CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALTERING EXPRESSION OF GENE PRODUCTS
First Claim
1. A method of directing sequence-specific binding to one or more polynucleotide loci comprising a target sequence in a eukaryotic cell by introducing into the cell an engineered, non-naturally occurring Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-CRISPR associated (Cas) system comprising one or more vectors comprising:
- a) a first regulatory element operable in a eukaryotic cell operably linked to at least one nucleotide sequence encoding a CRISPR-Cas system guide RNA that hybridizes with the target sequence, andb) a second regulatory element operable in a eukaryotic cell operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a Type-II Cas9 protein,wherein components (a) and (b) are located on same or different vectors of the system,wherein the Cas9 protein is a mutated Cas9 protein substantially lacking all DNA cleavage activity,whereby the guide RNA targets and hybridizes with the target sequence and the CRISPR-Cas system specifically binds to the polynucleotide loci; and
, wherein the Cas9 protein and the guide RNA do not naturally occur together.
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Abstract
The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for altering expression of target gene sequences and related gene products. Provided are vectors and vector systems, some of which encode one or more components of a CRISPR complex, as well as methods for the design and use of such vectors. Also provided are methods of directing CRISPR complex formation in eukaryotic cells and methods for utilizing the CRISPR-Cas system.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of directing sequence-specific binding to one or more polynucleotide loci comprising a target sequence in a eukaryotic cell by introducing into the cell an engineered, non-naturally occurring Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)-CRISPR associated (Cas) system comprising one or more vectors comprising:
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a) a first regulatory element operable in a eukaryotic cell operably linked to at least one nucleotide sequence encoding a CRISPR-Cas system guide RNA that hybridizes with the target sequence, and b) a second regulatory element operable in a eukaryotic cell operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a Type-II Cas9 protein, wherein components (a) and (b) are located on same or different vectors of the system, wherein the Cas9 protein is a mutated Cas9 protein substantially lacking all DNA cleavage activity, whereby the guide RNA targets and hybridizes with the target sequence and the CRISPR-Cas system specifically binds to the polynucleotide loci; and
, wherein the Cas9 protein and the guide RNA do not naturally occur together. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An engineered, non-naturally occurring CRISPR-Cas system comprising one or more vectors comprising:
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a) a first regulatory element operable in a eukaryotic cell operably linked to at least one nucleotide sequence encoding a CRISPR-Cas system guide RNA that hybridizes with a target sequence of one or more DNA molecules in a eukaryotic cell that contains the DNA molecule, wherein the DNA molecule encodes and the eukaryotic cell expresses at least one gene product, b) a second regulatory element operable in a eukaryotic cell operably linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a Type-II Cas9 protein, wherein components (a) and (b) are located on same or different vectors of the system, wherein the Cas9 protein is a mutated Cas9 protein substantially lacking all DNA cleavage activity, whereby the guide RNA targets and hybridizes with the target sequence and the CRISPR-Cas system specifically binds to the DNA molecule, and, wherein the Cas9 protein and the guide RNA do not naturally occur together. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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- 23. An engineered, programmable, non-naturally occurring Type II CRISPR-Cas system comprising a Cas9 protein and at least one guide RNA that targets and hybridizes to a target sequence of one or more DNA molecules in a eukaryotic cell, wherein the Cas9 protein is a mutated Cas9 protein substantially lacking all DNA cleavage activity, wherein the CRISPR-Cas system specifically binds to the DNA molecule, and wherein the Cas9 protein and the guide RNA do not naturally occur together.
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