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Kira S. Makarova
Researcher at National Institutes of Health
Publications - 261
Citations - 54191
Kira S. Makarova is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: CRISPR & Genome. The author has an hindex of 96, co-authored 235 publications receiving 43747 citations. Previous affiliations of Kira S. Makarova include Rutgers University & San Sebastián University.
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Cpf1 is a single RNA-guided endonuclease of a class 2 CRISPR-Cas system.
Bernd Zetsche,Jonathan S. Gootenberg,Omar O. Abudayyeh,Ian Slaymaker,Kira S. Makarova,Patrick Essletzbichler,Sara E. Volz,Julia Joung,John van der Oost,Aviv Regev,Aviv Regev,Eugene V. Koonin,Feng Zhang +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors characterized Cpf1, a putative class 2 CRISPR effector, which is a single RNA-guided endonuclease lacking tracrRNA and utilizes a T-rich protospacer-adjacent motif.
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Small CRISPR RNAs guide antiviral defense in prokaryotes
Stan J. J. Brouns,Matthijs M. Jore,Magnus Lundgren,Edze R. Westra,Rik J. H. Slijkhuis,Ambrosius P. Snijders,Mark J. Dickman,Kira S. Makarova,Eugene V. Koonin,John van der Oost +9 more
TL;DR: The results demonstrate that the formation of mature guide RNAs by the CRISPR RNA endonuclease subunit of Cascade is a mechanistic requirement for antiviral defense.
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Evolution and classification of the CRISPR-Cas systems
Kira S. Makarova,Daniel H. Haft,Rodolphe Barrangou,Stan J. J. Brouns,Emmanuelle Charpentier,Philippe Horvath,Sylvain Moineau,Francisco J. M. Mojica,Yuri I. Wolf,Alexander F. Yakunin,John van der Oost,Eugene V. Koonin +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the evolutionary relationship between CRISPR-Cas and Cas proteins is analyzed and a unified classification of these systems is proposed based on multiple criteria. But, the classification is based on the phylogenies of the most common cas genes, the sequence and organization of the CRISpr repeats and the architecture of the Cas loci.
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An updated evolutionary classification of CRISPR–Cas systems
Kira S. Makarova,Yuri I. Wolf,Omer S. Alkhnbashi,Fabrizio Costa,Shiraz A. Shah,Sita J. Saunders,Rodolphe Barrangou,Stan J. J. Brouns,Emmanuelle Charpentier,Daniel H. Haft,Philippe Horvath,Sylvain Moineau,Francisco J. M. Mojica,Rebecca M. Terns,Michael P. Terns,Malcolm F. White,Alexander F. Yakunin,Roger A. Garrett,John van der Oost,Rolf Backofen,Eugene V. Koonin +20 more
TL;DR: An approach combining the analysis of signature protein families and features of the architecture of cas loci that unambiguously partitions most CRISPR–cas loci into distinct classes, types and subtypes is presented.
In vivo genome editing using Staphylococcus aureus Cas9
F. Ann Ran,Le Cong,Winston X. Yan,David A. Scott,Jonathan S. Gootenberg,Andrea J. Kriz,Bernd Zetsche,Ophir Shalem,Xuebing Wu,Kira S. Makarova,Eugene V. Koonin,Phillip A. Sharp,Feng Zhang +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the RNA-guided endonuclease Cas9 has emerged as a versatile genome-editing platform and has been used for basic research and therapeutic applications that use the highly versatile adeno-associated virus (AAV) delivery vehicle.