Uncovering the functional diversity of rare CRISPR-Cas systems with deep terascale clustering

H Altae-Tran, S Kannan, AJ Suberski, KS Mears… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Microbial systems underpin many biotechnologies, including CRISPR, but the exponential
growth of sequence databases makes it difficult to find previously unidentified systems. In …

Genome-wide target specificities of CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases revealed by multiplex Digenome-seq

D Kim, S Kim, S Kim, J Park, JS Kim - Genome research, 2016 - genome.cshlp.org
We present multiplex Digenome-seq to profile genome-wide specificities of up to 11
CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases simultaneously, saving time and reducing cost. Cell-free human …

CRISPR-Cas: new tools for genetic manipulations from bacterial immunity systems

W Jiang, LA Marraffini - Annual review of microbiology, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Prokaryotic CRISPR-Cas loci encode proteins that function as an adaptive immune system
against infectious viruses and plasmids. Immunity is mediated by Cas nucleases and small …

A robust CRISPR interference gene repression system in Pseudomonas

SZ Tan, CR Reisch, KLJ Prather - Journal of bacteriology, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pseudomonas spp. are widely used model organisms in different areas of research. Despite
the relevance of Pseudomonas in many applications, the use of protein depletion tools in …

AcrFinder: genome mining anti-CRISPR operons in prokaryotes and their viruses

H Yi, L Huang, B Yang, J Gomez, H Zhang… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Anti-CRISPR (Acr) proteins encoded by (pro) phages/(pro) viruses have a great potential to
enable a more controllable genome editing. However, genome mining new Acr proteins is …

Characterizing leader sequences of CRISPR loci

OS Alkhnbashi, SA Shah, RA Garrett… - …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Motivation The CRISPR-Cas system is an adaptive immune system in many
archaea and bacteria, which provides resistance against invading genetic elements. The …

Rapid characterization of CRISPR-Cas9 protospacer adjacent motif sequence elements

T Karvelis, G Gasiunas, J Young, G Bigelyte… - Genome biology, 2015 - Springer
To expand the repertoire of Cas9s available for genome targeting, we present a new in vitro
method for the simultaneous examination of guide RNA and protospacer adjacent motif …

Sequence determinants of improved CRISPR sgRNA design

H Xu, T Xiao, CH Chen, W Li, CA Meyer, Q Wu… - Genome …, 2015 - genome.cshlp.org
The CRISPR/Cas9 system has revolutionized mammalian somatic cell genetics. Genome-
wide functional screens using CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout or dCas9 fusion-mediated …

Unsupervised correction of gene-independent cell responses to CRISPR-Cas9 targeting

F Iorio, FM Behan, E Gonçalves, SG Bhosle, E Chen… - BMC genomics, 2018 - Springer
Background Genome editing by CRISPR-Cas9 technology allows large-scale screening of
gene essentiality in cancer. A confounding factor when interpreting CRISPR-Cas9 screens …

Mobile CRISPR/Cas-Mediated Bacteriophage Resistance in Lactococcus lactis

AM Millen, P Horvath, P Boyaval, DA Romero - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Lactococcus lactis is a biotechnological workhorse for food fermentations and potentially
therapeutic products and is therefore widely consumed by humans. It is predominantly used …