BCMA CRISPR/Cas9 Lentivirus (I

The BCMA CRISPR/Ca9 Lentiviruses are replication incompetent, HIV-based, VSV-G pseudo-typed lentiviral particles that are ready to transduce most mammalian cells, including primary and non-dividing cells. These viruses contain a CRISPR/Cas9 gene, driven by an EF1A promoter, and 5 sgRNA (single guide RNA) targeting human BCMA (B-cell maturation antigen) driven by a U6 promoter (see Table 1 for sgRNA sequences). The integrating lentivirus integrates randomly into the cell’s genome to express both the Cas9 and sgRNAs.  Simultaneous expression of Cas9 and BCMA sgRNA allows the generation of BCMA-knockout cells with one single transduction step. The lentiviruses also contain a puromycin selection marker (Figure 1).