Progress and Prospects of CRISPR/Cas Systems in Insects and Other Arthropods

Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and the CRISPR-associated gene Cas9 represent an invaluable system for the precise editing of genes in diverse species. The CRISPR/Cas9 system is an adaptive mechanism that enables bacteria and archaeal species to resist invading vir...

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Main Authors: Dan Sun, Zhaojiang Guo, Yong Liu, Youjun Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2017.00608/full