An “elegans” Approach to Better CRISPR/Cas9 Editing Efficiency
Type
Blog Post
Published
Dec. 17, 2020, 1:30 p.m.
... the expression of a Cre recombinase contained within the knock-in. Including Cre-mediated marker excision...kilobases of additional sequence being introduced. Cre-mediated excision of the selective cassette minimizes...experimental manipulation. In some cases, injection of Cre is required, however the development of the self-...variable amounts of experimental manipulation and screening.
A co-selection strategy for CRISPR editing in... with inefficient sgRNAs in my initial direct screening efforts, which were similar to the approach detailed...low efficiency (0.13%) and laborious handling (screening 768 F1 animals). Recovering rare editing events...conditional-lethal mutation to identify edits with minimal screening effort. Selecting for repair of a lethal mutation...