Wu, Xiaolong
Lam, Wai Hei
Zhao, Zibin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3121-9131
Cao, Yumeng
Lin, Haosi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9257-8381
Feng, Xianzhen
Zhai, Yuanliang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8897-6416
Hsing, I-Ming https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3326-3021
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (16303522)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (16304225)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (6107-20G)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (16303522)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (16304225)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (16303522)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (6107-20G)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (16304225)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (16303522)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (16304225)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (C6053-25G)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (C7035-23GF)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (C6053-25G)
Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (C7035-23GF)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (325014)
Article History
Received: 23 February 2026
Accepted: 1 April 2026
First Online: 1 May 2026
Change Date: 26 May 2026
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-026-03180-7
Competing interests
: I.-M.H. and X.W. are co-inventors on a US provisional patent application (US 63/798595), entitled Methods and Components for DNA-guided RNA Targeting CRISPR–Cas Systems, related to this work and filed by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. The other authors declare no competing interests.