Sequence-specific antimicrobials using efficiently delivered RNA-guided nucleases

Current antibiotics tend to be broad spectrum, leading to indiscriminate killing of commensal bacteria and accelerated evolution of drug resistance. Here, we use CRISPR-Cas technology to create antimicrobials whose spectrum of activity is chosen by design. RNA-guided nucleases (RGNs) targeting speci...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Citorik, Robert James, Mimee, Mark Kyle, Lu, Timothy K
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100834
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9999-6690
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3083-2671
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6397-5417