TALEN outperforms Cas9 in editing heterochromatin target sites

TALEN outperforms Cas9 in editing heterochromatin target sites

While Cas9 outperforms TALENs in euchromatin, it is less efficient in heterochromatic regions. Here the authors, using single-molecule imaging, show that Cas9 uses a less efficient search strategy compared to TALENs in these regions.

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Main Authors: Surbhi Jain, Saurabh Shukla, Che Yang, Meng Zhang, Zia Fatma, Manasi Lingamaneni, Shireen Abesteh, Stephan Thomas Lane, Xiong Xiong, Yuchuan Wang, Charles M. Schroeder, Paul R. Selvin, Huimin Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20672-5

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20672-5

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