Single-Copy Knock-In Loci for Defined Gene Expression inCaenorhabditis elegans
Author(s) -
Carlos G. Silva-García,
Anne Lanjuin,
Caroline Heintz,
Sneha Dutta,
Nicole M Clark,
William B. Mair
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
g3 genes genomes genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.468
H-Index - 66
ISSN - 2160-1836
DOI - 10.1534/g3.119.400314
Subject(s) - caenorhabditis elegans , biology , genetics , gene , gene knockin , gene expression
We have generated a single-copy knock-in loci for defined gene expression (SKI LODGE) system to insert any DNA by CRISPR/Cas9 at defined safe harbors in the Caenorhabditis elegans genome. Utilizing a single crRNA guide, which also acts as a Co-CRISPR enrichment marker, any DNA sequence can be introduced as a single copy, regulated by different tissue-specific promoters. The SKI LODGE system provides a fast, economical, and effective approach for generating single-copy ectopic transgenes in C. elegans .
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