New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications
Type
Blog Post
Published
July 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m.
...the Day Lab, who developed neuron-optimized lentiviral vectors for in vitro and in vivo CRISPRa (Savell ...physiology.
The Day Lab’s neuron-optimized lentiviral vectors can be found here.
High-throughput screening...including transgenic mice, neuron-optimized viral vectors, and high-throughput screening approaches. Here...largely precludes delivery by adeno-associated vectors (AAV). This issue was recently circumvented by ...sgRNAs can be found here.
Neuron-optimized viral vectors
Alternatively, Cas9 activators can be delivered... ubiquitous expression of sgRNA(s) and mCherry (vector 1) with neuron-specific expression of dCas9-VPR...BioRender.com.
The Day Lab used their optimized vectors to highlight a key advantage of CRISPRa over traditional...