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SUBMITTER: Vigouroux A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5842579 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Vigouroux Antoine A Oldewurtel Enno E Cui Lun L Bikard David D van Teeffelen Sven S
Molecular systems biology 20180308 3
Over the past few years, tools that make use of the Cas9 nuclease have led to many breakthroughs, including in the control of gene expression. The catalytically dead variant of Cas9 known as dCas9 can be guided by small RNAs to block transcription of target genes, in a strategy also known as CRISPRi. Here, we reveal that the level of complementarity between the guide RNA and the target controls the rate at which RNA polymerase "kicks out" dCas9 from the target and completes transcription. We use ...[more]