Novel crispr enzymes and systems
Application No.
PCT/US2016/038238
Broad Case No.
BI-2015/091
Inventors
Feng Zhang, Silvana Konermann, Omar Abudayyeh, Julia Joung, Eugene Koonin, Yuri Wolf, Sergey Shamkov, Konstantin Severinov, Ekaterina Semenova, Leonid Minakhin, Kira Makarova
Abstract
The invention provides for systems, methods, and compositions for targeting nucleic acids. In particular, the invention provides non -naturally occurring or engineered DNA or RNA- targeting systems comprising a novel DNA or RNA-targeting CRISPR effector protein and at least one targeting nucleic acid component like a guide RNA.