For this study the following software and web tools were used: CRISPR Design software, developed by Zhang at the MIT Laboratory in 201526 (link), and CRISPR design tool from SYNTHEGO, for the design of sgRNAs; Primer-BLAST (NCBI), for the design of primers to be used in PCR reactions; Verify Guide Design (SYNTHEGO) for the identification of off-target sites of G3 and G8 sgRNAs; Galaxy platform31 (link) and Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) tool32 (link) for on-target NGS analysis; GraphPad Prism 7.00, for statistical analysis.
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