Table 4.
Applications of type I and III CRISPR/Cas systems in bacteria, including genome editing and transcriptional regulation
Cas protein | Species | Strategy and type of modifications | Reference |
---|---|---|---|
Cas3 | C. tyrobutyricum | Genome editing, single- and multi-gene deletions (100%) | [103] |
Cas3 | E. coli | Genome editing | [106] |
Cas3 | H. hispanica | Genome editing, deletion and single nucleotide substitution | [102] |
Cas3 | H. volcanii | CRISPRi, the promoter region (down to 8%), the coding strand (down to 88%), the template strand (down to 8%) | [101] |
dCas3 | E. coli | CRISPRi (82%) | [105] |
Cas10 | S. aureus | Genome editing, deletions and insertions | [10] |