Cpf1: A New Tool for CRISPR Genome Editing
Type
Blog Post
Published
Oct. 14, 2015, 2:30 p.m.
...CRISPR/Cas9.
Figure 1: Cpf1 is a single RNA-guided endonuclease of a class 2 CRISPR-Cas system...single RNA-guided endonuclease of a class 2 CRISPR-Cas system." Cell (2015). PubMed PMID: 26422227.
Find... P., et al. "Genome-wide specificities of CRISPR-Cas Cpf1 nucleases in human cells." Nat Biotechnol. (...An updated evolutionary classification of CRISPR-Cas systems." Nat Rev Microbiol. (2015). PubMed PMID:...needed by Cas9 for cleavage. In certain cases, Cpf1 may be better suited for genome editing than Cas9 - read...than that of the widely used SpCas9 and comparable to SaCas9. As seen with Cas9 orthologs, Cpf1 efficiency...rate is similar to that of high fidelity Cas9s eSpCas9 and SpCas9-HF1. Both AsCpf1 and LbCpf1 ribonucleoproteins...