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Definition

a way of making specific changes to the DNA of a cell or organism. An enzyme cuts the DNA at a specific sequence, and when this is repaired by the cell a change or ‘edit’ is made to the sequence

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Gene editing

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What does RNAi result in?

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Cleavage of target mRNA by the RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC)

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True or False:

Cre expression can be activated at a specific time by a specific signaling molecules

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True

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Definition

a 2-6 base pair DNA sequence immediately following the DNA sequence targeted by the Cas9 nuclease in the CRISPR bacterial adaptive immune system

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PAM site

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Transcription activator-like effectors (TALE)

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proteins secreted by Xanthomonas bacteria via their type III secretion system when they infect various plant species

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What are the advantages of morpholinos?

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Quick

Cheap

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Definition

the introduction of a transgenes that has the potential to change the phenotype of an organism

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Transgenesis

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Out of adenovirus and lentivirus vectors, which integrate into the genome?

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Lentivirus

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Knockins

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a genetic engineering method that involves the one-for-one substitution of DNA sequence information in a genetic locus or the insertion of sequence information not found within the locus

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Homology-directed repair

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a mechanism in cells to repair double strand DNA lesions. The most common form of HDR is homologous recombination

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Definition

a unique technology that enables geneticists and medical researchers to edit parts of the genome by removing, adding or altering sections of the DNA sequence

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CRISPR/Cas9

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True or False:

Germline integration is not well developed in virus vector technology

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True

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Definition

a pathway that repairs double-strand breaks in DNA

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Non-homologous end joining

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Definition

any nucleobase followed by two guanine bases that are recognised as the PAM sequence by Cas9 molecules during CRISPR/Cas9

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NGG

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How does pronuclear injection work?

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This procedure involves collecting fertilized eggs at the single cell stage. For a brief window of time the pronuclei containing the genetic material from the sperm head and the egg are visible within the protoplasm. At this stage, a linearized DNA construct is injected into one of the pronuclei. The injected eggs are then transferred into the oviducts of pseudopregnant foster mice. Generally 10 to 20% of the pups born to the foster mothers have integrated the injected DNA into their genomes, thus becoming transgenic.

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Definition

proteins secreted by Xanthomonas bacteria via their type III secretion system when they infect various plant species

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Transcription activator-like effectors (TALE)

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What are the advantages of gene knockouts?

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  • Can knockout the target gene
  • Or mutate or knock in new gene
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How can the transcriptome be targeted through reverse genetics strategies?

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  • Overexpression of a gene, e.g. overexpressing more of a gene by adding a gene under control of a promoter
  • Block gene expression: iRNA/knockdown (transient and non-specific)
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Define

ZNF nuclease

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a site-specific endonuclease designed to bind and cleave DNA at specific positions

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Pronuclear injection

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a very common method used to create transgenic mice. This procedure involves collecting fertilized eggs at the single cell stage. For a brief window of time the pronuclei containing the genetic material from the sperm head and the egg are visible within the protoplasm. At this stage, a linearized DNA construct is injected into one of the pronuclei. The injected eggs are then transferred into the oviducts of pseudopregnant foster mice

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What sites do Cre recombinase target?

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loxP sites

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True or False:

Pronucear injection involves the random integration of DNA

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True

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How do morpholinos work?

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Morpholinos block access of other molecules to small (~25 base) specific sequences of the base-pairing surfaces of ribonucleic acid (RNA).

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Define

gRNA

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the RNAs that guide the insertion or deletion of uridine residues into mitochondrial mRNAs in kinetoplastid protists in a process known as RNA editing

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Definition

a very common method used to create transgenic mice. This procedure involves collecting fertilized eggs at the single cell stage. For a brief window of time the pronuclei containing the genetic material from the sperm head and the egg are visible within the protoplasm. At this stage, a linearized DNA construct is injected into one of the pronuclei. The injected eggs are then transferred into the oviducts of pseudopregnant foster mice

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Pronuclear injection

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TALENS

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restriction enzymes that can be engineered to cut specific sequences of DNA. They are made by fusing a TAL effector DNA-binding domain to a DNA cleavage domain (a nuclease which cuts DNA strands)

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PAM site

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a 2-6 base pair DNA sequence immediately following the DNA sequence targeted by the Cas9 nuclease in the CRISPR bacterial adaptive immune system

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Define

Non-homologous end joining

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a pathway that repairs double-strand breaks in DNA

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What is the main issue with pronuclear injection?

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Random insertion into the genome can disrupt a gene resulting in the wrong phenotype being expressed

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Forward genetics

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an approach used to identify genes (or set of genes) responsible for a particular phenotype of an organism

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Morpholino

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a type of oligomer molecule used in molecular biology to modify gene expression. Morpholinos block access of other molecules to small (~25 base) specific sequences of the base-pairing surfaces of ribonucleic acid (RNA).

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What are the advantages of conditional knockouts?

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  • Can knockout the target gene
  • Can study embryonic lethal genes
  • Great for studying tissue/cell type specific effects
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How can you perform targeted insertion/deletion of a gene to study reverse genetics?

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  • Knockouts
  • Knockins
  • Gene editing
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Define

RNA interference (RNAi)

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a biological process in which RNA molecules inhibit gene expression or translation, by neutralizing targeted mRNA molecules

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What are the two possible mechanisms of repair when using zinc finger nucleases?

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Non-homologous end joining

Homology-directed repair

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What does RNA interference target?

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Endogenous RNA

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Definition

a small protein structural motif that is characterized by the coordination of one or morezinc ions (Zn2+) in order to stabilize the fold

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Zinc finger (ZF) proteins

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Definition

a multiprotein complex, specifically a ribonucleoprotein, which incorporates one strand of a single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) fragment, such as microRNA (miRNA), or double-stranded small interfering RNA (siRNA).

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RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC)

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What are the Pros of CRISPR/Cas9?

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  • Simple to design
  • Very high efficiency of mutation
  • Micro-injected directly into the zygote rather that into ES cells
  • Multiple mutations can be introduced simultaneously
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Definition

a gene or genetic material that has been transferred naturally, or by any of a number of genetic engineering techniques from one organism to another

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Transgene

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Definition

one of a number of genetically-engineered adenoviruses designed to insert a gene of interest into a eukaryotic cell where the gene of interest is subsequently expressed. Unlike most other vectors, they have the ability to infect post-mitotic cells. Thus, these agents are especially useful for gene transfer into neuronal cells.

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Adenovirus vector

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Transient knockdown

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a temporary change in gene expression that does not modify the chromosomal DNA

43
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How do you make a knockout mouse?

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  1. In vitro mutation of the target gene in ES cells
  2. ES cells containing a mutated gene being studied are introduced into mouse blastocysts
    1. Chimeric mice contain tissues derived from either the transplanted ES cells (white) or the host cells (brown)
    2. These cells can contribute to both the germ-cell and somatic-cell populations
  3. Chimeric mice are mated to assess whether the mutation is incorporated into the germline
  4. Heterozygous mice for the gene mutation are mated to produce mice that are homozygous for the mutated gene
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Definition

a site-specific endonuclease designed to bind and cleave DNA at specific positions

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ZNF nuclease

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Define

Adenovirus vector

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one of a number of genetically-engineered adenoviruses designed to insert a gene of interest into a eukaryotic cell where the gene of interest is subsequently expressed. Unlike most other vectors, they have the ability to infect post-mitotic cells. Thus, these agents are especially useful for gene transfer into neuronal cells.

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Definition

describes the physical co-localization of genetic loci on the same chromosome within an individual or species

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Synteny

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Define

NGG

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any nucleobase followed by two guanine bases that are recognised as the PAM sequence by Cas9 molecules during CRISPR/Cas9

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Definition

an RNA-guided DNA endonuclease enzyme associated with the CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) adaptive immunity system in Streptococcus pyogenes, among other bacteria

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Cas9

49
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Definition

a mouse whose DNA has been genetically engineered so that it does not express particular proteins

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Knockout mice

50
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Definition

the RNAs that guide the insertion or deletion of uridine residues into mitochondrial mRNAs in kinetoplastid protists in a process known as RNA editing

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gRNA

51
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How do you make a knockin mouse?

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Step 1: A DNA construct containing a specific gene such as mutated or reporter oncogene is taken.

Step 2: These genes with flanking sequence (also called loxP) undergo inverse recombination when they are exposed to the sites carrying Cre-recombinase enzyme. This results in the omission of intervening DNA.

Step 3: Then the modified gene is introduced to the endogenous locus.

Step 4: Embryonic stem cells carrying the modified gene is inoculated into a cavity of an early mouse embryo. This is then implanted into a surrogate female mouse, where the mouse embryo matures into a chimeric mouse with germ line carrying the transgenic gene.

Step 5: The offspring of this chimeric mouse carry the gene knockin.

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What viral vector is HIV?

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Lentivirus

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Definition

the sum total of all the messenger RNA molecules expressed from the genes of an organism

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Transcriptome

54
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True or False:

Cre recombinase enzyme can target specific tissues by controlling where it is expressed

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True

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Define

Gene editing

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a way of making specific changes to the DNA of a cell or organism. An enzyme cuts the DNA at a specific sequence, and when this is repaired by the cell a change or ‘edit’ is made to the sequence

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Definition

a biological process in which RNA molecules inhibit gene expression or translation, by neutralizing targeted mRNA molecules

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RNA interference (RNAi)

57
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Definition

a temporary change in gene expression that does not modify the chromosomal DNA

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Transient knockdown

58
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What are the disadvantages of gene knockouts?

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  • Occurrence of random insertion still remains
    • This can have a major effect on the phenotype
  • Predicted that 15-40% of genes knocked out will lead to a lethal at the embryo stage
  • Difficult to study the protein at different stages of development
  • Neomycin resistance genes can influence the phenotype
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What are the disadvantages of morpholinos?

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  • Limited to mostly frog and fish embryo work
  • Limited lifespan (days)
  • Need to be able to monitor blockage of translation using specific antibody
  • Care needs to be taken to check for non-specific interaction with other mRNA “off-target effects”
  • Amount of MO delivered into the cell can vary
60
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What are alternatives to pronuclear injection?

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Adenovirus vectors

Lentivirus vector

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How do you make a conditional knockout?

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The most commonly used technique is the Cre-lox recombination system. The Cre recombinase enzyme specifically recognizes two lox (loci of recombination) sites within DNA and causes recombination between them. During recombination two strands of DNA exchange information. This recombination will cause a deletion or inversion of the genes between the two lox sites, depending on their orientation. An entire gene can be removed to inactivate it.

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How can you add a gene to the germline to study reverse genetics?

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  • Pronuclear injection
  • Virus vectors
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Define

RNA-induced silencing complex (RISC)

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a multiprotein complex, specifically a ribonucleoprotein, which incorporates one strand of a single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) fragment, such as microRNA (miRNA), or double-stranded small interfering RNA (siRNA).

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Define

Conditional knockout

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a technique used to eliminate a specific gene in a certain tissue, such as the liver. This technique is useful to study the role of individual genes in living organisms. It differs from traditional gene knockout because it targets specific genes at specific times rather than being deleted from beginning of life

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How does RNAi work?

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During RNAi, long dsRNA is cut or “diced” into small fragments ~21 nucleotides long by an enzyme called “Dicer”. These small fragments, referred to as small interfering RNAs (siRNA), bind to proteins from a special family: the Argonaute proteins. After binding to an Argonaute protein, one strand of the dsRNA is removed, leaving the remaining strand available to bind to messenger RNA target sequences according to the rules of base pairing. Once bound, the Argonaute protein can either cleave the messenger RNA, destroying it, or recruit accessory factors to regulate the target sequence in other ways

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How does CRISPR/Cas9 allow genome editing?

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Cas9 is a nuclease that recognises the PAM site. Specific gRNA is used to target specific sequences and combine with the Cas9. The Cas9 creaes a targeted double-stranded break allowing for non-homologous end joining or homolog-directed repair

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Definition

a type of oligomer molecule used in molecular biology to modify gene expression. Morpholinos block access of other molecules to small (~25 base) specific sequences of the base-pairing surfaces of ribonucleic acid (RNA).

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Morpholino

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Definition

a technique used to eliminate a specific gene in a certain tissue, such as the liver. This technique is useful to study the role of individual genes in living organisms. It differs from traditional gene knockout because it targets specific genes at specific times rather than being deleted from beginning of life

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Conditional knockout

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Define

Reverse genetics

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a method that is used to help understand the function of a gene by analyzing the phenotypic effects of specific engineered gene sequences

70
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Definition

restriction enzymes that can be engineered to cut specific sequences of DNA. They are made by fusing a TAL effector DNA-binding domain to a DNA cleavage domain (a nuclease which cuts DNA strands)

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TALENS

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Define

Lentivirus vector

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a method by which genes can be inserted, modified, or deleted in organisms using lentivirus

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Define

Zinc finger (ZF) proteins

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a small protein structural motif that is characterized by the coordination of one or morezinc ions (Zn2+) in order to stabilize the fold

73
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How do TALENs allow genome editing?

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The TALE region is fused to a non-specific endonuclease which creates a double-strand break. Can results in non-homologous end joining (gene disruption) or homology-directed repair (gene correction/addition)

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Definition

a mechanism in cells to repair double strand DNA lesions. The most common form of HDR is homologous recombination

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Homology-directed repair

75
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How do you produce ES cells with a gene knockout?

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76
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Define

CRISPR/Cas9

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a unique technology that enables geneticists and medical researchers to edit parts of the genome by removing, adding or altering sections of the DNA sequence

77
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Define

Knockout mice

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a mouse whose DNA has been genetically engineered so that it does not express particular proteins

78
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Definition

a genetic engineering method that involves the one-for-one substitution of DNA sequence information in a genetic locus or the insertion of sequence information not found within the locus

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Knockins

79
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Define

Synteny

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describes the physical co-localization of genetic loci on the same chromosome within an individual or species

80
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Define

Gene targeting

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a genetic technique that uses homologous recombination to modify an endogenous gene

81
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Definition

a genetic technique that uses homologous recombination to modify an endogenous gene

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Gene targeting

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Definition

an approach used to identify genes (or set of genes) responsible for a particular phenotype of an organism

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Forward genetics

83
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Define

Transgenesis

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the introduction of a transgenes that has the potential to change the phenotype of an organism

84
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A system that can conditionally express the knockout phenotype at different stages of development and/or in tissues is called a ___________ allele

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Conditional

85
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True or False:

Cre recombinase can allow mice to pass through the development stage without effects

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True

86
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Definition

a method by which genes can be inserted, modified, or deleted in organisms using lentivirus

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Lentivirus vector

87
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What makes morpholinos more stable than RNAi?

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They are resistent to nucleases

88
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How do you check that a knockout has worked properly?

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Sequencing site on genome

Southern blot

Loss of protein expression

89
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Define

Transgene

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a gene or genetic material that has been transferred naturally, or by any of a number of genetic engineering techniques from one organism to another

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What are the Cons of CRISPR/Cas9?

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  • Off-site effects in the genome
  • Can result in mosaic insertion if zygite injection method used
  • Variation in the actual site and sequence of mutation
    • Need to genome sequence
    • Use multiple genome edited organisms
    • Requires outbreeding to achieve single mutation
91
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Define

Cas9

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an RNA-guided DNA endonuclease enzyme associated with the CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) adaptive immunity system in Streptococcus pyogenes, among other bacteria

92
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How do zinc finger nucleases allow genome editing?

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Zinc finger proteins specifically recognize the DNA sequence. The ZF region is fused to a non-specific endonuclease which creates a double strand break. The donor DNA is added and incorporates via homology-directed repair

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Definition

a method that is used to help understand the function of a gene by analyzing the phenotypic effects of specific engineered gene sequences

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Reverse genetics

94
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What are the disadvantages of conditional knockouts?

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  • Can take longer to get a result
  • Requires a lot of specific crossing with different mice
  • $$$
95
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Define

Transcriptome

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the sum total of all the messenger RNA molecules expressed from the genes of an organism

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