The new frontier of genome engineering with CRISPR-Cas9

JA Doudna, E Charpentier - Science, 2014 - science.org
Background Technologies for making and manipulating DNA have enabled advances in
biology ever since the discovery of the DNA double helix. But introducing site-specific …

CRISPR/Cas9 for genome editing: progress, implications and challenges

F Zhang, Y Wen, X Guo - Human molecular genetics, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated
(Cas) protein 9 system provides a robust and multiplexable genome editing tool, enabling …

Unravelling the structural and mechanistic basis of CRISPR–Cas systems

J Van Der Oost, ER Westra, RN Jackson… - Nature Reviews …, 2014 - nature.com
Bacteria and archaea have evolved sophisticated adaptive immune systems, known as
CRISPR–Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats–CRISPR …

[PDF][PDF] CRISPR-Cas systems: prokaryotes upgrade to adaptive immunity

R Barrangou, LA Marraffini - Molecular cell, 2014 - cell.com
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR), and associated
proteins (Cas) comprise the CRISPR-Cas system, which confers adaptive immunity against …

Structures of Cas9 endonucleases reveal RNA-mediated conformational activation

M Jinek, F Jiang, DW Taylor, SH Sternberg, E Kaya… - Science, 2014 - science.org
Introduction Bacteria and archaea defend themselves against invasive DNA using adaptive
immune systems comprising CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic …

Cas1–Cas2 complex formation mediates spacer acquisition during CRISPR–Cas adaptive immunity

JK Nuñez, PJ Kranzusch, J Noeske, AV Wright… - Nature structural & …, 2014 - nature.com
The initial stage of CRISPR–Cas immunity involves the integration of foreign DNA spacer
segments into the host genomic CRISPR locus. The nucleases Cas1 and Cas2 are the only …

Direct observation of R-loop formation by single RNA-guided Cas9 and Cascade effector complexes

MD Szczelkun, MS Tikhomirova… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated
(Cas) systems protect bacteria and archaea from infection by viruses and plasmids. Central …

Delivery, engineering and optimization of systems, methods and compositions for sequence manipulation and therapeutic applications

F Zhang, RAN Fei - US Patent App. 14/104,837, 2014 - Google Patents
First worldwide family litigation filed litigation Critical https://patents. darts-ip. com/? family=
49883289&utm_source= google_patent&utm_medium= platform_link&utm_campaign …

Engineering and optimization of improved systems, methods and enzyme compositions for sequence manipulation

F Zhang, RAN Fei - US Patent 8,865,406, 2014 - Google Patents
The invention provides for engineering and optimization of systems, methods, and
compositions for manipulation of sequences and/or activities of target sequences. Provided …

Target specificity of the CRISPR-Cas9 system

X Wu, AJ Kriz, PA Sharp - Quantitative biology, 2014 - Springer
The CRISPR-Cas9 system, naturally a defense mechanism in prokaryotes, has been
repurposed as an RNA-guided DNA targeting platform. It has been widely used for genome …