University of California

Natalia Orlova

Jennifer A Doudna

Benjamin L Oakes

Junjie Liu

The present disclosure provides variant type V CRISPR/Cas effector polypeptides, fusion polypeptides comprising the variant type V CRISPR/Cas effector polypeptides, and nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the variant polypeptides and fusion polypeptides. The present disclosure provides methods of binding, or binding and nicking, a target nucleic acid, using a variant type V CRISPR/Cas effector polypeptide of the present disclosure. The present disclosure provides methods of detecting a single-stranded DNA, using a variant type V CRISPR/Cas effector polypeptide of the present disclosure.

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