Molecular Frontiers Journal (Dec 2017)

Gene Editing and Genome Engineering with CRISPR-Cas9

  • Emmanuelle Charpentier

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1142/S2529732517400119
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 99 – 107

Abstract

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The RNA-programmable CRISPR-Cas9 technology allows precise and efficient engineering or correction of mutations, modulation of gene expression and marking of DNA in a wide variety of cell types and organisms in the three domains of life. Because of its versatility and ease of design, this powerful technology has been rapidly and universally adopted for genome editing applications in life science research. It is also recognized for its promising and potentially transformative applications in biotechnology, medicine and agriculture.

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