Patent ID: 8889418
Filing Date: 2014-11-18
Classification: A61K,A61P,C12N

Abstract:
1. A modified Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) enzyme wherein the enzyme is a Cas9 protein that is a chimeric CRISPR enzyme in that it comprises a first fragment and a second fragment, wherein each of the first and second fragments is from a different Cas9 protein from a bacteria belonging to the group consisting of Corynebacter, Sutterella, Legionella, Treponema, Filifactor, Eubacterium, Streptococcus, Lactobacillus, Mycoplasma, Bacteroides, Flaviivola, Flavobacterium, Sphaerochaeta, Azospirillum, Gluconacetobacter, Neisseria, Roseburia, Parvibaculum, Staphylococcus, Nitratifractor , and Campylobacter.