What's New in CRISPR - March 2020
Type
Blog Post
Published
March 10, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
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Optogenetic repressors of gene expression in yeast
Megan McClean’s lab generated an optogenetic...2019.
Fusing epigenetic modifiers such as TET1 with inactive Cas enzymes can alter gene expression via...optogenetic toolkit that controls repression of gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The system consists... enters the nucleus where dCas9-Mxi1 can repress gene expression. In the dark, the NLS is inaccessible...dilutions of CRISPRi in Caulobacter cells for ctrA gene expression using various dCas9. Image adapted from...takes several weeks to delete or deplete individual genes. Michael Laub’s lab developed a CRISPRi system to...downregulate expression of specific Caulobacter genes using a catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) derived ...