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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2020
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Jennifer A. Doudna, Berkeley, CA (US);
David Burstein, Berkeley, CA (US);
Janice S. Chen, Berkeley, CA (US);
Lucas B. Harrington, Berkeley, CA (US);
David Paez-Espino, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Jillian F. Banfield, Berkeley, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided are compositions and methods that include one or more of: (1) a 'CasZ' protein (also referred to as a CasZ polypeptide), a nucleic acid encoding the CasZ protein, and/or a modified host cell comprising the CasZ protein (and/or a nucleic acid encoding the same); (2) a CasZ guide RNA that binds to and provides sequence specificity to the CasZ protein, a nucleic acid encoding the CasZ guide RNA, and/or a modified host cell comprising the CasZ guide RNA (and/or a nucleic acid encoding the same); and (3) a CasZ transactivating noncoding RNA (trancRNA) (referred to herein as a 'CasZ trancRNA'), a nucleic acid encoding the CasZ trancRNA, and/or a modified host cell comprising the CasZ trancRNA (and/or a nucleic acid encoding the same).