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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Biotechnol. 2014 Mar 2;32(4):347–355. doi: 10.1038/nbt.2842

Table 1. Published examples of cell types and organisms modified by Cas9.

Cell type or organism Cas9 form Cell type Reference numbers
Human cells Cas9 nuclease HEK293FT, HEK293T,
HEK293, K562, iPSC,
HUES9, HUES1, BJ-
RiPS ,HeLa, Jurkat,
U2OS
13-16, 47, 49-51, 54, 58,
61, 72, 83, 102, 103
Cas9 nickase HEK293FT, HEK293T 13, 14, 47, 49
dCas9 (gene regulation) HEK293FT, HEK293T 72-74, 76, 83
dCas9 (imaging) HEK293T, UMUC3,
HeLa
84
Mouse or mouse cells Cas9 nuclease embryos 14, 24-26
Cas9 nickase embryos 47
dCas9 (gene regulation) NIH3T3 76
Rat Cas9 nuclease embryos 26, 36
Rabbit Cas9 nuclease embryos 27
Frog Cas9 nuclease embryos 28
Zebrafish Cas9 nuclease embryos 17, 33, 37, 62, 103
Fruit fly Cas9 nuclease embryos 29, 30, 63
Silkworm Cas9 nuclease embryos 31
Roundworm Cas9 nuclease adult gonads 32, 64-69
Rice Cas9 nuclease protoplasts,
callus cells
21, 23
Wheat Cas9 nuclease protoplasts 21
Sorghum Cas9 nuclease embryos 23
Tobacco Cas9 nuclease protoplasts,
leaf tissue
19, 20, 23
Thale cress Cas9 nuclease protoplasts,
seedlings
19, 23
Yeast Cas9 nuclease S. cerevisiae 18
Bacteria Cas9 nuclease S. pneumonia,
E. coli
8
dCas9 (gene regulation) E. coli 71, 72

Human Embryonic Kidney (HEK); Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs);