Target specificity of the CRISPR-Cas9 system

The CRISPR-Cas9 system, naturally a defense mechanism in prokaryotes, has been repurposed as an RNA-guided DNA targeting platform. It has been widely used for genome editing and transcriptome modulation, and has shown great promise in correcting mutations in human genetic diseases. Off-target effect...

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Main Authors: Wu, Xuebing (Contributor), Kriz, Andrea J. (Contributor), Sharp, Phillip A. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology (Contributor), Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag, 2015-04-24T18:55:24Z.
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