New CRISPR Tools: Cas7-11 and PASTE
Type
Blog Post
Published
Feb. 17, 2022, 2 p.m.
...lab often tests samples of new bacteria from anywhere they can find, whether the samples are from a rain...was safe to say the sample had their attention! They isolated DNA from the sample, amplified the CRISPR...phylogenetically classified as the more complex Class I systems that contain multiple subunits, but the more they ...Cas7-11 appeared to have derived from the more complex type III-A and III-B systems. Though it was composed...the domains into a single protein, shedding the complexity of its ancestors. They classified the system ...cleaving RNA at positions defined by the target:spacer duplex without detectable non-specific activity. Its major...