CRISPR technologies and the search for the PAM-free nuclease

D Collias, CL Beisel - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
The ever-expanding set of CRISPR technologies and their programmable RNA-guided
nucleases exhibit remarkable flexibility in DNA targeting. However, this flexibility comes with …

A CRISPR-Cas Cure for HIV/AIDS

M Hussein, MA Molina, B Berkhout… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections and HIV-induced acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) continue to represent a global health burden. There is …

Noncanonical crRNAs derived from host transcripts enable multiplexable RNA detection by Cas9

C Jiao, S Sharma, G Dugar, NL Peeck, T Bischler… - Science, 2021 - science.org
CRISPR-Cas systems recognize foreign genetic material using CRISPR RNAs (crRNAs). In
type II systems, a trans-activating crRNA (tracrRNA) hybridizes to crRNAs to drive their …

Metagenomic discovery of CRISPR-associated transposons

JR Rybarski, K Hu, AM Hill, CO Wilke… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
CRISPR-associated Tn7 transposons (CASTs) co-opt cas genes for RNA-guided
transposition. CASTs are exceedingly rare in genomic databases; recent surveys have …

CRISPR-Cas12-based nucleic acids detection systems

RKK Leung, QX Cheng, ZL Wu, G Khan, Y Liu, HY Xia… - Methods, 2022 - Elsevier
Because of the outstanding contribution in genome editing, CRISPR has undoubtedly
become the most popular technology around the world and two pioneers are awarded the …

CRISPR/Cas9 landscape: Current state and future perspectives

M Tyumentseva, A Tyumentsev, V Akimkin - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)/Cas9 is a unique
genome editing tool that can be easily used in a wide range of applications, including …

Sequence-independent RNA sensing and DNA targeting by a split domain CRISPR–Cas12a gRNA switch

SP Collins, W Rostain, C Liao… - Nucleic Acids Research, 2021 - academic.oup.com
CRISPR technologies increasingly require spatiotemporal and dosage control of nuclease
activity. One promising strategy involves linking nuclease activity to a cell's transcriptional …

Closely related type II-C Cas9 orthologs recognize diverse PAMs

J Wei, L Hou, J Liu, Z Wang, S Gao, T Qi, S Gao, S Sun… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Abstract The RNA-guided CRISPR/Cas9 system is a powerful tool for genome editing, but its
targeting scope is limited by the protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM). To expand the target …

How to completely squeeze a fungus—advanced genome mining tools for novel bioactive substances

A Schüller, L Studt-Reinhold, J Strauss - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fungal species have the capability of producing an overwhelming diversity of bioactive
substances that can have beneficial but also detrimental effects on human health. These so …

The engineered CRISPR‐Mb2Cas12a variant enables sensitive and fast nucleic acid‐based pathogens diagnostics in the field

J Jiao, Y Liu, M Yang, J Zheng, C Liu… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Existing CRISPR/Cas12a‐based diagnostic platforms offer accurate and vigorous
monitoring of nucleic acid targets, but have the potential to be further optimized for more …