Guide selection using a CRISPRa system to activate parkin gene related to parkinson's disease

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes a loss in motor capabilities, tremors, bradykinesia, cognitive capacity, and sometimes dementia. The Parkin gene is an essential gene that has a fundamental role in the ubiquitination of proteins and the maintenance of mitocho...

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Autores:
Sotelo Montero, Sebastián
Tipo de recurso:
Trabajo de grado de pregrado
Fecha de publicación:
2023
Institución:
Universidad de los Andes
Repositorio:
Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/64471
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/1992/64471
Palabra clave:
CRISPRa
DH10B
E. coli
Parkinson's disease
DH5 alpha
Microbiología
Rights
openAccess
License
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes a loss in motor capabilities, tremors, bradykinesia, cognitive capacity, and sometimes dementia. The Parkin gene is an essential gene that has a fundamental role in the ubiquitination of proteins and the maintenance of mitochondria. Mutations in the Parkin gene are related to PD. In this study, we got the required DNA to activate the Parkin gene through a CRISPR activation system as a therapeutical objective. We show that using the DH5 alpha strain of E. coli is not the best option to transform and clone the plasmids that have the genetic information. The DH10B strain is a better option for obtaining linearized DNA. It strains requires fewer steps to achieve colonies with the plasmid, and the amount of DNA recovered is notably more significant than with the DH5 alpha.