An enhanced CRISPR repressor for targeted mammalian gene regulation
Nan Cher Yeo,Alejandro Chavez,Alissa Lance-Byrne,Yingleong Chan,Yingleong Chan,David J. Menn,Denitsa Milanova,Denitsa Milanova,Chih-Chung Kuo,Xiaoge Guo,Xiaoge Guo,Sumana Sharma,Angela Tung,Ryan J Cecchi,Marcelle Tuttle,Swechchha Pradhan,Elaine T. Lim,Elaine T. Lim,Noah Davidsohn,Noah Davidsohn,Mo R. Ebrahimkhani,Mo R. Ebrahimkhani,James J. Collins,Nathan E. Lewis,Samira Kiani,George M. Church,George M. Church +26 more
TL;DR: An improved Cas9 repressor based on the C-terminal fusion of a rationally designed bipartite repressor domain, KRAB–MeCP2, to nuclease-dead Cas9 is described, demonstrating the system’s superiority in silencing coding and noncoding genes and enabling new architectures of synthetic genetic circuits.
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Abstract: The RNA-guided endonuclease Cas9 can be converted into a programmable transcriptional repressor, but inefficiencies in target-gene silencing have limited its utility. Here we describe an improved Cas9 repressor based on the C-terminal fusion of a rationally designed bipartite repressor domain, KRAB-MeCP2, to nuclease-dead Cas9. We demonstrate the system's superiority in silencing coding and noncoding genes, simultaneously repressing a series of target genes, improving the results of single and dual guide RNA library screens, and enabling new architectures of synthetic genetic circuits.
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