CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome
Type
Blog Post
Published
June 24, 2020, 5:45 p.m.
...including pcDNA-dCas9-p300 Core and pcDNA3.3-Nm-dCas9-p300 Core, as well as pLV-dCas9-p300-P2A-PuroR for...Transcriptional activation
p300 acetyltransferase
dCas9 fused to the catalytic domain of p300 acetyltransferase...pCMV-dCas9-D3A) and Tet-dependent (TetO-dCas9-D3A) constructs. For lentiviral expression, Fuw-dCas9-Dnmt3a...activators/repressors - dCas9-p300 increased transcriptional activation more than dCas9-VP64, especially when...for lentiviral expression.
Figure 1: dCas9-p300 adds H3K27ac marks to histones in promoter and enhancer...Goodell's lab has deposited pcDNA3.1-dCas9-MQ1(Q147L)-EGFP, a fusion of dCas9 to a small DNA methyltransferase...Fusing dCas9 to a transcriptional activator like VP64 or VPR activates transcription, whereas dCas9-KRAB...