Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Multiplexed Cas9 targeting reveals genomic location effects and gRNA-based staggered breaks influencing mutation efficiency

  • Santiago Gisler,
  • Joana P. Gonçalves,
  • Waseem Akhtar,
  • Johann de Jong,
  • Alexey V. Pindyurin,
  • Lodewyk F. A. Wessels,
  • Maarten van Lohuizen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09551-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Designing effective genome engineering strategies requires an understanding of the impact that genomic locus has on CRISPR-Cas9 activity. Here the authors use TRIP integrations to profile editing outcomes genome-wide and observe that gRNA sequence influences the structure of the double strand break.