...fast, and cheap distribution of the newest CRISPR-Cas plasmids, has been a key driver of the technology...complete without the inclusion of some interesting case studies, and Zimmer provides several. In Part Three...winners for developing the technology. Though these case studies are “old,” they lead Zimmer to one of his...research, how they conduct their research, and in some cases, if they conduct their research. Even if Zimmer ...

.../s41596-020-0304-x Zimmermann I, Egloff P, Hutter CA, Arnold FM, Stohler P, Bocquet N, Hug MN, Huber S...

...anti-CRISPRs were identified that inhibit the S. aureus Cas9, a Cas protein that is smaller and easier to deliver...CRISPR/Cas9 constructs. zCas9i is a high efficiency intron-optimized SpCas9-coding gene. SlugCas9 is a ...promoters driving expression of Cas9 were used in this study.  The zCas9i cloning kit is a plant cloning... of the population.  Because indel generation by Cas9 can occur at a steady rate, scientists found a way...a compact Cas9 ortholog from Staphylococcus lugdunensis that recognizes a NNGG PAM and has comparable ...comparable activity to SaCas9. A new yeast inducible CRISPRi library - Ampl133 targets S. cerevisiae genes with...

...pieces of RNA that bind to a cell’s DNA, telling the Cas machinery where to cut.      Fig. 2: Heatmap... the guide from binding to the genome or prevent Cas9 from cutting, both of which can introduce significant... are undercounted by approximately 20%. In some cases, this may lead researchers to deprioritize genes...

...Gateway Cloning Platform (Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA) that represents 180 genes from the Ras signaling...work. Both cases yield the same result – uncontrolled movement of the vehicle or, in the case of cancer... a global scale, tens of millions of new cancer cases arise and millions of people die from cancer-related...and brake pedal of a vehicle, respectively. In the case of a mutation that turns a proto-oncogene permanently... pathway and be eliminated from the body. In the case of cancer, however, the apoptotic pathway is circumvented...

...Gibson DG, Young L, Chuang RY, Venter JC, Hutchison CA, Smith HO.Enzymatic assembly of DNA molecules up ...sequences. Intermediate chaining products (called “cassettes”) can be readily reused in the assembly of any...any later construct (i.e.,functional cassettes are recyclable) Can only work if the restriction sites used...

...Delivery of Gene-Editing Systems Based on CRISPR/Cas: Current State and Perspectives. Viruses, 13(7), ...molecular biologists working with vectors are, in most cases, interested in transferring genes to mammalian cells...viral protein reverse transcriptase (RT). In the case of a natural virus, both the protein and the genetic...particle, along with its RT-deficient genome. In both cases, the lipid membrane is the only component that is...whatever other tool you chose to express. In the case of a natural virus, this new chromosomal locus is...

...CRISPR libraries. The Genome Engineering using CRISPR/Cas Systems Forum- Moderated by the Feng Zhang lab, this...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...

...Addgene. 2. Bikard, David, et al. “Exploiting CRISPR-Cas nucleases to produce sequence-specific antimicrobials...systems (Find the Citorik Plasmids here). In both cases, they used 1-2 CRISPR crRNAs targeting sequences...gene being encoded by a high-copy plasmid. In the case of the genomically encoded quinolone resistance,...

...reptiles at all. But new success is coming with CRISPR/Cas in lizards. The Menke Lab was able to make an albino...   It’s not an overstatement to say that CRISPR/Cas9 editing is one of the key tools now providing access... be immortal. Manihot esculenta (Blake Meyers) Cassava is the fifth most grown crop in the world so it...-Mediated Ovary Transduction of Cargo)  delivers Cas9 RNP to the arthropod germline by injection into ...