Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing
Type
Blog Post
Published
Oct. 14, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
...endonuclease domain, indicating that Cpf1 functions differently. Since Cpf1 loci are widely distributed across...could be adapted for genome editing. The use of a different nuclease could potentially overcome some of Cas9...Figure from Kleinstiver et al., 2016.
Cpf1’s strength may lie in its low off-target editing rates, determined...shown the diversity of CRISPR-based systems.
References
1. Zetsche, Bernd, et al. "Cpf1 is a single RNA-guided...