Cpf1 Update: Comparison to Cas9 and NgAgo
Type
Blog Post
Published
July 14, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
... of Cpf1
Type II CRISPR systems based on Cas9 were thought to be the simplest CRISPR systems and the easiest... than Cas9, confirming that this protein is well suited for genome editing.
Find Cpf1 Plasmids at Addgene...overcome some of Cas9’s shortcomings. Cpf1’s preferred PAM is 5’-TTN, differing from that of Cas9 (3’-NGG) in...especially given that Cpf1 gRNAs are also shorter than those needed for Cas9 (42 nt vs 100 nt.) However...tolerate mismatches at gRNA positions 1, 8, 9, and 19-23. Accordingly, the 3’ end of the gRNA target sequence...Our CRISPR Guide Pages
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...than that of the widely used SpCas9 and comparable to SaCas9. As seen with Cas9 orthologs, Cpf1 efficiency...