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      Mutations generated by repair of Cas9-induced double strand breaks are predictable from surrounding sequence

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          The exact DNA mutation produced by cellular repair of a CRISPR/Cas9-generated double strand break determines its phenotypic effect. It is known that the mutational outcomes are not random, and depend on DNA sequence at the targeted location. Here, we present a systematic study of this link. We created a high throughput assay to directly measure the edits generated by over 40,000 guide RNAs, and applied it in a range of genetic backgrounds and for alternative CRISPR/Cas9 reagents. In total, we gathered data for over 1,000,000,000 mutational outcomes in synthetic constructs, which mirror those at endogenous loci. The majority of reproducible mutations are insertions of a single base, short deletions, or long microhomology-mediated deletions. gRNAs have a cell-line dependent preference for particular outcomes, especially favouring single base insertions and microhomology-mediated deletions. We uncover sequence determinants of the produced mutations at individual loci, and use these to derive a predictor of Cas9 editing outcomes with accuracy close to the theoretical maximum. This improved understanding of sequence repair allows better design of editing experiments, and may lead to future therapeutic applications.

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          Journal
          bioRxiv
          August 25 2018
          Article
          10.1101/400341
          1f05967d-f03d-421a-bcb5-5fbe5cde729f
          © 2018
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          Cell biology,Comparative biology
          Cell biology, Comparative biology

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