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    Optimization of scarless human stem cell genome editing
    (Oxford University Press, 2013) Yang, Luhan; Guell, Marc; Byrne, Susan M; Yang, Joyce; De Los Angeles, Alejandro; Mali, Prashant; Aach, John; Kim-Kiselak, Caroline; Briggs, Adrian; Rios, Xavier; Huang, Po-Yi; Daley, George; Church, George
    Efficient strategies for precise genome editing in human-induced pluripotent cells (hiPSCs) will enable sophisticated genome engineering for research and clinical purposes. The development of programmable sequence-specific nucleases such as Transcription Activator-Like Effectors Nucleases (TALENs) and Cas9-gRNA allows genetic modifications to be made more efficiently at targeted sites of interest. However, many opportunities remain to optimize these tools and to enlarge their spheres of application. We present several improvements: First, we developed functional re-coded TALEs (reTALEs), which not only enable simple one-pot TALE synthesis but also allow TALE-based applications to be performed using lentiviral vectors. We then compared genome-editing efficiencies in hiPSCs mediated by 15 pairs of reTALENs and Cas9-gRNA targeting CCR5 and optimized ssODN design in conjunction with both methods for introducing specific mutations. We found Cas9-gRNA achieved 7–8× higher non-homologous end joining efficiencies (3%) than reTALENs (0.4%) and moderately superior homology-directed repair efficiencies (1.0 versus 0.6%) when combined with ssODN donors in hiPSCs. Using the optimal design, we demonstrated a streamlined process to generated seamlessly genome corrected hiPSCs within 3 weeks.
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    Study on Bacterial Protein Synthesis System toward the Incorporation of D-Amino Acid & Synthesis of 2'-deoxy-3'-mercapto-tRNA
    (2014-06-06) Huang, Po-Yi; Church, George McDonald; Church, George; Liu, David; Szostak, Jack
    Life is anti-entropic and highly organized phenomenon with two characteristics reinforcing each other: homochirality and the stereospecific catalysis of chemical reactions. The exclusive presence of L-amino acids and R-sugars in living world well depict this. Hypothetically, the amino acids and sugars of reverse chirality could form a parallel kingdom which is highly orthogonal to the present world. The components from this mirror kingdom, such as protein or nucleic acid, will be much more resistant to the defensive mechanism of present living system, which could be of great value. Therefore, by gradually rewiring the present bio-machineries, we look to build a bridge leading us to the space of mirror-imaged biomolecules. We begin by investigating protein synthesis with mirror amino acid since most amino acids contain one chiral center to be inversed comparing to sugars. In this work, we analyzed three stages critical for the incorporation of D-amino acid into ribosomal protein synthesis: amino acylation, EF-Tu binding of amino acyl-tRNA and delivery bias, and ribosome catalyzed peptidyl transfer. We have demonstrated that the affinity between EF-Tu and amino acyl-tRNA plays critical role on D-amino acid incorporation, and built a platform aimed to select for ribosome tolerating D-amino acid better.