Optogenetics + CRISPR, Using Light to Control Genome Editing
Type
Blog Post
Published
Sept. 3, 2020, 12:15 p.m.
.../Cas9 effector (LACE) system, the Gersbach lab utilized a similar strategy to develop an optimized photoactivatable...repair (HDR). This system is unique in that it utilizes a “split” nuclease - the authors fragmented Cas9...the figure below. Their most successful design utilized Magnet photoswitchable proteins derived from the...far-red light-activated split-Cas9 (FAST) system constitutively expresses the C-terminal fragment of Cas9 while...