Abstract
Two recent papers in Science illustrate how the prokaryotic CRISPR-Cas immune system machinery, which typically targets invasive genetic elements such as viruses and plasmids, can be converted into a sophisticated molecular tool for next-generation human genome editing. The versatile Cas9 RNA-guided endonuclease can be readily reprogrammed using customizable small RNAs for sequence-specific single- or double-stranded DNA cleavage.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 733-734 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Cell Research |
Volume | 23 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2013 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology