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Cas variants for gene editing

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In this paper, the authors present strategies, systems, reagents, methods and kits for targeted nucleic acid editing, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, eg, within the human genome.
Abstract
To provide strategies, systems, reagents, methods and kits that are useful for targeted editing of nucleic acids, including editing a single site within the genome of a cell or subject, eg, within the human genomeSOLUTION: In some embodiments, fusion proteins of Cas9 and nucleic acid editing enzymes or nucleic acid editing enzyme domains, eg, deaminase domains, are provided In some embodiments, methods for targeted nucleic acid editing are provided In some embodiments, reagents and kits for generation of targeted nucleic acid editing proteins, eg, fusion proteins of Cas9 and nucleic acid editing enzymes or nucleic acid editing domains, are providedSELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

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A programmable dual-RNA-guided DNA endonuclease in adaptive bacterial immunity.

TL;DR: This study reveals a family of endonucleases that use dual-RNAs for site-specific DNA cleavage and highlights the potential to exploit the system for RNA-programmable genome editing.
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Multiplex Genome Engineering Using CRISPR/Cas Systems

TL;DR: The type II prokaryotic CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)/Cas adaptive immune system has been shown to facilitate RNA-guided site-specific DNA cleavage as discussed by the authors.
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Genome engineering using the CRISPR-Cas9 system

TL;DR: A set of tools for Cas9-mediated genome editing via nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) or homology-directed repair (HDR) in mammalian cells, as well as generation of modified cell lines for downstream functional studies are described.
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RNA-Guided Human Genome Engineering via Cas9

TL;DR: The type II bacterial CRISPR system is engineer to function with custom guide RNA (gRNA) in human cells to establish an RNA-guided editing tool for facile, robust, and multiplexable human genome engineering.
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