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.

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Main Authors: Summer B. Thyme, Laila Akhmetova, Tessa G. Montague, Eivind Valen, Alexander F. Schier
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b7ba7609830548a29b3cdd09a5836f93
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