The miniature CRISPR-Cas12m effector binds DNA to block transcription

WY Wu, P Mohanraju, C Liao, B Adiego-Pérez… - Molecular Cell, 2022 - cell.com
CRISPR-Cas are prokaryotic adaptive immune systems. Cas nucleases generally use
CRISPR-derived RNA guides to specifically bind and cleave DNA or RNA targets. Here, we …

Multiplexed genome engineering by Cas12a and CRISPR arrays encoded on single transcripts

CC Campa, NR Weisbach, AJ Santinha, D Incarnato… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The ability to modify multiple genetic elements simultaneously would help to elucidate and
control the gene interactions and networks underlying complex cellular functions. However …

[HTML][HTML] An ultrasensitive hybridization chain reaction-amplified CRISPR-Cas12a aptasensor for extracellular vesicle surface protein quantification

S Xing, Z Lu, Q Huang, H Li, Y Wang, Y Lai, Y He… - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Tumor-derived extracellular vesicle (TEV) protein biomarkers facilitate cancer diagnosis and
prognostic evaluations. However, the lack of reliable and convenient quantitative methods …

Advances in CRISPR-Cas technology and its applications: revolutionising precision medicine

SS Azeez, RS Hamad, BK Hamad… - Frontiers in Genome …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
CRISPR-Cas (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats-CRISPR-
associated proteins) has undergone marked advancements since its discovery as an …

Modular one-pot assembly of CRISPR arrays enables library generation and reveals factors influencing crRNA biogenesis

C Liao, F Ttofali, RA Slotkowski, SR Denny… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
CRISPR-Cas systems inherently multiplex through CRISPR arrays—whether to defend
against different invaders or mediate multi-target editing, regulation, imaging, or sensing …

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 …

Enhanced Cas12a multi-gene regulation using a CRISPR array separator

JP Magnusson, AR Rios, L Wu, LS Qi - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
The type VA Cas12a protein can process its CRISPR array, a feature useful for multiplexed
gene editing and regulation. However, CRISPR arrays often exhibit unpredictable …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid cell-free characterization of multi-subunit CRISPR effectors and transposons

F Wimmer, I Mougiakos, F Englert, CL Beisel - Molecular Cell, 2022 - cell.com
CRISPR-Cas biology and technologies have been largely shaped to date by the
characterization and use of single-effector nucleases. By contrast, multi-subunit effectors …

An enhanced assay to characterize anti-CRISPR proteins using a cell-free transcription-translation system

KG Wandera, SP Collins, F Wimmer, R Marshall… - Methods, 2020 - Elsevier
The characterization of CRISPR-Cas immune systems in bacteria was quickly followed by
the discovery of anti-CRISPR proteins (Acrs) in bacteriophages. These proteins block …

Tuning of Gene Expression in Clostridium phytofermentans Using Synthetic Promoters and CRISPRi

W Rostain, T Zaplana, M Boutard, C Baum… - ACS Synthetic …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Control of gene expression is fundamental to cell engineering. Here we demonstrate a set of
approaches to tune gene expression in Clostridia using the model Clostridium …