An easy-to-use CRISPRi plasmid tool for inducible knockdown in E. coli

CRISPR-interference (CRISPRi) is a powerful genetic tool with wide application in bacteria. In this work a single plasmid system is presented which expresses deactivated Cas9 and a short guide RNA sequence from separate inducible promoters, enabling up to 40-fold repression of target genes with mini...

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Autor principal: Bradley, Robert W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
Materias:
Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8524100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34703773
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.btre.2021.e00680
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Sumario:CRISPR-interference (CRISPRi) is a powerful genetic tool with wide application in bacteria. In this work a single plasmid system is presented which expresses deactivated Cas9 and a short guide RNA sequence from separate inducible promoters, enabling up to 40-fold repression of target genes with minimal leaky repression in the uninduced state. The plasmid is designed for rapid spacer insertion with easy screening for correct clones, and a simple one-day protocol with >99.9% assembly efficiency is described. This plasmid is made available to the research community with a view to facilitating wider use of CRISPRi in bacterial systems.

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