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"If the reagents used for building libraries themselves (or those used for amplifying and confirming the clones following screening experiments) inadvertently contain cross-contaminated oligos, it will make the situation more complex.
We realized this possibility recently, as we observed some unexpected results (presence of unrelated sequences) when setting up a CRISPR library screening, which prompted us to investigate the issue further. Our systematic analyses of various reagents, research equipment, and multiple vendor-supplied oligos suggested that commercially synthesized oligos are the source for such cross-contaminants."

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