CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)
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Cas12a – The staggered cutter
Originally classified as Cpf1, Cas12’s primary difference...Another similarity to Cas12a is that Cas14 also indiscriminately cleaves non-complementary ssDNA when engaged... the genome. Cas13, similar to Cas14, also indiscriminately cleaves ssRNA when engaged at its RNA target...