CD5 (Human) CRISPR/Cas9 Lentivirus (Non-Integrating)

The CD5 CRISPR Lentiviruses are replication incompetent, HIV-based VSV-G  pseudotyped lentiviral particles that are ready to  infect almost all types of mammalian cells, including primary and non-dividing cells. The particles contain a CRISPR/Cas9 gene driven by an EF1a promoter, along with 5 sgRNA (single guide RNA) targeting human CD5 driven by a U6 promoter. The integrating lentivirus integrates randomly into the  cellular genome to express both Cas9 and the sgRNA. Puromycin selection forces high expression levels of both Cas9 and the sgRNA, and can be used with the integrating lentivirus to quickly and easily achieve high knockdown efficiencies in a cell pool. Efficiencies may vary, depending on the cell type and the gene of interest.