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ArticleHuman gene therapy2016

CRISPRs for Optimal Targeting: Delivery of CRISPR Components as DNA, RNA, and Protein into Cultured Cells and Single-Cell Embryos.

Evguenia Kouranova, Kevin Forbes, Guojun Zhao, Joe Warren, Angela Bartels, Yumei Wu, Xiaoxia Cui

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Article in Human gene therapy, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 76 papers.

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76citing papers in PubMed
8.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

76 citing papers in PubMed, 148 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Evguenia KouranovaHorizon Discovery Group Company , Saint Louis, Missouri.
Kevin ForbesHorizon Discovery Group Company , Saint Louis, Missouri.
Guojun ZhaoHorizon Discovery Group Company , Saint Louis, Missouri.
Joe WarrenHorizon Discovery Group Company , Saint Louis, Missouri.
Angela BartelsHorizon Discovery Group Company , Saint Louis, Missouri.
Yumei WuHorizon Discovery Group Company , Saint Louis, Missouri.
Xiaoxia CuiHorizon Discovery Group Company , Saint Louis, Missouri.
Saint Louis Zoo · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The rapid development of CRISPR technology greatly impacts the field of genetic engineering. The simplicity in design and generation of highly efficient CRISPR reagents allows more and more researchers to take on genome editing in different model systems in their own labs, even for those who found it daunting before. An active CRISPR complex contains a protein component (Cas9) and an RNA component (small guide RNA [sgRNA]), which can be delivered into cells in various formats. Cas9 can be introduced as a DNA expression plasmid, in vitro transcripts, or as a recombinant protein bound to the RNA portion in a ribonucleoprotein particle (RNP), whereas the sgRNA can be delivered either expressed as a DNA plasmid or as an in vitro transcript. Here we compared the different delivery methods in cultured cell lines as well as mouse and rat single-cell embryos and view the RNPs as the most convenient and efficient to use. We also report the detection of limited off-targeting in cells and embryos and discuss approaches to lower that chance. We hope that researchers new to CRISPR find our results helpful to their adaptation of the technology for optimal gene editing.

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AnimalsCells, CulturedCRISPR-Cas SystemsDNAEmbryo, MammalianFemaleGene TargetingGenetic EngineeringGliomaMiceNeuroblastomaRatsRecombinant ProteinsRibonucleoproteinsRNADNARecombinant ProteinsRibonucleoproteinsRNA

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PMID27094534
PMCPMC4931306
OpenAlexW2336617255

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