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  1. Teaching an Old DOG New Tricks: Controlling Protein Activity with GFP

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    ...for oxidizing environments to photoconvertible variants, it seems like GFP is always learning new things...proteins with a modular structure, constructing split variants should be relatively straightforward, but it is...versions of non-modular proteins like Cre. Could Cas9-DOG be developed soon to allow genome modification...
  2. 22 Hot Plasmid Technologies from 2014

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    ...plasmids available! Interested in purifying Cas9? Check out pET-28b-Cas9-His from Alex Schier's lab, designed...the lab of Yonglong Chen, pCS2-3xFLAG-NLS-SpCas9-NLS is a Cas9 expression plasmid that was used by Chen...colleagues, FokI-dCas9 expresses Fok1 nuclease domain fused to catalytically inactive Cas9 DNA-binding domain...which is 45 nm more red-shifted compared to other variants. The group further optimized Chrimson through ...off-kinetics (15.8 ± 0.4ms from 21.4 ± 1.1 ms); this new variant was named ChrimsonR. Plasmids containing Chronos...lentiviral and AAV expression vectors for certain variants. Klapoetke et al., Nat Methods 2014 Mar 11;(...gene/region of interest is a key step for CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. Dr. Masahito Ikawa has created a GFP...
  3. The Fluorescent Vegetables in Aptamer Soup

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    ...Gram-positive bacteria (Kellenberger et al., 2013). Other variants of Spinach include Baby Spinach, a miniaturized...cellular RNA to specific intracellular locations using Cas9 and track the localization of the complex. Broccoli...short non-coding RNAs (Autour et al., 2018). Three variants of Mango, coined Mango II, III, and IV, were then...high binding affinity to TO1-biotin. Two of these variants exhibit increased brightness compared to Mango...
  4. CRISPR 101: Cytosine Transversion Editors

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    ...editors use either catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) or a Cas9 nickase (nCas9) to avoid introducing double-strand...need from Cas9 are sequence specificity and the R-loop structure. In order to bind DNA, Cas9 requires ...expanded CGBE target scope by creating BE variants with other Cas9s that recognize different PAMs. Their computational...non-target strand of DNA for Cas9 to bind.   R-loop The structure formed by Cas9 binding to DNA and separating...PAM) on the opposite strand. Once it finds a PAM, Cas9 unwinds the adjacent DNA to create a region of separate...single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) region, using enzymes fused to Cas9 to alter the exposed ssDNA bases. Thus, base editors...window restricted to the stretch of ssDNA created by Cas9 binding. Pro tip! In CRISPR, the non-target strand...
  5. Plan Your Experiment

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    ...organism without a specific preferred mutation Cas9 (or Cas9 nickase) Single (or dual) gRNA targeting 5′ ...generating a point mutation or inserting a tag Cas9 (or Cas9 nickase); Base editor Single (or dual) gRNA ...concern, Cas9-gRNA ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes are advantageous due to the transient Cas9 expression... RNA delivery of Cas9 and gRNA In vitro transcription reactions generate mature Cas9 mRNA and gRNA, which...generate transgenic embryos Cas9-gRNA ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes Purified Cas9 protein and in vitro transcribed...want to consider alternative Cas enzymes ( see Cas9 variants and PAM sequences ). Once possible PAM sequences...and/or Cas9 expression or (2) a lack of efficient target cleavage in cells expressing both Cas9 and gRNA...
  6. Human Germline Editing Using CRISPR

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    ... samples. Ma et al. designed plasmids containing Cas9 and two different gRNAs, and electroporated them...genome sequencing in selected control and CRISPR-Cas9 injected embryos. In all cases, they did not observe...CRISPR Topic Page Read about High Fidelity CRISPR Variants Target Multiple Genes at Once with CRISPR Resources...
  7. Split Fluorescent Proteins for Studying Protein-Protein Interactions

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    ...2010 Yuhai Cui Red mScarlet Split-wrmScarlet variant of mScarlet Split-wrmScarlet and split-sfGFP: tools...-10) and sfCherry2(11), also photo-activatable variant PAsfCherry2(1-10) Improved split fluorescent proteins...Split-horseradish peroxidase (Alice Ting Lab 2016)  Split-Cas9 for inducible genome editing (Feng Zhang Lab 2015...
  8. Hot Plasmids Spring 2024

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    ...Blainey’s lab has developed a multiplexing approach to Cas9-based pooled CRISPR screens called CROPseq-multi...Anzalone et al., 2019, including modifications to the Cas9 or reverse transcriptase enzymes, inhibition of ...end of the pegRNA, which is not well protected by Cas9. This is similar to the proposed mechanism for engineered...domain conferred several new improvements. The new variant has increased signal-to-noise ratio and better ...of applications, including CRISPR activation by dCas9-VPR, prime editing, and delivery of disease-relevant...
  9. CRISPR 101: Drug discovery and CRISPR

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    ... line knock-ins of patient mutations which are variants of unknown significance – mutations with unclear...CRISPR 101: Making a Knock-In Cell Line Using CRISPR-Cas9 to Edit Disease Out of the genome Tips for a first...
  10. Validated gRNA Sequences

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    ...a single species or PAM binding variant of Cas9 (e.g. Wild-type SpCas9 must be used with targets that ...activity. Know your target. Which species or variant of Cas9 ( S. pyogenes, S. aureus etc.) was this gRNA...C. elegans TCCGCTACCATAGGCACCA 71479 cut VQR Cas9 variant 26680661 Fire dpy‐10 C. elegans GCTACCATAGGCACCACGAG...and Resources page have been used to indicate the Cas9 application the gRNA was designed to accomplish....Target Species Target Sequence Plasmid ID Application Cas9 Species PubMed ID Depositor OCT4 H. sapiens CTCCCATGCATTCAAACTG...10 C. elegans CGCTACCATAGGCACCACG 71516 cut VRER Cas9 mutant 26680661 Fire dpy-10 C.elegans GCTACCATAGGCACCACGAG...Christiaen EGFP A. victoria multiple, see article 60071 dCas9-FokI S. pyogenes 24770325 Joung EGFP A. victoria...
  11. CRISPR History and Development for Genome Engineering

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    ...High fidelity Cas9s: Three high fidelity Cas9 variants , SpCas9-HF, eSpCas9, and HypaCas9 display very ...III and Cas9 enzymes, which together separate the individual crRNAs. (3) The tracrRNA and Cas9 nuclease...Staphylococcus aureus (SaCas9) is smaller than SpCas9 and more easily packaged in AAV. Cas9 orthologs also have...beyond SpCas9, moving us closer to being able to target every locus in every genome. Multiple Cas9 orthologs...capability of Cas9 to make other types of modifications at specific loci. Activate or Repress : dCas9 fused to...the crRNA would bind. (5) After the complex binds, Cas9 separates the double stranded DNA target and cleaves...Single multi-domain effector) Type I (Cas3) Type II (Cas9) Type III (Cas10) Type V (Cpf1) Type IV (Csf1) Type...
  12. Rewiring Metabolic Circuitry with CRISPR RNA Scaffolds [Video]

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    ...) model consists of a catalytically dead Cas9 protein (dCas9) that lacks endonuclease activity coupled...effectively change metabolic flux. The dCas9 protein and orthogonal variants can be used as regulatory ON/OFF.... Using dCas9 as an on/off switch The multiple scRNAs all individually utilize the same dCas9 protein....modulate dCas9 expression, multiple scRNA transcriptional programs can be regulated with dCas9 as a master...an orthogonal dCas9 protein that will still recognize guide RNA but with a different dCas9 binding module...specific proteins via aptamer domains. Combined with dCas9, this new scaffold RNA (scRNA) will bind to a PAM-adjacent...layered with distinct programs controlled by each dCas9 regulatory switch. By no means limited to the field...
  13. CRISPR 101: Off-Target Effects

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    ...blog CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 do I choose for my CRISPR experiment? CRISPR 101: Cas9 The Other Cas(s) CRISPR...more specific variants. HypaCas9, sSpCas9(1.1), SpCas9HF1, and evoCas9 are a few spCas9s which have been...Ma X, Gao F, Guo Y. Off-target effects in CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. 2023 Mar ...of Maya Kostman. The most commonly used Cas, spCas9, has gone through multiple rounds of optimization...
  14. Analyzing CRISPR Editing Results with ICE from Synthego

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    ...from single or multiplex CRISPR-Cas9 double-strand DNA breaks using SpCas9. More features will be added ...Currently, ICE is configured for Cas9 fromStreptococcus pyogenes (SpCas9). ICE Score - The editing efficiency...Browse our CRISPR featured topic page xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with Pam Flexibility RNA Editing ...
  15. Plasmids 101: Screens vs. Selections

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    ...condition that can apply enough pressure to select for variants of interest, though. A selection can take the ... Genetic screens in human cells using the CRISPR/Cas9 system. Science, 343(6166): 80-84 (2014). 10.1126...
  16. Hot Plasmids - August 2020

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    ...utility of the system for use with low affinity variants of TEV. The new system has been demonstrated to...the evolution platform to generate TEV protease variants. Catalysis by TEV protease allows a transcription...fluorescence protein-based calcium sensors (jYCaMP1), variants of the calcium indicator jGCaMP7, that are optimized...new calcium sensors include syn-jYCaMP1s (slow variant), the Cre-dependent syn-FLEX-jYCaMP1s, and the ...an EGFP reporter. Expression of the dCas9-KRAB activator or dCas9-VPR repressor in hPSCs is also driven...piggyBac gRNA delivery and the all-in-one dCas9-KRAB and dCas9-VPR targeting plasmids can be found at Addgene...approaches rely on continual expression of both dCas9 and the gRNA. This expression can vary significantly...
  17. CRISPR 101: Any Base Transversion Editors

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    ...inserted the deaminase into the C-terminal domain of Cas9, which narrowed the editing window and reduced A...site. Like in most other base editor designs, the Cas9 nicks the non-edited strand to encourage the cell...models-assisted optimization of a uracil-N-glycosylase variant enables programmable T-to-G and T-to-C base editing.... gGBE consists only of engineered MPG fused to nCas9. First, MPG removes the G base from DNA to create...
  18. The 12 Days of CRISPR

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    ...CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: Functional Genetic Variants Revealed by Massively Parallel Precise Genome ...CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: High-fidelity Cas13 variants for targeted RNA degradation with minimal collateral...🎵 On the 3rd day of CRISPR, Addgene gave to me: dCas9-based gene editing for cleavage-free genomic knock-in...
  19. CRISPR Plasmids - Empty gRNA Vectors

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    ... plasmid contains Cas9 and if so, which function of Cas9. We have plasmids with Cas9 that can cut, activate...Expression System Cloning Enzyme Co-expressed Cas9 Cas9 System Selection PI pCRISPR 42875 Bacteria BsaI...BbsI)_CBh-Cas9-T2A-BFP 64323 Mammalian BbsI yes, cut S. pyogenes BFP Kuhn pU6-(BbsI)_CBh-Cas9-T2A-mCherry...meningitidis Joung Cas9 sgRNA vector 68463 Mammalian U6 none S. pyogenes Zhang Cas9/pTREX-n 68708 Other...independent U6 promoters and Cas9 from CBh promoter. Ventura A CRISPR/Cas9 toolkit for multiplex genome...cassettes are assembled into a Cas9 expressing vector. Yang A Robust CRISPR/Cas9 System for Convenient, High-Efficiency... into one vector, and plasmids that provide Cas9 variants. All components are then assembled into a single...
  20. Hot Plasmids: Summer 2024

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    ...recombinase variants to optimize PASSIGE efficiency (Pandey et al., 2024). The best-performing variant yielded...TALEs), with fifteen total variants deposited with Addgene. These variants, including a “miniCRISPR” version...allowing the team to develop self-silencing CHARM variants that stop their own expression after silencing... a programmable epigenetic editor consisting of dCas9 fused to a DNA methyltransferase — that can drive...DNA-targeting proteins, so the team created versions using dCas9, zinc finger proteins, and transcription activator-like... version, are much smaller proteins than SpyCas9, allowing them to be packaged in AAV vectors, potentially...histone tail (H3K4me0) to a DNA-binding protein (dCas9 shown here). D3L recruits the endogenous, autoinhibited...
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