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Quantitative profiling of intrinsic dCas9-DNA recognition reveals key determinants of guide RNA performance

Aug 2026 · bioRxiv · 0 citations · 66 references
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TANGO (Targeted Array-based Nucleic acid-Guided Occupancy), a high-density DNA-array platform that quantitatively profiles intrinsic dCas9:gRNA binding across tens of thousands of DNA targets in a cell-free system, establishes intrinsic DNA recognition as a quantitative and experimentally accessible determinant of dCas9 function.

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