CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)
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Blog Post
...This post was updated on Jul 27, 2020.
CRISPR, and specifically Cas9 from S. pyogenes (SpCas9), is truly...Abudayyeh et al., 2016). In the endogenous CRISPR/Cas9 system, Cas9 uses both a tracrRNA and crRNA to facilitate...Browse All CRISPR Plasmids
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Check Out Our CRISPR Guide Pages...most commonly used CRISPR enzymes - Cas13a contains two HEPN domains, whereas Cas9 uses HNH and RuvC domains...Common CRISPR Enzymes
Name
Enzymatic Domains
Guide RNA
Target
PAM (PFS)
Cleavage Mechanism
Cas9
HNH...multiplexing; expressing 5 gRNAs simultaneously produces comparable gene knockdown to single gRNA expression.
Although...diversity to the CRISPR toolbox and will continue to expand the applications of CRISPR. Since this post...