Agilent Technologies, Inc.
High Specificity Genome Editing Using Chemically Modified Guide RNAs

Abstract:

The present invention relates to guide RNAs having chemical modifications and their use in CRISPR-Cas systems. The chemically modified guide RNAs have enhanced specificity for target polynucleotide sequences. The present invention also relates to methods of using chemically modified guide RNAs for cleaving or nicking polynucleotides, and for high specificity genome editing.