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  1. CRISPR Activators: A Comparison Between dCas9-VP64, SAM, SunTag, VPR, and More!

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    Oct. 6, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ... lines.   dCas9-VP64 Description CRISPR activation can occur through fusing dCas9 with VP64, a strong...shown significant improvements upon the initial dCas9-VP64 method, so there are multiple options to choose...transcriptional activation domain. Guided by dCas9, VP64 recruits transcriptional machinery to specific... on which sequence is targeted. Performance dCas9-VP64 activation is generally thought of as the “first... been able to achieve much higher activation, dCas9-VP64 is great for experiments that requires modest...transcription. This is done through creating a dCas9/VP64 fusion protein engineered with aptamers that ...Description Rather than using a single copy of VP64 per each dCas9, SunTag uses a repeating peptide array to...

  2. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    Blog Post
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    Dec. 23, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...specific genes using dCas9-VP64 activator fragments (dCas9(C)-FKBP-2xNLS-VP64 and dCas9(N)-FRB-NES). This...gene activation when fused to dCas9. In the dCas9-SunTag-VP64 system, dCas9 is fused to a scaffold containing...domains onto dCas9 to generate a dCas9-VP64-p65-Rta fusion protein (referred to as dCas9-VPR) had a synergistic...challenging using the existing dCas9-VP64 activator. The dCas9-VPR activation plasmids have great potential and...reporter vector. dCas9 or dCas9-VP64 (a control that is known to enhance gene expression) were then cotransfected...Cas9 sets (Addgene plasmids 62883 &62884; 62885 & 62886) Rapamycin-inducible dCas9-VP64 activator set (Addgene...greater than the original dCas9-VP64 activator. They also revealed that dCas9-VPR mediated gene activation...

  3. CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 13, 2022, 1:45 p.m.
    ...genes using dCas9-based activators The simplest of the dCas9 activators consists of dCas9 fused to a single... the genome but still want to affect gene expression? dCas9 can be used as a platform to deliver various...Repressing target genes using dCas9-based repressors Early experiments using dCas9 in bacteria demonstrated...frequently fused to Cas9 for this purpose. dCas9-KRAB plasmids for repressing target genes in a variety ...to the same genetic locus via co-expression of an epitope tagged dCas9 and antibody-activator fusion proteins...generally the strongest activator, consists of a dCas9-VP64 fusion and a modified gRNA that is capable of... Fig. 3: Cas9 repressors include dCas9 alone and a dCas9-KRAB fusion, both targeted to the promoter...

  4. Optogenetics + CRISPR, Using Light to Control Genome Editing

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 3, 2020, 12:15 p.m.
    ...transcriptional activator domain (VP64 or p65). Upon expression in the cell, the dCas9-CIB1 fusion binds to the...in which dCas9 binding occurs. Bubeck et al. expressed a telomere-targeting gRNA and a dCas9 fusion protein...fused to both the N- and C-termini of dCas9; and 2) CRY2FL-VP64, a fusion of full-length CRY2 and the ...transcriptional activator domain VP64. Using this system in HEK293T cells to induce expression of human IL1RN, the ...genomic loci for imaging techniques. Since expression of dCas9 can potentially alter the genome and chromatin...Cas9 nickase, Split dCas9 Genome editing by NHEJ and HDR, repression of gene expression by CRISPRi Nihongaki.... sphaeroides Cas9, dCas9 Gene editing Zhou et al., 2018   pdDronpa Cas9, dCas9 Gene editing, transcription...

  5. CRISPR 101: Epigenetics and Editing the Epigenome

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    Blog Post
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    June 24, 2020, 5:45 p.m.
    ...pCMV-dCas9-D3A) and Tet-dependent (TetO-dCas9-D3A) constructs. For lentiviral expression, Fuw-dCas9-Dnmt3a...deposited mammalian expression constructs including pcDNA-dCas9-p300 Core and pcDNA3.3-Nm-dCas9-p300 Core, as...as well as pLV-dCas9-p300-P2A-PuroR for lentiviral expression. Figure 1: dCas9-p300 adds H3K27ac...designed to alter gene expression. Fusing dCas9 to a transcriptional activator like VP64 or VPR activates transcription...activators/repressors - dCas9-p300 increased transcriptional activation more than dCas9-VP64, especially when...same modifier, Fuw-dCas9-Tet1CD, is available from Rudolf Jaenisch’s lab in plasmid form or as ready-to-use...Goodell's lab has deposited pcDNA3.1-dCas9-MQ1(Q147L)-EGFP, a fusion of dCas9 to a small DNA methyltransferase...

  6. Introducing an All-in-One CRISPR/Cas9 Vector System for Multiplex Genome Engineering

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 12, 2014, 3:54 p.m.
    ...and nickase, but we are now adopting dCas9, dCas9-VP64, and dCas9-KRAB in our system,” Sakuma said. “These...efficiency for all-in-one CRISPR/Cas9 vectors expressing up to seven guide RNAs (gRNAs). Sakuma said that...used the Golden Gate cloning method to ligate expression cassettes of the gRNAs into a single vector in...on earlier evidence showing that a CRISPR/Cas9 plasmid could be injected directly into mice for genome...These are sure to be powerful tools to modify the expression of multiple genes at the same time.” For more...

  7. Isolating Genomic Regions of Interest with the CRISPR System

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    May 30, 2019, 12:44 p.m.
    ...in mammalian cells by expressing dCas9 with an N-terminal 3xFLAG tag (3xFLAG-dCas9) and a gRNA targeting... This system utilizes dCas9 fused to a biotinylation tag expressed on a plasmid, allowing for in vivo ...inactive form of Cas9 known as dCas9 (Jinek et al., 2012). Like Cas9, dCas9 can bind to a specific DNA sequence...targeting gRNA. But dCas9 does not cleave the DNA. Much of the research using dCas9 has focused on transcriptional...gRNA, which can easily be cloned into a gRNA expression plasmid. Experimental use Since the initial report...vivo biotinylation through a plasmid-based biotin ligase. Biotinylated dCas9, with bound DNA, can then be...CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by function Find recently deposited plasmids ...

  8. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    Blog Post
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    Oct. 4, 2018, 12:44 p.m.
    ...an inactive RNA-guided DNA binding protein (dCas9). dCas9 is then tethered to a repressive domain, such...sgRNA library In addition to inhibiting gene expression, dCas9 can also be used for transcriptional activation...loss of function while nuclease-deactivated Cas9 (dCas9) can be tethered to a repressor (CRISPRi) or an ... activation domain (CRISPRa) to regulate gene expression. Some CRISPR libraries contain many sgRNAs per...screens can help reveal the function of lowly expressed genes or genes that are more drastically affected...developed to recruit transcriptional machinery to dCas9 and its RNA directed binding site. These methods... fusion of an activation domain such as VP16 to dCas9 or the recruitment of multiple copies of VP16 termed...

  9. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    Blog Post
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    Sept. 10, 2020, 11:45 a.m.
    ...  Gersbach Lab multiplexing plasmids: This plasmid set allows you to express 2-4 gRNAs, with four being...include humanized wt Cas9, dCas9 (transcriptional repressor), and dCas9-VP64 (transcriptional activator...Gibson Assembly Multiplexing Plasmids: These plasmids can be used to express up to 8 gRNAs after Golden ...Golden Gate Assembly Multiplex Plasmids: These plasmids allow expression of 2-5 gRNAs in zebrafish. Custom...Why use multiplexed gRNAs? By expressing multiple gRNAs on the same plasmid, you’ll make sure that each ...receive is: can I express more than one gRNA from a single promoter using a plasmid like pX330? Unfortunately... you’re working in Drosophila, a two-gRNA expressing plasmid is available from the Bullock lab, and gRNAs...

  10. CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    Oct. 11, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...dead Cas9 (dCas9) based activators (such as dCas9-VP64) or repressors (dCas9-KRAB or dCas9-SRDX) can also...toolkits for creating plant expression plasmids, including plant CRISPR plasmids from the Yiping Qi lab and...drive gRNA expression is dependent upon the cell type in question. In plant cells, gRNA expression is achieved...Cas9 expression is commonly driven by plant-derived RNA pol II promoters which regulate expression of longer...mRNAs for gene expression). Examples of commonly used RNA pol II promoters for Cas9 expression include the... Cas9, which enables expression of both Cas9 and the gRNA off of the same plasmid. Delivering CRISPR components... consists of a Ti plasmid, into which the GOI is inserted, and a Ti "helper" plasmid, which contains Vir...

  11. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    Blog Post
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    May 10, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ... available from Addgene. This system uses the dCas9-VP64 fusion commonly used to activate transcription...strategies for CRISPR-HIV therapeutics - one using dCas9-SAM to activate HIV-1 transcription and destroy ...HIV-1, measured via HIV-1 promoter-driven GFP expression. In cell lines that can produce HIV-1 toxic proteins... gRNAs to target the HIV-1 5’ and 3’ LTRs and expressed them along with Cas9 in the T-cell line 2D10. ...of the LTRs joined together. Clonal Cas9/gRNA-expressing cell populations were also immune to HIV-1 reinfection...cycle progression, or apoptosis with Cas9/gRNA expression. A pooled analysis found no evidence of Cas9 .... For two HIV-1 strains, Cas9/gRNA lentiviral expression significantly reduced the HIV-1 copy number, ...

  12. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    Dec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m.
    ...lines expressing it. The Church lab fixed this issue by creating a new dCas9-VPR expression plasmid that...doxycycline-inducible expression. The end result is genomic integration of dCas9-VPR and controlled expression of the...expression and plasmids optimized for dCas9-VPR expression in drosophila and yeast. Chavez A, et al. ...Cas9 nickase, and Cas9 activator expressing plasmids that can co-express 1-8 gRNAs. Ordon et al., 2016 tested...Neurosci 2016. PubMed PMID: 26950006 Plasmid ID Plasmid Name Plasmid Type 74309 pcDNA3.0-TRPV4-p2A-ferritin-p2A-mCherry...highlight a subset of the new plasmids in the repository through our hot plasmids articles. These brief articles...features and applications of a partiular plasmid or set of plasmids. We hope that these articles make it ...

  13. CRISPR 101: Targeting Non-Coding RNAs with CRISPR/Cas9

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    Blog Post
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    Nov. 14, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...such as VP64, SAM, or SunTag to specific ncRNA loci to enhance or upregulate ncRNA expression. This approach...insertions in the DNA sequence can completely disrupt expression of the transcribed ncRNA (Jiang et al. 2014)....a lncRNA on nearby genes and its role in gene expression, though this may still unexpectedly affect nearby...nearby genes (Figure 1A-C). Find CRISPR plasmids at Addgene! Knock-in: Introducing tags or stop signals...CRISPRa For scientists who want to modulate ncRNA expression without permanently altering the DNA, CRISPR ...tools. CRISPRi uses a nuclease-dead Cas9 protein (dCas9) and a sgRNA to temporarily block the transcription...JE, Perez EM, et al. Local regulation of gene expression by lncRNA promoters, transcription, and splicing...

  14. CRISPR Activation: A Practical Guide

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    Blog Post
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    Aug. 18, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...2018). cDNA libraries, which consist of plasmids that over-express coding sequences from a given cell type...used in therapeutics, as it can increase gene expression at certain loci to create changes in phenotypes...environmental triggers. This is done by creating a split dCas9 protein that can reassemble when exposed to specific...: once the environmental trigger leaves, gene expression is no longer activated. However, there are several...up-regulated. For instance, generally, the more highly expressed a gene is under native conditions, the less activation...Cas9 activators, check out our blog post covering VP64, Suntag, SAM, and VPR. Worry less about off targets... for altering DNA sequence or regulating gene expression.     References Behan FM, Iorio F, Picco G, Gonçalves...
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