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Foreword |
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1 The history of CRISPR: from discovery to the present |
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The beginnings of CRISPR/Cas9 |
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Underlying mechanisms of CRISPR/Cas9 |
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2 | (1) |
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Using CRISPR/Cas9 for mammalian gene editing |
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3 | (1) |
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3 | (2) |
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5 | (1) |
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Conflict of interest statement |
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5 | (1) |
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2 CRISPR-Cas orthologs and variants |
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7 | (32) |
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7 | (1) |
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Cas9: a model of CRISPR-Cas systems |
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7 | (14) |
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21 | (7) |
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28 | (1) |
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28 | (11) |
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3 Genome engineering with CRISPR/Cas9, ZFNs, and TALENs |
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39 | (8) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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Transcription activator-like effector nucleases |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (3) |
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45 | (1) |
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45 | (2) |
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4 Single-guide RNAs: rationale and design |
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47 | (10) |
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CRISPR/Cas9 background and the role of sgRNA |
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47 | (2) |
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49 | (1) |
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Online tools to aid in sgRNA design |
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49 | (1) |
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Factors mediating sgRNA targeting specificity |
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49 | (1) |
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sgRNA design criteria to optimize specificity and efficiency while minimizing off-target activity |
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50 | (2) |
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sgRNA secondary structures impede formation of active Cas9---sgRNA complexes |
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52 | (1) |
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sgRNA and Cas9 concentration influences off-target activity |
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53 | (1) |
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Strategies to minimize sgRNA off-target activity |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (3) |
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5 CRISPR-mediated dense mutagenesis: a tool for rational targeting of multiprotein complexes and the noncoding genome |
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57 | (8) |
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57 | (1) |
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Rational targeting of multiprotein complexes using CRISPR-mediated dense mutagenesis |
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58 | (1) |
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CRISPR-tiling screen workflow |
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59 | (1) |
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CRISPR-tiling library design, synthesis, and construction of lentivirus |
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59 | (2) |
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Lentiviral transduction and cell expansion |
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61 | (1) |
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Phenotype selection and next-generation sequencing |
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61 | (1) |
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Analysis of CRISPR-tiling screen |
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61 | (1) |
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Future directions and areas for improvement |
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62 | (1) |
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62 | (1) |
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62 | (3) |
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6 Targeting Alzheimer's disease and related dementias with CRISPR and human pluripotent stem cell technologies |
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65 | (16) |
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Overview of AD and related dementias and how CRISPR technologies may help |
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65 | (2) |
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CRISPR for disease modeling genetic risk factors in hiPSCs |
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67 | (5) |
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CRISPR activation/inhibition/knock-out for modeling and genetic screens |
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72 | (2) |
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CRISPR for disease therapeutics |
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74 | (2) |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (4) |
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7 Gene editing for the cornea |
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81 | (20) |
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81 | (1) |
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81 | (2) |
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Gene therapy in the cornea |
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83 | (2) |
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CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing for corneal dystrophies |
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85 | (8) |
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Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing components to the cornea |
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93 | (4) |
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97 | (1) |
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97 | (4) |
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8 Employing nonhomologous end joining and homology-directed repair for treatment of Leber congenital amaurosis and inherited retinal degeneration |
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101 | (10) |
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Leber congenital amaurosis and inherited retinal degeneration |
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101 | (1) |
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Genome surgery for treatment of human diseases |
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102 | (2) |
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Modes of correction with genome surgery |
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104 | (2) |
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Employing NHEJ and HDR for treatment of LCA and IRD |
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106 | (2) |
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Future direction and conclusions |
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108 | (1) |
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108 | (3) |
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9 The ethics of gene editing in human stem cells |
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Overview of legal and political regulation |
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111 | (1) |
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Human embryonic stem cells |
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112 | (2) |
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Induced pluripotent stem cells |
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114 | (1) |
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115 | (3) |
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Looking ahead: the slippery slope |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (4) |
Index |
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