LOCUS       Exported                9812 bp ds-DNA    circular SYN 06-1-2016
DEFINITION  Mammalian cell plasmid for CRISPR activation by expressing 
            catalytically inactive dCas9 fused to the VP64 transcriptional 
            activation domain.
ACCESSION   .
VERSION     .
KEYWORDS    pcDNA-dCas9-VP64
SOURCE      synthetic DNA construct
  ORGANISM  synthetic DNA construct
REFERENCE   1  (bases 1 to 9812)
  AUTHORS   Perez-Pinera P, Kocak DD, Vockley CM, Adler AF, Kabadi AM, Polstein 
            LR, Thakore PI, Glass KA, Ousterout DG, Leong KW, Guilak F, Crawford
            GE, Reddy TE, Gersbach CA.
  TITLE     RNA-guided gene activation by CRISPR-Cas9-based transcription 
            factors.
  JOURNAL   Nat. Methods 2013;10:973-6.
  PUBMED    23892895
REFERENCE   2  (bases 1 to 9812)
  AUTHORS   Gersbach Lab / Addgene #47107
  TITLE     Direct Submission
FEATURES             Location/Qualifiers
     source          1..9812
                     /organism="synthetic DNA construct"
                     /lab_host="Mammalian Cells"
                     /mol_type="other DNA"
     enhancer        235..614
                     /note="CMV enhancer"
                     /note="human cytomegalovirus immediate early enhancer"
     promoter        615..818
                     /note="CMV promoter"
                     /note="human cytomegalovirus (CMV) immediate early 
                     promoter"
     promoter        863..881
                     /note="T7 promoter"
                     /note="promoter for bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase"
     CDS             904..906
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="start codon"
                     /note="ATG"
                     /translation="M"
     CDS             907..972
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="three tandem FLAG(R) epitope tags, followed by an
                     enterokinase cleavage site"
                     /note="3xFLAG"
                     /translation="DYKDHDGDYKDHDIDYKDDDDK"
     CDS             979..999
                     /codon_start=1
                     /locus_tag="
                     "
                     /product="nuclear localization signal of SV40 large T 
                     antigen"
                     /note="SV40 NLS"
                     /note="
                     "
                     /protein_id="
                     "
                     /translation="PKKKRKV"
     CDS             1009..5112
                     /codon_start=1
                     /locus_tag="
                     "
                     /product="catalytically dead mutant of the Cas9 
                     endonuclease from the Streptococcus pyogenes Type II 
                     CRISPR/Cas system"
                     /note="dCas9"
                     /note="RNA-guided DNA-binding protein that lacks 
                     endonuclease activity due to the D10A mutation in the RuvC 
                     catalytic domain and the H840A mutation in the HNH 
                     catalytic domain"
                     /protein_id="
                     "
                     /translation="MDKKYSIGLAIGTNSVGWAVITDEYKVPSKKFKVLGNTDRHSIKK
                     NLIGALLFDSGETAEATRLKRTARRRYTRRKNRICYLQEIFSNEMAKVDDSFFHRLEES
                     FLVEEDKKHERHPIFGNIVDEVAYHEKYPTIYHLRKKLVDSTDKADLRLIYLALAHMIK
                     FRGHFLIEGDLNPDNSDVDKLFIQLVQTYNQLFEENPINASGVDAKAILSARLSKSRRL
                     ENLIAQLPGEKKNGLFGNLIALSLGLTPNFKSNFDLAEDAKLQLSKDTYDDDLDNLLAQ
                     IGDQYADLFLAAKNLSDAILLSDILRVNTEITKAPLSASMIKRYDEHHQDLTLLKALVR
                     QQLPEKYKEIFFDQSKNGYAGYIDGGASQEEFYKFIKPILEKMDGTEELLVKLNREDLL
                     RKQRTFDNGSIPHQIHLGELHAILRRQEDFYPFLKDNREKIEKILTFRIPYYVGPLARG
                     NSRFAWMTRKSEETITPWNFEEVVDKGASAQSFIERMTNFDKNLPNEKVLPKHSLLYEY
                     FTVYNELTKVKYVTEGMRKPAFLSGEQKKAIVDLLFKTNRKVTVKQLKEDYFKKIECFD
                     SVEISGVEDRFNASLGTYHDLLKIIKDKDFLDNEENEDILEDIVLTLTLFEDREMIEER
                     LKTYAHLFDDKVMKQLKRRRYTGWGRLSRKLINGIRDKQSGKTILDFLKSDGFANRNFM
                     QLIHDDSLTFKEDIQKAQVSGQGDSLHEHIANLAGSPAIKKGILQTVKVVDELVKVMGR
                     HKPENIVIEMARENQTTQKGQKNSRERMKRIEEGIKELGSQILKEHPVENTQLQNEKLY
                     LYYLQNGRDMYVDQELDINRLSDYDVDAIVPQSFLKDDSIDNKVLTRSDKNRGKSDNVP
                     SEEVVKKMKNYWRQLLNAKLITQRKFDNLTKAERGGLSELDKAGFIKRQLVETRQITKH
                     VAQILDSRMNTKYDENDKLIREVKVITLKSKLVSDFRKDFQFYKVREINNYHHAHDAYL
                     NAVVGTALIKKYPKLESEFVYGDYKVYDVRKMIAKSEQEIGKATAKYFFYSNIMNFFKT
                     EITLANGEIRKRPLIETNGETGEIVWDKGRDFATVRKVLSMPQVNIVKKTEVQTGGFSK
                     ESILPKRNSDKLIARKKDWDPKKYGGFDSPTVAYSVLVVAKVEKGKSKKLKSVKELLGI
                     TIMERSSFEKNPIDFLEAKGYKEVKKDLIIKLPKYSLFELENGRKRMLASAGELQKGNE
                     LALPSKYVNFLYLASHYEKLKGSPEDNEQKQLFVEQHKHYLDEIIEQISEFSKRVILAD
                     ANLDKVLSAYNKHRDKPIREQAENIIHLFTLTNLGAPAAFKYFDTTIDRKRYTSTKEVL
                     DATLIHQSITGLYETRIDLSQLGGD"
     CDS             5137..5157
                     /codon_start=1
                     /locus_tag="
                     "
                     /product="nuclear localization signal of SV40 large T 
                     antigen"
                     /note="SV40 NLS"
                     /note="
                     "
                     /protein_id="
                     "
                     /translation="PKKKRKV"
     CDS             5167..5316
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="tetrameric repeat of the minimal activation 
                     domain of herpes simplex virus VP16 (Beerli et al., 1998)"
                     /note="VP64"
                     /translation="DALDDFDLDMLGSDALDDFDLDMLGSDALDDFDLDMLGSDALDDF
                     DLDML"
     CDS             5323..5349
                     /codon_start=1
                     /product="HA (human influenza hemagglutinin) epitope tag"
                     /note="HA"
                     /translation="YPYDVPDYA"
     polyA_signal    5412..5636
                     /note="bGH poly(A) signal"
                     /note="bovine growth hormone polyadenylation signal"
     rep_origin      5682..6110
                     /direction=RIGHT
                     /note="f1 ori"
                     /note="f1 bacteriophage origin of replication; arrow 
                     indicates direction of (+) strand synthesis"
     promoter        6124..6453
                     /note="SV40 promoter"
                     /note="SV40 enhancer and early promoter"
     rep_origin      6304..6439
                     /note="SV40 ori"
                     /note="SV40 origin of replication"
     CDS             6520..7314
                     /codon_start=1
                     /gene="aph(3)-II (or nptII)"
                     /product="aminoglycoside phosphotransferase from Tn5"
                     /note="NeoR/KanR"
                     /note="confers resistance to neomycin, kanamycin, and G418 
                     (Geneticin(R))"
                     /translation="MIEQDGLHAGSPAAWVERLFGYDWAQQTIGCSDAAVFRLSAQGRP
                     VLFVKTDLSGALNELQDEAARLSWLATTGVPCAAVLDVVTEAGRDWLLLGEVPGQDLLS
                     SHLAPAEKVSIMADAMRRLHTLDPATCPFDHQAKHRIERARTRMEAGLVDQDDLDEEHQ
                     GLAPAELFARLKARMPDGEDLVVTHGDACLPNIMVENGRFSGFIDCGRLGVADRYQDIA
                     LATRDIAEELGGEWADRFLVLYGIAAPDSQRIAFYRLLDEFF"
     polyA_signal    7488..7609
                     /note="SV40 poly(A) signal"
                     /note="SV40 polyadenylation signal"
     rep_origin      complement(8060..8645)
                     /direction=LEFT
                     /note="ori"
                     /note="high-copy-number ColE1/pMB1/pBR322/pUC origin of 
                     replication"
     CDS             complement(8816..9676)
                     /codon_start=1
                     /gene="bla"
                     /product="beta-lactamase"
                     /note="AmpR"
                     /note="confers resistance to ampicillin, carbenicillin, and
                     related antibiotics"
                     /translation="MSIQHFRVALIPFFAAFCLPVFAHPETLVKVKDAEDQLGARVGYI
                     ELDLNSGKILESFRPEERFPMMSTFKVLLCGAVLSRIDAGQEQLGRRIHYSQNDLVEYS
                     PVTEKHLTDGMTVRELCSAAITMSDNTAANLLLTTIGGPKELTAFLHNMGDHVTRLDRW
                     EPELNEAIPNDERDTTMPVAMATTLRKLLTGELLTLASRQQLIDWMEADKVAGPLLRSA
                     LPAGWFIADKSGAGERGSRGIIAALGPDGKPSRIVVIYTTGSQATMDERNRQIAEIGAS
                     LIKHW"
     promoter        complement(9677..9781)
                     /gene="bla"
                     /note="AmpR promoter"