Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing
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Blog Post
...depletion assay to discover FnCpf1’s PAM sequence requirements. Cpf1’s preferred PAM is 5’-TTN, differing...RuvC-like endonuclease domain, but they lack Cas9’s second HNH endonuclease domain. Cpf1 cleaves DNA in... RuvC-like endonuclease domain, but it lacks Cas9’s other HNH endonuclease domain, indicating that Cpf1... nuclease could potentially overcome some of Cas9’s shortcomings - namely its blunt double stranded cleavage...nucleotides in length, about the same size as Cas9’s, but with the direct repeat preceding the spacer rather...crRNA is also much simpler in structure than Cas9’s; only a short stem-loop structure in the direct repeat... added another option to the CRISPR toolbox. Cpf1’s staggered cleavage pattern opens up the possibility...