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  1. Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries Enable Genome-Scale, Knockout Screening

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    Feb. 20, 2014, 4:57 p.m.
    ...sequential infection first of Cas9, then with the sgRNAs, and can result in a higher titer due to the smaller...study genes all across the genome? Two new human lentiviral CRISPR library systems described in companion... article describes the development of a mouse lentiviral CRISPR library.  “This enables you to do customized...technology.” GeCKO library for genomic screens Using lentivirus as the delivery vehicle, Neville Sanjana, also...for select gene groups The 6 available enriched lentiviral CRISPR libraries developed by MIT's Tim Wang ...unique gRNAs. Their gRNA library is delivered via lentiviral infection into target cells that have previously...as well as non-coding genetic elements.” These lentiviral libraries and their demonstrated application ...
  2. New Optimized Genome-wide CRISPRko, CRISPRi, and CRISPRa Libraries

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    Oct. 4, 2018, 12:44 p.m.
    ...CRISPRko sgRNA library The Brunello library consists of 77,441 sgRNAs with an average of 4 sgRNAs per gene...contains two sets of sgRNAs; A, the top 3 ranked sgRNAs, and B, the next 3 ranked sgRNAs. Dolcetto was able...containing only 3 sgRNAs (setA) also outperformed CRISPRi libraries with 10 sgRNAs in the sgRNA metrics, confirming... CRISPRko sgRNA library as pooled library or lentiviral prep! Dolcetto: human CRISPRi sgRNA library While...2014 to predict sgRNA activity. In this study scientists examined approximately 1,900 sgRNAs and identified...subsampling analysis of the sgRNAs, Brunello even with only a single sgRNA outperformed another CRISPR...CRISPR library with 6 sgRNAS, highlighting the benefit of sgRNA design in CRISPR libraries. Thus, the Brunello...
  3. New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications

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    July 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m.
    ...et al., 2019). This dual lentivirus system pairs ubiquitous expression of sgRNA(s) and mCherry (vector .... Figure 2: Dual lentivirus system with ubiquitous expression of sgRNA (top) and neuron-specific...transcription at genomic sites targeted by specific sgRNAs. Its RNA-guided nature makes CRISPRa much simpler...all the protein and RNA components, and several sgRNAs must be screened to identify effective ones. Simplified...constrained by AAV packaging limits (i.e., how many sgRNA expression cassettes will fit). Cre-dependent expression...expression of the SPH activator paired with AAV sgRNA delivery make the SPH mouse an attractive tool to...Synapsin-1 (pan-neuronal) promoters (Figure 1b), and sgRNAs can be found here. Neuron-optimized viral vectors...
  4. Pooled CRISPR Libraries Offer Genome-Wide Control for Large-Scale Functional Screens

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    Feb. 24, 2015, 7:50 p.m.
    ... activator (CRISPRa) sgRNA library uses the sunCas9 system and contains 10 sgRNAs for each transcription...nucleolytically inactive Cas9-VP64 fusion; 2. A sgRNA incorporating two MS2 RNA aptamers at the tetraloop...gain-of-function screening when combined with a compact pooled sgRNA library. Our SAM-mediated screens exhibited a high...transcriptional repressor (CRISPRi) library contains 10 sgRNAs for each transcription start site in those 15,977...further optimize those now. They are also developing sgRNAs that will enable even more fine-tuning of gene ...conducted earlier by the Zhang lab for GeCKO, a lentiviral CRISPR library enabling genome-scale, knockout...that you review the steps for how to use pooled lentiviral CRISPR libraries and keep the following in mind...
  5. Hot Plasmids Spring 2024

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    May 23, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...The team designed sgRNAs that include an internal barcode and separated multiple sgRNAs with tRNAs, which...uses two sgRNAs with internal barcodes (iBARs), multiplexed using tRNAs, within the lentiviral 3’ long ...is duplicated during lentiviral integration, producing a second copy of the sgRNAs. Image reused from Walton... polymerase III transcript, the sgRNAs were encoded on the lentiviral minus strand in the 3’ LTR. These...license. In this iteration, the size of the lentiviral insert was minimized to reduce recombination ...
  6. Hot Plasmids and Viral Preps - September 2021

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    Sept. 21, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Veening is now available with one sgRNA per operon or gene. The sgRNA pool can also target core operons... cell lines. The Turner Lab Human messenger-RBP sgRNA Library targets human mRNA binding proteins with...operons in other pneumococcal strains. The BARBEKO sgRNA library uses CRISPR cytosine base editors to disrupt... 10 guide RNAs per gene. The lab modified the lentiviral backbone to encode the CD90.1 selection marker...
  7. 28 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2015

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    Dec. 23, 2015, 3:30 p.m.
    ...fused to an sgRNA used to direct Cas9 to a specific genomic locus. When fused to the sgRNA and co-expressed...dCas9 – the dCas9, sgRNA/RNA cargo complex localizes to the sequence targeted by the sgRNA. This allows scientists...machinery that brings the sgRNA/cargo RNA to the appropriate DNA locus. The sgRNA/RNA fusions retained their...construct. The sgRNA targeting Gaussia luciferase can be easily replaced with an sgRNA targeting your ...specific recruitment of multiple copies of VP64 to the sgRNA-targeted gene, resulting in increased activation...SV40, SFFV) or inducible (CMV-TO) cDNA expression, sgRNA (U6) expression, shRNA/shRNA-miR30 constitutive ...and shRNAs with a reporter gene, or (4) multiple sgRNAs with Cas9 for genome engineering. The versatility...
  8. What's New in CRISPR - September 2019

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    Sept. 10, 2019, 12:56 p.m.
    ...targeting requires two sgRNAS: one that targets the knock-in site and a universal sgRNA that targets the donor... the genomic loci of interest. As the universal sgRNA is not predicted to target sites in the human, pig...CRISPR-Cpf1(Cas12a) Double Knockout Library is a lentiviral library targeting 26 genes chosen from an analysis...
  9. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    Sept. 24, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
    ...or HDR. EGFP validation of sgRNAs: Can evaluate component delivery and sgRNA efficacy by cloning in genome...you will need to deliver. Minimally, one or more sgRNAs and Cas9 are required for any application. If you...efficiency. Lentiviral transduction Cas9 and gRNA can be present in a single lentiviral transfer vector...plasmids provide the necessary components to make lentiviral particles. Stable, tunable expression of Cas9...Difficulty Very easy Very hard Viral delivery   Lentivirus Retrovirus AAV Cells Dividing or nondividing...: Traffic Light Reporter System: Can evaluate lentiviral component delivery as well as genome repair by...
  10. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning Applications and Kits

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    May 14, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...assemble multiple unique sgRNAs into a multi-TU targeting construct (Cas9, sgRNA, reporter, etc.). This ...for the multiplexing of sgRNAs against unique genomic targets or multiple sgRNAs against the same target...target to ensure efficient cutting. Beyond sgRNAs, MoClo can also be used to test a variety of Cas enzymes...Fragmid system was used to assess how different lentiviral plasmid backbone elements impact viral titer ...expand the Fragmid toolkit to facilitate other lentivirus- and AAV-based studies. Unified MoClo Systems...
  11. Hassle-free 96-well Format Epitope Tagging Using Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein

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    June 28, 2018, 3:01 p.m.
    ...complexed with sgRNA. Direct comparison of Cas9 RNPs prepared with an in vitro-transcribed (IVT) sgRNA versus ...cumbersome in vitro synthesis of single guide RNAs (sgRNAs), are time-consuming, have been typically optimised... the in vitro-transcribed single guide RNA (IVT sgRNA) approach (Dewari et al. 2018 and Figure 2). Not...construct plasmid vectors or synthesize/purify IVT sgRNA in the lab. Figure 2: Cas9 RNP complexed with 2...our CRISPR guide pages Find ready-to-use Cas9 lentivirus ...
  12. Hot Plasmids February 2024

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    Feb. 20, 2024, 2:45 p.m.
    ...endosomal escape. Combining Cas9-PAGE with lentiviral sgRNA expression yielded editing of 80–90% in human...limited (likely due to its long, negatively charged sgRNA), RNP delivery was much better with Cas12, which...Workflow to assess Cas9-PAGE editing with viral sgRNA targeting mCherry reporter (mChe), with co-incubation...
  13. Hot Plasmids June 2018 - Reverse transcriptase, nanobody, and protein-DNA interaction tools

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    June 27, 2018, 1:16 p.m.
    ...This ‘Caspex’ construct is guided by a pre-defined sgRNA sequence to a specific genomic locus and labels ... and targeted to a sequence of interest with an sgRNA expressed from a separate plasmid. When cells are...specific DNA sequence in only 1 min. Using these lentiviral plasmids, catalytically inactive Cas9 (dSpyCas9...
  14. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    Jan. 8, 2019, 1:54 p.m.
    ...Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes with an invariant sgRNA scaffold and cloning sites for inserting the guide...pyogenes CRISPR chimeric RNA element with customizable sgRNA from the U6 promoter and puromycin resistance from...pSpCas9(BB)-2A-GFP (PX458). lentiCRISPR v2 - This 3rd generation lentiviral transfer vector also from the...promoter. It’s a 3rd generation lentiviral backbone that must be used with lentiCas9-Blast or with cell lines...the last 15 years - the majority of these being lentiviral or CRISPR tools. How many times have these plasmids...Addgene psPAX2  - psPAX2 is a 2nd generation lentiviral packaging plasmid from the Didier Trono lab that...genes. It can be used with 2nd or 3rd generation lentiviral vectors and an envelope expressing plasmid, such...
  15. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Applications

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    April 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...shRNA sequence specific to your gene’s mRNA or a sgRNA targeting an exon in your gene of interest, for ...with many applications. These libraries include sgRNAs targeting the entire genome, overexpression of ...is more than one type of virus to choose from (lentivirus, retrovirus, AAV, etc.). When you’ve decided ...
  16. What's New in CRISPR - December 2019

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    Dec. 17, 2019, 2:37 p.m.
    ... expression. They replaced the tetraloop of the sgRNA scaffold with a com aptamer which binds an aptamer...Base editors CRISPR toolkit for epitope tagging Lentiviral capsid-based Cas9/gRNA ribonucleoprotein delivery...toolkit   Cas9/gRNA ribonucleoprotein delivery by lentiviral capsid-based bionanoparticle Transient expression... Cas9. Recently, Baisong Lu’s lab developed a lentiviral capsid-based bionanoparticle system for packaging...aptamer binding protein for packaging into a lentivirus-like particle. Read the paper in Nucleic Acids Research...
  17. CRISPR Kinome Libraries Available: Pooled and Individual Plasmid Formats

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    Sept. 9, 2016, 2:43 p.m.
    ...References: 1. Doench, John G., et al. "Optimized sgRNA design to maximize activity and minimize off-target...available in two vector formats: all-in-one (lentiCRISPRv2, expressing both Cas9 and an individual gRNA...gRNA from this single vector) and guide-only (lentiGuide expressing only an gRNA, for use with cells that...at Addgene, you can also order the individual lentiGuide gRNA plasmids targeting the human kinome. These...
  18. CRISPR 101: Off-Target Effects

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    Feb. 8, 2024, 2:15 p.m.
    ...of 5%. Your experiment involves making a large sgRNA library to thousands of genes and targeting and ...sequencing millions of cells. For every individual sgRNA, you recover a minimum of 1,000 targeted cells to...been used - GUIDE-Seq and integrase-defective lentiviral vectors - which rely on insertion of DNA by the...
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