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The disclosed methods and compositions can be used to cleave DNA at a region of interest in cellular chromatin (e.g., at a desired or predetermined site in a genome, for example, within or adjacent to an AHAS gene). Further, the binding domains bind to target sequences which are typically disposed in such a way that, upon binding of the fusion polypeptides, the two cleavage half-domains are presented in a spatial orientation to each other that allows reconstitution of a cleavage domain (e.g., by dimerization of the half-domains), thereby positioning the half-domains relative to each other to form a functional cleavage domain, resulting in cleavage of cellular chromatin in a region of interest. Although the aggregate target sequence of 18 nucleotides is likely to be unique in a mammalian and plant genomes, any given 9-nucleotide target site occurs, on average, approximately 23,000 times in the human genome. A typical expression cassette thus contains a promoter (comprising ribosome binding sites) operably linked, e.g., to a nucleic acid sequence encoding the fusion protein, and signals required, e.g., for efficient polyadenylation of the transcript, transcriptional termination, or translation termination. A nucleic acid encoding one or more fusion proteins (e.g., ZFNs, TALENs, etc.) as described herein can be cloned into a vector for transformation into prokaryotic or free private sex cam eukaryotic cells for replication and/or expression.



A nucleic acid encoding a fusion protein can also be cloned into an expression vector, for administration to a cell. In addition to the promoter, the expression vector typically contains a transcription unit or expression cassette that contains all the additional elements required for the expression of the nucleic acid in host cells, either prokaryotic or eukaryotic. Eukaryotic expression systems for mammalian cells, yeast, and insect cells are well known by those of skill in the art and are also commercially available. Vectors can be prokaryotic vectors (e.g., plasmids, or shuttle vectors, insect vectors) or eukaryotic vectors. The activity of a particular ZFP can be assessed using a variety of in vitro and in vivo assays, by measuring, e.g., protein or mRNA levels, product levels, enzyme activity, transcriptional activation or repression of a reporter gene, using, e.g., immunoassays (e.g., ELISA and immunohistochemical assays with antibodies), hybridization assays (e.g., RNase protection, northerns, in situ hybridization, oligonucleotide array studies), colorimetric assays, amplification assays, enzyme activity assays, phenotypic assays, and the like.



For such targeted DNA cleavage, a DNA-binding domain (e.g., zinc finger protein or TALE) is engineered to bind a target site at or near the predetermined cleavage site, and a fusion protein comprising the engineered zinc finger binding domain and a cleavage domain is expressed in a cell. In methods in which two fusion proteins, each containing a three-finger zinc finger domain and a cleavage half-domain, are introduced into the cell, either protein specifies an approximately 9-nucleotide target site. Alternatively, two fusion proteins, each comprising a DNA-binding domain and chat live nude a cleavage half-domain, are expressed in a cell, and bind to target sites which are juxtaposed in such a way that a functional cleavage domain is reconstituted and DNA is cleaved in the vicinity of the target sites. Generally, cleavage by the reconstituted cleavage domain occurs at a site located between the two target sequences. Thus, the methods described herein can employ an engineered zinc finger binding domain fused to a cleavage domain. For targeted cleavage using a zinc finger binding domain-cleavage domain fusion polypeptide, the binding site can encompass the cleavage site, or the near edge of the binding site can be 1, free adult website 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 25, 50 or more nucleotides (or any integral value between 1 and 50 nucleotides) from the cleavage site.



Thus the near edge of the first binding site can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 25 or more nucleotides (or any integral value between 1 and 50 nucleotides) on one side of the cleavage site, and the near edge of the second binding site can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 25 or more nucleotides (or any integral value between 1 and 50 nucleotides) on the other side of the cleavage site. In cases where two fusion proteins, each comprising a cleavage half-domain, are used, the distance between the near edges of the binding sites can be 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 25 or more nucleotides (or any integral value between 1 and 50 nucleotides). By providing the dominant-negative mutant in molar excess to the fusion proteins, only regions in which both fusion proteins are bound will have a high enough local concentration of functional cleavage half-domains for dimerization and double-stranded cleavage to occur. It is mandatory for all international flights to have at least two hours to check in. L and I talked about it extensively before I accepted the position because it meant that I would be 2 hours away.