Overcoming the AAV Size Limitation for CRISPR Delivery
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...While this approach has been proven feasible, it leaves little room for additional regulatory elements....aureus Cas9 (SaCas9, 1053 amino acids) displayed cleavage activity in mammalian cells. SaCas9 produced indels... indels at a similar efficiency to SpCas9, leading the group to focus their efforts on SaCas9 characterization...Kemp ML, Bao G (2015) Trans-spliced Cas9 allows cleavage of HBB and CCR5 genes in human cells using compact... (2010) The CRISPR/Cas bacterial immune system cleaves bacteriophage and plasmid DNA. Nature 468:67–71....2020.03.023
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