Mouse Genome Editing Using the CRISPR/Cas System

Abstract The availability of techniques to create desired genetic mutations has enabled the laboratory mouse as an extensively used model organism in biomedical research including human genetics. A new addition to this existing technical repertoire is the CRISPR/Cas system. Specifically, this system allows editing of the mouse genome much more quickly than the previously used techniques, and, more importantly, multiple mutations can be created in a single experiment. Here we provide protocols for preparation of CRISPR/Cas reagents and microinjection into one‐cell mouse embryos to create knockout or knock‐in mouse models. Curr. Protoc. Hum. Genet . 83:15.7.1‐15.7.27. © 2014 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.