Degrading DNA with Cascade-Cas3
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...pulled through the Cas3.
This mechanism is important for Cas3’s biggest trick. Cas3 likes to bluff, making... is waiting for its chance in the spotlight — Cas3. Cas3 can induce genomic alterations on a scale that...unique capabilities of Cas3 and its partner in crime, Cascade.
Find Cascade-Cas3 plasmids in Addgene's ... Cascade, Cas3 nicks the non-target strand. The helicase domain is then activated, and Cas3 begins unraveling... (ssDNA) is then pulled through Cas3. After these initial steps, Cas3 can perform its helicase and nuclease...bound to the DNA.
Cas3 or Cas9?
Large genomic deletions can be achieved using Cas9, but Cas3 may be a better... all the original DNA. With Cas3, you don’t have to play these odds — Cas3 will definitively degrade the...