Perturbation of Gene Regulation by Genome Editing

Methods Mol Biol. 2023:2594:59-68. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2815-7_5.

Abstract

The RNA-guided endonuclease Cas9 can be converted into a programmable transcriptional repressor. Here we describe a set of protocols for using the catalytically inactive dead Cas9 (dCas9)-based tools, including the bipartite super repressor consisting of the KRAB and MeCP2 domains, to achieve efficient and scalable gene silencing in mammalian cells.

Keywords: CRISPR-Cas transcriptional repressor; Single and multiplex gene silencing; dCas9-KRAB-MeCP2.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • CRISPR-Cas Systems*
  • Endonucleases / genetics
  • Gene Editing*
  • Gene Expression Regulation
  • Mammals / genetics
  • RNA

Substances

  • Endonucleases
  • RNA