TABLE 1.
The advantages and disadvantages of CRISPRi.
| Advantages | Disadvantages |
| Tunable knockdown | Off-target |
| Inducible knockdown | Bad-seed effect |
| Reversible knockdown | Polar effect and reverse polar effect |
| Controlling multiple genes | Toxicity of dCas9 |
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