Clip chemistry: diverse (bio)(macro) molecular and material function through breaking covalent bonds

P Shieh, MR Hill, W Zhang, SL Kristufek… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the two decades since the introduction of the “click chemistry” concept, the toolbox of “click
reactions” has continually expanded, enabling chemists, materials scientists, and biologists …

Molecular evolution and functional modification of plant miRNAs with CRISPR

F Deng, F Zeng, Q Shen, A Abbas, J Cheng… - Trends in plant …, 2022 - cell.com
Gene editing using clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/CRISPR-
associated proteins (CRISPR/Cas) has revolutionized biotechnology and provides genetic …

Photocontrolled crRNA activation enables robust CRISPR-Cas12a diagnostics

M Hu, Z Qiu, Z Bi, T Tian, Y Jiang… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
CRISPR diagnostics based on nucleic acid amplification faces barriers to its commercial
use, such as contamination risks and insufficient sensitivity. Here, we propose a robust …

Light‐Start CRISPR‐Cas12a Reaction with Caged crRNA Enables Rapid and Sensitive Nucleic Acid Detection

M Hu, R Liu, Z Qiu, F Cao, T Tian, Y Lu… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) system is a
promising platform for nucleic acid detection. Regulating the CRISPR reaction would be …

Photoactivatable CRISPR/Cas12a strategy for one-pot DETECTR molecular diagnosis

Y Chen, X Xu, J Wang, Y Zhang, W Zeng… - Analytical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
As a golden partner of recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA), CRISPR/Cas12a has
been proven to solve the false-positive problem caused by nonspecific amplification …

Orthogonal chemical activation of enzyme-inducible CRISPR/Cas9 for cell-selective genome editing

W Cai, J Liu, X Chen, L Mao… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The precision and therapeutic potential of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing are greatly
challenged by the less control over Cas9-mediated DNA cleavage. Herein, we introduce a …

A conformational restriction strategy for the control of CRISPR/Cas gene editing with photoactivatable guide RNAs

YJ Sun, WD Chen, J Liu, JJ Li, Y Zhang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The CRISPR/Cas system is one of the most powerful tools for gene editing. However,
approaches for precise control of genome editing and regulatory events are still desirable …

Recent advances in chemical modifications of guide RNA, mRNA and donor template for CRISPR-mediated genome editing

Q Chen, Y Zhang, H Yin - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The discovery and applications of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat
(CRISPR) systems have revolutionized our ability to track and manipulate specific nucleic …

A Nanozyme-Boosted MOF-CRISPR Platform for Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease

J Yang, G Qin, Z Liu, H Zhang, X Du, J Ren, X Qu - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Rectifying the aberrant microenvironment of a disease through maintenance of redox
homeostasis has emerged as a promising perspective with significant therapeutic potential …

Using synthetically engineered guide RNAs to enhance CRISPR genome editing systems in mammalian cells

D Allen, M Rosenberg, A Hendel - Frontiers in Genome Editing, 2021 - frontiersin.org
CRISPR-Cas9 is quickly revolutionizing the way we approach gene therapy. CRISPR-Cas9
is a complexed, two-component system using a short guide RNA (gRNA) sequence to direct …