Towards application of CRISPR-Cas12a in the design of modern viral DNA detection tools

J Dronina, U Samukaite-Bubniene… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Early detection of viral pathogens by DNA-sensors in clinical samples, contaminated foods,
soil or water can dramatically improve clinical outcomes and reduce the socioeconomic …

CRISPR-Cas12a (Cpf1): a versatile tool in the plant genome editing tool box for agricultural advancement

A Bandyopadhyay, N Kancharla, VS Javalkote… - Frontiers in plant …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Global population is predicted to approach 10 billion by 2050, an increase of over 2 billion
from today. To meet the demands of growing, geographically and socio-economically …

Improved genome editing by an engineered CRISPR-Cas12a

E Ma, K Chen, H Shi, EC Stahl, B Adler… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
CRISPR-Cas12a is an RNA-guided, programmable genome editing enzyme found within
bacterial adaptive immune pathways. Unlike CRISPR-Cas9, Cas12a uses only a single …

Reagents-loaded, automated assay that integrates recombinase-aided amplification and Cas12a nucleic acid detection for a point-of-care test

Y Chen, Y Mei, X Zhao, X Jiang - Analytical chemistry, 2020 - ACS Publications
Point-of-care testing for nucleic acid that combines amplification and readout is in great
demand. This report integrates recombinase-aided amplification (RAA) with the clustered …

A one-pot toolbox based on Cas12a/crRNA enables rapid foodborne pathogen detection at attomolar level

Y Wang, Y Ke, W Liu, Y Sun, X Ding - Acs Sensors, 2020 - ACS Publications
Bacterial contamination accounts for more than half of food poisoning cases. Conventional
methods such as colony-counting and general polymerase chain reaction are time …

RNA targeting unleashes indiscriminate nuclease activity of CRISPR–Cas12a2

JPK Bravo, T Hallmark, B Naegle, CL Beisel… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Cas12a2 is a CRISPR-associated nuclease that performs RNA-guided, sequence-
nonspecific degradation of single-stranded RNA, single-stranded DNA and double-stranded …

Topological barrier to Cas12a activation by circular DNA nanostructures facilitates autocatalysis and transforms DNA/RNA sensing

F Deng, Y Li, B Yang, R Sang, W Deng… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Control of CRISPR/Cas12a trans-cleavage is crucial for biosensor development. Here, we
show that small circular DNA nanostructures which partially match guide RNA sequences …

Elucidating the role of CRISPR/Cas in single-step isothermal nucleic acid amplification testing assays

F Shao, JS Park, G Zhao, K Hsieh, TH Wang - Analytical chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Developing assays that combine CRISPR/Cas and isothermal nucleic acid amplification has
become a burgeoning research area due to the novelty and simplicity of CRISPR/Cas and …

Development of a Rapid and Efficient RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a Assay for Mycoplasma pneumoniae Detection

F Li, J Xiao, H Yang, Y Yao, J Li, H Zheng… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) is a one of most common pathogen in causing respiratory
infection in children and adolescents. Rapid and efficient diagnostic methods are crucial for …

Regulating the trans-Cleavage Activity of CRISPR/Cas12a by Using an Elongation-Caged Single-Stranded DNA Activator and the Biosensing Applications

X Fei, C Lei, W Ren, X Liu, C Liu - Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
The CRISPR/Cas12a system exhibits extraordinary capability in the field of biosensing and
molecular diagnosis due to its trans-cleavage ability. However, it is still desirable for precise …