CRISPR 101: Targeting RNA with Cas13a (C2c2)
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Blog Post
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Sept. 21, 2017, 2:07 p.m.
...question: C2c1, C2c2 and C2c3 (short for Class 2, candidate 1, 2, or 3). C2c1 and C2c3 are related to Cpf1,...however cutting efficiency of Cas13a is reduced when 2 mismatches are present. The protospacer flanking sequence...PMC5127784.
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2. East-Seletsky, Alexandra, et al. "Two distinct RNase... and functional characterization of diverse class 2 CRISPR-Cas systems." Molecular cell 60.3 (2015): 385...use, functional in most species, and has many applications. That said, SpCas9 is not the only game in town... makes this molecule unique, and the various applications of Cas13a.
The origins of Cas13a: An RNA cleaving...53 potential candidate genes that fell into 3 categories based on the architecture of the CRISPR protein...