Mapping the 4D nucleome with CRISPR/Cas9
Type
Blog Post
Published
Aug. 11, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
...resolved loci with physical map distances of 75 and 2 Mbp, with the calculated fluorescent distances correlating...established physical map. In comparing pairs of targets ~2 Mbp apart, they noticed that they could evaluate the... its nuclease activity, catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) has many applications, the most well-known being...characterizing the 4D nucleome.
Future modifications and applications
Ma et al. developed this technique ...have major applications to cancer, for example, the visualization of chromosomal translocations or chromosomal...plasmids from this publication at Addgene.
A protein-tagging system for signal amplification in gene expression...technique published every week! One of the newest applications is a colorful system that uses fluorescently...