| Literature DB >> 31228550 |
Max J Gramelspacher1, Zhonggang Hou1, Yan Zhang2.
Abstract
The majority of bacteria and archaea rely on CRISPR-Cas systems for RNA-guided, adaptive immunity against mobile genetic elements. The Cas9 family of type II CRISPR-associated DNA endonucleases generates programmable double strand breaks in the CRISPR-complementary DNA targets flanked by the PAM motif. Nowadays, CRISPR-Cas9 provides a set of powerful tools for precise genome manipulation in eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Recently, a few Cas9 orthologs have been reported to possess intrinsic CRISPR-guided, sequence-specific ribonuclease activities. These discoveries fundamentally expanded the targeting capability of CRISPR-Cas9 systems, and promise to provide new CRISPR tools to manipulate specific cellular RNA transcripts. Here we present a detailed method for the biochemical characterization of Cas9's RNA-targeting potential.Entities:
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Year: 2019 PMID： 31228550 PMCID： PMC6923617 DOI： 10.1016/j.ymeth.2019.06.018
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Methods ISSN： 1046-2023 Impact factor: 3.608