GENETIC DEVICE FOR THE CONTROLLED DESTRUCTION OF DNA
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1. A synthetic DNA destruction device (DDD) comprising a nucleic acid sequence having an actuator sequence under the control of a first regulatory element and a nucleic acid sequence having a Clustered Regular Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) array under the control of a second regulatory element.
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Abstract
The invention relates to DNA destruction devices and related methods reagents and kits. The DNA destruction devices are useful for achieving target specific DNA destruction in vivo using a system that involves an actuator element and a CRISPR array, under specific regulatory control.
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- 1. A synthetic DNA destruction device (DDD) comprising a nucleic acid sequence having an actuator sequence under the control of a first regulatory element and a nucleic acid sequence having a Clustered Regular Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) array under the control of a second regulatory element.
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61. A method for destroying target specific DNA in a living host cell, comprising,
contacting a living modified host cell having an exogenous nucleic acid actuator sequence under the control of a first regulatory element and an exogenous target specific nucleic acid Clustered Regular Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) array under the control of a second regulatory element with a first regulatory signal, wherein the first regulatory signal induces the expression of the actuator sequence to produce an actuator protein, wherein the cell is exposed to a second regulatory signal and the second regulatory signal induces the production of a target specific DNA interference RNA, and wherein the actuator protein and the target specific DNA interference RNA destroy a target DNA in the host cell.
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81. A plasmid comprising a nucleic acid sequence having a Clustered Regular Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) array under the control of a regulatory element, wherein the nucleic acid sequence having the CRISPR array has at least two palindromic repeat sequences with a spacer region positioned between the at least two palindromic repeat sequences, wherein the spacer region includes at least two restriction enzyme sequences and optionally a nucleic acid sequence encoding a selectable marker.
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