The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens
Type
Blog Post
Published
Feb. 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
... to use variants of Cas9, like split Cas9, or a smaller Cas9 ortholog like SaCas9. You could even venture...to use a multi-plasmid system, where you have one AAV vector dedicated to expressing Cas9, while the other...at double-stranded break points caused by CRISPR-Cas9 editing. The good news is that this integration ...approximately 4.7 kb — which means that when using Cas9, you’re already almost out of space! Don’t let this...venture away from the comfort of Cas9, and opt for a completely different Cas effector, like Cas12a (Cpf1...