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CRISPR GUARD protects off-target sites from Cas9 nuclease activity using short guide RNAs

Authors :
Matthew A. Coelho
Etienne De Braekeleer
Mike Firth
Michal Bista
Sebastian Lukasiak
Maria Emanuela Cuomo
Benjamin J. M. Taylor
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2020.

Abstract

Off-target editing remains a concern for therapeutic applications of CRISPR-Cas9. Here the authors present CRISPR GUARD, which uses very short non-cleaving gRNAs to prevent editing at off-target sites.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
11
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.5ca3e3c9d50c40859d3cc5b4b7665184
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17952-5