Truncated gRNAs for Regulating Gene Expression
Type
Blog Post
Published
Jan. 10, 2017, 3:37 p.m.
... Cas9 can be reprogrammed to serve as a regulator of gene expression. Its catalytic domains can be mutated...genetic edits. Cas9 is a DNA binding protein that can be directed to virtually any genetic locus when complexed...break (DSB) stimulates DNA repair mechanisms that can be exploited to either inactivate a gene or introduce...this nuclease-null or “dead” Cas9 (dCas9) variant can then be fused to effector domains such as transcriptional...activity is eliminated (Fig. 1) (1, 3). The gRNA can be further modified by incorporation of an RNA hairpin...4). Taken together, these minor gRNA alterations can be exploited to quickly and inexpensively generate...benefit of the use of truncated guides is that they can be delivered into systems that already express nuclease-competent...