Comparing Cas9 to NgAgo: Can the Argonautes Best CRISPR?
Type
Blog Post
Published
June 9, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
...other CRISPR enzymes, NgAgo does not require a PAM sequence, so users should have much more flexibility in...et al. tested if NgAgo preferred certain guide sequences - using 5 guides/gene for 10 genes, they did not...represent a key advantage over Cas9, for which gRNA sequence can greatly affect editing efficiency.
Smaller...invading genome from “recovering” its original sequence. If you’re looking to disrupt gene function via...repair after base excision would alter the target sequence and preclude future HDR, which could lower HDR...