CRISPR/Cas9 technology has been used to edit genomes in a variety of organisms. Using the GP72 gene as a target sequence, we tested two distinct approaches to generate Trypanosoma cruzi knockout mutants using the Cas9 nuclease and in vitro transcribed single guide RNA. Highly efficient rates of disruption of GP72 were achieved either by transfecting parasites stably expressing Streptococcus pyogenes Cas9 with single guide RNA or by transfecting wild type parasites with recombinant Staphylococcus aureus Cas9 previously associated with single guide RNA. In both protocols, we used single-stranded oligonucleotides as a repair template for homologous recombination and insertion of stop codons in the target gene.
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