History of CRISPR-Cas from encounter with a mysterious repeated sequence to genome editing technology

Y Ishino, M Krupovic, P Forterre - Journal of bacteriology, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-Cas systems are well-
known acquired immunity systems that are widespread in archaea and bacteria. The RNA …

Meet the anti-CRISPRs: widespread protein inhibitors of CRISPR-Cas systems

S Hwang, KL Maxwell - The CRISPR journal, 2019 - liebertpub.com
The constant selective pressure exerted by phages, the viruses that infect bacteria, has led
to the evolution of a wide range of anti-phage defenses. One of these defense mechanisms …

Characterization and repurposing of type I and type II CRISPR–Cas systems in bacteria

C Hidalgo-Cantabrana, YJ Goh, R Barrangou - Journal of molecular biology, 2019 - Elsevier
CRISPR–Cas systems constitute the adaptive immune system of bacteria and archaea, as a
sequence-specific nucleic acid targeting defense mechanism. The sequence-specific …

The anti-CRISPR story: a battle for survival

KL Maxwell - Molecular cell, 2017 - cell.com
The last decade has seen the fields of molecular biology and genetics transformed by the
development of CRISPR-based gene editing technologies. These technologies were …

Type II-C CRISPR-Cas9 biology, mechanism, and application

A Mir, A Edraki, J Lee, EJ Sontheimer - ACS chemical biology, 2018 - ACS Publications
Genome editing technologies have been revolutionized by the discovery of prokaryotic RNA-
guided defense system called CRISPR-Cas. Cas9, a single effector protein found in type II …

Diversity and evolution of class 2 CRISPR–Cas systems

S Shmakov, A Smargon, D Scott, D Cox… - Nature reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Class 2 CRISPR–Cas systems are characterized by effector modules that consist of a single
multidomain protein, such as Cas9 or Cpf1. We designed a computational pipeline for the …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR-Cas9/Cas12a biotechnology and application in bacteria

R Yao, D Liu, X Jia, Y Zheng, W Liu, Y Xiao - Synthetic and systems …, 2018 - Elsevier
CRISPR-Cas technologies have greatly reshaped the biology field. In this review, we
discuss the CRISPR-Cas with a particular focus on the associated technologies and …

Development of CRISPR-Cas systems for genome editing and beyond

F Zhang - Quarterly Reviews of Biophysics, 2019 - cambridge.org
The development of clustered regularly interspaced short-palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-Cas
systems for genome editing has transformed the way life science research is conducted and …

Characterization and applications of Type I CRISPR-Cas systems

C Hidalgo-Cantabrana… - Biochemical Society …, 2020 - portlandpress.com
CRISPR-Cas constitutes the adaptive immune system of bacteria and archaea. This RNA-
mediated sequence-specific recognition and targeting machinery has been used broadly for …

Alternative functions of CRISPR–Cas systems in the evolutionary arms race

P Mohanraju, C Saha, P van Baarlen… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
CRISPR–Cas systems of bacteria and archaea comprise chromosomal loci with typical
repetitive clusters and associated genes encoding a range of Cas proteins. Adaptation of …