Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138.
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
G3 (Bethesda). 2019 Jan 9;9(1):281-286. doi: 10.1534/g3.118.200758.
The CRISPR/Cas9 nickase mutant is less prone to off-target double-strand (ds)DNA breaks than wild-type Cas9 because to produce dsDNA cleavage it requires two guide RNAs to target the nickase to nearby opposing strands. Like wild-type Cas9 lesions, these staggered lesions are repaired by either non-homologous end joining or, if a repair template is provided, by homologous recombination (HR). Here, we report very efficient (up to 100%) recovery of heterozygous insertions in produced by long (>300 nt), single-stranded DNA donor template-guided repair of paired-nickase lesions.
CRISPR/Cas9 核酸酶突变体比野生型 Cas9 更不易发生脱靶双链 (ds)DNA 断裂,因为要产生 dsDNA 切割,它需要两个向导 RNA 将核酸酶靶向附近的互补链。与野生型 Cas9 损伤一样,这些交错损伤可通过非同源末端连接修复,或者如果提供修复模板,则通过同源重组 (HR) 修复。在这里,我们报告了通过长 (>300nt)、单链 DNA 供体模板引导的配对核酸酶损伤修复,对产生的杂合插入的非常有效的 (高达 100%) 恢复。