Controlling CRISPR-Cas9 with ligand-activated and ligand-deactivated sgRNAs
Journal Article
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· Nature Communications
- Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States). UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States). UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering
- Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States); National Inst. of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (United States). National Cancer Inst.
- Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States); Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA (United States)
- Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA (United States); Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Howard Hughes Medical Inst.
The CRISPR-Cas9 system provides the ability to edit, repress, activate, or mark any gene (or DNA element) by pairing of a programmable single guide RNA (sgRNA) with a complementary sequence on the DNA target. Here we present a new method for small-molecule control of CRISPR-Cas9 function through insertion of RNA aptamers into the sgRNA. We show that CRISPR-Cas9-based gene repression (CRISPRi) can be either activated or deactivated in a dose-dependent fashion over a >10-fold dynamic range in response to two different small-molecule ligands. Since our system acts directly on each target-specific sgRNA, it enables new applications that require differential and opposing temporal control of multiple genes.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- National Institutes of Health (NIH); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- OSTI ID:
- 1603511
- Journal Information:
- Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 10; ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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