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ArticleNano letters2018

Detection of CRISPR-dCas9 on DNA with Solid-State Nanopores.

Wayne Yang, Laura Restrepo-Pérez, Michel Bengtson, Stephanie J Heerema, Anthony Birnie, Jaco van der Torre, Cees Dekker

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Article in Nano letters, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 117 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wayne YangDepartment of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience , Delft University of Technology , 2629 HZ Delft , The Netherlands.
Laura Restrepo-PérezDepartment of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience , Delft University of Technology , 2629 HZ Delft , The Netherlands.
Michel BengtsonDepartment of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience , Delft University of Technology , 2629 HZ Delft , The Netherlands.
Stephanie J HeeremaDepartment of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience , Delft University of Technology , 2629 HZ Delft , The Netherlands.
Anthony BirnieDepartment of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience , Delft University of Technology , 2629 HZ Delft , The Netherlands.
Jaco van der TorreDepartment of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience , Delft University of Technology , 2629 HZ Delft , The Netherlands.
Cees DekkerDepartment of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience , Delft University of Technology , 2629 HZ Delft , The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6273-071X
Delft University of Technology · NL

Funding

European Research Council 669598
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Solid-state nanopores have emerged as promising platforms for biosensing including diagnostics for disease detection. Here we show nanopore experiments that detect CRISPR-dCas9, a sequence-specific RNA-guided protein system that specifically binds to a target DNA sequence. While CRISPR-Cas9 is acclaimed for its gene editing potential, the CRISPR-dCas9 variant employed here does not cut DNA but instead remains tightly bound at a user-defined binding site, thus providing an excellent target for biosensing. In our nanopore experiments, we observe the CRISPR-dCas9 proteins as local spikes that appear on top of the ionic current blockade signal of DNA molecules that translocate through the nanopore. The proteins exhibit a pronounced blockade signal that allows for facile identification of the targeted sequence. Even at the high salt conditions (1 M LiCl) required for nanopore experiments, dCas9 proteins are found to remain stably bound. The binding position of the target sequence can be read from the spike position along the DNA signal. We anticipate applications of this nanopore-based CRISPR-dCas9 biosensing approach in DNA-typing based diagnostics such as quick disease-strain identification, antibiotic-resistance detection, and genome typing.

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NanoporesBinding SitesBiosensing TechniquesCRISPR-Cas SystemsDNAHumansRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsDNARNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsbiosensingCRISPR-Cas9diagnosticsNanopores

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PMID30187755
PMCPMC6187524
OpenAlexW2890845951

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