Behind-the-scenes of the Isolation of the Thermostable IgnaviCas9 From a Yellowstone Hot Spring
Type
Blog Post
Published
Nov. 12, 2019, 2 p.m.
...extreme physical and chemical conditions like YNP thermal sites - are also of practical interest since they...using a heat gun, and pH measurements. We collected small water and sediment samples, stabilizing them in ...hot spring sample. The sample was separated into smaller samples of 5-10 cells each for sequencing, allowing...IgnaviCas9 protein is 1,241 amino acids long, has optimal sgRNA spacer length of 22-25 nts, and is thermostable... Cas9 from Parvibaculum lavamentivorans, whose optimal growth temperature is 30°C.
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