Controlling for Off-target Effects with a New Genome-wide CRISPR Screen Design
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Sept. 13, 2018, 1:55 p.m.
...into the results, it’s important to note that in Morgens et al., guides were considered toxic if they were...non-specific toxicity than non-targeting guides
First, Morgens et al. looked at the effect of safe-targeting guides...guides. The genome-wide CRISPR screen presented in Morgens et al. contains three types of guides: 1) targeting... reduction in on-target efficacy.
Results from Morgens et al. show that genome-wide CRISPR screens are...testing thousands of guides for off-target activity, Morgens et al drew some generalizable conclusions about...Library are available from Addgene!
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1. Morgens, David W., et al. "Genome-scale measurement of ...Guide to All Things Lentivirus
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