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LentiCRISPRv2 plasmid (RRID:Addgene_52961) was used for α-syn genome editing. All sgRNAs
were designed using CRISPick (https://portals.broadinstitute.org/gppx/crispick/public) and examined for genome-wide sequence specificityusing the National Center for Biotechnology Information’s (NCBI) Basic Local Alignment Search Tool NCBI BLAST
(RRID:SCR_004870)( http://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi). The sgRNAs (Control 5’
GACGGAGGCTAAGCGTCGCAA3’ and α-syn CRISPRn 5’ GGTTCATGAAAGGACTTTCAA3’) were
cloned as described previously
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Shalem, O., Sanjana, N.E., Hartenian, E., Shi, X., Scott, D.A., Mikkelsen, T.S., Heckl, D., Ebert, B.L., Root, D.E., Doench, J.G., and Zhang, F. (2014). (2013). Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screening in human cells. Science.
To validate the sgRNAs constructs, DIV-3 hippocampal
primary neurons were infected with lentiviruses per 6hrs (MOI=5). Transduced
neurons were cultured to maturity (DIV17-DIV21) and then lysate for western
blotting analysis and genomic analysis.
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Step 1
Shalem, O., Sanjana, N.E., Hartenian, E., Shi, X., Scott, D.A., Mikkelsen, T.S., Heckl, D., Ebert, B.L., Root, D.E., Doench, J.G., and Zhang, F. (2014).. Genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screening in human cells