Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens
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...incorporating two MS2 RNA aptamers at the tetraloop and stem-loop 2;
3. The MS2-P65-HSF1 plasmid which expresses...CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation Mediator or SAM. SAM is an engineered protein complex for the transcriptional...not been achieved.” That is, until now.
Enter the SAM pooled library
In a paper published in Nature in ... expresses the activation helper protein.
SAM can be combined with a human genome-wide library to activate...Nature paper reports, “Here we have shown that the SAM system is robust, specific, and can facilitate genome-scale...combined with a compact pooled sgRNA library. Our SAM-mediated screens exhibited a high degree of consistency...References & Further Reading:
For more information about SAM, including a tool for getting optimized guide sequences...