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. 2019 Apr 3;5(4):eaav7199. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aav7199

Fig. 1. Design of the UCNP-based CRISPR-Cas9 delivery system for NIR light–controlled gene editing.

Fig. 1

(A) Preparation of UCNPs-Cas9@PEI. (B) NIR-triggered delivery of Cas9-sgRNA to the nucleus of the cell for gene editing: (I) attachment to the cell membrane, (II) endocytosis, (III) endosome escape, (IV) release from particles and step into the nucleus, and (V) search for the target DNA locus and initiate the DNA double-strand break for genome editing.