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Highly efficient Cas9-mediated transcriptional programming.
Chavez, Alejandro; Scheiman, Jonathan; Vora, Suhani; Pruitt, Benjamin W; Tuttle, Marcelle; P R Iyer, Eswar; Lin, Shuailiang; Kiani, Samira; Guzman, Christopher D; Wiegand, Daniel J; Ter-Ovanesyan, Dmitry; Braff, Jonathan L; Davidsohn, Noah; Housden, Benjamin E; Perrimon, Norbert; Weiss, Ron; Aach, John; Collins, James J; Church, George M.
Afiliação
  • Chavez A; 1] Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Scheiman J; 1] Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Vora S; 1] Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Pruitt BW; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Tuttle M; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • P R Iyer E; 1] Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Lin S; 1] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [3] School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
  • Kiani S; 1] Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Synthetic Biology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Guzman CD; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Wiegand DJ; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Ter-Ovanesyan D; 1] Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Braff JL; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Davidsohn N; 1] Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Housden BE; 1] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Perrimon N; 1] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Weiss R; 1] Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Synthetic Biology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of
  • Aach J; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
  • Collins JJ; 1] Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Synthetic Biology Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [3] Institute for Medical Engineering &Science, Department of Biological Engineering, Ma
  • Church GM; 1] Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. [2] Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Nat Methods ; 12(4): 326-8, 2015 Apr.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25730490
ABSTRACT
The RNA-guided nuclease Cas9 can be reengineered as a programmable transcription factor. However, modest levels of gene activation have limited potential applications. We describe an improved transcriptional regulator obtained through the rational design of a tripartite activator, VP64-p65-Rta (VPR), fused to nuclease-null Cas9. We demonstrate its utility in activating endogenous coding and noncoding genes, targeting several genes simultaneously and stimulating neuronal differentiation of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).
Assuntos

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Ativação Transcricional / Técnicas Genéticas / RNA Guia de Cinetoplastídeos / Endonucleases Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Ativação Transcricional / Técnicas Genéticas / RNA Guia de Cinetoplastídeos / Endonucleases Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2015 Tipo de documento: Article