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ArticleRNA (New York, N.Y.)2019

A piggyBac-based toolkit for inducible genome editing in mammalian cells.

Megan D Schertzer, Eliza Thulson, Keean C A Braceros, David M Lee, Emma R Hinkle, Ryan M Murphy, Susan O Kim, Eva C M Vitucci, J Mauro Calabrese

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Article in RNA (New York, N.Y.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Megan D SchertzerDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Eliza ThulsonCurriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Keean C A BracerosDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
David M LeeDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Emma R HinkleCurriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Ryan M MurphyDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Susan O KimDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
Eva C M VitucciCurriculum in Toxicology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
J Mauro CalabreseDepartment of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Deborah F. Tate · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
TOXICOLOGYT32ES007126 · NIEHS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ILONA JASPERS, Bernard E. Weissman · 1985 to 2026
$13.0M
UNC Initiative for Maximizing Student DevelopmentR25GM055336 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI COOK, JEANETTE GOWEN, KASH, THOMAS L. · 1996 to 2023
$12.1M
NRSA IN GENETICST32GM007092 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SEKELSKY, JEFF J. · 1985 to 2019
$5.9M
Mechanisms of gene silencing induced by long noncoding RNAsR01GM121806 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI CALABRESE, JOSEPH MAURO · 2017 to 2023
$2.3M
Training in Mechanistic, Interdisciplinary Studies of Biological SystemsT32GM119999 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI RAMSDEN, DALE A · 2017 to 2021
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NIEHS NIH HHS T32 ES007126NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM121806NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM055336NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007092NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM119999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe the development and application of a novel series of vectors that facilitate CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genome editing in mammalian cells, which we call CRISPR-Bac. CRISPR-Bac leverages the piggyBac transposon to randomly insert CRISPR-Cas9 components into mammalian genomes. In CRISPR-Bac, a single piggyBac cargo vector containing a doxycycline-inducible Cas9 or catalytically dead Cas9 (dCas9) variant and a gene conferring resistance to Hygromycin B is cotransfected with a plasmid expressing the piggyBac transposase. A second cargo vector, expressing a single-guide RNA (sgRNA) of interest, the reverse-tetracycline TransActivator (rtTA), and a gene conferring resistance to G418, is also cotransfected. Subsequent selection on Hygromycin B and G418 generates polyclonal cell populations that stably express Cas9, rtTA, and the sgRNA(s) of interest. We show that CRISPR-Bac can be used to knock down proteins of interest, to create targeted genetic deletions with high efficiency, and to activate or repress transcription of protein-coding genes and an imprinted long noncoding RNA. The ratio of sgRNA-to-Cas9-to-transposase can be adjusted in transfections to alter the average number of cargo insertions into the genome. sgRNAs targeting multiple genes can be inserted in a single transfection. CRISPR-Bac is a versatile platform for genome editing that simplifies the generation of mammalian cells that stably express the CRISPR-Cas9 machinery.

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AnimalsCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingGene Expression RegulationGenetic EngineeringHumansPlasmidsTransposasesTransposasesCRISPRgenome editinglncRNApiggyBacregulatory elementstem cells

Identifiers

PMID31101683
PMCPMC6633203
OpenAlexW2952044849

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