Cpf1 Update: Comparison to Cas9 and NgAgo
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Type II CRISPR systems based on Cas9 were thought to be the simplest CRISPR systems and the easiest...is a single RNA-guided endonuclease of a class 2 CRISPR-Cas system." Cell (2015). PubMed PMID: 26422227...Cpf1-driven systems added another option to the CRISPR toolbox. When Cpf1 was first discovered, researchers...nt vs 100 nt.) However, the newly described non-CRISPR protein NgAgo is smaller than any of these options..., so it has the potential to eclipse any of the CRISPR nucleases in AAV-based applications.
Get More Cpf1...HDR over NHEJ, so comparing HDR efficiency across CRISPR nucleases and NgAgo is an important next step for...Benjamin P., et al. "Genome-wide specificities of CRISPR-Cas Cpf1 nucleases in human cells." Nature Biotechnology...