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, Kriz, Andrea J., Sharp, Phillip A.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Springer-Verlag 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96803
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1465-1691
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0369-5269