Finding nucleic acids with SHERLOCK and DETECTR
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...cleavage.
How does SHERLOCK work?
Cas13 can be programmed with crRNA to target an ssRNA of interest, for...pathogen. Once Cas13 recognizes and binds to the programmed sequence, it can promiscuously cleave surrounding...cleavage byproducts. Thus, binding of Cas13 to the programmed region of interest would lead to both the cleavage... that a cleaved reporter could be detected on commercial lateral flow strips, similar to pregnancy tests...