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    A CRISPR toolbox for generating intersectional genetic mouse models for functional, molecular, and anatomical circuit mapping
    (Springer Nature, 2022) Lusk, Savannah J.; McKinney, Andrew; Hunt, Patrick J.; Fahey, Paul G.; Patel, Jay; Chang, Andersen; Sun, Jenny J.; Martinez, Vena K.; Zhu, Ping Jun; Egbert, Jeremy R.; Allen, Genevera; Jiang, Xiaolong; Arenkiel, Benjamin R.; Tolias, Andreas S.; Costa-Mattioli, Mauro; Ray, Russell S.
    The functional understanding of genetic interaction networks and cellular mechanisms governing health and disease requires the dissection, and multifaceted study, of discrete cell subtypes in developing and adult animal models. Recombinase-driven expression of transgenic effector alleles represents a significant and powerful approach to delineate cell populations for functional, molecular, and anatomical studies. In addition to single recombinase systems, the expression of two recombinases in distinct, but partially overlapping, populations allows for more defined target expression. Although the application of this method is becoming increasingly popular, its experimental implementation has been broadly restricted to manipulations of a limited set of common alleles that are often commercially produced at great expense, with costs and technical challenges associated with production of intersectional mouse lines hindering customized approaches to many researchers. Here, we present a simplified CRISPR toolkit for rapid, inexpensive, and facile intersectional allele production.