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ReviewArchives of microbiology2024

Advances in miniature CRISPR-Cas proteins and their applications in gene editing.

Huimin Wu, Yixiang Sun, Yimai Wang, Liqiang Luo, Yizhi Song

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Review in Archives of microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
  3. Genome Editing by Grafting.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
  4. RNA-DNA hybrid binding domain broadens the editing window of base editors.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Review
  7. Prospects for gene therapy in polycystic kidney disease.Current opinion in nephrology and hypertension · 2025
    Review
  8. A route to engineer a genome editor for gene therapy.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2024
    Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Huimin Wu *Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
Yixiang Sun *Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China.
Yimai WangDepartment of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China.
Liqiang LuoDepartment of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China. luck@shu.edu.cn.
Yizhi SongSuzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, China. songyz@sibet.ac.cn.
Shanghai University · CNSuzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology · CN

Funding

Gusu Leading Talent Project ZXL2021422National Natural Science Foundation of China 32170173
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The CRISPR-Cas system consists of Cas proteins and single-stranded RNAs that recruit Cas proteins and specifically target the nucleic acid. Some Cas proteins can accurately cleave the target nucleic acid under the guidance of the single-stranded RNAs. Due to its exceptionally high specificity, the CRISPR-Cas system is now widely used in various fields such as gene editing, transcription regulation, and molecular diagnosis. However, the huge size of the most frequently utilized Cas proteins (Cas9, Cas12a, and Cas13, which contain 950-1,400 amino acids) can limit their applicability, especially in eukaryotic gene editing, where larger Cas proteins are difficult to deliver into the target cells. Recently discovered miniature CRISPR-Cas proteins, consisting of only 400 to 800 amino acids, offer the possibility of overcoming this limitation. This article systematically reviews the latest research progress of several miniature CRISPR-Cas proteins (Cas12f, Cas12j, Cas12k, and Cas12m) and their practical applications in the field of gene editing.

Indexed as

CRISPR-Associated ProteinsGene EditingCRISPR-Cas SystemsEukaryotic CellsCRISPR-Associated ProteinsCas12Gene editingMiniature CRISPR-Cas proteins

Identifiers

PMID38652321
OpenAlexW4395044722

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