Internal guide RNA interactions interfere with Cas9-mediated cleavage
While the CRISPR-Cas9 system has revolutionised molecular biology, it is still a mystery why not every guide RNA elicits target DNA cleavage. Here the authors show that genomic context and internal gRNA interactions can inhibit cleavage.
Main Authors: | Summer B. Thyme, Laila Akhmetova, Tessa G. Montague, Eivind Valen, Alexander F. Schier |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2016-06-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11750 |
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