New Tools Enable CRISPRa for Neuroscience Applications
Type
Blog Post
Published
July 2, 2019, 12:51 p.m.
...Cas9 activators can be delivered to the CNS by lentivirus, which has a larger packaging capacity than AAV...by the Day Lab, who developed neuron-optimized lentiviral vectors for in vitro and in vivo CRISPRa (Savell...Savell et al., 2019). This dual lentivirus system pairs ubiquitous expression of sgRNA(s) and mCherry (... such as EF-1α and CAG.
Figure 2: Dual lentivirus system with ubiquitous expression of sgRNA (top...neuronal physiology.
The Day Lab’s neuron-optimized lentiviral vectors can be found here.
High-throughput screening...