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  1. Isolating a Monoclonal Cell Population by Limiting Dilution

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    ...individual A549 cells stably expressing Cas9. A549 cells were transduced with lentiCas9-Blast 1 and then selected...Figure 2: Cas9 expression in monoclonal cell lines generated from A549 cells transduced with lentiCas9-Blast... not express Cas9 and are included as a control (WT). Vinculin is a loading control. 1 lentiCas9-Blast...could lead to reduced transgene expression over time, as the lower expressing clones take over the polyclonal...Addgene plasmid #52962 ) and is described in Improved vectors and genome-wide libraries for CRISPR screening...that are more likely to retain stable transgene expression. Other methods of generating a monoclonal cell...population be monitored regularly for transgene expression. This protocol has been optimized for adherent...
  2. Virus Protocol - Generating Stable Cell Lines

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    ...individual A549 cells stably expressing Cas9. A549 cells were transduced with lentiCas9-Blast and then selected... the most desirable level of expression. Over time, transgene expression in a polyclonal population may...single cells for 13 days. lentiCas9-Blast was a gift from Feng Zhang (Addgene plasmid #52962 ) and is described...Protocol to generate stable cell lines expressing a gene of interest from an integrated lentiviral vector...protocol can be used to generate stable cell lines expressing a gene of interest from an integrated lentiviral...lentiviral vector. Unlike the short-term protein expression observed using transient transfection approaches... lentiviral vectors enables long-term protein expression studies. Moreover, repeating experiments in a...
  3. CRISPR 101: Engineering the Plant Genome Using CRISPR/Cas9

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    ...model systems, expression of S. pyogenes Cas9 or Cas9 variants (hereafter referred to as Cas9) and a single...also contain Cas9, which enables expression of both Cas9 and the gRNA off of the same plasmid. Delivering...creating plant expression plasmids, including plant CRISPR plasmids from the Yiping Qi lab and the MoClo Plant...modifications to commonly used CRISPR plasmids are necessary to use the CRISPR system in plant cells. Like...RNA pol II promoters for Cas9 expression include the ubiquitously expressing cauliflower mosaic virus ...delivery of CRISPR components is essential for any CRISPR experiment, and failure to express either the... or Cas9 in your cell line will result in a failed experiment. CRISPR components can be expressed stably...
  4. CRISPR 101: Ribonucleoprotein (RNP) Delivery

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    ...pathways. This makes Cas9 RNPs useful for CRISPR applications where limited expression of Cas9 is required and...approach is to express and purify His-tagged Cas9 from E. coli using a plasmid such as pET-28b-Cas9-His from...promoters must be chosen for both Cas9 and gRNA expression       Plasmid DNA may be incorporated into the... can occur due to prolonged Cas9 expression     The requirement for Cas9 transcription and translation... similar efficiency as compared to plasmid-based expression of Cas9/gRNA and can be used for most of the...CMV or EF1A promoters found in many CRISPR plasmids) are not expressed. Because this method does not require...process known as CRISPR-EZ (CRISPR RNP Electroporation of Zygotes) (Chen et al. 2016). For CRISPR experiments...
  5. Tips for a 1st Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User)

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    ...variable Cas9-expression was across the different cells (Figure 3).   Figure 2: Cas9 expression in monoclonal...A549 cells stably expressing Cas9 via transduction with Cas9 lentiviral vector, lentiCas9-Blast (52962-LV... Figure 1: Cas9 expression in A549 cells transduced with lentiCas9-blast. Anti-Cas9 Western blotting...using Addgene’s lentiviral CRISPR tools. Schematic overview of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing process. See... Cas9 delivery Overview: Before any editing can begin we need our A549 cells to express Cas9. In these...too many Cas9 integrations per cell, and my stable cell pool had wildly variable Cas9 expression (Figure...Checking Cas9 expression Overview: By Western blotting (Figure 2, pool), I knew the cells expressed Cas9,...
  6. CRISPR 101: Multiplex Expression of gRNAs

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    ...produce a plasmid encoding the gRNAs and Cas9. As with the Gersbach lab plasmids, multiple Cas9 variants...  Gersbach Lab multiplexing plasmids: This plasmid set allows you to express 2-4 gRNAs, with four being...with high GFP expression. These cells have the highest levels of Cas9 and gRNA expression, and thus the ...Gibson Assembly Multiplexing Plasmids: These plasmids can be used to express up to 8 gRNAs after Golden ...Golden Gate Assembly Multiplex Plasmids: These plasmids allow expression of 2-5 gRNAs in zebrafish. Custom.... Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 2. Kabadi, Ami M., et al. “Multiplex CRISPR/Cas9-based genome...PMC4090141. Find plasmids from this paper at Addgene. 6. Xing, Hui-Li, et al. “A CRISPR/Cas9 toolkit for ...
  7. Multiplex Genome Editing with CRISPR-Cpf1

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    ...Comparing the Cas9 and Cpf1 CRISPR Nucleases   Cas9 Cpf1 Components crRNAtracrRNACas9 crRNACpf1 ... Addgene's CRISPR guide page for a review of Cas9.  For a brief comparison of Cpf1 vs. Cas9, see the table...one vector to express the gRNAs and Cas9. Co-transfections can lead to variable expression levels due to...Multiplexed Lentiviral Expression Cassettes lentiviral transduction One vector expresses Cas9, eGFP, and up ...transfection of single plasmids vs pooled plasmids; for multiple edits, single plasmids are generally more... Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment A Match Made...Made in Heaven: CRISPR/Cas9 and AAV Resources on Addgene.org Browse Our CRISPR Multiplexing Resources...
  8. CRISPR Methods for Bacteria: Genome Engineering, CRISPRa, CRISPRi, Base Editing, and More

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    ...pCRISPomyces-1 includes Cas9, a tracrRNA, and a CRISPR array, while pCRISPomyces-2 contains Cas9 and a gRNA cassette...functions more similarly to CRISPR/Cas9 systems adapted for eukaryotes in that Cas9-mediated cleavage induces...Browse our CRISPR Guide Pages Find Bacterial CRISPR Plasmids  ...bacterial CRISPR system in E. coli. The system available from Addgene consists of two plasmids: pCas9: carries...multi-spacer CRISPR array, CRISPR-transposons can be multiplexed. Transcriptional repression (CRISPRi) in bacteria... Qi lab's CRISPRi plasmids Stanley Qi’s lab demonstrated that a minimal, regulatable CRISPR system effectively...knockdown expression of multiple target transcripts simultaneously. Marraffini lab's CRISPRi/a plasmids In addition...
  9. CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods

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    ... Time CRISPR User (by a 1st Time CRISPR User) Resources on Addgene.org Browse CRISPR Plasmids for Mammalian...different CRISPR components. Select the appropriate CRISPR tools for your application: Wildtype Cas9 or Cas9...System Application Mammalian expression vector Promoter driving Cas9 expression can be constitutive or inducible...in vivo viral delivery. Cas9 mRNA and gRNA Plasmids containing gRNA and Cas9 are used in in vitro transcription...or electroporation. Transient expression of CRISPR components, expression decreases as RNA is degraded ...form a Cas9-gRNA complex and delivered to cells using cationic lipids. Transient expression of CRISPR components...efficiency of CRISPR delivery. There are a few plasmids at Addgene that have been published as CRISPR testing...
  10. CRISPR 101: Which Cas9 Do I Choose for My CRISPR Experiment?

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    ...for Your Next CRISPR Experiment Cas9 expression systems Addgene carries a variety of Cas9 containing plasmids... of CRISPR/Cas9 has made it easier than ever to make precise, targeted genome modifications. Cas9 has ...using a Cas9 variant with higher specificity (eSpCas9 and HypaCas9) instead.  Choosing a Cas9 for site-specific...alternative PAM Cas9s can be found in “The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9.” Single base... which is frequently fused to Cas9 for this purpose. dCas9-KRAB plasmids for repressing target genes in...introducing Cas9-mediated frameshift mutations in the gene of interest. The genomic target for Cas9 and the... system. This system uses a “nicking” Cas9, in which one of Cas9’s two critical enzymatic residues has...
  11. Fluorescent CRISPR Reporters: SRIRACCHA and GEmCherry2

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    ... CRISPR 101 blog posts Resources on Addgene.org Read our CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids for your ...control RFP expression plasmid.  With this set up, all successfully transfected cells will express RFP while...was cleaved by Cas9 and repaired via HDR using the supplied donor plasmid will express GFP. If there’s...If you’re using CRISPR to make a genome edit, how do you know if your CRISPR experiment was successful...quite time consuming.   As Cas9/gRNA activity is crucial for successful CRISPR editing experiments, there...efficient real-time Cas9 activity assays. Recently scientists have created CRISPR fluorescent reporter...used when transfecting your cells.  A plasmid that contains Cas9. The Madison lab also created an inducible...
  12. CRISPR/Cas9 FAQs Answered!

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    ...organize the CRISPR forum's most popular questions and answers. Here are just 4 of the CRISPR-Cas9 FAQs. If...editing using the Zhang lab's CRISPR/Cas plasmids. Designing your CRISPR genome editing experiment Q1:...high expression, so adding this G could help with expression, though it is possible for the plasmid to ... Le Cong Read Addgene's CRISPR guide for background information on CRISPR/Cas9 systems Peruse the most...requested CRISPR plasmids at Addgene Find protocols and gRNA design tools: List of CRISPR protocols ...double nickase, you could express two spacers and use PX335 to express the Cas9n (nickase). The concept ...newest CRISPR technologies and their applications can be exhausting. A quick search for "CRISPR", short-hand...
  13. Enhancing CRISPR Targeting Specificity with eSpCas9, SpCas9-HF1, & HypaCas9

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    ... Our CRISPR 101 Series Resources on the Addgene Website Find CRISPR Plasmids Browse our CRISPR Guide...evidenced by all the CRISPR publications, press, and plasmids out there, it’s obvious that CRISPR is a ground-...effects” have included using a Cas9 nickase variant, lowering Cas9 expression, and truncating gRNA sequences...off target effects of CRISPR/Cas9 by altering the nuclease activity of the Cas9 nuclease itself. Design...governs CRISPR-Cas9 targeting accuracy." Nature (2017). PubMed PMID: 28931002. Find plasmids from this... own hyper accurate Cas9 variant (HypaCas9) to the pool of enhanced CRISPR tools. In their work, Chen ...improving. Cas9 variants have been modified for genome editing, activating gene expression, visualizing...
  14. CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems

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    .../35++ Adenovirus Vector Expressing Anti-CRISPR Peptides Decreases CRISPR/Cas9 Toxicity in Human Hematopoietic...over 50 anti-CRISPR proteins that interact with CRISPR-Cas systems such as Cascade-Cas3, Cas9, Cas12, and... do anti-CRISPR proteins work? Anti-CRISPRs proteins are highly diverse but most block CRISPR activity... off CRISPR activity. The ability to turn off CRISPR activity is an important step towards CRISPR-based...Optogenetic Control of CRISPR   Resources on Addgene.org Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Interested...light-inducible Cas9 activity? Check out these these plasmids Catch Up on Your CRISPR Background with ...Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 (SpyCas9) is the most used and well studied CRISPR system, N. meningitidis...
  15. Targeting HIV-1 with CRISPR: Shock and Kill or Cut it Out?

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    ...much more realistic with the advent of CRISPR. Using CRISPR/Cas9 SAM to "shock and kill" To “shock and...promoter-driven GFP expression. In cell lines that can produce HIV-1 toxic proteins, CRISPR/Cas9 SAM caused apoptosis...HIV-1 out of the genome with CRISPR/Cas9 Before the introduction of CRISPR, HIV-1 genome editing with ...or apoptosis with Cas9/gRNA expression. A pooled analysis found no evidence of Cas9 cleavage at predicted...updated CRISPR Guide! Find CRISPR Plasmids for Your Research Browse gRNA Design Tools  ... wild-type Cas9 to remove the HIV-1 genome from infected cells. Read on to learn how CRISPR can take on...targeted approach, Zhang et al. turned to the CRISPR/Cas9 Synergistic Activation Mediators (SAM) system...
  16. What's New in CRISPR - December 2019

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    ...Addgene.org Read our CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by function Find recently deposited plasmids ...the new CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR plasmid...capsid-based bionanoparticle Transient expression of CRISPR/Cas9 in cells has advantages like reduced off-target...blog Download the CRISPR 101 eBook Find our CRISPR 101 blog posts Read our CRISPR cheat sheet Resources...more new CRISPR tools for your research! This time: CRISPRi in Burkholderia Base editors CRISPR toolkit...Read the paper in bioRxiv Find Target-ACE   CRISPR/Cas9-based toolkit for epitope tagging in neurons ...bionanoparticle system for packaging Cas9/gRNA ribonucleoproteins for transient expression. They replaced the tetraloop...
  17. Introducing an All-in-One CRISPR/Cas9 Vector System for Multiplex Genome Engineering

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    ... They went on to show that their CRISPR/Cas9-nuclease and CRISPR/Cas9-nickase vectors work successfully...gRNA for CRISPR Genome Editing CRISPR-Cas9: Tips for Optimizing sgRNA Activity Lentiviral CRISPR Libraries... ease and efficiency for all-in-one CRISPR/Cas9 vectors expressing up to seven guide RNAs (gRNAs). Sakuma...based on earlier evidence showing that a CRISPR/Cas9 plasmid could be injected directly into mice for ...Find the Mulitplex CRISPR/Cas9 Assembly System Kit at Addgene here. Other Popular CRISPR Posts: How to ...established all-in-one vector construction system for CRISPR/Cas9-mediated multiplex genome engineering is now ...is one of the most advantageous properties of CRISPR/Cas9 compared to ZFNs and TALENs,” said Tetsushi Sakuma...
  18. Back to Bacteria: CRISPR gRNA Multiplexing Using tRNAs

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    ... in using PTG plasmids in your research? Check out the PTG plasmids or plant expression systems available...In the short time since its development, CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing has been used to study the effect...recombination. To further increase the utility of CRISPR/Cas9, it will be necessary to improve its multiplexing...eukaryotes. Though the plasmids made by Xie et. al are specifically designed for plant expression, PTGs will likely...standard pol III-gRNA, which will facilitate CRISPR/Cas9 multiplexing in systems with limited packaging...afforded by PTGs will improve the utility of CRISPR/Cas9 in new avenues of research. The use of multiple...polycistronic gene organization, and its translation to CRISPR/Cas9 shows great potential for multiplexed genome ...
  19. 15 Years of Addgene: The Top 15 Plasmids

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    ...and a gRNA. But instead of Cas9, this plasmid expresses Cas9n (a D10A nickase mutant) to nick, rather than...vectors and an envelope expressing plasmid, such as our second most requested plasmid of all time, pMD2.G....PX458) - This plasmid from the Zhang lab expresses Cas9 from Streptococcus pyogenes with an invariant sgRNA...other CRISPR plasmids are from the Zhang lab. In fact, the Zhang lab has shared over 40,000 CRISPR-Cas9... the envelope expressing plasmid pMD2.G. Find pMDLg/pRPE. scramble shRNA - This plasmid from David Sabatini...Tet-pLKO-puro. lentiGuide-Puro - This plasmid expresses the S. pyogenes CRISPR chimeric RNA element with customizable... with lentiCas9-Blast or with cell lines already expressing Cas9. Find lentiGuide-Puro. pSpCas9n(BB)-2A-GFP...
  20. What's New in CRISPR - March 2020

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    ...Addgene.org Read our CRISPR guide Find CRISPR plasmids by function Find recently deposited plasmids ...the new CRISPR plasmids available at Addgene. We will still periodically focus on specific CRISPR plasmid...blog Download the CRISPR 101 eBook Find our CRISPR 101 blog posts Read our CRISPR cheat sheet Resources...CRISPRa depended on continued expression of dCas9 and gRNAs whose expression varies depending on transgene... lower average Cas9-independent off-target DNA editing, ~5–50-fold lower levels of Cas9-dependent off-... paper in Scientific Reports Find the plasmids Enhanced CRISPR-based DNA demethylation Figure...Nature Communications Find Casilio-ME plasmids If you have a new CRISPR tool you’ve recently deposited to...
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