Precision Genome Engineering and Gene Silencing Using CRISPR/dCas9 System
This research aimed to repress target genes by modulating their expression through rewriting of aberrant epigenetic landscapes, including DNA methylation and histone post-translational modifications, utilizing epigenetic repressor domains. The epigenetic repressor domains included KRAB, DNMT3A, UHRF...
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Curtin University
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/73571 |
| Summary: | This research aimed to repress target genes by modulating their expression through rewriting of aberrant epigenetic landscapes, including DNA methylation and histone post-translational modifications, utilizing epigenetic repressor domains. The epigenetic repressor domains included KRAB, DNMT3A, UHRF1 and CSD, which were delivered via the epigenetic editing tools ZFs, TALEs and the CRISPR/dCas9 system. Our findings suggest that a combination of multiple epigenetic repressor domains targeting epigenetic marks involved in epigenetic cross-talk significantly repressed target genes. |
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