RNA-targeting CRISPR–Cas systems

SPB van Beljouw, J Sanders… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
CRISPR–Cas is a widespread adaptive immune system in bacteria and archaea that
protects against viral infection by targeting specific invading nucleic acid sequences …

A critical review: recent advancements in the use of CRISPR/Cas9 technology to enhance crops and alleviate global food crises

A Rasheed, RA Gill, MU Hassan, A Mahmood… - Current Issues in …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Genome editing (GE) has revolutionized the biological sciences by creating a novel
approach for manipulating the genomes of living organisms. Many tools have been …

Discovery of diverse CRISPR-Cas systems and expansion of the genome engineering toolbox

EV Koonin, JS Gootenberg, OO Abudayyeh - Biochemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
CRISPR systems mediate adaptive immunity in bacteria and archaea through diverse
effector mechanisms and have been repurposed for versatile applications in therapeutics …

The tracrRNA in CRISPR biology and technologies

C Liao, CL Beisel - Annual review of genetics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune systems in bacteria and archaea utilize short CRISPR RNAs
(crRNAs) to guide sequence-specific recognition and clearance of foreign genetic material …

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-Cas systems are widespread accessory elements across bacterial and archaeal plasmids

R Pinilla-Redondo, J Russel… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Many prokaryotes encode CRISPR-Cas systems as immune protection against mobile
genetic elements (MGEs), yet a number of MGEs also harbor CRISPR-Cas components …

Applications of the versatile CRISPR‐Cas13 RNA targeting system

M Kordyś, R Sen, Z Warkocki - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
CRISPR‐Cas are adaptable natural prokaryotic defense systems that act against invading
viruses and plasmids. Among the six currently known major CRISPR‐Cas types, the type VI …

Structure-guided discovery of ancestral CRISPR-Cas13 ribonucleases

PH Yoon, Z Zhang, KJ Loi, BA Adler, A Lahiri, K Vohra… - Science, 2024 - science.org
The RNA-guided ribonuclease CRISPR-Cas13 enables adaptive immunity in bacteria and
programmable RNA manipulation in heterologous systems. Cas13s share limited sequence …

Csx28 is a membrane pore that enhances CRISPR-Cas13b–dependent antiphage defense

AR VanderWal, JU Park, B Polevoda, JK Nicosia… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Type VI CRISPR-Cas systems use RNA-guided ribonuclease (RNase) Cas13 to defend
bacteria against viruses, and some of these systems encode putative membrane proteins …

Creating memories: molecular mechanisms of CRISPR adaptation

H Lee, DG Sashital - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Prokaryotes use clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) and
CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins as an adaptive immune system. CRISPR-Cas systems …