A CRISPRi screen in E. coli reveals sequence-specific toxicity of dCas9

Autor: Lun Cui, Antoine Vigouroux, François Rousset, Hugo Varet, Varun Khanna, David Bikard
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04209-5
Popis: CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) is a method for targeted silencing of transcription that requires the coexpression of protein dCas9 and a customized guide RNA. Here, Cui et al. show that certain guide RNAs induce toxicity in E. coli, and provide design rules to minimize off-target effects.
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