New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications
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...can be delivered to the CNS by lentivirus, which has a larger packaging capacity than AAV. Such an approach...should be screened for activity in vitro and then packaged into AAV for in vivo delivery. Multiplex gene ... also possible and is only constrained by AAV packaging limits (i.e., how many sgRNA expression cassettes...vivo CRISPRa (Savell et al., 2019). This dual lentivirus system pairs ubiquitous expression of sgRNA(s... such as EF-1α and CAG.
Figure 2: Dual lentivirus system with ubiquitous expression of sgRNA (top...