Figure 2.

Mechanism of SHERLOCK and DETECTR system. (A) Targeted double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) or RNA is amplified with recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) or reverse transcription (RT)-RPA. The RPA is coupled with T7 transcription to covert targeted RNA for detection by Cas13 system. This amplification steps in combination with the reporter probe enables specific high-sensitivity enzymatic reporter unlocking (SHERLOCK) to detect the targeted sequence, (B) In DNA endonuclease-targeted CRISPR trans reporter (DETECTR), DNA is amplified with RPA. The Cas12 system pairs with the single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) of interest, the DNase activity of Cas12 system is initiated. This amplification step in combination with the reporter probe enables DETECR to detect the targeted sequence