[HTML][HTML] Type V CRISPR-Cas Cpf1 endonuclease employs a unique mechanism for crRNA-mediated target DNA recognition

P Gao, H Yang, KR Rajashankar, Z Huang, DJ Patel - Cell research, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract CRISPR-Cas9 and CRISPR-Cpf1 systems have been successfully harnessed for
genome editing. In the CRISPR-Cas9 system, the preordered A-form RNA seed sequence …

[HTML][HTML] Discovery and functional characterization of diverse class 2 CRISPR-Cas systems

S Shmakov, OO Abudayyeh, KS Makarova, YI Wolf… - Molecular cell, 2015 - cell.com
Microbial CRISPR-Cas systems are divided into Class 1, with multisubunit effector
complexes, and Class 2, with single protein effectors. Currently, only two Class 2 effectors …

[HTML][HTML] Diverse virus-encoded CRISPR-Cas systems include streamlined genome editors

B Al-Shayeb, P Skopintsev, KM Soczek, EC Stahl, Z Li… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
CRISPR-Cas systems are host-encoded pathways that protect microbes from viral infection
using an adaptive RNA-guided mechanism. Using genome-resolved metagenomics, we find …

Cas9-based tools for targeted genome editing and transcriptional control

T Xu, Y Li, JD Van Nostrand, Z He… - Applied and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Development of tools for targeted genome editing and regulation of gene expression has
significantly expanded our ability to elucidate the mechanisms of interesting biological …

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 …

Cas9, Cpf1 and C2c1/2/3―What's next?

S Nakade, T Yamamoto, T Sakuma - Bioengineered, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Since the rapid emergence of clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeats
(CRISPR)-CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) system, developed as a genome …

[HTML][HTML] Repurposing CRISPR as an RNA-guided platform for sequence-specific control of gene expression

LS Qi, MH Larson, LA Gilbert, JA Doudna… - Cell, 2013 - cell.com
Targeted gene regulation on a genome-wide scale is a powerful strategy for interrogating,
perturbing, and engineering cellular systems. Here, we develop a method for controlling …

CRISPR-Cas guides the future of genetic engineering

GJ Knott, JA Doudna - Science, 2018 - science.org
The diversity, modularity, and efficacy of CRISPR-Cas systems are driving a
biotechnological revolution. RNA-guided Cas enzymes have been adopted as tools to …

CRISPR-Cas12a target binding unleashes indiscriminate single-stranded DNase activity

JS Chen, E Ma, LB Harrington, M Da Costa, X Tian… - Science, 2018 - science.org
CRISPR-Cas12a (Cpf1) proteins are RNA-guided enzymes that bind and cut DNA as
components of bacterial adaptive immune systems. Like CRISPR-Cas9, Cas12a has been …

[HTML][HTML] Polarity of the CRISPR roadblock to transcription

PM Hall, JT Inman, RM Fulbright, TT Le… - Nature Structural & …, 2022 - nature.com
CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) utility relies on a stable
Cas effector complex binding to its target site. However, a Cas complex bound to DNA may …