Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing
Type
Blog Post
Published
Oct. 14, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
...mismatches on modification by AsCpf1 (red) or LbCpf1 (blue). Mismatch positions are indicated below each ... this publication at Addgene.
Makarova, Kira S., et al. "An updated evolutionary classification of CRISPR-Cas...it lacks Cas9’s other HNH endonuclease domain, indicating that Cpf1 functions differently. Since Cpf1 loci...differing from that of Cas9 (3’-NGG) in both genomic location and GC-content. After sequencing and searching... off-target editing rates, determined using sophisticated genome-wide analysis. At many of its computationally...compared the ratio of total off-target to on-target modification for AsCpf1 and LbCpf1, and found that both orthologs...-target editing in a cell culture model.
The application of Cpf1 to genome editing is exciting both in...