Cpf1 Update: Comparison to Cas9 and NgAgo
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...preferred PAM is 5’-TTN, differing from that of Cas9 (3’-NGG) in both distribution and GC-content, which might.... Additionally, whereas Cas9 generates blunt ends 3 nt upstream of the PAM site, Cpf1 cleaves in a staggered...Cpf1 activity, except when they were present in the 3’ end of the target sequence (bases 19-23). Cpf1 is...gRNA positions 1, 8, 9, and 19-23. Accordingly, the 3’ end of the gRNA target sequence does not have an ...decrease in Cpf1 activity with 4-6 base deletions at the 3’ end of the target sequence.
Cpf1’s strength may lie...
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