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MiniCAFE, a CRISPR/Cas9-based compact and potent transcriptional activator, elicits gene expression in vivo.

Zhang X, Lv S, Luo Z, Hu Y, Peng X, Lv J, Zhao S, Feng J, Huang G, Wan QL, Liu J, Huang H, Luan B, Wang D, Zhao X, Lin Y, Zhou Q, Zhang ZN, Rong Z
Nucleic Acids Res. 2021 Mar 22. pii: 6179929. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkab174. (Link opens in a new window) PubMed (Link opens in a new window) Article

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ID Plasmid Purpose
169910CMV-VPR-S-L1-dCjCas9 MiniCAFEExpression of a truncated VPR-dCjCas9 fusion protein to activate gene expression.
169912pRGEN-CMV-10XGCN4-L1-dCjCas9 S-DExpression of a SunTag-dCjCas9 fusion protein in which 10 copies of the GCN4 peptide are fused to the N terminus of dCjCas9.
169913pRGEN-CMV-VPR-L1-CjCas9 V-DExpression of a VPR-dCjCas9 fusion protein to activate gene expression.
169914pRGEN-CMV-VPR-WT CjCas9 V-WTExpression of VPR-WT CjCas9 fusion protein to induce orthogonal genes knock out and activation.
169915pU6-cj-E sgRNAExpression of sgRNA on an optimized gRNA scaffold contains A-U pair flip stabilize the CjCas9/sgRNA complex.
170115Pdpy-30-miniCAFEDpy-30 promoter-driven expression of a truncated VPR-dCjCas9 fusion protein (MiniCAFE) for activation of gene expression.

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