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SUBMITTER: Xie Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5443789 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xie Yifang Y Wang Daqi D Lan Feng F Wei Gang G Ni Ting T Chai Renjie R Liu Dong D Hu Shijun S Li Mingqing M Li Dajin D Wang Hongyan H Wang Yongming Y
Scientific reports 20170524 1
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) represent a unique opportunity for understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying complex traits and diseases. CRISPR/Cas9 is a powerful tool to introduce genetic mutations into the hPSCs for loss-of-function studies. Here, we developed an episomal vector-based CRISPR/Cas9 system, which we called epiCRISPR, for highly efficient gene knockout in hPSCs. The epiCRISPR system enables generation of up to 100% Insertion/Deletion (indel) rates. In addition, the e ...[more]