Giving gRNAs a Facelift - Synthetic and Beyond
Type
Blog Post
Published
Oct. 20, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
...doi.org/10.3389/fgeed.2020.617910
Zou, R., Liu, Y., Wu, B., et al. Cas9 deactivation with photocleavable gRNAs...surprise then that stability of the RNA used in CRISPR-Cas9 experiments – the “gRNA” – suffers from the same...still effectively serving their function of guiding Cas9 to generate a targeted break. These advances in ...modifications
The recognition sequence for CRISPR-Cas9 targeting is led by a ~20 bp gRNA which is part ...trans-activating crRNA (tracrRNA) which interacts with the Cas9 protein. These RNA molecules are vulnerable to attack...partially DNA gRNA is surprisingly well-tolerated by the Cas9 protein and can increase on-target efficiency. In...modifications listed above were developed before CRISPR-Cas9, for use in applications like siRNA and antisense...