Fluorescent Tagging of Endogenous Genes with SapTrap
Type
Blog Post
Published
Oct. 12, 2017, 2:26 p.m.
... to promote homology directed repair after a CRISPR/Cas9 induced break. Learn more about these constructs... other CRISPR/Cas systems used for endogenous protein tagging, please visit our website CRISPR/Cas Plasmids...Jorgensen. “SapTrap, a Toolkit for High-Throughput CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Modification in Caenorhabditis elegans.”... of interest with a fluorescent protein fusion. CRISPR genome editing can help accomplish this goal. The...this system lies in the ability of the endonuclease Cas9 to create a DNA double stranded break (DSB) at a...sequence (like GFP) can be inserted at the DSB. CRISPR has allowed scientists to tag and light up endogenous...better understand normal protein function. However, CRISPR protein tagging does have its limitations, especially...