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Cpf1 is a single RNA-guided endonuclease of a class 2 CRISPR-Cas system.

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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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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 2015-10-22 and is currently open access. It has received 3436 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: CRISPR/Cpf1 & Cas9.

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Towards application of CRISPR-Cas12a in the design of modern viral DNA detection tools (Review)

TL;DR: In this paper , a CRISPR-Cas12a-based E-CRISPR DNA-sensor was used for early detection of virus DNA in clinical samples, contaminated foods, soil or water, and reducing the socioeconomic impact of diseases such as COVID-19.
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The Future of Multiplexed Eukaryotic Genome Engineering.

TL;DR: A broad look at future directions is offered, covering emergent CRISPR-based technologies, advances in intracellular delivery, and new DNA assembly approaches that may enable future genome editing on a massively multiplexed scale.
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CRISPR diagnostics

TL;DR: Jiao et al. as discussed by the authors proposed a new CRISPR-based tool to distinguish several SARS-CoV-2 variants in a single reaction, and used it for the detection of the SARS CoV2 RNA genome.
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Advancing sensing technology with CRISPR: From the detection of nucleic acids to a broad range of analytes - A review.

TL;DR: This review summarized the strategies of CRISPR biosensing for non-nucleic-acid analytes, the latest development of nucleic acid detection, and proposed the challenges and outlook ofCRISPR-powered biosensors.
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Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: a new generation of protein database search programs.

TL;DR: A new criterion for triggering the extension of word hits, combined with a new heuristic for generating gapped alignments, yields a gapped BLAST program that runs at approximately three times the speed of the original.
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Fast and accurate short read alignment with Burrows–Wheeler transform

TL;DR: Burrows-Wheeler Alignment tool (BWA) is implemented, a new read alignment package that is based on backward search with Burrows–Wheeler Transform (BWT), to efficiently align short sequencing reads against a large reference sequence such as the human genome, allowing mismatches and gaps.
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MUSCLE: multiple sequence alignment with high accuracy and high throughput

TL;DR: MUSCLE is a new computer program for creating multiple alignments of protein sequences that includes fast distance estimation using kmer counting, progressive alignment using a new profile function the authors call the log-expectation score, and refinement using tree-dependent restricted partitioning.
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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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