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  1. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    Sept. 10, 2020, 11:45 a.m.
    ...chosen gRNA target sequences and clone them in just as you would for a single gRNA. You’ll clone in the...to 7 gRNAs. The kit contains different destination vectors depending on the total number of gRNAs you ... to clone, from 2-7. For example, if you’re expressing 4 gRNAs, you’d use pX330A-1x4; for 6 gRNAs, you...most gRNA is cloned into the Cas9-containing destination vector. These constructs are digested using BsaI...create lentiviral vectors expressing wt humanized Cas9 and up to three gRNAs. Entry vectors containing the...wt hCas9 entry vectors are supplied with the kit, you can clone your own entry vectors containing other...PolIII-gRNA cassette, Csy4-cleavable cassette, and PTG cassette.    Find gRNA multiplexing vectors at ...
  2. Plasmids 101: Golden Gate Cloning

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    Aug. 27, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Advantages of Golden Gate cloning Golden Gate cloning is one of the easiest cloning methods in terms of hands-on...which allow you to efficiently clone up to 7 gRNAs into one destination vector, making multiplexing easy.  ...restriction cloning guide! CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs Choosing a Molecular Cloning Technique...enzyme-based cloning methods. Each method has its own pluses and minuses, but Golden Gate cloning has been... and easy-to-use system to your cloning efforts. Golden Gate cloning technology relies on Type IIS restriction...construct, allowing for precise, scarless cloning. The cloning scheme is as follows: the gene of interest...one 30-minute reaction. The destination vector and entry vector(s) are placed in a single tube containing...
  3. PITChing MMEJ as an Alternative Route for Gene Editing

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    Feb. 23, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...PITCh vector via In-Fusion or SLIC cloning. Step 2: Design an insertion locus-specific gRNA The gRNA should...ideal use, this gRNA should be cloned into a vector containing Cas9 and the PITCh-gRNA. Step 3: Contransfect...plasmid carrying Cas9, the PITCh-gRNA, and the locus-specifc gRNA. The PITCh-gRNA creates two DSBs in the PITCh...Contransfect the PITCh vector with the vector carrying Cas9 and the PITCh- and locus-specific gRNAs Step 4: Select...induced via a generic PITCh-gRNA; the third break by an insertion locus-specific gRNA. These double stranded...sequencing of puromycin resistant clones, they found that 80% and 50% of clones displayed proper insertion at...repair, making it easier to construct targeting vectors. Addgene depositor Takashi Yamamoto’s lab has harnessed...
  4. What's New in CRISPR - Spring 2019

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    March 21, 2019, 12:47 p.m.
    ...plasmids String assembly gRNA cloning (STAgR) String assembly gRNA cloning (STAgR), developed by Stefan...single step gRNA multiplexing system that generates vectors containing high numbers of gRNAs in one overnight...reaction. STAgR is highly customizable as vector backbones, and gRNA structure, numbers, and promoters can... Read the paper in PLoS One Find the STAgR cloning plasmids Mobile-CRISPRi allows CRISPRi experiments...marker excision method for marking distinct cell clones developed by the Michalis Averof lab. It’s an alternative...controlled by manipulating complementarity between the gRNA and target. Read the paper in Development Find...
  5. Plasmids 101: Screening Strategies Used in Plasmid Cloning

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    Sept. 15, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...have taken up this vector, but it won’t tell you whether the vector contains the gRNA insert or not. A ...’re cloning a plasmid, you’ll need a way to find the needle in the haystack: the one perfect clone that...find the desired clone. Do your selection, then screen Why add a screen to your cloning strategy? A screen...cells that took up the vector and distinguish between plasmids that contain the gRNA (white) from those that...sequence over the Multiple Cloning Site (MCS) and into your insert. Check out our Vector Database to find plasmid...use positive and negative selection in plasmid cloning.  But oftentimes, a selection strategy is not ...screen will help you more easily identify successful clones so you have to weed through fewer colonies after...
  6. Pairing CombiGEM and CRISPR for Combinatorial Genetic Screening

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    April 12, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...20-bp gRNA target sequence and its 8-bp barcode, respectively. Once cloned into the storage vector, the...pAWp12 (Figure 2). Cloning from the pAWp28 storage vector to the pAWp12 lentiviral vector should retain the...RNAs (gRNAs) for genome editing in large-scale has led to the rapid generation of genome-wide gRNA libraries... containing one or more gRNAs. As each ligation reaction uses a pool of gRNAs as starting material, the...containing combinations of different gRNAs in each plasmid. Each gRNA combination can be tracked and quantitatively...and constantly improve gRNA libraries, excellent resources with effective gRNAs are publicly available...the barcoded gRNA library pool. (Adapted from Wong et al., 2016). With a list of gRNA targeting sequences...
  7. Your Top Requested Plasmid in 2015!

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    Dec. 30, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...a single empty vector and in pooled libraries containing thousands of pre-cloned gRNAs. DNA aliquots of...v2 is a lentiviral transfer vector used to deliver both Cas9 and your gRNA of interest to mammalian cells...Screening Using CRISPR/Cas9. If you need help cloning a gRNA into lentiCRISPR v2, you can take a look at...lab at the Broad Institute and was designed and cloned by Neville Sanjana. This fantastic research tool...lentiviral titer as compared to previous lentiviral vectors. It can be used both to knock-out single genes ...use lentiCRISPR v2 as the backbone for their many gRNAs. The high titer lentivirus production afforded by...Neville E., Ophir Shalem, and Feng Zhang. "Improved vectors and genome-wide libraries for CRISPR screening....
  8. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    Jan. 8, 2019, 1:54 p.m.
    ...  Find the scrambled shRNA vector. pLKO.1 - TRC cloning vector - This vector from the David Root lab is...lentiviral transfer vector also from the Zhang lab is used to deliver Cas9 and your gRNA of interest into...the Zhang lab is a mammalian vector that expresses both SpCas9 and your gRNAs and was also the top requested...slowly than standard plasmids. Find pLKO.1 - TRC cloning vector. Tet-pLKO-puro - Tet-pLKO-puro contains all...PX459) - This mammalian expression vector encodes both SpCas9 and your gRNA. It’s the former version of our...Streptococcus pyogenes with an invariant sgRNA scaffold and cloning sites for inserting the guide sequence...opening our UK office in 2014, to starting our viral vector service in 2016...we’re excited to help scientists...
  9. 27 Hot Plasmids from 2016

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    Dec. 22, 2016, 3:03 p.m.
    .... The vectors were based on the original EasyClone vectors (Jensen et al 2013) allow for cloning of up...interest and cloned into provided destination vectors using low-cost, one-pot golden gate cloning that results...HEK293FT cells expressing a single gRNA targeting a single gene. The gRNA expressing cells were then transfected...process of cloning, combining, and testing these different parts can be quite arduous. The cloning process...compatible with both standard Gateway cloning and the FNLCR Combinatorial Cloning Platform (CCP); the latter of...expression vectors with various promoters suitable for in vivo expression, and/or produce vectors to make...library” that contains ~90,000 gRNAs that target ~15,000 genes with 6 gRNAs per gene. The second is a "supplementary...
  10. Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1

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    May 9, 2017, 2:12 p.m.
    ...Assembly transfection One vector expresses Cas9 and up to 7 gRNAs Each gRNA requires its own promoter...lentiviral transduction One vector expresses Cas9, eGFP, and up to 4 gRNAs Each gRNA requires its own promoter...spCas9: ~4 kbsaCas9: ~3 kb ~3.9kb crRNA/gRNA length gRNA: ~100 nt crNA: ~42 nt Requires tracrRNA?...rely on transfection of more than one vector to express the gRNAs and Cas9. Co-transfections can lead to...expression vectors which are often more difficult to transfect or package into viral vectors. Cas9 multiplexing...pre-crRNA arrays simplifies the crRNA cloning process. For cloning, Zetsche et al used four oligos that...multiplexing vectors are larger because they require regulatory sequences to allow for expression of multiple...
  11. How to Deposit Your Plasmids with Addgene

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    Feb. 27, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...tags, or cloning information for each insert.  Encodes gRNA/shRNA A plasmid with one or more gRNA or shRNA...(s). Step 3: Cloning Information Please enter the name of the vector backbone you cloned your insert into...boxes with the vector backbone manufacturer, vector backbone size, total size of your vector + insert, any...shRNA sequences cloned into it. gRNAs are used for directing CRISPR/Cas9 to a targeted genomic location...backbone or was a part of the insert (when cloned into the vector backbone). If your plasmid has more than...by type. Figure 8: Add vector backbone information. List any promoters, cloning details for how your gene...sequence. Empty backbone A plasmid designed for cloning a gene/insert into it. Empty backbones often contain...
  12. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    Jan. 6, 2015, 5:21 p.m.
    ... are cloned into Golden Gate entry vectors via traditional restriction enzyme cloning, TA cloning, or ...recombination vectors. The efficient and flexible cloning process provides improvements to classical cloning methods...homology between the vector and gene primer for SLIC cloning. Amplify the pCoofy vector and the sequence ...for recombination in SLIC cloning to form the desired vector. The pCoofy vectors contain the ccdB cassette... existing transposon and vector systems and creating an all-synthetic vector that included only the elements...constructs? A new cloning system combining the advantages of Golden Gate and Multisite Gateway cloning methods ...that you need. The Golden GATEway cloning kit simplifies the cloning process for complex DNA constructs...
  13. Introducing an All-in-One CRISPR/Cas9 Vector System for Multiplex Genome Engineering

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    Nov. 12, 2014, 3:54 p.m.
    ...Golden Gate cloning method to ligate expression cassettes of the gRNAs into a single vector in tandem. ...for all-in-one CRISPR/Cas9 vectors expressing up to seven guide RNAs (gRNAs). Sakuma said that the new... to Design Your gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing CRISPR-Cas9: Tips for Optimizing sgRNA Activity Lentiviral...A newly established all-in-one vector construction system for CRISPR/Cas9-mediated multiplex genome engineering...systematically established way of making an all-in-one vector for multiplex genome engineering.” Now, they’...Schematic overview of the all-in-one CRISPR/Cas9 vector construction system for multiplex genome engineering...their CRISPR/Cas9-nuclease and CRISPR/Cas9-nickase vectors work successfully to target multiple sites in cultured...
  14. Your Top Requested Plasmid in 2016!

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    Jan. 11, 2017, 8:47 p.m.
    ...mammalian expression vector that you can use to express both SpCas9 and your gRNA in a variety of mammalian...which you can clone your 20 nucleotide guide sequence of choice (for generation of a gRNA that will target...mammalian expression vector that you can use to express both SpCas9 and your gRNA of interest in a variety...top requested plasmid from 2016 is an expression vector for CRISPR nuclease, SpCas9 from the Zhang Lab.... 5' of the 5'NGG3' PAM sequence as directed by a gRNA. 2A-Puro In this plasmid, SpCas9 is fused to the...resistance gene as separate peptides. PX459 This is the vector backbone. This particular backbone can be used ...mammalian cell lines. Alternative forms of this vector contain GFP-tagged and un-tagged versions of SpCas9...
  15. Tips for CRISPR Gene Editing in Mice

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    June 28, 2016, 10:59 a.m.
    ...individual gRNAs in their PX330 plasmids (or similar plasmids for gRNA expression), one gRNA at a time....in these mice, you can clone the PCR products into a pBluescript cloning vector and sequence the resulting...many previously validated gRNAs at Addgene. In vitro screening for the best gRNA Figure 1: Validation...a more successful gRNA design. Adapted from Mashiko et al., 2014. Not all gRNA’s are effective. At...expression cassette and sgRNA expression cassette. The target sgRNA can be cloned directionally into the...different types of gRNA design software. When you are happy with your selection, ordering the sgRNA is simple ... fragment containing the sgRNA target sequence can be placed in multi-cloning site (MCS) between EGFP ...
  16. Quickest Way to Deposit Plasmids: The Deposit Spreadsheet

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    March 8, 2017, 3:15 p.m.
    ...type in “Vector Type Other” column. For example, you may enter “donor template vector”. Cloning Method...Choose from: Gateway cloning, gene synthesis, Gibson cloning, ligation-independent cloning, restriction enzyme...biosensor affinity for calcium.”  Primary Vector Type The vector type should describe how your plasmid ... Type Choose from: Encodes one insert, encodes gRNA/shRNA, or empty backbone. Purpose Answer “...enzyme, TOPO cloning, unknown, or other. Bacterial Resistance Enter bacterial antibiotic resistance...possible, we propagate plasmids in the standard cloning strain DH5α. For plasmids with highly repetitive...plasmids containing the ccdB gene, such as Gateway vectors, choose the ccdB Survival strain. For plasmids ...
  17. CRISPR 101: Off-Target Effects

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    Feb. 8, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...cell clones to use for multiple downstream experiments. You only successfully generate 1 null clone and...in that single clone is low, but since all downstream experiments will rely on that clone not having any...above section, there are gRNA softwares available which score candidate gRNAs for on-target and off-target... Optimal gRNA selection With some CRISPR experiments, there is hardly any flexibility in gRNA placement...targeted CRISPR experiments is a ‘non-targeting’ gRNA, a gRNA which doesn’t perfectly match any site in the...room, you can minimize off targets by selecting a gRNA with low sequence similarity elsewhere in the genome...predictive online tools which can not only find gRNAs for you, but also score their probability of off-target...
  18. With Our New Viral Service, We're Taking CRISPR Further!

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    Dec. 6, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...not always an easy process. The cloning capacity of lentiviral vectors (~8.5 kb of insert) and the reduced... highly requested gRNAs including those targeting EGFP, BRAF, and MAP3K4. The gRNAs targeting EGFP can...MAP3K4 gRNAs allow you to target these widely studied signalling pathways. Find Validated gRNAs to use...has retained gRNA representation, produce high titer lentivirus from the library, ensure gRNA representation...providing lentiviral preps of select lentiviral vectors from the repository for you. We perform test infections...Finally, while we can’t currently produce custom gRNA-containing lentivirus, we are providing lentiviral...set of tools in the repository are CRISPR pooled gRNA libraries that can be used to screen for genes involved...
  19. Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing

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    March 27, 2018, 1:32 p.m.
    ... Genscript, and cloning them sequentially into the chosen acceptor vector. The vectors are then packaged...Ohmori et al 2017 use a dual vector system composed of SaCas9 and a gRNA in one AAV and a repair template...Check out our Viral Service Find AAV Vectors Browse all Viral Vectors ...well understood, researchers have been using AAV vectors for gene editing in mammalian cells since 1998....when delivered via AAV infection, gene targeting vectors with relatively short (1 kb) homology arms underwent...orders of magnitude higher than identical targeting vectors delivered through transfection of naked DNA. Other...markers that are only expressed when the targeting vector is inserted downstream of a functional promoter...
  20. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - May 2021

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    May 18, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...study.  The zCas9i cloning kit is a plant cloning kit that contains a series of vectors and DNA modules ...photocleavable gRNAs within seconds. A CRISPR-based lineage tracing tool captures rare clones that represent...cerevisiae genes with 6-12 guides per gene where gRNA expression is induced by anhydrous tetracycline....is available in serotype AAV1. The GCaMP8 viral vectors from the Janelia Farm GENIE project have arrived...arrived! We now offer several versions of GCaMP8 vectors in serotypes AAV1 and AAV5. AAV9 preps and more AAV1...projections and putative pre-synaptic terminals with one vector. AAV hSyn FLEx mGFP-2A-Synaptophysin-mRuby from...project. We now have over 40 INTRSECT 2.0 project vectors available as ready-to-use viral preps with more...
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