Pooled Libraries
In addition to the 150,531 plasmids in Addgene's repository, depositors have shared 350 pooled libraries. To help you find what you're looking for, we've gathered our pooled plasmid libraries on one page.
A pooled library is a set of plasmids all built with the same backbone and only differing in a small region. Pooled libraries are normally supplied as a single tube with all the plasmids in the library mixed together. The number of unique plasmids in a pooled library can range from a few hundred to millions. There are several different types of pooled libraries, including cDNA, shRNA, barcoding, phage display, and gRNA libraries.
Read our Pooled Library Guide for more information about:
- Library amplification
- Types of pooled library screens
- Next-generation sequencing (NGS)
Barcoding Libraries
Barcoded libraries contain very large numbers of unique barcodes used to mark individual cells. These barcodes will then be inherited by any daughter cells, making barcoded libraries ideal for lineage tracing. These libraries are also commonly used to monitor the dynamics of heterogeneous tumors.
Library | ID | Lentiviral Generation | PI | Description |
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LARRY Barcode Library Version 1 | 140024 | 3rd | Camargo | Lentiviral barcoding library for reconstructing transcriptional trajectories in differentiating cell populations. |
PolyA Barcode Library | 211610 | Retroviral | Chen | Retroviral barcoding library for capturing the transcriptome and cell identities. |
SPLINTR Pooled Libraries | 179774 179775 179776 |
3rd | Dawson | Lentiviral barcoding libraries for tracing clonal lineages using bulk and single-cell readouts. |
Human Genome-wide Intron Tagging Libraries | 216133 216134 |
3rd | Kubicek | Library of intron-targeting sgRNAs for pooled tagging of proteins with GFP or other protein tags at their endogenous genomic locus using an intron tagging approach. |
macsGESTALT Library | 178943 | N/A | Lengner | PiggyBac barcoding library for inducible lineage recording system. |
Moffat Lab - Barcode Libraries | 179851 179852 |
3rd | Moffat | Lentiviral barcoding library with Puromycin and ZsGreen markers. |
CellTag Barcode Library | 115643 115644 115645 206045 |
3rd | Morris | Lentiviral barcoding libraries used to combinatorially index cells for single-cell analysis of clonal dynamics. |
STICR Library | 180483 186334 186335 |
3rd | Nowakowski | Lentiviral barcoding libraries for labeling a starting cell population and for clonal lineage/fate tracing. |
Watermelon Library | 155257 | 3rd | Regev and Brugge | Lentiviral barcoding library for simultaneous tracing of clonal lineages as well as the transcriptional and proliferative state of each cell in the population. |
Single-cell quantitative expression reporters (scQers) Libraries | 194097 194098 217420 217421 217422 217423 217424 1000000239 |
Shendure | Libraries for integrating your regulatory elements of interest for single-cell expression reporter assays. | |
ClonTracer Library | 67267 (2.5µg) 69830 (7.5µg) |
3rd | Stegmeier | Lentiviral library used to conduct positive selection screens for cancer cells resistant to a given treatment. This blog post about the ClonTracer Library describes how the library was used to identify pools cells that were resistant pre-treatment. |
Perturb-seq Guide Barcodes (GBC) Library | 85968 | 3rd | Weissman | Barcode library for cloning gRNA sublibraries for single cell CRISPR analysis. |
Target Site Library (PCT48) | 170392 | 3rd | Weissman | Library backbone contains three Cas9-targetable spacer sequences with a random 14-bp barcode. |
cDNA Libraries
cDNA libraries are created from an organism’s actively transcribed mRNA, as opposed to genomic libraries, which are created from genomic DNA. Since cDNA libraries lack introns and other nontranscribed sequences, they are smaller and easier to use than genomic libraries, but they don’t contain as much regulatory information. To make a cDNA library, cDNA is synthesized, then ligated to adapters, and cloned into a given vector.
Library | ID | Species | PI | Description |
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Monosiga cDNA Library Discontinued |
25864 | Monosiga brevicollis | Carroll and King | Bacterial expression cDNA library created from the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis. |
Proterospongia cDNA library Discontinued |
25716 | Proterospongia | King | Bacterial expression cDNA library created from Proterospongia, also referred to as Salpingoeca. |
S. rosetta Col- cDNA amplified library | 62843 | Salpingoeca rosetta | King | Created from the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta. Col+ refers to DNA isolated from bacteria cultured with the colony-inducing bacteria Algoriphagus machipongonensis. |
S. rosetta Col+ cDNA amplified library | 62844 | Salpingoeca rosetta | King | Created from the choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta. The Col- library was created from S. rosetta cultured without bacteria. |
CRISPR Libraries
CRISPR knockout libraries are commonly used for loss-of-function screens. In these screens, multiple gRNAs are present for each gene targeted by the library. The effects of CRISPR knockout are not easily reversible, as the targeted gene sequence is mutated by CRISPR. Other CRISPR screens include CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) and inhibition (CRISPRi) screens. These screens use catalytically dead dCas9 to inhibit or activate given genes without direct genomic modification, and the effects are therefore reversible.
When choosing your library, please be aware that some of the library vectors contain Cas9 (1 plasmid system), while others require co-infection with Cas9-expressing virus or use in cells expressing Cas9 (2 plasmid system).
Knockout
CRISPR knockout libraries are designed to create insertions or deletions in targeted genes across the genome, rendering them nonfunctional. Libraries are designed to target throughout the genome unless specified. To limit false positives or false negatives, each library contains multiple gRNAs for each gene targeted by the library. Each library also contains non-targeting control gRNAs.
Library | ID | Species | Lentiviral Generation | PI | Genes Targeted | gRNAs per gene | Total gRNAs |
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Bassik Human CRISPR Knockout Library DescriptionThis lentiviral genome-scale CRISPR library targets all ~20,500 protein-coding genes in the human genome. The library is divided into 9 sublibraries defined by biological categories of genes, each with their own negative controls. |
101926 — 101934 | Human | 3rd | Bassik | Varies (~20,500 in total) | ~10 | Varies |
Bassik Mouse CRISPR Knockout Library DescriptionThis lentiviral genome-scale CRISPR library targets all ~23,000 protein-coding genes in the mouse genome. The library is divided into 10 sublibraries defined by biological categories, and each of these is then split randomly by gene into two sublibraries (A and B). |
1000000121 — 1000000130 | Mouse | 3rd | Bassik | Varies (~23,000 in total) | ~10 | Varies |
Berger Lab Human Paralog Knockout Library (pgPEN) DescriptionThis lentiviral CRISPR library induces knockouts of paralogous gene pairs. Plasmids express a pair of guide RNAs targeting either individual genes or a pair of paralogs. |
171172 | Human | 3rd | Berger | 1,030 gene pairs | 8 pgRNA/gene 16 pgRNA/pair |
33,170 |
Human Epigenetic Knockout Library DescriptionThis lentiviral CRISPR knockout library targets human epigenetic genes. |
162256 | Human | 3rd | Birsoy | 2,508 | 8 | 20,051 |
Mouse CRISPR Metabolic Gene Knockout Library DescriptionThis lentiviral CRISPR library targets mouse metabolic genes and includes most metabolic enzymes and transporters. |
160129 | Mouse | 3rd | Birsoy | 2,865 | 8 | 22,909 |
Mouse Lipid and Sphingolipid Metabolism Knockout Libraries DescriptionThese lentiviral CRISPR libraries target mouse lipid and sphingolipid metabolic genes and can be used to find lipid metabolic vulnerabilities in mouse cells. |
206248 206249 |
Mouse | 3rd | Birsoy | 295 59 |
7 10 |
2,105 630 |
Bonifacino Lab Human ubiquitination-related proteins CRISPR KO library DescriptionLentiviral CRISPR library targets human ubiquitation-related proteins and deubiquitinating enzymes. |
174592 | Human | 3rd | Bonifacino | 660 | 6-25 | 11,108 |
Borodina Yeast Transporter Libraries DescriptionYeast CRISPR knockout libraries targeting transporter genes. Five sub-pools target different groups of transporters and a sixth library targets all 361 genes. |
153101-153106 | Yeast | N/A | Borodina | Varies | 1 | Varies |
Bradley Human CRISPR Poison Exon Knockout Library DescriptionThis lentiviral CRISPR library targets 3' splice sites with paired guide RNAs. It induces skipping of poison cassette exons and corresponding upstream constitutive exons. Directly compare loss of a constitutive coding exon with loss of a poison exon. |
138084 | Human | 3rd | Bradley | 963 exons | ~9 pairs/exon | 9,508 |
Mouse CRISPR Proximal Poly(A) Site Knockout Library DescriptionThe mouse pKO library targets proximal poly(A) signal sequences in genes identified to be differentially polyadenylated in the mouse B16-F10 melanoma system. |
190744 | Mouse | 3rd | Bradley | 144 proximal poly(A) sites | 8-10 pgRNAs | 1,718 |
Mouse Chromatin Regulator Library DescriptionCRISPR KO library targeting a comprehensive set of mouse genes with annotated function as chromatin regulators. |
200011 | Mouse | 3rd | 936 | 6 | ~5616 | |
DNA Damage Response MKOv4 Library DescriptionLentiviral CRISPR knockout library targets human DNA damage response and DNA repair genes. |
140219 | Human | 3rd | J. Chen | 365 | 10 | 4,530 |
Murine Cell Surface Protein Knockout (McspKO) Library DescriptionLentiviral CRISPR knockout library targets mouse cell surface genes. |
200445 | Mouse | 3rd | J. Chen | 1,157 | 3-4 | 5,001 |
Mouse Tumor Suppressor Gene CRISPR Knockout Library DescriptionThis AAV CRISPR knockout library targets mouse tumor suppressor genes (TSG). Each plasmid carries one TSG-targeting sgRNA in addition to one p53-targeting sgRNA. Because the backbone expresses both luciferase and Cre, the library can be used to interrogate tumorigenesis in vivo using a mouse line expressing Cre-dependent Cas9. |
113584 EFS backbone 113585 TBG backbone |
Mouse | N/A | S. Chen | 56 | ~4 | 286 |
Mouse Metastasis CRISPR-Cpf1(Cas12a) Double Knockout Library DescriptionThis lentiviral library is a CRISPR-Cpf1/Cas12a double knockout library. There are 26 genes targeted in the library, chosen from analysis of human metastasis cohorts and a prior mouse metastasis CRISPR screen. It can be used to interrogate the genetic interactions driving metastasis. |
123361 | Mouse | 3rd | S. Chen | 26 | 4 | 11,934 arrays |
Brie mouse genome-wide library DescriptionDesigned using optimized metrics that are described in Doench et al. (2016), which combined improved on-target activity predictions (Rule Set 2), with an off-target score, the Cutting Frequency Determination (CFD); John Doench’s gRNA design blog post describes how gRNAs were designed for this library. |
73632 (1 plasmid) 73633 (2 plasmid) |
Mouse | 3rd | Doench and Root | 19,674 | 4 | 78,637 |
Description
CRISPR knockout pooled library that targets mouse kinome genes |
75317 (1 plasmid) 75316 (2 plasmid) |
Mouse | 3rd | Doench and Root | 713 | 4 | 2,852 |
Brunello human genome-wide library DescriptionDesigned using optimized metrics that are described in Doench et al. (2016), which combined improved on-target activity predictions (Rule Set 2), with an off-target score, the Cutting Frequency Determination (CFD); John Doench’s gRNA design blog post describes how gRNAs were designed for this library. |
73179 (1 plasmid) 73178 (2 plasmid) |
Human | 3rd | Doench and Root | 19,114 | 4 | 76,441 |
Description
CRISPR knockout pooled library that targets kinome genes |
75314 (Guides 1-4); 75315 (Guides 5-8) (1 plasmid) 75312 (Guides 1-4); 75313 (Guides 5-8) (2 plasmid) 1000000083 Guides 1-4 & 5-8 (1 plasmid) 1000000082 Guides 1-4 & 5-8 (2 plasmid) |
Human | 3rd | Doench and Root | 763 | 4 | 3,052 |
Gattinara human genome-wide library DescriptionDesigned for assays with limited cell numbers, this can be used with John Doench’s Brunello human genome-wide library. |
136986 | Human | 3rd | Doench | 19,993 | 2 | 40,964 |
Gouda mouse genome-wide library DescriptionDesigned for assays with limited cell numbers, this can be used with John Doench’s Brie mouse genome-wide library. |
136987 | Mouse | 3rd | Doench | 21,601 | 2 | 44,155 |
Green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus) sgRNA library DescriptionLentiviral CRISPR knockout library targeting green monkey (Chlorocebus sabaeus) genome. |
178284 | Green Monkey | 3rd | Doench and Root | 20,991 | 4 | 84,963 |
Humagne Set C and Humagne Set D DescriptionThe human CRISPR knockout enAsCas12a sgRNA libraries were designed for assays with limited cell numbers. |
172650 (Set C) 172651 (Set D) |
Human | 2nd | Doench and Root | 20,355 | 2 | 40,710 |
Inzolia Human CRISPR/Cas12a Multiplex Knockout DescriptionThe Inzolia genome-scale human library, with a five-fold reduction in the number of clones required, can be used for assaying genetic interactions. |
209551 209552 |
Human | 3rd | Doench | Varies | 1, 2, or 4 | 49,766 arrays |
Dow Lab Base Editing Sensor Libraries DescriptionBase editor sgRNAs target frequently occurring cancer-associated mutations that can be modeled with cytosine base editing. |
179217-179219 | Human, Mouse | 3rd | Dow | 462 | ~100 | Varies |
Mini-human AsCpf1-based Human Genome-wide Knockout Library DescriptionEach gene is targeted by an AsCpf1(AsCas12a)-based array containing 3-4 guides concatenated in one vector. |
130630 | Human | 3rd | Draetta | 16,977 | 3-4 | 17,032 arrays |
Description
CRISPR knockout pooled library targets human E-boxes genome-wide. |
173195 | Human | 3rd | Dzikiewicz-Krawczyk | 24,981 E-boxes | 1-7 per element | 46,354 |
Description
Lentiviral CRISPR knockout library targets ubiquitin ligases, deubiquitinases, and control genes. |
169942 | Human | 3rd | Ebert | 713 | 4 | 2,852 |
Human Interferon-Stimulated Gene CRISPR Knockout Library DescriptionCRISPR knockout pooled library targets a set of human interferon-stimulated genes (ISGs). |
125753 | Human | 3rd | Emerman OhAinle |
1,902 | 8 | 15,416 |
Description
Human genome-wide knockout library designed with two sgRNAs per gene. |
164896 | Human | 3rd | Garnett | 18,761 | 2 | 37,722 |
Description
SgRNA library tiles complete KSHV genome for pooled screening. |
180272 | KSHV | 3rd | Glaunsinger | NA | NA | 24,000 |
Description
Paired guide RNA library targets genes related to B-cell to macrophage transdifferentiation. |
183825 | Human | 3rd | Guigo | 1,040 | 10 | 11,750 |
Description
This CRISPR knockout library targets mouse metabolic genes. |
163966 | Mouse | 3rd | Kimmelman | 2,918 | ~6 | 18,343 |
Mouse Liver CRISPR Knockout Library DescriptionThis library can be used for genome-scale screening in the mouse liver. |
192824 | Mouse | 3rd | Knouse | 13,189 | ~5 | 71,878 |
Human Transcription Factor Knockout Library DescriptionCRISPR knockout pooled library targets a set of human transcription factors for LOF screening. |
162275 | Human | 3rd | Li | 1,639 | ~7 | 11,364 |
Human UBDUB CRISPR Knockout Library DescriptionHuman CRISPR Knockout Library targets ubiquitination and de-ubiquitination complex genes. |
171531 | Human | 3rd | Li | 1500 | ~6 | 9,274 |
Lin Human miRNA CRISPR Knockout Library DescriptionThis pooled CRISPR library targets 1,594 primary human miRNA genes. The library contains 4-5 gRNAs per gene and 1,000 non-targeting control gRNAs for a total of 8,382 gRNAs. |
112200 | Human | 3rd | Lin | 1,594 | ~5 | 8,382 |
Oxford Drosophila genome-wide library DescriptionThis pooled library is designed for genomic targeting and screening in Drosophila cells. To design the gRNAs, the depositing laboratory computed all possible gRNA target sites within the shared exonic regions on either DNA strand of the Drosophila genome. |
64750 | D. melanogaster | N/A | J. Liu | 13,501 | 3 | 40,279 |
The Human Druggable CRISPR library DescriptionThe CRISPR knockout library contains ~10,000 sgRNAs targeting 1,980 human druggable genes (5 sgRNAs per gene and 100 non-targeting control sgRNAs). |
200013 | Human | 3rd | L. Liu | 1,980 | 5 | 10,000 |
Description
Delivered as two half-libraries h1 and h2. Designed using optimized metrics that are described in Xu et al. (2015), which (1) maximize on-target cleavage effects using the SSC algorithm developed by the Liu Lab ( Xu et al. Genome Research 2015), (2) minimize potential off-target effects, and (3) ensure the fidelity of their sequence with corresponding target loci and avoid regions with possible genomic variations. |
1000000132 | Human | 3rd | X.S. Liu | 18,436 | 10 | 185,634 |
Mouse CRISPR Knockout Library in lentiCRISPR v2-Blast DescriptionDelivered as two half-libraries M1 and M2, the guide RNAs in this genome-wide CRISPR knockout library are designed to maximize on-target cleavage while minimizing off-target effects. |
1000000173 | Mouse | 3rd | X.S. Liu | 18,741 | 10 | 185,836 |
Description
Delivered as two half-libraries Library A and Library B. The guide RNAs in these CRISPR knockout libraries target mouse genes implicated in tumor initiation, progression, and immune modulation. |
174196 (Library A) 174197 (Library B) 1000000178 (Library A & Library B) |
Mouse | 3rd | X.S. Liu | 4,922 | 5 5 10 |
49,252 |
Toxoplasma genome-wide library DescriptionUsed for first apicomplexan parasite knockout screen. |
80636 | T. gondii | N/A | Lourido | 8,158 | 10 | 80,158 |
Advanced Catalogue of Epigenetic Regulators (ACER) DescriptionThe Advanced Catalogue of Epigenetic Regulators (ACER) library consists 748 traditional and newly predicted epigenetic regulators using epigenetic network analyses that integrated publicly available gene codependency (DepMap) and protein-protein interaction data (BioPlex). |
226117 | Human | 3rd | Lu | 758 | 10 | 8,205 |
Description
CRISPR knockout library targets cancer-related genes. |
182133 | Human | 3rd | Mali | 66 | 1 | 74 |
Description
Two pooled libraries express hybrid Cas9-Cas12a guide RNAs under a single promoter. Used to identify genetic interactions between paralogs and investigate alternative exon function. |
155199 155200 |
Human | 3rd | Moffat and Blencowe | 6,333 2,157 |
variable | 92,746 91,948 |
Mouse Toronto KnockOut (mTKO) CRISPR Library DescriptionTargets mouse protein-coding genes with 4-5 gRNAs/gene. Library includes 418 control gRNAs. |
159392 159393 |
Mouse | 3rd | Moffat | 19,463 | ~5 | 94,528 |
Mouse Validation (mVAL) CRISPR Library DescriptionLibrary targets 182 immune evasion genes allow LOF screening against genes shown to increase sensistivity or resistance of cancer cells to CTRL-mediated toxicity. |
159391 | Mouse | 3rd | Moffat | 182 | 4 | 1,656 |
Toronto KnockOut (TKO) genome-wide library - Version 1 DescriptionTargets nearly all human protein-coding genes. Base library: gRNAs with no predicted off-target sites. Supplemental library: 6 additional gRNAs per gene. |
1000000069 | Human | 3rd | Moffat | 17,661 | 12 | 176,500 |
Toronto KnockOut (TKO) genome-wide library - Version 3 DescriptionThe Toronto KnockOut Library v3 (TKOv3) is contains 70,948 gRNAs targeting 18,053 protein coding genes (4 gRNAs/gene) with 142 control gRNAs targeting EGFP, LacZ, and luciferase (71,090 total). It is available in both one- and two-plasmid systems. The gRNAs are sequence-optimized based on the criteria described in the associated article, and the number of gRNAs per gene is decreased to 4 based on the finding that there are diminishing benefits to more gRNAs per gene beyond four. |
90294 (1 plasmid) 125517 (2 plasmid) |
Human | 3rd | Moffat | 18,053 | 4 | 70,948 |
Human Lipid Droplet and Metabolism Library DescriptionCRISPR screen that is useful for the exploration of lipid biology and metabolism. |
191535 | Human | 3rd | Olzmann | 1,196 | ~10 | 13,920 |
Human GlycoGene CRISPR Library DescriptionCRISPR knockout library targets human genes involved in cellular glycosylation. |
140961 | Human | 3rd | Neelamegham | 347 | 10 | 3,637 |
Human Genome-Wide Reduced Double-gRNA Library DescriptionLentiviral CRISPR knockout library delivers random pairs of optimised gRNAs, reducing screens scale with similar performance to larger libraries. |
137999 | Human | 3rd | Parts | 19,657 | 3 | 59,576 |
Drosophila Cell CRISPR Knockout Libraries DescriptionDesigned for long-term sgRNA delivery in Drosophila cell lines. |
134582 134583 134584 |
D. melanogaster | 3rd | Perrimon | 955 2979 9954 |
8 6 6 |
7,956 17,827 59,406 |
Mouse Cardiac Transcriptional Regulators CRISPR Knockout Library DescriptionAAV CRISPR Library targets transcriptional regulators expressed in cardiomyocytes. |
138015 | Mouse | N/A | Pu | 2,444 | 6 | 14,671 |
Pan-cancer CasRx lncRNA Albarossa Library DescriptionGenome-scale pan-cancer interrogation of lncRNA dependencies using CasRx. |
212966 | Human | 3rd | Rad | 24,171 lncRNAs | Varies | 156,250 |
Activity-optimized human genome-wide library DescriptionOptimized for cleavage activity in order to maximize the likelihood of gene knockout. Split into three sub-libraries, each containing 10 gRNAs per gene. |
1000000100 | Human | 3rd | Sabatini and Lander | 18,663 | 10 | 187,535 |
Activity-optimized human genome-wide library Discontinued - see #1000000100 for an improved version |
1000000067 | Human | 3rd | Sabatini and Lander | 18,166 | 5 | 178,896 |
110066 | Human | 3rd | Sabatini | 2,981 | ~10 | 30,290 | |
Description
Lentiviral CRISPR knockout library targets human genes required for mTORC1 activation and inhibition. |
164084 | Human | 3rd | Sabatini | 712 | 10 | 7,501 |
Two plasmid activity-optimized human genome-wide library DescriptionOptimized for cleavage activity in order to maximize the likelihood of gene knockout. Split into three sub-libraries, each containing 10 gRNAs per gene. |
1000000095 | Human | 3rd | Sabatini and Lander | 18,543 | 10 | 187,536 |
Two plasmid activity-optimized mouse genome-wide library DescriptionOptimized for cleavage activity in order to maximize the likelihood of gene knockout. Split into two sub-libraries, each containing 10 gRNAs per gene. |
1000000096 | Mouse | 3rd | Sabatini and Lander | 18,986 | 10 | 188,509 |
Focused Ras Synthetic Lethal Human CRISPR Knockout Library Description
Focused gRNA library that targets synthetic lethal candidate and control genes with oncogenic Ras.
|
92352 | Human | 3rd | Sabatini and Lander | 132 | 50 | 6,661 |
Enriched human sub-pooled libraries DescriptionContains 6 distinct subpools targeting:
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51043 — 51048 | Human | 3rd | Sabatini and Lander | Varies | 10 | Varies |
Description
CRISPR knockout library targeting human SLC proteins.
|
132552 | Human | 3rd | Superti-Furga | 390 | 6-7 | 2,609 |
Description
CRISPR knockout library targeting mouse SLC proteins.
|
141436 | Mouse | 3rd | Superti-Furga | 378 | 6-7 | 2,384 |
Human Transporter Knockout Libraries DescriptionCRISPR knockout library targeting human transmembrane transporters.
|
213695 221409 221410 |
Human | 3rd | Superti-Furga | 673 653 90 |
Varies | Varies |
Bovine CRISPR Knockout Libraries DescriptionUse the genome wide CRISPR knockout libraries to target all the protein coding genes in the cattle genome. |
213927, 213928 | Cow | 2nd | Tan | 21,165 | 4.4 on average | 94,000 |
Yeast Inducible CRISPRi Library – Ampl133 DescriptionInducible genome-wide yeast CRISPRi library. |
161829 | Yeast | N/A | Tavazoie | 6,685 | 6-12 | 51,681 |
Retroviral Mouse Genome-wide CRISPR Knockout Library DescriptionThis retroviral CRISPR library contains gRNAs from the Yusa lab Mouse improved genome-wide library v2. |
104861 | Mouse | N/A | Teichmann | 18,424 | 5 | 90,230 |
Mouse Cherry Brie Pooled Library DescriptionThis lentiviral pooled library is a mouse genome-wide CRISPR knockout library. It is identical to the Brie library #73633, replacing Puromycin resistance with mCherry. |
170511 | Mouse | 3rd | Tolar | 19,674 | ~4 | 78,637 |
Human messenger-RBP sgRNA Library DescriptionLentiviral CRISPR knockout library targets human mRNA binding proteins with 10 sgRNAs/gene. |
168791 | Human | 3rd | Turner | 725 | 10 | 8,260 |
Mouse messenger-RBP sgRNA Library DescriptionRetroviral CRISPR knockout library targets mouse mRNA binding proteins with 10 sgRNAs/gene. |
169082 | Mouse | N/A | Turner | 1,300 | 10 | 13,500 |
Human Kinase Domain-Focused CRISPR Knockout Library DescriptionDesigned for genomic deletion screening of protein kinases by targeting the kinase domains. |
117725 | Human | 3rd | Vakoc | 482 | ~6 | 3,051 |
Human DNA Binding Domain-Focused CRISPR Knockout Library DescriptionDesigned for genomic deletion screening of transcription factors by targeting the DNA binding domains. |
123334 | Human | 3rd | Vakoc | 1,427 | ~6 | 8,658 |
sgRNA Pool for Streptococcus pneumoniae DescriptionConcise CRISPR pooled library targets the whole genome of S. pneumoniae D39V with one sgRNA per operon or gene. |
170432 | S. pneumoniae | N/A | Veening | 2,111 genetic elements | 1 | 1,499 |
Human paired-guide RNA (pgRNA) Library for long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) DescriptionDesigned for genomic deletion screening of functional lncRNAs (long non-coding RNAs) using lentiviral pgRNAs (paired-guide RNAs). |
89640 | Human | 3rd | Wei | 671 lncRNAs | Varies | 12,472 pairs |
Human lncRNA Splicing-targeting CRISPR Library DescriptionDesigned for genomic deletion screening of functional lncRNAs by targeting their splice sites. |
119977 | Human | 3rd | Wei | 10,996 lncRNAs | Varies | 126,773 |
Human Whole Genome sgRNA iBAR Library DescriptionEnables genome-wide CRISPR screening at high MOI through use of barcoded gRNA plasmids. |
140633 | Human | 3rd | Wei | 19,210 | 3 | 58,630 |
Description
Uses CRISPR cytosine base editors for genome-scale knockout screens in human cells by perturbing gene start codons, splice sites, or by introducing premature termination codons. |
174163 | Human | 3rd | Wei | 17,501 | 3 | 53,502 |
Description
Used for genome scale lentiviral CRISPR screening. Target sites were chosen in a region close to the translation initiation site. |
69763 | Human | 3rd | Wu | 20,121 | 4 | 77,406 |
Mouse CRISPR/Cas9-assisted Removal of Mitochondrial DNA (CARM) Library DescriptionThis library is intended to be used as a technical tool for removal of mitochondrial DNA from mouse genomic DNA preparations. |
82480 | Mouse | N/A | Xie | gRNAs target every ∼40bp over mitochondrial genome | N/A | 395 |
RNA-Binding Protein Pooled CRISPR Knockout Library DescriptionThis pooled CRISPR knockout library targets RNA-binding proteins with 10 guide RNAs per target. |
141438 | Human | 3rd | Yeo | 1,078 | 10 | 12,472 |
Human improved genome-wide library v1 DescriptionImproved version using new design pipeline and improved gRNA scaffold. |
67989 | Human | 3rd | Yusa | 18,010 | 5 | 90,709 |
Discontinued | 50947 | Mouse | 3rd | Yusa | 19,150 | 5 | 87,897 |
Mouse improved genome-wide library v2 DescriptionImproved version using new design pipeline and improved gRNA scaffold. |
67988 | Mouse | 3rd | Yusa | 18,424 | 5 | 90,230 |
Cas13a/C2c2 Protospacer flanking site (PFS) Library DescriptionA library of protospacer flanking sites (PFS) inserted at the 5' end of the β-lactamase gene for screening PFS preference for Cas13a/C2c2. |
79153 | Bacterial | N/A | Zhang | 4,096 Protospacer flanking sites | N/A | N/A |
Human GeCKO v2 genome-wide library DescriptionDelivered as two half-libraries (A and B) allowing researchers to screen with 3 or 6 gRNAs/gene, respectively. |
1000000048 (1 plasmid) 1000000049 (2 plasmid) |
Human | 3rd | Zhang | 19,052 | 6 | 123,411 |
Mouse GeCKO v2 genome-wide library DescriptionDelivered as two half-libraries (A and B) allowing researchers to screen with 3 or 6 gRNAs/gene, respectively. |
1000000052 (1 plasmid) 1000000053 (2 plasmid) |
Mouse | 3rd | Zhang | 20,661 | 6 | 130,209 |
Activation
CRISPR activation libraries use gRNAs to guide dCas9 bound to a transcriptional activator to target genes and thereby activate their expression. You can learn more CRISPR-based gene regulation on our CRISPR guide page.
Library | ID | Species | Lentiviral Generation | PI | Genes targeted | gRNAs per gene | Total gRNAs |
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Human Metabolic Gene CRISPRa sgRNA Library DescriptionLentiviral CRISPRa library targeting 2,989 human metabolic genes for activation of gene expression. |
187080 | Human | 3rd | Birsoy | 2,989 | Varies | 32,460 |
Mouse Metabolic Gene CRISPRa sgRNA Library DescriptionLentiviral CRISPRa library targeting 2,989 mouse metabolic genes for activation of gene expression. |
187081 | Mouse | 3rd | Birsoy | 2,989 | Varies | 17,031 |
FNLCR CRISPRa Cell Surface Libraries DescriptionLentiviral CRISPRa libraries targeting cell surface proteins and soluble factors for activation of gene expression. |
207471 1000000228 |
Human | 3rd | Chari | 6,081 7,030 |
~5 | 30,868 35,517 |
Calabrese p65-HSF human activation library DescriptionCRISPR activation pooled library using p65-HSF |
92379 (Set A); 92379-LV (Lentiviral Prep) 92380 (Set B); 92380-LV (Lentiviral Prep) 1000000111 Set A & Set B |
Human | 3rd | Doench and Root | 18,885 (Set A), 18,843 (Set B) | 3-6 | 56,762 (Set A), 56,476 (Set B) |
Caprano p65-HSF mouse activation library DescriptionCRISPR activation pooled library using p65-HSF |
92383 (Set A) 92384 (Set B) 1000000113 Set A & Set B |
Mouse | 3rd | Doench and Root | 22,774 (Set A), 22,658 (Set B) | 3-6 | 67,187 (Set A), 66,889 (Set B) |
Mouse Transcription Factor Activation Library DescriptionIncreases transcriptional activation of genes encoding transcription factors in combination with dCas9 activation systems, such as the SunTag and the dCas9-VP64 systems. |
122131 | Mouse | 3rd | Qi | 2,428 | ~20 | 51,762 |
Description
CRISPR activation library targeting human SLC proteins.
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132561 | Human | 3rd | Superti-Furga | 388 | 6-7 | 3,342 |
CRISPRa-v2 human genome-wide library DescriptionIncreases transcriptional activation through the dCas9-SunTag-VP64 system, which enables specific recruitment of multiple copies of VP64 to the sgRNA-targeted gene. |
83978 1000000091 |
Human | 3rd | Weissman | 18,915 | 10 | 104,540 209,080 |
Subpooled CRISPRa-v2 human libraries DescriptionSunTag-VP64 constructs can be used for activation and must be supplied separately. Subpools include kinases, apoptosis, stress, trafficking, gene expression, membrane proteins, and unknown function. |
83980 — 83986 | Human | 3rd | Weissman | Varies | 5 | Varies |
CRISPRa-v2 mouse genome-wide library DescriptionIncreases transcriptional activation through the dCas9-SunTag-VP64 system, which enables specific recruitment of multiple copies of VP64 to the sgRNA-targeted gene. |
83996 1000000093 |
Mouse | 3rd | Weissman | 19,939 | 10 | 107,105 214,210 |
Subpooled CRISPRa-v2 mouse libraries DescriptionSunTag-VP64 constructs can be used for activation and must be supplied separately. Subpools include kinases, apoptosis, stress, trafficking, gene expression, membrane proteins, and unknown function. |
83998 — 84004 | Mouse | 3rd | Weissman | Varies | 5 | Varies |
Description
Ultra-compact, human genome-wide CRISPRa library targeting each gene with a single element encoding a dual sgRNA cassette. |
187249 — 187251 1000000193 |
Human | 3rd | Weissman | Varies | 6 | Varies |
CRISPRa genome-wide library
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60956 | Human | 3rd | Weissman | 15,977 | 10 | 198,810 |
Human Membrane Protein Activation Library DescriptionThe Synergistic Activation Mediator (SAM) is an engineered transcriptional activation complex for the transcriptional activation of genes encoding human membrane proteins. Consists of:
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113345 | Human | 3rd | Wright | 6,213 | 7-14 | 58,570 |
Human SAM genome-wide library (2-plasmid system) DescriptionThe Synergistic Activation Mediator (SAM) is an engineered transcriptional activation complex for the transcriptional activation of endogenous genes. Consists of:
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1000000078 | Human | 3rd | Zhang | 23,430 | 3 | 70,290 |
Human SAM genome-wide library (3-plasmid system) DescriptionThe Synergistic Activation Mediator (SAM) is an engineered transcriptional activation complex for the transcriptional activation of endogenous genes. Consists of:
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1000000057 (Zeocin) 1000000074 (Puromycin) |
Human | 3rd | Zhang | 23,430 | 3 | 70,290 |
Human SAM lncRNA activation library (3-plasmid system) DescriptionThe Synergistic Activation Mediator (SAM) is an engineered transcriptional activation complex for the transcriptional activation of lncRNAs. Consists of:
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1000000106 (Zeocin) | Human | 3rd | Zhang | 10,504 | 10 | 96,458 |
Mouse SAM genome-wide library (3-plasmid system) DescriptionThe Synergistic Activation Mediator (SAM) is an engineered transcriptional activation complex for the transcriptional activation of endogenous genes. Consists of:
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1000000075 (Puromycin) | Mouse | 3rd | Zhang | 23,439 | 3 | 69,716 |
Inhibition
CRISPR inhibition libraries use gRNAs to guide dCas9 bound to a transcriptional repressor to target genes, block transcription initiation, and thereby repress, or knockdown, their expression. You can learn more CRISPR-based gene regulation on our CRISPR guide page.
Library | ID | Species | Lentiviral Generation | PI | Genes Targeted | gRNAs per gene | Total gRNAs |
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Adamson DNA Repair CRISPRi Libraries DescriptionThese libraries contain guide RNAs to inhibit human genes involved in DNA repair and an internal edit site on the backbone. They can be used for Repair-seq experiments to map DNA repair processes and identify improved genome editing strategies. |
177663, 177664, 177670 | Human | 3rd | Adamson | 118 or 476 | ~3 | 366 or 1,573 |
Bikard E. coli Genome-wide Inhibition Library v1 DescriptionThis library contains ~93,000 unique guide RNAs targeting random positions along the genome of E. coli MG1655 with a NGG PAM motif. The library contains an average of 19 targets per gene and can be used with SpdCas9 to perform pooled CRISPRi screens. |
115927 | E. coli | N/A | Bikard | ~4,500 | ~19 | 92,919 |
Bikard Lab EcoWG1: E. Coli Genome-wide Inhibition Library v2 DescriptionThis bacterial CRISPR inhibition library targets every small RNA and ORF of the E. coli MG1655 genome. This library has higher inhibition efficiency than the psgRNA library. |
131625 | E. coli | N/A | Bikard | 4,444 | ~5 | 21,417 |
Dolcetto human inhibition library DescriptionThe fusion protein dCas9-KRAB can be used as the transcriptional repressor and must be supplied separately. |
92385 (Set A) 92386 (Set B) 1000000114 Set A & Set B |
Human | 3rd | Doench and Root | 18,901 (Set A), 18,899 (Set B) | 3-6 | 57,050 (Set A), 57,011 (Set B) |
Dolomiti mouse inhibition library DescriptionThe fusion protein dCas9-KRAB can be used as the transcriptional repressor and must be supplied separately. |
104090 (Set A) 104091 (Set B) 1000000131 Set A & Set B |
Mouse | 3rd | Doench and Root | 22,311 (Set A), 22,247 (Set B) | 3-6 | 67,366 (Set A), 67,194 (Set B) |
Ingolia lab S cerevisiae CRISPRi v1 – barcodes 181005 DescriptionTet-inducible yeast CRISPR inhibition library targets the genome with barcode linked guide RNAs. |
161769 | Yeast | NA | Ingolia | ~6,700 | ~6 | 44,580 |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis CRISPRi Library (RLC12) DescriptionInducible CRISPR repression library targets open reading frames and non-coding RNAs in M. tuberculosis. |
163954 | M. tuberculosis | NA | Rock | 4,052 | Varies | 96,700 |
Mycobacterium smegmatis CRISPRi Library (RLC11) DescriptionInducible CRISPR repression library targets open reading frames and non-coding RNAs in M. smegmatis. |
163955 | M. smegmatis | NA | Rock | 6,642 | Varies | 176,286 |
Human CRISPRi-v2 Dual Guide Libraries DescriptionDual sgRNA libraries containing a fixed element (non-targeting guide or EMC2 guide) and the well-established Human Genome-wide CRISPRi-v2 library in tandem. |
197348 197349 |
Human | 3rd | Voorhees | 18,905 | 5 | 103,269 |
CRiNCL - Human CRISPRi Non-coding Libraries DescriptionTargets long non-coding RNA (lncRNA)-expressing genes; The fusion protein dCas9-KRAB can be used as the transcriptional repressor and must be supplied separately. |
86538 — 86550 | Human | 3rd | Weissman | Varies | 10 | Varies |
CRISPRi-v2 human genome-wide library DescriptionThe fusion protein dCas9-KRAB can be used as the transcriptional repressor and must be supplied separately. |
83969 1000000090 |
Human | 3rd | Weissman | 18,905 | 5 10 |
104,535 209,070 |
Subpooled CRISPRi-v2 human libraries DescriptionThe fusion protein dCas9-KRAB can be used as the transcriptional repressor and must be supplied separately. Subpools include kinases, apoptosis, stress, trafficking, gene expression, membrane proteins, and unknown function. |
83971 — 83977 | Human | 3rd | Weissman | Varies | 5 | Varies |
CRISPRi-v2 mouse genome-wide library DescriptionThe fusion protein dCas9-KRAB can be used as the transcriptional repressor and must be supplied separately. |
83987 1000000092 |
Mouse | 3rd | Weissman | 20,003 | 5 10 |
107,415 214,830 |
Human CRISPRi Titration Libraries DescriptionThe fusion protein dCas9-KRAB can be used as the transcriptional repressor and must be supplied separately. |
136478 136479 |
Human | 3rd | Weissman | ~2,500 | 23-24 1-9 |
119,510 25,518 |
Subpooled CRISPRi-v2 mouse libraries DescriptionThe fusion protein dCas9-KRAB can be used as the transcriptional repressor and must be supplied separately. Subpools include kinases, apoptosis, stress, trafficking, gene expression, membrane proteins, and unknown function. |
83989 — 83995 | Mouse | 3rd | Weissman | Varies | 5 | Varies |
CRISPRi genome-wide library
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62217 | Human | 3rd | Weissman | 15,977 | 10 | 206,421 |
Description
Ultra-compact, human genome-wide CRISPRi library targeting each gene with a single element encoding a dual sgRNA cassette. |
187246 — 187248 1000000192 |
Human | 3rd | Weissman | Varies | 6 | Varies |
Chong Zhang E. coli Genome-wide Inhibition Library DescriptionThis library targets ~4,000 E. coli genes with ~15 gRNAs per gene and includes ~10,000 gRNAs targeting intergenic regions. Additionally, 2,400 gRNAs without any significant hit across the E. coli genome are provided as a negative control. The library is divided into 5 sublibraries defined by biological categories, a negative control (NC) control library, and a custom test library targeting 86 genes (50 gRNAs per gene). |
113134 — 113138 113146, 113147 |
E. coli | N/A | C. Zhang | Varies | ~15 | Varies |
Screening Libraries
Screening libraries (non-CRISPR) can be used for different types of high-throughput experiments, including assay of protein-protein interactions or the effects of mutagenesis of a single gene. For example, phage display is a type of screening library that is used for finding binding partners for targets of interest. It relies on fusions of gene fragments and a bacteriophage coat protein.
Library | ID | Species | Vector backbone | PI | Description |
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APA Variant and Reference Libraries | 1000000214 | Human | APA V2 | Seelig | Libraries made to experimentally validate a residual neural network model's ( APARENT2) predictions for 3′-cleavage and polyadenylation from DNA sequence. |
Cancer Driver Peptide Overexpression Library | 172109 | Human | Lentiviral | Mali | Library expressing tiled cancer driver peptides for fitness screening. |
DHFR Saturation Mutagenesis Libraries | 1000000194-1000000196 | E. coli | pTET-Duet | Reynolds | Libraries to study the interaction between dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) and thymidylate synthase (TYMS), a pair of enzymes catalyzing consecutive reactions in folate metabolism. |
High Throughput PAM Determination Assay Libraries | 160132-160135 | Synthetic | Reporter | Joung and Kleinstiver | Libraries for determining the PAM requirements of Cas enzymes. |
microTRE Screening Library | 201012-201014 1000000220 |
Synthetic, but based on human and mouse | Donor_eGP2AP_RC | English | Libraries to screen synthetic promoters for transcriptional readouts of specific upstream signaling events |
Modular Pooled Knockin Libraries | 207474 — 207481 | Human | pUC19 | Marson | Libraries for screening transcription factors and cell surface receptors with a T cell receptor or chimeric antigen receptor for engineering immunotherapies and other cellular functions. |
pCMV-Rep78/68 Scanning Saturation Mutagenesis (SSM) Library | 198050 | pCMV-Rep78-68 | Church | Investigate the effects of rep mutations on production of a wide range of AAV capsid serotypes. | |
pRep-Cap Scanning Saturation Mutagenesis (SSM) Library | 199601 | AAV | Church | Investigate the effects of cap gene mutations on AAV production and on capsid properties. | |
PYR1 Double Mutant Library | 1000000181 | A. thaliana | Yeast Two Hybrid | Whitehead | Paired double mutant Pyrabactin Resistance 1 libraries. |
Rinehart Human Serine Phosphopeptide Library | 111704-111708 |
Human | pNAS1 | Rinehart | Human phosphoserine libraries. |
Rinehart Lab Iterative Synthetically Phosphorylated Isomers (iSPI) Library | 188526-188536 1000000199-1000000209 |
Human | pSerRS | Rinehart | New generation of human phosphoserine libraries. |
SARS-CoV-2 Spike (S) Ectodomain and RBD Libraries | 157971-157973 168776-168777 174293-174296 |
Coronavirus | Yeast surface display | Whitehead | Libraries of Spike (S) Ectodomain and RBD mutants. |
SARS-CoV-2 Spike Receptor Binding Domain Deep Mutation Scanning Library | 1000000172 | Coronavirus | Yeast surface display | Bloom | Library of Spike protein RBD mutations for comprehensive mapping. |
SARS-CoV-2 Spike Receptor Binding Domain Site-Saturation Mutagenesis Libraries | 1000000182-1000000188 1000000231-1000000232 |
Coronavirus | Yeast surface display | Bloom and Starr | Libraries of variant Spike protein RBD mutations for comprehensive mapping. |
SPECS Library | 127842 | Synthetic | Lentiviral | Lu | Library for high-throughput screening for identification of synthetic promoters with enhanced cell-state specificity. |
Superti-Furga Human SLC Overexpression Library | 213694 | Human | Lentiviral | Superti-Furga | An inducible barcoded overexpression library to test the impact of SLC transporters on biological processes. |
Synuclein VHH Immune Library | 1000000071 | Camelid | Phagemid | Messer and MJFF | Created for research in Parkinson's Disease; For target validation and drug design |
TP53 Mutagenesis Library | 113569 | Human | Lentiviral | Hahn and Root | Designed for the characterization of all possible p53 mutations |
Zhang Lab Multiplexed Overexpression of Regulatory Factors (MORF) Library | 137000, 192821, 1000000218 |
Human | Lentivirus | Zhang | This pooled library of lentiviral plasmids expresses barcoded isoforms of human transcription factors. |
shRNA Libraries
shRNA libraries permit reversible loss-of-function screening to elucidate which genes are involved in a phenotype. Each library contains multiple shRNA sequences for each target gene; a true positive hit (a particular target gene) in an shRNA screen should show consistent results from the multiple shRNAs that target it. shRNA libraries may also be barcoded to allow for easy identification of the shRNA a given cell carries.
DECIPHER libraries are lentiviral barcoded shRNA libraries designed for RNAi screening. It’s important to note that these libraries are not genome-wide; instead, each library is enriched for a smaller set of biologically relevant genes. The DECIPHER barcoding system makes it easy to determine which shRNAs have been enriched or depleted in a cell population; each plasmid carries a unique 18 bp barcode that can be easily identified using next-generation sequencing.
As of October 2016, the DECIPHER libraries have been discontinued.
Library | ID | Species | Lentiviral Generation | PI | Targets | Total shRNAs |
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Decipher Mod 2: Disease Targets Discontinued |
28286 | Human | 3rd | Chenchik and Frango | 5,412 | 27,500 |
Decipher Mod 3: Cell Surface, etc. Discontinued |
29589 | Human | 3rd | Chenchik | 4,922 | 27,500 |
Decipher Mod 1: Pathway Targets Discontinued |
28287 | Mouse | 3rd | Chenchik and Frango | 4,625 | 27,500 |
Decipher Mod 2: Disease Targets Discontinued |
28288 | Mouse | 3rd | Chenchik and Frango | 4,520 | 27,500 |
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