAV of 2016

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    ... this plasmid Cas9 expression is typically cytotoxic, which makes generation of high titer Cas9 lentiviruses...Addgene’s lentiviral inventory is based on CRISPR tools, though we do provide a few non-CRISPR related ... from the same plasmid. LentiCas9-blast virus can be used to generate Cas9-expressing cell lines, which...related viral preps. Cas9 is the headliner of most CRISPR applications and can be expressed from your cell line...While various Cas9 mutants have been engineered to perform unique editing tasks, classic Cas9 nuclease, which...gRNAs in a monoclonal Cas9 background because you’ll have more consistent levels of Cas9 expression between... expressed from lentiCas9-Blast. Purpose of LentiCas9-blast LentiCas9-blast is a Cas9 expression vector...
  3. Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview

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    ... Many CRISPR plasmids are designed for lentiviral use, including Addgene’s top requested plasmid in 2015...consisted of three plasmids: the packaging, envelope, and transfer plasmids. The packaging plasmid carried a mutated...the Addgene Blog Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered Learn How Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries Enable Genome-Scale... lab’s lentiviral packaging and envelope plasmids are two of Addgene’s most requested plasmids! Lentiviral...Screening Using CRISPR/Cas9 Additional Resources on Addgene.org Check out Our Lentivirus Guide Learn about... systems, see our Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs. Lentiviral vectors in the lab Lentiviral vectors are incredibly...requested plasmids are used with lentiviral expression systems. If you’re new to the world of lentivirus, check...
  4. Plasmids 101: The protein expression toolbox

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    ...blog Plasmid 101: Inducible Promoters Plasmid 101: Repressible Promoters CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I...There’s also a CRISPR for that! CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) targets a catalytically dead Cas9 fused to a..., too! CRISPR activators (CRISPRa) are transcriptional activators fused to a dead Cas9. The system is ...knock out the gene for your protein of interest. CRISPR-Cas9 and a custom gRNA is all you need to generate... a gene (cDNA) can be done by either plasmid or virus. A plasmid carrying your cDNA can be targeted for...vector and Lenti expression vector. Turn it on for just a little while Yes, there’s a CRISPR for that, ...repression of protein expression. Addgene has a dCas9 KRAB plasmid for transient knockouts!  Turn it on Turn...
  5. Lentiviral Prep Service

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    ...Root Cas9 Lentivirus Cas9 viruses can be used to interrogate the genome in a variety of ways. Cas9 proteins... list of gRNA plasmids targeting specific genes. For more information on CRISPR plasmids and function,...function, see our CRISPR plasmids resource page . Cas9 for Editing Genomic Sequences To perform genome edits,...Pooled CRISPR Libraries Cas9 Pooled Barcoding Libraries Control Addgene's lentiviruses are made from plasmids... 52962 lentiCas9-Blast Sp Cas9 Cut Blasticidin Expresses human codon-optimized S. pyogenes Cas9 protein...GFP Zhang 61425 lenti dCAS-VP64_Blast dCAS9 (D10A, N863A) Blasticidin 3rd generation lenti vector encoding...Packaging Service page . Pooled CRISPR Libraries for Screening Use pooled CRISPR libraries to screen for genes...
  6. Overcoming the Challenges of Lentiviral Production

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    ...systems use 3 plasmids; an envelope plasmid that usually encodes VSV-G, a packaging plasmid containing structural...transfer plasmid carrying the transfer gene. By dividing the viral elements across multiple plasmids, the ...Rev gene from the packaging plasmid and incorporating it into a fourth plasmid. In addition, the promoter...and packaging plasmids in order to obtain the best titers. Requiring an additional plasmid for transfection...high titer virus for transfer plasmids with small inserts (such as CRISPR guides) while a single 72h harvest...page Resources on Addgene.org Lentiviral Guide Find lentivirus plasmids Browse all viral vectors ...events, newer lentiviral packaging systems divide the viral elements among multiple plasmids. Second generation...
  7. Viral Vectors 101: Preparing Pooled Libraries

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    ...single plasmid transformation, though, a pooled library has hundreds to millions of distinct plasmids, all...anyone who has worked with individual plasmids knows, some plasmids amplify well and others don’t. The size...Resources and references References Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout and transcriptional activation screening...Brigham MD, Sanjana NE, Zhang F. Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout and transcriptional activation screening...envelope plasmids into HEK cells allows production of lentivirus. Purification of this lentivirus results...protocol on Lentivirus Production provides a general approach for producing lentivirus in Lenti-X 293T cells...Pooled Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries- A nice overview of what to consider when using pooled lentiviral CRISPR...
  8. Isolating a Monoclonal Cell Population by Limiting Dilution

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    ...Addgene plasmid #52962 ) and is described in Improved vectors and genome-wide libraries for CRISPR screening...A549 cells stably expressing Cas9. A549 cells were transduced with lentiCas9-Blast 1 and then selected with...Figure 2: Cas9 expression in monoclonal cell lines generated from A549 cells transduced with lentiCas9-Blast... express Cas9 and are included as a control (WT). Vinculin is a loading control. 1 lentiCas9-Blast was...additional 3 weeks under blasticidin selection. Anti-Cas9 Western blotting was performed on whole-cell extracts... pool of stable cells. Transducing cells with lentivirus results in a heterogenous polyclonal population...protocol for generating stable cell lines with lentivirus . Day 0: (optional) Seed cells for the generation...
  9. Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus

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    ...properties make lentiviral vectors fantastic options for delivering shRNA, CRISPR/Cas9 components, and...virus (MoMLV) and consisted of two plasmids: the packaging plasmid containing all the structural genes...crossover event between the vector plasmid and the packaging plasmid caused the Psi sequence to be placed...expression of the transgene   Transfer plasmids The transfer plasmid is the vector you clone your gene of...usually 293T cells, with your transfer plasmid and your packaging plasmids. For this, you can use the transfection...generation of lentiviral vectors consisted of three plasmids encoding 1) the lentiviral vector genome ...techniques are still used and efficiently transfer plasmid DNA efficiently into dividing immortalized cells...
  10. Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)

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    ...edit using Addgene’s lentiviral CRISPR tools. Schematic overview of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing process...cells stably expressing Cas9 via transduction with Cas9 lentiviral vector, lentiCas9-Blast (52962-LV, Figure... Figure 1: Cas9 expression in A549 cells transduced with lentiCas9-blast. Anti-Cas9 Western blotting...Models Using CRISPR/Cas9 Resources at Addgene.org Generating Stable Cell Lines with Lentivirus Isolating...was expecting when I set out to make my first CRISPR/Cas9 gene edit. I wanted to inactivate the gene BRAF... Cas9 delivery Overview: Before any editing can begin we need our A549 cells to express Cas9. In these...with too many Cas9 integrations per cell, and my stable cell pool had wildly variable Cas9 expression (...
  11. Genome-wide Screening Using CRISPR

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    ...in a 1-plasmid system, in which Cas9 is included on the gRNA-containing plasmid, or a 2-plasmid system...gRNAs to Cas9 expressing cells. Pooled lentiviral CRISPR libraries (referred to simply as “CRISPR libraries...Pooled Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries” (McDade et al., 2016). To learn a bit about how CRISPR/Cas9 can be...through Addgene.  What makes CRISPR so special? A major advantage of CRISPR/Cas9 over previous genome editing...versatility. CRISPR/Cas9 consists of two components: the non-specific endonuclease (Cas9) and a single...gRNA-containing plasmids, each with a different genomic target. The goal of a CRISPR screen is to use Cas9 and a... Find CRISPR Plasmids Read our CRISPR Guide Find tools to design your gRNA ...
  12. Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1

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    ...Comparing the Cas9 and Cpf1 CRISPR Nucleases   Cas9 Cpf1 Components crRNAtracrRNACas9 crRNACpf1 ... Addgene's CRISPR guide page for a review of Cas9.  For a brief comparison of Cpf1 vs. Cas9, see the table...transfection of single plasmids vs pooled plasmids; for multiple edits, single plasmids are generally more... Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment A Match Made...Made in Heaven: CRISPR/Cas9 and AAV Resources on Addgene.org Browse Our CRISPR Multiplexing Resources...Resources Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Catch up on Your CRISPR Background with Our Guide Pages ...cleaves 5' of the protospacer Multiplexing CRISPR-Cas9 options before Cpf1 crRNA array Prior to this...
  13. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    ...produce a plasmid encoding the gRNAs and Cas9. As with the Gersbach lab plasmids, multiple Cas9 variants.... Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 2. Kabadi, Ami M., et al. “Multiplex CRISPR/Cas9-based genome...PMC4090141. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 6. Xing, Hui-Li, et al. “A CRISPR/Cas9 toolkit for ...PMC4262988. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 7. Ma, Xingliang, et al. “A robust CRISPR/Cas9 system for...Addgene.org Catch Up on Your CRISPR Background with Our Guide Pages Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Browse... ligation step. Plasmids are then digested using BsmBI and ligated into Cas9 or dCas9-containing destination...the multiple gRNAs and Cas9 together into a single plasmid. Although only wt hCas9 entry vectors are supplied...
  14. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    ... Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User) Resources on Addgene.org Browse CRISPR Plasmids for Mammalian...different CRISPR components. Select the appropriate CRISPR tools for your application: Wildtype Cas9 or Cas9...in vivo viral delivery. Cas9 mRNA and gRNA Plasmids containing gRNA and Cas9 are used in in vitro transcription...efficiency of CRISPR delivery. There are a few plasmids at Addgene that have been published as CRISPR testing... using CRISPR. AAV transduction Only compatible with SaCas9 (packaging limit ~4.5kb). CRISPR elements...techniques. More and more CRISPR tools are being published each month, making CRISPR a great choice for your...identify what CRISPR components you will need to deliver. Minimally, one or more sgRNAs and Cas9 are required...
  15. What's New in CRISPR - December 2019

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    ...Addgene.org Read our CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by function Find recently deposited plasmids ...the new CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR plasmid...blog Download the CRISPR 101 eBook Find our CRISPR 101 blog posts Read our CRISPR cheat sheet Resources...more new CRISPR tools for your research! This time: CRISPRi in Burkholderia Base editors CRISPR toolkit...Read the paper in bioRxiv Find Target-ACE   CRISPR/Cas9-based toolkit for epitope tagging in neurons ...bionanoparticle Transient expression of CRISPR/Cas9 in cells has advantages like reduced off-target activity and... the paper in Science Find RESCUE plasmids If you have a new CRISPR tool you’ve recently deposited to...
  16. CRISPR Plasmids - Empty gRNA Vectors

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    ...Whether the plasmid contains Cas9 and if so, which function of Cas9. We have plasmids with Cas9 that can ... CRISPR Empty gRNA Vectors CRISPR Plasmids: Empty gRNA Expression Vectors Browse CRISPR Plasmids...Xenopus CRISPR Resources CRISPR Guide Viral Preps Protocols gRNA Design Tools CRISPR Blog Posts CRISPR requires...Lab . Plasmid Expression System Cloning Enzyme Co-expressed Cas9 Cas9 System Selection PI pCRISPR 42875... on the plasmid. gRNA plasmids that do not co-express a Cas protein require a separate plasmid that does...from our collection. Plasmids Expression System Description PI Multiplex CRISPR/Cas9 Assembly System Kit...independent U6 promoters and Cas9 from CBh promoter. Ventura A CRISPR/Cas9 toolkit for multiplex genome...
  17. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    ...much more realistic with the advent of CRISPR. Using CRISPR/Cas9 SAM to "shock and kill" To “shock and...HIV-1 out of the genome with CRISPR/Cas9 Before the introduction of CRISPR, HIV-1 genome editing with ...updated CRISPR Guide! Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Browse gRNA Design Tools  ...Central PMCID: PMC4778041. Find CRISPR and lentiviral packaging plasmids used in this publication at Addgene... wild-type Cas9 to remove the HIV-1 genome from infected cells. Read on to learn how CRISPR can take on...targeted approach, Zhang et al. turned to the CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation Mediators (SAM) system... as a latent microglial line, treatment with CRISPR/Cas9 SAM increased the percentage of cells with activated...
  18. What's New in CRISPR - September 2019

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    ...Addgene.org Read our CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by function Find recently deposited plasmids ...the new CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR plasmid...CasX Drug inducible CRISPR/Cas9 activation E. coli genome-wide inhibition library CRISPR knockout libraries...inducible CRISPR/Cas9 systems for transcriptional activation and genome editing by fusing Cas9 to a mutated...metastasis CRISPR screen. The Chen Mouse Tumor Suppressor Gene CRISPR Knockout Library is an AAV CRISPR knockout...blog Download the CRISPR 101 eBook Find our CRISPR 101 blog posts Read our CRISPR cheat sheet Resources...vectors GeneWeld from Jeffrey Essner’s lab uses CRISPR/Cas9 and a donor vector to create knock-ins of fluorescent...
  19. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    ...combining specific sgRNAs with Cas9 or Cas9 derivatives. Unmodified Cas9 causes double stranded DNA breaks...genome-wide screening using CRISPR Resources on Addgene.org Find CRISPR plasmids and resources here Find...generation libraries for genome-wide CRISPRa, CRISPRi, and CRISPR-Cas9 knockout genetic screens." bioRxiv...outperformed another CRISPR library with 6 sgRNAS, highlighting the benefit of sgRNA design in CRISPR libraries....vemurafenib resistance in A375 cells. The SAM system (CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation Mediator) uses an improved..."Rational design of highly active sgRNAs for CRISPR-Cas9–mediated gene inactivation." Nature biotechnology... activity and minimize off-target effects of CRISPR-Cas9." Nature biotechnology 34.2 (2016): 184. PubMed...
  20. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    ...other CRISPR plasmids are from the Zhang lab. In fact, the Zhang lab has shared over 40,000 CRISPR-Cas9...requested plasmids over the last 15 years - the majority of these being lentiviral or CRISPR tools. How...applications. This plasmid was the top requested plasmid of 2017. Find pMD2.G. pSpCas9(BB)-2A-GFP (PX458...Find Tet-pLKO-puro. lentiGuide-Puro - This plasmid expresses the S. pyogenes CRISPR chimeric RNA element...PX458), pSpCas9n(BB)-2A-GFP (PX461) expresses both a Cas9 protein and a gRNA. But instead of Cas9, this ...PX458) - This plasmid from the Zhang lab expresses Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes with an invariant sgRNA...deliver Cas9 and your gRNA of interest into mammalian cells. This vector was the top requested plasmid of ...
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