a, Schematic of the A3B knock-out strategy resulting in an A3A/B fusion. CRISPR cleavage sites are indicated by arrows and the homologous gRNA-targeted region is shown below with PAM (red). Exons are indicated by colored boxes. b, Diagnostic PCR products distinguishing WT A3B and 29.9 kbp A3B deletion allele (**, clones not pertaining to this manuscript; sequence verified). c, Immunoblot of MCF10A WT and A3B KO derivative treated with DMSO or PMA (25 ng/ml, 24 hrs) and probed with the indicated antibodies (n = 3 independent experiments). d, DNA deaminase activity assay using extracts from MCF10A WT and A3B KO derivative treated with DMSO or PMA (25 ng/ml, 24 hrs; purified A3A positive control; reaction buffer negative control; n = 3 independent experiments). e, A3B gene schematic with an arrow indicating the exon 2 mRNA region targeted by an A3B-specific shRNA in depletion experiments (target sequence shown below). f, Immunoblot of U2OS shCtrl and shA3B cell lines probed with the indicated antibodies; (n = 3 independent experiments). g, DNA deaminase activity assay of extracts from U2OS shCtrl and shA3B cell lines (purified A3A was used as a positive control and reaction buffer as a negative control; n = 3 independent experiments). h, EdU staining of MCF10A WT and A3B KO cell lines (n = 1 with a minimum of 10,000 cells per condition). i, PI staining of MCF10A WT and A3B KO cell lines (n = 3 experiments with 10,000 cells per condition; mean ± SD). j, EdU staining of U2OS shCtrl and shA3B cell lines (n = 1 with 10,000 cells per condition). k, PI staining of U2OS shCtrl and shA3B cell lines (n = 3 experiments with 10,000 cells per condition; mean ± SD). l, A3B gene schematic with an arrow indicating the exon 3 gRNA targeting region (target sequence shown below). m, Immunoblot of whole cell extracts from U2OS WT and A3B KO cell lines probed with the indicated antibodies (n = 3 independent experiments). n, Immunoblot of whole cell extracts from U2OS WT and A3B KO cell lines transfected as shown and probed with the indicated antibodies (n = 2 independent experiments).
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