Drosophila CRISPR Web Resources Name Link Description OxfCRISPR (Liu Lab) http://www.oxfcrispr.org Oxford Fly CRISPR Resources CRISPRflydesign (Bullock Lab) http://www.crisprflydesign.org/ Offers Cas9 transgenic stocks DRSC CRISPR finder (Perrimon Lab) http://www.flyrnai.org/crispr/ A web tool to identify CRISPRs for fly study FlyCas9 (Ueda… Read More ›
Month: January 2014
How can the CRISPR Cas System be used?
Potential Uses or Applications of the CRISPR Cas System ! -.- Several Uses of Cas9 Induced Double Strand Breaks for Genomic Engineering as Suggested by Basset and Li in 2014 are listed below. -.- Most applications of CRISPR Cas9 use… Read More ›
Structural Models of the CRISPR Cas System!
As of December 2013 90 solved structures were available in the PubMed structural database related to the CRISPR Cas System! -.- A few these models are shown below! A PubMed search for “CRISPR Cas” showed that close to 90 solved… Read More ›
Highlighted Reports on the CRISPR Cas System!
Selected papers for CRISPR Cas! Segal and Meckler in 2013 state in ‘Genome Engineering at the Dawn of the Golden Age,’ that, “In summary, compared with ZFNs, TALENs can be designed for more targets, are more likely to be active… Read More ›
Is Targeted Insertion of Short DNA Fragments into Mammalian Cells Possible?
Recently the Targeted Insertion of Short DNA Fragments into Mammalian Cells was Shown to be Possible with the help of CRISPR Cas! The direct injection of Cas9 mRNA, sgRNAs, and DNA oligos or vectors into mammalian cells was reported as… Read More ›
What is a CRISPR Cas system?
The CRISPR-Cas systems found in bacteria and archaea are versatile small RNAs for adaptive defense and regulation Bacteria and archaea have evolved various defense and regulatory mechanisms allowing them to react to various stressful situations caused by the environment, such… Read More ›
