AlleleAnalyzer: a tool for personalized and allele-specific sgRNA design.

ABSTRACT: The CRISPR/Cas system is a highly specific genome editing tool capable of distinguishing alleles differing by even a single base pair. Target sites might carry genetic variations that are not distinguishable by sgRNA designing tools based on one reference genome. AlleleAnalyzer is an open-source software that incorporates single-nucleotide variants and short insertions and deletions to design sgRNAs for precisely editing 1 or multiple haplotypes of a sequenced genome, currently supporting 11 Cas proteins. It also leverages patterns of shared genetic variation to optimize sgRNA design for different human populations. AlleleAnalyzer is available at https://github.com/keoughkath/AlleleAnalyzer .

SUBMITTER: Keough KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6694686 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature