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ArticleNature2021

Programmable RNA targeting with the single-protein CRISPR effector Cas7-11.

Ahsen Özcan, Rohan Krajeski, Eleonora Ioannidi, Brennan Lee, Apolonia Gardner, Kira S Makarova, Eugene V Koonin, Omar O Abudayyeh, Jonathan S Gootenberg

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Article in Nature, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 141 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
141citing papers in PubMed
18.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

141 citing papers in PubMed, 273 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ahsen ÖzcanMcGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Rohan KrajeskiMcGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Eleonora IoannidiMcGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Brennan LeeMcGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Apolonia GardnerMcGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Kira S MakarovaNational Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-2844
Eugene V KooninNational Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3943-8299
Omar O Abudayyeh *McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. omarabu@mit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7979-3220
Jonathan S Gootenberg *McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. jgoot@mit.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2757-2175
McGovern Institute for Brain Research · USNational Institutes of Health · USHarvard University · US

Funding

Systematic discovery, characterization, and design of novel genome editing and delivery tools using a high-throughput metagenomic screening pipelineR21AI149694 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ABUDAYYEH, OMAR O, GOOTENBERG, JONATHAN SAMUEL · 2020 to 2021
$414k
NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI149694
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

CRISPR-Cas interference is mediated by Cas effector nucleases that are either components of multisubunit complexes-in class 1 CRISPR-Cas systems-or domains of a single protein-in class 2 systems

Indexed as

CRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingComputational BiologyCRISPR-Associated ProteinsDeltaproteobacteriaEscherichia coliGene Knockdown TechniquesHEK293 CellsHumansRNARNA InterferenceCRISPR-Associated ProteinsRNA

Identifiers

PMID34489594
OpenAlexW3197669205

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