Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout and transcriptional activation screening.

Joung J, Konermann S, Gootenberg JS, Abudayyeh OO, Platt RJ, Brigham MD, Sanjana NE, Zhang F
Nat Protoc. 2017 Apr;12(4):828-863. doi: 10.1038/nprot.2017.016. Epub 2017 Mar 23. (Link opens in a new window) PubMed (Link opens in a new window) Article

Plasmids from Article

ID	Plasmid	Purpose
73797	lenti sgRNA(MS2)_puro optimized backbone	optimized lenti sgRNA cloning backbone with MS2 loops at tetraloop and stemloop 2 and EF1a-puro resistance marker. Contains BsmBI sites for insertion of spacer sequences.
75112	lentiSAMv2	lenti sgRNA cloning backbone with MS2 loops at tetraloop and stemloop 2, dCas9-VP64, and blast resistance marker. Contains BsmBI sites for insertion of spacer sequences.
89308	lentiMPH v2	lenti vector encoding the MS2-P65-HSF1 activator helper complex with a 2A Hygro resistance marker (EF1a-MS2-p65-HSF1-2A-Hygro-WPRE). This version has a higher virus titer.