Supercoiling twists Cas9 off-target discrimination when nicking and cleaving
Ieva Jaskovikaitė, Hidde S. Offerhaus, Marius Vinogradovas, Uršulė Barkauskaitė, Martin Depken, Stephen K. Jones
This study investigates how DNA supercoiling affects Cas9 off-target cleavage by mapping cleavage rates and sites across different topologies using NucleaSeq and a biophysical model.
bioRxiv · Apr 1, 2026 · PreprintBiochemistry