The PAM Requirement and Expanding CRISPR Beyond SpCas9
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... is a strict requirement for Cas9-mediated DNA cleavage.
The need for more PAM sequences
While PAM sequences...identify mutants of S. pyogenes Cas9 that were able to cleave target DNA sequences located upstream of either... to wild-type SpCas9, which also displays some cleavage with an NGA PAM. This variant may increase the...VQR, EQR, and VRER Cas9 variants are capable of cleaving genomic DNA in mammalian cells and zebrafish embryos...using wild-type SpCas9. The number of off-target cleavage events for the VQR and VRER variants is similar...genome engineering was Cas12a (formerly Cpf1), a nuclease that generates double strand breaks in target ...formerly C2c2) has been adapted for targeted RNA cleavage in mammalian cells. The REPAIR (RNA Editing for...