We know that in the CRISPR Cas9 system, sgRNA and cas9 together cleave/silence/block/bind areas of interest in the genome. However, would sgRNA alone (without the cas9) be able to Target the gene of interest?. It need not silence/delete it. Would the sgRNA stick to the area of interest in the genome?
Martin Klvana
Single-guided RNA (sgRNA) needs CRISPR associated protein 9 (Cas9) for DNA sequence targeting: Cas9 recognizes the protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) and helps with unwinding of DNA.
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Anders et al. (2014) Nature 513: 569-573.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25079318
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Haroon Shaikh
Cas9 enzyme guides sgRNA to the target site in the genome, without the Cas9 enzymes sgRNA will not be able to guide 'itself' to its specific target site.
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