CRISPR 101: Cas9 Nickase Design and Homology Directed Repair
Type
Blog Post
Published
March 15, 2018, 12:59 p.m.
...bluntly with WT Cas9 and one gRNA, you can create a staggered cut using a Cas9 nickase and two gRNAs.
For ...test nickase preferences using HEK293 cells. They started by comparing D10A and H840A total editing efficiency...PAM-in and PAM-out configurations with varied nick distances (40 - 130 nt). From these results, it’s clear ...than that of H840A, especially with smaller nick distances. Using D10A, they subsequently showed that editing...low when the gRNAs are too close (7-23 nt nick distance).
Both D10A and H840A are potent editors, but ...obtain high HDR efficiency. Nickases create a staggered cut - could this system mediate repair throughout...the target site rather than the optimal <10 nt distance. Employing two gRNA sites that are further away...