CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) is a family of DNA sequences found in the genomes of prokaryotic organisms. Cas9 (or “CRISPR-associated protein 9”) is an enzyme that uses CRISPR sequences as a guide to recognize and open up specific strands of DNA that are complementary to the CRISPR sequence. Cas9 enzymes together with CRISPR sequences form the basis of a technology known as CRISPR-Cas9 that can be used to edit genes in mammalian cells.
CRISPR genome editing in mouse ES cells is the most efficient way to generate knockout and knockin mouse models. Because the edited allele can be segregated by mouse breeding, genome editing in mouse ES cells needs only to be done in one allele, which is less time consuming compared to genome editing in somatic cells.
BiCell Scientific’s Crispr KO & KI service in mouse ES cells guarantees success of genetic alteration as well as germline transmission after blastocyst injection. The genetically edited allele will be deep-sequenced to confirm the intended modification.
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