CRISPR-Cas in Streptococcus pyogenes

A Le Rhun, A Escalera-Maurer, M Bratovič… - RNA biology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The discovery and characterization of the prokaryotic CRISPR-Cas immune system has led
to a revolution in genome editing and engineering technologies. Despite the fact that most …

Endogenous type I CRISPR-Cas: from foreign DNA defense to prokaryotic engineering

Y Zheng, J Li, B Wang, J Han, Y Hao… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Establishment of production platforms through prokaryotic engineering in microbial
organisms would be one of the most efficient means for chemicals, protein, and biofuels …

The CRISPR-associated DNA-cleaving enzyme Cpf1 also processes precursor CRISPR RNA

I Fonfara, H Richter, M Bratovič, A Le Rhun… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
CRISPR–Cas systems that provide defence against mobile genetic elements in bacteria and
archaea have evolved a variety of mechanisms to target and cleave RNA or DNA. The well …

Cutting it close: CRISPR-associated endoribonuclease structure and function

ML Hochstrasser, JA Doudna - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2015 - cell.com
Many bacteria and archaea possess an adaptive immune system consisting of repetitive
genetic elements known as clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats …

DNA and RNA interference mechanisms by CRISPR-Cas surveillance complexes

A Plagens, H Richter, E Charpentier… - FEMS microbiology …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)-Cas (CRISPR-
associated) adaptive immune systems use small guide RNAs, the CRISPR RNAs (crRNAs) …

RNA-independent DNA cleavage activities of Cas9 and Cas12a

R Sundaresan, HP Parameshwaran, SD Yogesha… - Cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
CRISPR-Cas systems provide bacteria and archaea with sequence-specific protection
against invading mobile genetic elements. In the presence of divalent metal ions, Cas9 and …

DNA targeting by a minimal CRISPR RNA-guided cascade

ML Hochstrasser, DW Taylor, JE Kornfeld, E Nogales… - Molecular cell, 2016 - cell.com
Bacteria employ surveillance complexes guided by CRISPR (clustered, regularly
interspaced, short palindromic repeats) RNAs (crRNAs) to target foreign nucleic acids for …

The host-encoded RNase E endonuclease as the crRNA maturation enzyme in a CRISPR–Cas subtype III-Bv system

J Behler, K Sharma, V Reimann, A Wilde, H Urlaub… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Specialized RNA endonucleases for the maturation of clustered regularly interspaced short
palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-derived RNAs (crRNAs) are critical in CRISPR–CRISPR …

Approaches to study CRISPR RNA biogenesis and the key players involved

J Behler, WR Hess - Methods, 2020 - Elsevier
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-
associated (Cas) proteins provide an inheritable and adaptive immune system against …

The role of Cas8 in type I CRISPR interference

SDB Cass, KA Haas, B Stoll, OS Alkhnbashi… - Bioscience …, 2015 - portlandpress.com
CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat) systems provide bacteria
and archaea with adaptive immunity to repel invasive genetic elements. Type I systems use …