CRISPR 101: Off-Target Effects
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Feb. 8, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
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CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 do I choose for my CRISPR experiment?
CRISPR 101: Cas9 The ...X, Gao F, Guo Y. Off-target effects in CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2023 Mar 9;11...confounding mutations, the risk is high.
You are generating a gene therapy product with CRISPR to (hopefully)...not to cleave DNA and instead activates/represses gene expression by various mechanisms. The RNA guide ...which involves making specific knock-out edits in a gene(s) of interest and has an average off-target frequency...involves making a large sgRNA library to thousands of genes and targeting and sequencing millions of cells. ...confound an experiment due to their location (e.g. in a gene in a similar pathway, a growth factor, etc.) this...