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How large need homology arms to be? - (Feb/07/2017 )

I would like to insert a 2808 sequence bihind a gene by CRISPR/Cas9 homology repair. Are 800 bp-homology arms large enough or should they be larger?

Thank you

LP

-Luca-

800 bp is usually enough for these sorts of things. In theory you should be able to get away with  much shorter - as little as 100 bp possibly.

-bob1-