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Guide-it CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Production System

While CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing is a powerful technique for genome manipulation, two significant challenges remain: obtaining efficient delivery of Cas9 and the gene-specific single guide RNA (sgRNA) to all cell types, and achieving fewer off‑target effects. To address these challenges, we have developed cell‑derived nanovesicles called gesicles that are created using the Guide-it CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Production System. CRISPR/Cas9 gesicles contain active Cas9 protein complexed with an sgRNA specific to a gene of interest, and mediate binding and fusion with the membrane of a wide range of target cells. These features can increase gene-editing efficiency to levels that are often higher than those obtained using plasmid‑based delivery methods. Additionally, this method allows for tight control of the dose and duration of the Cas9‑sgRNA complex in the cell, with the added benefit of reduced off‑target effects. The nanovesicles are produced in a Gesicle Producer 293T Cell Line via co-overexpression of packaging-mix components, including a nanovesicle-inducing glycoprotein and a protein for cell-surface display that mediates binding and fusion with the cellular membrane of target cells. Simultaneous overexpression of the Cas9 protein from Streptococcus pyogenes and a target-specific guide RNA (sgRNA) results in incorporation of the Cas9-sgRNA complex within the gesicles. After the resulting Cas9-sgRNA gesicles are harvested and applied to your target cells, they will efficiently enter the cells and mediate efficient gene editing.

This system provides the components needed for cloning and expressing your target-specific guide RNA, plus packaging reagents for producing CRISPR/Cas9 gesicles. The Gesicle Producer 293T Cell Line is sold separately.

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Gesicle Producer 293T Cell Line

1 mL

USD $406.00

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406	This product is the subject of a technology license agreement for internal research use only. Use of this product other than for research use may require additional licenses. Information on license restrictions or for uses other than research may be obtained by contacting licensing@takarabio.com.
330	This product is the subject of a technology license agreement for internal research use only. Use of this product other than for research use may require additional licenses. Information on license restrictions or for uses other than research may be obtained by contacting licensing@takarabio.com.
405	This Product is protected by one or more patents from the family consisting of: US9593356, CH3008192, People's Republic of China Patent ZL201480032802.9, DE602014050225.3, US10793828, US11643635, EP3008192, FR3008192, UK3008192, JP6525971, JP6771068, CA2905229 and any corresponding patents, divisionals, continuations, patent applications and foreign filings sharing common priority with the same family.

The Gesicle Producer 293T Cell Line is a subclone of the transformed human embryonic kidney cell line, HEK 293, which is highly transfectable and supports high levels of protein expression. The cell line also constitutively expresses the simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen. Gesicles are produced in these cells via co-overexpression of packaging mix components, which include a nanovesicle-inducing glycoprotein and a protein that is displayed on the cell surface and mediates binding and fusion with the cellular membrane of target cells. Simultaneous overexpression of another protein cargo can result in incorporation of that protein within the gesicles. When combined with a gesicle production system, these cells are capable of producing high gesicle yields.

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Our products are to be used for Research Use Only. They may not be used for any other purpose, including, but not limited to, use in humans, therapeutic or diagnostic use, or commercial use of any kind. Our products may not be transferred to third parties, resold, modified for resale, or used to manufacture commercial products or to provide a service to third parties without our prior written approval.

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632616

Guide-it™ CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Packaging Set

10 Rxns

USD $610.00

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272	This product (“Product”) and its use, is the subject of U.S. Patents 8,697,359 and 8,771,945 and pending U.S. Patent applications. The purchase of the Product conveys to the buyer the non-transferable right to use Product(s) purchased from Takara Bio USA, Inc. or its Affiliates, and any progeny, modification or derivative of a Product, or any cell or animal made or modified through use of a Product, or any progeny, modification or derivative of such cell or animal (“Related Material”), solely for research conducted by the buyer in accordance with all of the following requirements. No right is given to use this Product or Related Material for any other purpose, including, but not limited to, use in drugs, in vitro diagnostic purposes, therapeutics, or in humans. (i) The buyer shall not sell or otherwise transfer Products (including without limitation any material that contains a Licensed Product in whole or part) or any Related Material to any other person or entity, or use Products or any Related Material to perform services for the benefit of any other person or entity, (ii) the buyer shall use only the purchased amount of the Products and components of the Products, and shall use any Related Material, only for its internal research and not for (a) the practice, performance or provision of any method, process or service, or (b) the manufacture, sale, use, distribution, disposition or importing of any product, in each case (a) or (b) for consideration, or on any other commercial basis (“Commercial Purpose”), (iii) the buyer shall use Licensed Products and any Related Material in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation applicable human health and animal welfare laws and regulations, and (iv) the buyer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless MIT, Harvard and The Broad and their current and former trustees, directors, officers, faculty, affiliated investigators, students, employees, and agents and their respective successors, heirs and assigns (“Indemnitees”), against any liability, damage, loss, or expense (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by or imposed upon any of the Indemnitees in connection with any claims, suits, investigations, actions, demands or judgments arising out of or related to the exercise of any rights granted to the buyer, or any breach of the rights granted hereunder by the buyer.
225	Gesicle Technology. This product and its use are the subject of European patents and patent applications related to EP09306091, owned by Inserm Transfert. For research use only – not for therapeutic or diagnostic use in humans. No rights granted other that the right to use for research purposes. In addition, Inserm Transfert is the owner of European patent application EP09306092.9 relating to the use of microvesicles for cell engineering purposes. The products should not be used to develop, make, have made, use and sell or otherwise distribute any product, composition, method, service or process for commercial services that would infringe said patent application, unless a license is negotiated with Inserm Transfert, at 7 rue Watt, 75013 Paris, France (www.inserm-transfert.fr).
63	Use of this product is covered by one or more of the following U.S. Patent Nos. and corresponding patent claims outside the U.S.: 8,562,966, 8,557,231. This product is intended for research purposes only. It may not be used for (i) any human or veterinary use, including without limitation therapeutic and prophylactic use, (ii) any clinical use, including without limitation diagnostic use, (iii) screening of chemical and/or biological compounds for the identification of pharmaceutically active agents (including but not limited to screening of small molecules), target validation, preclinical testing services, or drug development. Any use of this product for any of the above mentioned purposes requires a license from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
69	The DsRed-Monomer, DsRed Express, E2-Crimson and the Fruit Fluorescent Proteins are covered by one or more of the following U.S. Patents: 7,250,298; 7,671,185; 7,910,714; 8,664,471 and 8,679,749.
72	Living Colors Fluorescent Protein Products: Not-For-Profit Entities: Orders may be placed in the normal manner by contacting your local representative or Takara Bio USA, Inc. Customer Service. Any and all uses of this product will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Non-Commercial Use License Agreement (the “Non-Commercial License”), a copy of which can be found below. As a condition of sale of this product to you, and prior to using this product, you must agree to the terms and conditions of the Non-Commercial License. Under the Non-Commercial License, Takara Bio USA, Inc. grants Not-For-Profit Entities a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and limited license to use this product for internal, non-commercial scientific research use only. Such license specifically excludes the right to sell or otherwise transfer this product, its components or derivatives thereof to third parties. No modifications to the product may be made without express written permission from Takara Bio USA, Inc. Any other use of this product requires a different license from Takara Bio USA, Inc. For license information, please contact a licensing representative by phone at 650.919.7320 or by e-mail at licensing@takarabio.com. For-Profit Entities wishing to use this product are required to obtain a license from Takara Bio USA, Inc. For license information, please contact a licensing representative by e-mail at licensing@takarabio.com. Not-For-Profit Non-Commercial Use License: A copy of the Guide-it™ CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Packaging Set product License Agreement can be found by clicking here.
391	LIMITED USE LABEL LICENSE: RESEARCH USE ONLY Notice to Purchaser: This product is the subject to a license granted to Takara Bio USA, Inc. and its Affiliates from Caribou Biosciences, Inc., and this product is transferred to the end-user purchaser (“Purchaser”) subject to a “Limited Use Label License” conveying to the Purchaser a limited, non-transferable right to use the product, solely as provided to Purchaser, together with (i) progeny or derivatives of the product generated by the Purchaser (including but not limited to cells), and (ii) biological material extracted or derived from the product or its corresponding progeny or derivatives (including but not limited to cells) (collectively, the product, and (i) and (ii) are referred to as (“Material”) only to perform internal research for the sole benefit of the Purchaser. The Purchaser cannot sell or otherwise transfer Material to a third party or otherwise use the Material for any Excluded Use. “Excluded Use” means any and all: (a) commercial activity including, but not limited to, any use in manufacturing (including but not limited to cell line development for purposes of bioproduction), product testing, or quality control; (b) preclinical or clinical testing or other activity directed toward the submission of data to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or any other regulatory agency in any country or jurisdiction where the active agent in such studies comprises the Material; (c) use to provide a service, information, or data to a third party; (d) use for human or animal therapeutic, diagnostic, or prophylactic purposes or as a product for therapeutics, diagnostics, or prophylaxis; (e) activity in an agricultural field trial or any activity directed toward the submission of data to the U.S. Department of Agriculture or any other agriculture regulatory agency; (f) high throughput screening drug discovery purposes (i.e., the screening of more than 10,000 experiments per day) as well as scale-up production activities for commercialization; (g) modification of human germline, including editing of human embryo genomes (with the sole exception of editing human embryonic stem (ES) cell lines for research purposes) or reproductive cells; (h) self-editing; and/or (i) stimulation of biased inheritance of a particular gene or trait or set of genes or traits (“gene drive”). It is the Purchaser’s responsibility to use the Material in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. For information on obtaining additional rights, including commercial rights, please contact licensing@cariboubio.com or Caribou Biosciences, Inc., 2929 7th Street, Suite 105, Berkeley, CA 94710 USA, Attn: Licensing.
396	Sigma-Aldrich CRISPR Use License Agreement This Product and its use are the subject of one or more of the following issued patents and patent applications: Australia Patent Nos. 2013355214; 2017204031; and 2018229489; Canada Patent Nos. 2,891,347 and 2,977,152; China Patent No. CN105142669; European Patent Nos. EP 2 928 496 B1; EP 3 138 910 B1, 3 138 911 B1, EP 3 138 912 B1, EP 3 360 964 B1, EP 3 363 902 B1; Israel Patent No. IL238856; Singapore Patent No. 11201503824S; South Korea Patent Nos. 10-1844123 and 10-2006880; and U.S. Patent Application Serial Nos. 15/188,911; 15/188,924; 15/188,927; 15/188,931; and 15/456,204 (the “Patent Rights”). The purchase of this Product conveys to you (the “Buyer”) the NON-TRANSFERABLE right to use the Product for Licensed Research Use (see definition below) subject to the conditions set out in this License Agreement. 1. “Licensed Research Use” means any use for research purposes, except: (i) Buyer may not sell or otherwise transfer the Product (including without limitation any material that contains the Product in whole or part) or any Related Material to any other third party (except that you may transfer the Product, or any Related Material to a bona fide collaborator or contract research organization), or use the Products or any Related Material to perform services for the benefit of any other third party; (ii) Buyer may use only the purchased amount of the Product and components of the Product, and shall use any Related Material, only for your internal research within the Field, and not for any Commercial Purposes; (iii) Buyer shall use the Product and any Related Material in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation applicable human health and animal welfare laws and regulations; and (iv) the Buyer shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless SIGMA and their current and former directors, officers, employees and agents, and their respective successors, heirs and assigns (the “Indemnities”) against any liability, damage, loss, or expense (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by or imposed upon any of the Indemnitees in connection with any claims, suits, investigations, actions, demands or judgments arising out of or related to the exercise of any rights granted to the Buyer hereunder or any breach of this License Agreement by such Buyer. 2. For purposes of Section 1 above, the following definitions shall apply: “Commercial Purposes” means (a) the practice, performance or provision of any method, process or service, or (b) the manufacture, sale, use, distribution, disposition or importing of any product, in each case (a) or (b) for consideration, or on any other commercial basis. “Field” means use as a research tool for research purposes; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Field shall expressly exclude (a) any in vivo and ex vivo human or clinical use, including, without limitation, any administration into humans or any diagnostic or prognostic use, (b) the creation of transgenic rodent models and/or derivatives thereof (including, but not limited to, rodents’ cells and rodents’ organs) by for-profit entities, (c) any in vivo veterinary or livestock use, or non-research agricultural use, or (d) use as a testing service, therapeutic or diagnostic for humans or animals. “Related Materials” means any progeny, modification or derivative of a Product. 3. Your right to use the Product will terminate immediately if you fail to comply with these terms and conditions. You shall, upon such termination of your rights, destroy all Product, Related Materials, and components thereof in your control, and notify SIGMA of such in writing. For information on purchasing a license to this Product for purposes other than Licensed Research Use, contact your local SIGMA sales representative, or call +1 800-325-3010.
405	This Product is protected by one or more patents from the family consisting of: US9593356, CH3008192, People's Republic of China Patent ZL201480032802.9, DE602014050225.3, US10793828, US11643635, EP3008192, FR3008192, UK3008192, JP6525971, JP6771068, CA2905229 and any corresponding patents, divisionals, continuations, patent applications and foreign filings sharing common priority with the same family.
259	This Product is protected by one or more patents from the family consisting of: JP6454352 and any corresponding patents, divisionals, continuations, patent applications and foreign filings sharing common priority with the same family.

Gesicles are cell-derived nanovesicles used to deliver macromolecular cargoes to a broad range of target cells, including cells that are difficult to transfect with plasmids. The nanovesicles generated using the Guide-it CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Packaging Set are produced in a Gesicle Producer 293T Cell Line (Cat. No. 632617) via co-overexpression of packaging mix components, which include a nanovesicle-inducing glycoprotein and a protein that is displayed on the cell surface and mediates binding and fusion with the cellular membrane of target cells. Simultaneous overexpression of additional macromolecular cargoes, in this case the Cas9 protein from Streptococcus pyogenes and a target-specific guide RNA (sgRNA), results in incorporation of the Cas9/sgRNA complex within the gesicles. After the resulting Cas9/sgRNA gesicles are harvested and applied to your target cells in the presence of protamine sulfate, they will efficiently enter the cells and mediate gene editing. The Guide-it CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicles Packaging Mixes 1 and 2 are each supplied prealiquoted and lyophilized in single vials containing Xfect Transfection Reagent and an optimized combination of gesicle-producing components. Gesicles are produced by sequentially reconstituting the lyophilized mixtures with your guide RNA vector of choice in sterile water and transfecting the sample into Gesicle Producer 293T cells according to the protocol in the Guide-it CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Production System User Manual. It is essential to use the pGuide-itsgRNA1 Vector for expression/packaging of your guide RNA, since using other commonly used guide RNA vectors will not result in effective Cas9/sgRNA complexes.

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Components

632613

Guide-it™ CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Production System

1 System

USD $713.00

License Statement

ID Number
69	The DsRed-Monomer, DsRed Express, E2-Crimson and the Fruit Fluorescent Proteins are covered by one or more of the following U.S. Patents: 7,250,298; 7,671,185; 7,910,714; 8,664,471 and 8,679,749.
72	Living Colors Fluorescent Protein Products: Not-For-Profit Entities: Orders may be placed in the normal manner by contacting your local representative or Takara Bio USA, Inc. Customer Service. Any and all uses of this product will be subject to the terms and conditions of the Non-Commercial Use License Agreement (the “Non-Commercial License”), a copy of which can be found below. As a condition of sale of this product to you, and prior to using this product, you must agree to the terms and conditions of the Non-Commercial License. Under the Non-Commercial License, Takara Bio USA, Inc. grants Not-For-Profit Entities a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and limited license to use this product for internal, non-commercial scientific research use only. Such license specifically excludes the right to sell or otherwise transfer this product, its components or derivatives thereof to third parties. No modifications to the product may be made without express written permission from Takara Bio USA, Inc. Any other use of this product requires a different license from Takara Bio USA, Inc. For license information, please contact a licensing representative by phone at 650.919.7320 or by e-mail at licensing@takarabio.com. For-Profit Entities wishing to use this product are required to obtain a license from Takara Bio USA, Inc. For license information, please contact a licensing representative by e-mail at licensing@takarabio.com. Not-For-Profit Non-Commercial Use License: A copy of the Guide-it™ CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Production System product License Agreement can be found by clicking here.
272	This product (“Product”) and its use, is the subject of U.S. Patents 8,697,359 and 8,771,945 and pending U.S. Patent applications. The purchase of the Product conveys to the buyer the non-transferable right to use Product(s) purchased from Takara Bio USA, Inc. or its Affiliates, and any progeny, modification or derivative of a Product, or any cell or animal made or modified through use of a Product, or any progeny, modification or derivative of such cell or animal (“Related Material”), solely for research conducted by the buyer in accordance with all of the following requirements. No right is given to use this Product or Related Material for any other purpose, including, but not limited to, use in drugs, in vitro diagnostic purposes, therapeutics, or in humans. (i) The buyer shall not sell or otherwise transfer Products (including without limitation any material that contains a Licensed Product in whole or part) or any Related Material to any other person or entity, or use Products or any Related Material to perform services for the benefit of any other person or entity, (ii) the buyer shall use only the purchased amount of the Products and components of the Products, and shall use any Related Material, only for its internal research and not for (a) the practice, performance or provision of any method, process or service, or (b) the manufacture, sale, use, distribution, disposition or importing of any product, in each case (a) or (b) for consideration, or on any other commercial basis (“Commercial Purpose”), (iii) the buyer shall use Licensed Products and any Related Material in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation applicable human health and animal welfare laws and regulations, and (iv) the buyer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless MIT, Harvard and The Broad and their current and former trustees, directors, officers, faculty, affiliated investigators, students, employees, and agents and their respective successors, heirs and assigns (“Indemnitees”), against any liability, damage, loss, or expense (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by or imposed upon any of the Indemnitees in connection with any claims, suits, investigations, actions, demands or judgments arising out of or related to the exercise of any rights granted to the buyer, or any breach of the rights granted hereunder by the buyer.
225	Gesicle Technology. This product and its use are the subject of European patents and patent applications related to EP09306091, owned by Inserm Transfert. For research use only – not for therapeutic or diagnostic use in humans. No rights granted other that the right to use for research purposes. In addition, Inserm Transfert is the owner of European patent application EP09306092.9 relating to the use of microvesicles for cell engineering purposes. The products should not be used to develop, make, have made, use and sell or otherwise distribute any product, composition, method, service or process for commercial services that would infringe said patent application, unless a license is negotiated with Inserm Transfert, at 7 rue Watt, 75013 Paris, France (www.inserm-transfert.fr).
391	LIMITED USE LABEL LICENSE: RESEARCH USE ONLY Notice to Purchaser: This product is the subject to a license granted to Takara Bio USA, Inc. and its Affiliates from Caribou Biosciences, Inc., and this product is transferred to the end-user purchaser (“Purchaser”) subject to a “Limited Use Label License” conveying to the Purchaser a limited, non-transferable right to use the product, solely as provided to Purchaser, together with (i) progeny or derivatives of the product generated by the Purchaser (including but not limited to cells), and (ii) biological material extracted or derived from the product or its corresponding progeny or derivatives (including but not limited to cells) (collectively, the product, and (i) and (ii) are referred to as (“Material”) only to perform internal research for the sole benefit of the Purchaser. The Purchaser cannot sell or otherwise transfer Material to a third party or otherwise use the Material for any Excluded Use. “Excluded Use” means any and all: (a) commercial activity including, but not limited to, any use in manufacturing (including but not limited to cell line development for purposes of bioproduction), product testing, or quality control; (b) preclinical or clinical testing or other activity directed toward the submission of data to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or any other regulatory agency in any country or jurisdiction where the active agent in such studies comprises the Material; (c) use to provide a service, information, or data to a third party; (d) use for human or animal therapeutic, diagnostic, or prophylactic purposes or as a product for therapeutics, diagnostics, or prophylaxis; (e) activity in an agricultural field trial or any activity directed toward the submission of data to the U.S. Department of Agriculture or any other agriculture regulatory agency; (f) high throughput screening drug discovery purposes (i.e., the screening of more than 10,000 experiments per day) as well as scale-up production activities for commercialization; (g) modification of human germline, including editing of human embryo genomes (with the sole exception of editing human embryonic stem (ES) cell lines for research purposes) or reproductive cells; (h) self-editing; and/or (i) stimulation of biased inheritance of a particular gene or trait or set of genes or traits (“gene drive”). It is the Purchaser’s responsibility to use the Material in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. For information on obtaining additional rights, including commercial rights, please contact licensing@cariboubio.com or Caribou Biosciences, Inc., 2929 7th Street, Suite 105, Berkeley, CA 94710 USA, Attn: Licensing.
396	Sigma-Aldrich CRISPR Use License Agreement This Product and its use are the subject of one or more of the following issued patents and patent applications: Australia Patent Nos. 2013355214; 2017204031; and 2018229489; Canada Patent Nos. 2,891,347 and 2,977,152; China Patent No. CN105142669; European Patent Nos. EP 2 928 496 B1; EP 3 138 910 B1, 3 138 911 B1, EP 3 138 912 B1, EP 3 360 964 B1, EP 3 363 902 B1; Israel Patent No. IL238856; Singapore Patent No. 11201503824S; South Korea Patent Nos. 10-1844123 and 10-2006880; and U.S. Patent Application Serial Nos. 15/188,911; 15/188,924; 15/188,927; 15/188,931; and 15/456,204 (the “Patent Rights”). The purchase of this Product conveys to you (the “Buyer”) the NON-TRANSFERABLE right to use the Product for Licensed Research Use (see definition below) subject to the conditions set out in this License Agreement. 1. “Licensed Research Use” means any use for research purposes, except: (i) Buyer may not sell or otherwise transfer the Product (including without limitation any material that contains the Product in whole or part) or any Related Material to any other third party (except that you may transfer the Product, or any Related Material to a bona fide collaborator or contract research organization), or use the Products or any Related Material to perform services for the benefit of any other third party; (ii) Buyer may use only the purchased amount of the Product and components of the Product, and shall use any Related Material, only for your internal research within the Field, and not for any Commercial Purposes; (iii) Buyer shall use the Product and any Related Material in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation applicable human health and animal welfare laws and regulations; and (iv) the Buyer shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless SIGMA and their current and former directors, officers, employees and agents, and their respective successors, heirs and assigns (the “Indemnities”) against any liability, damage, loss, or expense (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by or imposed upon any of the Indemnitees in connection with any claims, suits, investigations, actions, demands or judgments arising out of or related to the exercise of any rights granted to the Buyer hereunder or any breach of this License Agreement by such Buyer. 2. For purposes of Section 1 above, the following definitions shall apply: “Commercial Purposes” means (a) the practice, performance or provision of any method, process or service, or (b) the manufacture, sale, use, distribution, disposition or importing of any product, in each case (a) or (b) for consideration, or on any other commercial basis. “Field” means use as a research tool for research purposes; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Field shall expressly exclude (a) any in vivo and ex vivo human or clinical use, including, without limitation, any administration into humans or any diagnostic or prognostic use, (b) the creation of transgenic rodent models and/or derivatives thereof (including, but not limited to, rodents’ cells and rodents’ organs) by for-profit entities, (c) any in vivo veterinary or livestock use, or non-research agricultural use, or (d) use as a testing service, therapeutic or diagnostic for humans or animals. “Related Materials” means any progeny, modification or derivative of a Product. 3. Your right to use the Product will terminate immediately if you fail to comply with these terms and conditions. You shall, upon such termination of your rights, destroy all Product, Related Materials, and components thereof in your control, and notify SIGMA of such in writing. For information on purchasing a license to this Product for purposes other than Licensed Research Use, contact your local SIGMA sales representative, or call +1 800-325-3010.
405	This Product is protected by one or more patents from the family consisting of: US9593356, CH3008192, People's Republic of China Patent ZL201480032802.9, DE602014050225.3, US10793828, US11643635, EP3008192, FR3008192, UK3008192, JP6525971, JP6771068, CA2905229 and any corresponding patents, divisionals, continuations, patent applications and foreign filings sharing common priority with the same family.
259	This Product is protected by one or more patents from the family consisting of: JP6454352 and any corresponding patents, divisionals, continuations, patent applications and foreign filings sharing common priority with the same family.

The Guide-it CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Production System is a system for producing high yields of target-specific CRISPR/Cas9 gesicles for gene editing. Gesicles are cell-derived nanovesicles used to deliver macromolecular cargoes to a broad range of target cells, including cells that are difficult to transfect with plasmids. The nanovesicles are produced in a Gesicle Producer 293T Cell Line (Cat. No. 632617) via co-overexpression of packaging mix components, which include a nanovesicle-inducing glycoprotein and a protein that is displayed on the cell surface that mediates binding and fusion with the cellular membrane of target cells. Simultaneous overexpression of additional macromolecular cargoes, in this case the Cas9 protein from Streptococcus pyogenes and a target-specific guide RNA (sgRNA), results in incorporation of the Cas9/sgRNA complex within the gesicles. After the resulting Cas9/sgRNA gesicles are harvested and applied to your target cells in the presence of protamine sulfate, they will efficiently enter the cells and mediate gene editing. This system provides the components needed to clone and express your target-specific guide RNA, and packaging reagents to produce CRISPR/Cas9 gesicles. It is essential to use the pGuide-it-sgRNA1 Vector for expression and packaging of your guide RNA, since using other commonly used guide RNA vectors will not result in effective Cas9/sgRNA complexes.

Notice to purchaser

Components

632612

pGuide-it-sgRNA1 Vector System

1 System

USD $325.00

License Statement

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272	This product (“Product”) and its use, is the subject of U.S. Patents 8,697,359 and 8,771,945 and pending U.S. Patent applications. The purchase of the Product conveys to the buyer the non-transferable right to use Product(s) purchased from Takara Bio USA, Inc. or its Affiliates, and any progeny, modification or derivative of a Product, or any cell or animal made or modified through use of a Product, or any progeny, modification or derivative of such cell or animal (“Related Material”), solely for research conducted by the buyer in accordance with all of the following requirements. No right is given to use this Product or Related Material for any other purpose, including, but not limited to, use in drugs, in vitro diagnostic purposes, therapeutics, or in humans. (i) The buyer shall not sell or otherwise transfer Products (including without limitation any material that contains a Licensed Product in whole or part) or any Related Material to any other person or entity, or use Products or any Related Material to perform services for the benefit of any other person or entity, (ii) the buyer shall use only the purchased amount of the Products and components of the Products, and shall use any Related Material, only for its internal research and not for (a) the practice, performance or provision of any method, process or service, or (b) the manufacture, sale, use, distribution, disposition or importing of any product, in each case (a) or (b) for consideration, or on any other commercial basis (“Commercial Purpose”), (iii) the buyer shall use Licensed Products and any Related Material in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including without limitation applicable human health and animal welfare laws and regulations, and (iv) the buyer shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless MIT, Harvard and The Broad and their current and former trustees, directors, officers, faculty, affiliated investigators, students, employees, and agents and their respective successors, heirs and assigns (“Indemnitees”), against any liability, damage, loss, or expense (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by or imposed upon any of the Indemnitees in connection with any claims, suits, investigations, actions, demands or judgments arising out of or related to the exercise of any rights granted to the buyer, or any breach of the rights granted hereunder by the buyer.
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The pGuide-it-sgRNA1 Vector System is a complete system for cloning and expression of a target-specific single guide RNA (sgRNA) for mammalian gene modification studies using CRISPR/Cas9 technology. The pGuide-it-sgRNA1 Vector is used to express a target-specific sgRNA. This vector is pre-linearized for simple insertion of a target sequence for sgRNA expression from the human U6 promoter. It does not contain a selectable marker or fluorescence reporter. pGuide-it-sgRNA1 Vector can be used for transient transfection of mammalian cells. This kit also contains all of the components needed for cloning, including ligation mix, necessary controls, and Stellar Competent Cells.

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Components

Overview

Broad tropism: Efficient delivery of active Cas9 protein and target-specific sgRNA to a broad range of cell types
Reduced off-target effects: Delivery of Cas9 protein eliminates genomic integration and reduces off-target effects
Genome editing only when you want it: Tight control over dose and timing of delivery and editing
Notes:
- The traditional guide RNA scaffold provided with most commonly used vectors will not work with Cas9 delivered using gesicle technology. It is essential to use the pGuide-it-sgRNA1 Vector supplied in Cat. # 631613 or Cat. # 631612 when making gesicles, since this vector contains an optimized scaffold sequence for increased assembly and stability.
- The Gesicle Producer 293T Cell Line is not provided with the system and may be purchased separately (Cat. # 632617)
- Stem cell applications: We have demonstrated high-efficiency editing of endogenous genes in human iPS cells using a combination of CRISPR/Cas9 gesicles and our DEF-CS culture system.
- Note regarding primary CD34+ cells and primary T cells: While CRISPR/Cas9 gesicles have worked well in editing hard-to-transfect cell lines such as Jurkat cells, we have so far been unable to demonstrate high editing efficiency in primary CD34+ cells and primary T cells.

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CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene editing
Stem cell research

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Please see the product's Certificate of Analysis for information about storage conditions, product components, and technical specifications. Please see the Kit Components List to determine kit components. Certificates of Analysis and Kit Components Lists are located under the Documents tab.

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Choosing sgRNA design tools

Browse a collection of sgRNA design tools for Cas9-based genome editing experiments.

Choosing a target sequence for CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing

Learn how to design sgRNA sequences for successful gene editing.

The CRISPR/Cas9 system for targeted genome editing

Overview of CRISPR/Cas9 system for genome editing.

CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing tools

An overview of tools available for each step in a successful genome editing workflow.

Gene editing technical notes

Delivery of Cas9 and sgRNA to mammalian cells using a variety of innovative tools.

SNP engineering application note

Learn about a simple assay for sensitive detection of single-nucleotide substitutions in bulk-edited or clonal cell populations.

CRISPR/Cas9 gesicles overview

Learn about Guide-it CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Production System components and workflow.

CRISPR library screening webinar

Watch this webinar to learn how you can perform genome-wide lentiviral sgRNA screens easily.

Choosing an HDR template format

Watch a webinar on how to choose the right HDR template for knockin experiments.

Guide-it SNP Screening Kit FAQs

Get answers to frequently asked questions and view a video explaining the enzymatic assay.

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Guide-it CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Production System

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Cas9 protein delivery in culture cells

Successful knockout of CD81 in hiPS cells

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Cas9 protein delivery in culture cells

Successful knockout of CD81 in hiPS cells

632616: Guide-it CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Packaging Set

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Cas9 protein delivery in culture cells

The use of gesicles decreases off-target effects

Knockout efficiency of fluorescent reporter by Cas9-sgRNA protein complexes delivered to various cell types using gesicles

Gesicle production overview for delivery of Cas9-sgRNA

The CRISPR/Cas9 system, a simple, RNA-programmable method to mediate genome editing in mammalian cells

Editing efficiency is increased by an improved sgRNA scaffold design in gesicles

Using an improved sgRNA scaffold design in gesicles enables a dose-dependent increase in knockout effect

Optimal sgRNA design strategies when using gesicles

Efficient knockout of an endogenous protein (CD81) using gesicles containing Cas9-sgRNA complexes

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Gesicles utilize an optimized sgRNA scaffold

Successful knockout of CD81 in hiPS cells

632613: Guide-it CRISPR/Cas9 Gesicle Production System

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632612: pGuide-it-sgRNA1 Vector System

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