CRISPR 101: Homology Directed Repair
Type
Blog Post
Published
Jan. 26, 2023, 2:15 p.m.
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Learn about Base Editing
Read 3 Tips to Improve HDR Efficiency for CRISPR Editing in Human Cells
...and a donor DNA molecule containing your desired edit are all you need to generate a knock-in.
General...details on how "Cut-to-Mutation distance" affects editing efficiency.
One important point to note is that...double or single stranded?
The size of the intended edit is the biggest determinant when selecting a type...smaller modifications (~1-50 base pairs). Small edits require as little as 30-50 bases for each homology... is generally low; to increase the frequency of edits, researchers have designed self-cleaving plasmids...complementary ssDNA. Easi-CRISPR was shown to increasing editing efficiency from 1-10% with dsDNA to 25-50% with...