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Controlling CRISPR-Cas9 with ligand-activated and ligand-deactivated sgRNAs

Journal Article · · Nature Communications
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  1. Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States). UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering
  3. Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States). UC Berkeley – UCSF Graduate Program in Bioengineering
  5. Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States); National Inst. of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD (United States). National Cancer Inst.
  6. Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States); Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA (United States)
  7. Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA (United States); Univ. of California, San Francisco, CA (United States)
  8. 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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