379 results about "Guide RNA" patented technology

Provided are compositions for genome editing and site-directed integration in plants comprising microprojectile particles coated, treated or applied with a nuclease protein, guide RNA or RNP for delivery to a mature embryo explant from dry seeds. Further provided are methods for genome editing and site-directed integration in at least one cell of a plant using the disclosed compositions, and plants, plant parts and seeds comprising an edited genome or site-directed integration, which are produced by the disclosed methods.

The invention provides a quantitative detection system combining a CRISPR-Cas system with a MetaSPR optical sensor, a detection method and application, and relates to the technical field of biosensing and optical detection. The system comprises a MetaSPR optical sensor, the surface of a gold substrate of the MetaSPR optical sensor is modified with single-stranded DNA H1, the 5'end of H1 is modified with sulfydryl, and H1 is fixed to the gold substrate of the MetaSPR optical sensor through an Au-S bond; h1 is combined with single-chain DNA H2 with gold balls through complementary base pairing to form a double-chain structure, the 5'end of H2 is also modified with sulfydryl, and the gold balls are fixed on the surface of a gold substrate; the CRISPR-Cas reaction system comprises a molecular solution to be detected, Cas protein, a buffer solution, guide RNA (Ribonucleic Acid), nuclease-free water and target DNA (Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid); the CRISPR-Cas reaction system is used for recognizing a target molecule, and when the target molecule is recognized, H1 is cut.

SpRYc is a grafted ScCas9++-SpRY chimeric Cas9 possessing minimal 5′-NNN-3′ PAM specificity. SpRYc comprises the N-terminus (residues 1-1119) of ScCas9++ (Sc++), including the flexible loop, followed by the region of SpRY (residues 1111-1368) spanning its PAM-interacting domain mutations. Methods of altering gene expression include use of SpRYc in complex with guide RNA in a CRISPR-Cas9 system.

The present disclosure provides methods of processing or analyzing a sample. A method for processing a sample may comprise hybridizing a probe molecule to a target region of a nucleic acid molecule (e.g., a ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule), barcoding the probe-nucleic acid molecule complex, and performing extension, denaturation, and amplification processes. The nucleic acid molecule may be a nucleic acid molecule associated with CRISPR, (e.g., a guide RNA). A method for processing a sample may comprise hybridizing first and second probes to adjacent or non-adjacent target regions of a nucleic acid molecule (e.g., an RNA molecule such as a guide RNA molecule), linking the first and second probes to provide a probe-linked nucleic acid molecule, and barcoding the probe-linked nucleic acid molecule. One or more processes of the methods described herein may be performed within a partition, such as a droplet or well. One or more processes of the methods described herein may be performed on a cell, such as a permeabilized cell.

The present application relates to a modified guide agRNA (ADAR guide RNA, agRNA), which has a phosphorothioate modification at an agRNA site where off-target editing is present, and further has other modifications. The present application further provides a composition containing the modified agRNA composition, a method for editing RNA, and the use.

Aspects of the disclosure relate to recombinant gene editing complexes comprising a recombinant gene editing protein and guide RNA (gRNA) that specifically hybridizes to a region of a C90RF72 gene (e.g., a region flanking a G4C2 repeat or within a exonic region of the gene).

The invention provides a method for cultivating anti-aging glutinous highland barley, highland barley starch as well as a preparation method and application of the highland barley starch, and particularly relates to a method for improving the starch quality character of an existing high-quality glutinous highland barley variety, in particular to a method for cultivating anti-aging glutinous highland barley by utilizing a gene editing technology without exogenous DNA (Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid) integration. A method for fixed-point knockout of an SSIIa gene to cultivate an anti-aging glutinous highland barley new strain under the background of a "Zhengnongglutinous 232" variety comprises the following steps: providing an acceptor material derived from a highland barley variety "Zhengnongglutinous 232" with a glutinous character, and deleting a Wx gene function of the "Zhengnongglutinous 232"; the method comprises the following steps: assembling guide RNA (Ribonucleic Acid) designed aiming at an SSIIa gene and Cas9 protein in vitro to form a ribonucleoprotein RNP complex; introducing the RNP complex into cells of an acceptor material so as to enable Cas9 protein to generate double-chain breakage at a target site of the SSIIa gene; carrying out culture and plant regeneration on the introduced cells to obtain a T0-generation plant of which the SSIIa gene is edited; and screening plants with the function loss of the SSIIa gene, wherein the plants keep the glutinous character of adult agricultural glutinous 232.

The present invention relates to specific natural or artificial RNA or DNA / RNA substrates for cleaving by a Cas nuclease. The invention furthermore relates to a complex comprising the specific artificial RNA or DNA / RNA substrate, at least one of a Cas nuclease enzyme and at least one preselected guide RNA binding to at least one target RNA. The present invention also relates to methods for cleaving the natural or artificial RNA or DNA / RNA substrate and methods for detecting at least one target RNA in a cell, tissue, cellular nucleus, and / or sample using the substrate or for eliminating a cell expressing the at least one target RNA.

Disclosed herein are compositions and methods that allow for the efficient integration of a gene of interest into a safe harbor locus in the genome. Such compositions and methods include a small V-type nuclease, a guide RNA, preferably targeting the albumin locus.

Provided herein is a nucleic acid detection system comprising a detection CRISPR system having an effector protein and one or more guide RNAs each designed to bind to corresponding target molecules that are diagnostic for a tick-borne disease state; and an RNA-based masking construct. In some embodiments, the detection system of may comprise i) two or more CRISPR systems, each CRISPR system comprising an effector protein and a guide RNA designed to bind to a corresponding target molecule that is diagnostic for a tick-borne disease state; and ii) a set of detection constructs, each detection construct comprising a cutting motif sequence that is preferentially cut by one of the activated CRISPR effector proteins. Exemplary tick-borne detectable microbes include Babesia microti, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Borrelia miyamotoi.

The present application relates to an agRNA (antisense oligonucleotide guide RNA, Antisense Oligonucleotide guide RNA) for editing RNA, which is characterized in that one agRNA molecule can bind to a plurality of non-continuous target regions of the target RNA. The invention also provides a composition containing the agRNA, a method for editing RNA, and application of the agRNA and the composition.

The present invention relates generally to compositions, systems and methods for modulating hepatitis B virus (HBV) by targeting gene repression. In particular, the present invention provides an epigenetically modified DNA targeting system, such as a CRISPR-Cas / guide RNA (gRNA) system, for transcriptional repression of hepatitis B virus genes to promote cell phenotypes that lead to reduced HBV infection. In some embodiments, the epigenetically modified DNA targeting systems of the present invention bind to or target a target site of at least one gene in the hepatitis B virus DNA sequence or a regulatory element thereof in a cell. In some aspects, the systems provided herein relate to transcriptional repression of one or more hepatitis B virus genes and / or regulatory elements thereof. In some aspects, the invention also provides methods and uses associated with the provided compositions, such as in repression of hepatitis B virus replication and expression associated with hepatitis B infection.

Systems and methods for highly-effective CRISPR-Cas based genomic editing within human chromosome 15q11-q13 have been developed as therapeutic interventions for Angelman Syndrome (AS). Selective single guide RNA molecules (sgRNAs) that impart enhanced CRISPR-Cas editing of genomic mutations associated with Angelman Syndrome in human cells are described. The engineered sgRNAs induce activity of non-pathogenic, paternal UBE3A alleles to reduce, reverse and / or prevent the causative neurodevelopmental defects of AS in a subject in need thereof. Compositions and methods of engineered crRNAs, sgRNAs thereof and ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes thereof are provided for enhanced genomic engineering with increased on-off target specificity and on-target editing efficacy for treatment of AS.

This invention discloses a gene editing method and application for *Trichoderma reesei* based on a ribonucleoprotein complex. It aims to overcome the problems of low editing efficiency, easy generation of heterozygotes, and risk of exogenous DNA integration in *Trichoderma reesei* using plasmid-based CRISPR / Cas9 systems. This invention combines a dual-site cleavage strategy guided by double sgRNAs with direct RNP delivery. The method involves: designing two guide RNAs spaced 50-700 bp apart for the target gene, pre-assembling them with Cas9 protein in vitro to form an active RNP complex; delivering this complex along with exogenous donor DNA to *Trichoderma reesei* protoplasts. The exogenous donor DNA contains a left homologous arm, an editing sequence, and a right homologous arm, wherein the left and right homologous arms are homologous to the genomic sequences outside the dual cleavage sites on the target gene determined by the double sgRNAs, respectively; upon entering the cell, the RNP complex introduces dual-site cleavage at the target site, achieving precise editing under the guidance of the exogenous donor DNA.

The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for targeting nucleic acids. In particular, the invention provides non-naturally occurring or engineered DNA-targeting systems comprising a novel DNA-targeting CRISPR effector protein and at least one targeting nucleic acid component like a guide RNA. Aspects of the invention in particular relate to Cpf1 mutants having altered PAM specificity.

Disclosed are methods of identifying a regulatory factor that regulates the abundance of a target RNA comprising introducing to a population of cells a plurality of single guide RNAs (sgRNAs), wherein the sgRNAs are specific for one or more nucleic acid sequences capable of encoding the regulatory factor in the population of cells; performing fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) on the population cells, using a probe specific to a target RNA in the population of cells; identifying cells in the population of cells that have altered abundance of the target RNA; sequencing DNA from the population of cells that have altered abundance of the target RNA; and identifying, based on the sequencing, sgRNAs that are specific to a nucleic acid sequence capable of encoding the regulatory factor that regulates abundance of the target RNA; thereby identifying a regulatory factor that regulates abundance of the target RNA.

The present application provides methods of treating a cancer in subjects who have been subjected to a KRAS inhibitor and / or harbor a KRAS secondary mutation by administering complexes (e.g., genome-editing complexes or complexes having RNAi) or nanoparticles specifically targeting a mutated KRAS. Exemplary genome-editing complexes or nanoparticles comprise cell-penetrating peptides and a guide RNA, and optionally a DNA nuclease (such as Cas9) or a polynucleotide encoding the DNA nuclease.

This disclosure relates to guide RNA modified to improve performance and stability. In certain embodiments, the guide RNA of this disclosure includes one or more modifications at its 5' end and / or one or more modifications at its 3' end.

Provided is an accurate guide RNA (gRNA) screening method for base editing of an asialoglycoprotein receptor 1 (ASGR1) gene, including the following steps: (1) gRNA design; (2) primer design; (3) in vitro transcription of gRNA; (4) cell transfection; (5) collection of cells, and extraction and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of a genome; and (6) Sanger sequencing.

This invention discloses a chimeric guide RNA integrating RNA interference and CRISPR-Cas13d and its applications. Utilizing the structural matching between shRNA and Cas13d crRNA, this invention embeds the complete Cas13d crRNA into the classic shRNA backbone, constructing a dual-pathway synergistic silencing chimeric guide RNA (SS-Rx). Experiments have demonstrated that SS-Rx possesses the dual activity of shRNA and CRISPR-Cas13d, exhibiting superior gene silencing efficiency compared to traditional RNA silencing tools, and can inhibit the proliferation, migration, and invasion of bladder cancer cells by suppressing tumor-related genes. This invention synergistically combines the advantages of RNA interference and CRISPR-Cas13d, providing an efficient and widely applicable framework for gene function research and RNA-targeted therapy, with significant economic benefits and broad application prospects.

Genome editing systems, guide RNAs, and CRISPR-mediated methods are provided for altering portions of the HBG1 and HBG2 loci, portions of the erythroid specific enhancer of the BCL11A gene, or a combination thereof, in cells and increasing expression of fetal hemoglobin.

The invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule complex for pseudouridylation of a target RNA in a mammalian cell comprising a guide RNA (gRNA) that at one end is flanked by a first twister ribozyme and at its other end by a second twister ribozyme to generate a circular gRNA, wherein the nucleic acid molecule complex has the capability to generate circular gRNA which is characterized by a secondary structure comprising two pseudouridylation pockets that harbor antisense guide sequences. More specifically, the first twister ribozyme is a P3 twister ribozyme and the second twister ribozyme is a P1 twister ribozyme, wherein each twister ribozyme is separated from the gRNA by a linker. In a further aspect, the invention relates to a method for generating circular gRNA. The invention furthermore relates to a nucleic acid molecule complex as defined herein for use in the treatment of a genetic disease caused by a premature stop codon. It furthermore relates to a pharmaceutical composition, and a delivery vector to express the construct in mammalian cells to generate circular gRNA.

Mutant Cas9 proteins are described that have one or more mutations in a Keap1 degron sequence of the Cas9 protein. The one or more mutations can increase the half-life of the mutant proteins. Nucleic acid sequences and constructs comprising a sequence that encode a mutant Cas9 protein, as well as methods of enhancing CRISPR efficiency by administering one or more guide RNAs (gRNAs) to a cell comprising the mutant Cas9 proteins are also disclosed herein.

The present invention relates to a novel analytical method for quantifying the concentration of uncomplexed ("free") gRNA present in a Cas-gRNA ribonucleoprotein complex produced for genome editing.

Provided herein are compositions related to Cas12b guide RNAs. Also provided herein are methods for modifying target polynucleotide sequences and methods of treating or preventing a condition in a subject in need thereof, such as conditions resultant from the expression of ANGPTL3 or mutations thereto.

This invention relates to the field of gene editing, and in particular to a very small CRISPR / Cas12hacker gene cutting system. The CRISPR / Cas12 gene cutting system includes a Cas12hacker nuclease or a polynucleotide encoding the Cas12hacker nuclease, and also includes guide RNA or a polynucleotide encoding the guide RNA. By binding to the host factor thioredoxin TrxA, the CRISPR-Cas12 gene cutting system enhances the efficiency of the Cas12hacker nuclease in precisely cutting double-stranded DNA, thereby achieving genomic DNA double-strand breaks and highly efficient in vitro DNA double-strand cutting.

A method for regulating the mRNA and protein expression of an SCN1A gene, and a compound. Provided is a use of an antisense oligonucleotide guide RNA in the preparation of a drug for altering the expression of a target protein in a cell of a subject. The cell has a pre-mRNA encoding the target protein, wherein the pre-mRNA comprises an intron, an exon flanking a 5' splice site of the intron, and an exon flanking a 3' splice site or pseudo 3' splice site of the intron; the antisense oligonucleotide guide RNA can bind to the pre-mRNA to form a structure capable of recruiting ADAR in a cell, thereby forming a complex containing an ADAR protein; and the target protein is an Nav1.1 protein. That is, the function or expression of the functional RNA and target protein of a target gene is affected by regulating the alternative splicing of the pre-mRNA of the target gene, thereby achieving the objective of treating diseases.

Provided is an oligonucleotide having excellent stability and capable of inducing ADAR editing activity in a cell. The oligonucleotide comprises a first oligonucleotide and a second oligonucleotide linked to the 5'side thereof, and induces site-specific editing against a target RNA. The first oligonucleotide is composed of a target-corresponding nucleotide residue, an oligonucleotide having 3 to 6 residues complementary to the target RNA on the 5'side thereof, and an oligonucleotide having 10 to 24 residues complementary to the target RNA on the 3 'side thereof. And at least one of a phosphorus-containing linking group connecting the nucleoside residues at the first position and the second position and a phosphorus-containing linking group connecting the nucleoside residues at the fourth position and the fifth position is an alkyl phosphonic acid residue, an alkyl phosphate residue or a substituted phosphamide residue. The second oligonucleotide has a nucleotide residue corresponding to the target RNA deleted at the 3'terminal, or has a nucleotide residue that does not form a complementary pair with the target RNA, the number of residues being 2 to 10, and the nucleotide residues other than the 3 'terminal being complementary to the target RNA.

The present invention provides a DNA-targeting RNA comprising a single-guide RNA (sgRNA) and a ribonucleotide sequence rich in adenine ribonucleotide, and its use in gene editing, and a method for improving the efficiency of sgRNA-mediated gene editing, comprising a step of adding a ribonucleotide sequence rich in adenine ribonucleotide at 3′ end of the sgRNA.

Epigenetically modified DNA targeting systems, such as CRISPR-Cas / guide RNA (gRNA) systems, are provided that bind to or target one or more target sites in the IL-2 gene or its regulatory elements in cells such as lymphoid cells (e.g., T cells). In some embodiments, the provided epigenetically modified DNA targeting systems modulate the phenotype or activity of lymphoid cells, or the function of lymphoid cells such as the phenotype or activity of T cells. In some embodiments, methods and uses relating to the provided compositions in the modulation of lymphoid cells such as T cells are also provided, for example, in connection with adoptive T cell therapy.