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RNA detection with C2c2

The discovery of two distinct endonuclease activities in the C2c2 protein explains how template RNAs are processed in type VI CRISPR systems and enables the development of a sensitive RNA detection system.

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  1. East-Seletsky, A. et al. Two distinct RNase activities of CRISPR-C2c2 enable guide-RNA processing and RNA detection. Nature 538, 270–273 (2016).

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Pattison, R. RNA detection with C2c2. Nat Methods 13, 905 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.4062

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