The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9
Type
Blog Post
Published
Aug. 20, 2020, 2:30 p.m.
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Cox DBT, Gootenberg JS, Abudayyeh OO, Franklin B, Kellner MJ, Joung J, Zhang... 556:57–63 . https://doi.org/10.1038/nature26155
Ran FA, Cong L, Yan WX, Scott DA, Gootenberg JS, Kriz... modify any desired genomic target provided that (1) the sequence is unique compared to the rest of the...will cover three ways to circumvent this limitation: 1) the use of novel S. pyogenes Cas9 variants with varying...Cas9 from Staphylococcus aureus (SaCas9) is about 1 kilobase smaller than SpCas9, so it can be packaged...SpCas9 variants effectively double the targeting range of CRISPR/Cas9 within the human genome.
Another ...known to produce off-target editing with SpCas9 (Amrani et al., 2018). When choosing a Cas9, remember to...