An engineered CRISPR-Cas12a variant and DNA-RNA hybrid guides enable robust and rapid COVID-19 testing

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, variants of the virus are emerging. Here the authors present a diagnostic assay that can detect wildtype and known variants using engineered Cas12a.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kean Hean Ooi, Mengying Mandy Liu, Jie Wen Douglas Tay, Seok Yee Teo, Pornchai Kaewsapsak, Shengyang Jin, Chun Kiat Lee, Jingwen Hou, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Weisi Lin, Benedict Yan, Gabriel Yan, Yong-Gui Gao, Meng How Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21996-6
Description
Summary:As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, variants of the virus are emerging. Here the authors present a diagnostic assay that can detect wildtype and known variants using engineered Cas12a.
ISSN:2041-1723