CRISPR 101: Anti-CRISPR Proteins Switch Off CRISPR-Cas Systems
Type
Blog Post
Published
July 23, 2020, 1:20 p.m.
... II-A CRISPR-Cas systems. A full list of Acr proteins organized by the type of CRISPR-Cas system they ...). Anti-CRISPR (Acr) proteins are phage-derived small protein inhibitors of CRISPR-Cas systems that help... do anti-CRISPR proteins work?
Anti-CRISPRs proteins are highly diverse but most block CRISPR activity... them from pathogenic bacteria’s CRISPR-Cas system.
Conclusion
CRISPR is a great way to make those genome... off CRISPR activity. The ability to turn off CRISPR activity is an important step towards CRISPR-based....
Discovery of anti-CRISPR proteins
That is, until the discovery of anti-CRISPR proteins in 2012 (Bondy-Denomy...help phages evade the CRISPR-Cas immune system of bacteria. These Acr proteins were originally found in...