CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)
Type
Blog Post
Published
Sept. 21, 2017, 2:07 p.m.
...overhangs
Cas13a (C2c2)
2x HEPN
crRNA
RNA
3' A, U, or C (not required by all orthologs)
Specific RNA cleavage...spacer sequence and consists of a single A, U, or C base pair.
In bacteria, once Cas13a has recognized...Class 2, candidate 1, 2, or 3). C2c1 and C2c3 are related to Cpf1, but they require both a tracrRNA and crRNA...