CRISPR RNA-guided activation of endogenous human genes

Catalytically inactive CRISPR-associated 9 nuclease (dCas9) can be directed by short guide RNAs (gRNAs) to repress endogenous genes in bacteria and human cells. Here we show that a dCas9-VP64 transcriptional activation domain fusion protein can be directed by single or multiple gRNAs to increase exp...

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Autores principales: Maeder, Morgan L, Linder, Samantha J, Cascio, Vincent M, Fu, Yanfang, Ho, Quan H, Joung, J Keith
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3794058/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23892898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.2598
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Sumario:Catalytically inactive CRISPR-associated 9 nuclease (dCas9) can be directed by short guide RNAs (gRNAs) to repress endogenous genes in bacteria and human cells. Here we show that a dCas9-VP64 transcriptional activation domain fusion protein can be directed by single or multiple gRNAs to increase expression of specific endogenous human genes. These results provide an important proof-of-principle that CRISPR-Cas systems can be used to target heterologous effector domains in human cells.

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