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Cas9 (CRISPR associated protein 9) is an RNA-guided DNA endonuclease that targets and cleaves any DNA sequence complementary to its guide RNA (gRNA). Catalytically “dead” Cas9 (dCas9) lacks the ability to cleave DNA. Fused to the omega (ω) subunit of RNA Polymerase (RNAP), chimeric dCas9 can act as a programmable transcription activator. In addition, activating dCas9 may also act as a DNA transcription inhibitor: depending on its gRNA-determined binding site, it has been shown in yeasts to sterically hinder RNAP recruitment to promoter sequences. [1][2] | Cas9 (CRISPR associated protein 9) is an RNA-guided DNA endonuclease that targets and cleaves any DNA sequence complementary to its guide RNA (gRNA). Catalytically “dead” Cas9 (dCas9) lacks the ability to cleave DNA. Fused to the omega (ω) subunit of RNA Polymerase (RNAP), chimeric dCas9 can act as a programmable transcription activator. In addition, activating dCas9 may also act as a DNA transcription inhibitor: depending on its gRNA-determined binding site, it has been shown in yeasts to sterically hinder RNAP recruitment to promoter sequences. [1][2] | ||
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dCas9-ω
Cas9 (CRISPR associated protein 9) is an RNA-guided DNA endonuclease that targets and cleaves any DNA sequence complementary to its guide RNA (gRNA). Catalytically “dead” Cas9 (dCas9) lacks the ability to cleave DNA. Fused to the omega (ω) subunit of RNA Polymerase (RNAP), chimeric dCas9 can act as a programmable transcription activator. In addition, activating dCas9 may also act as a DNA transcription inhibitor: depending on its gRNA-determined binding site, it has been shown in yeasts to sterically hinder RNAP recruitment to promoter sequences. [1][2]
Discover all the parts that can work with this one:
http://2015.igem.org/Team:EPF_Lausanne/Part_Collection
Sequence
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]Illegal NheI site found at 1099
- 21INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]Illegal BamHI site found at 3378
Illegal BamHI site found at 4212 - 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
- 1000COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
References
[1] Bikard, D., Jiang, W., Samai, P., Hochschild, A., Zhang, F., & Marraffini, L. A. (2013). Programmable repression and activation of bacterial gene expression using an engineered CRISPR-Cas system. Nucleic acids research, 41(15), 7429-7437.
[2] Qi, L. S., Larson, M. H., Gilbert, L. A., Doudna, J. A., Weissman, J. S., Arkin, A. P., & Lim, W. A. (2013). Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-guided platform for sequence-specific control of gene expression. Cell, 152(5), 1173-1183.