The Biology of CRISPR-Cas: Backward and Forward

Frank Hille; Hagen Richter; Shi Pey Wong; Majda Bratovič; Sarah Ressel; Emmanuelle Charpentier

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2017.11.032

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CRISPRBiologyTrans-activating crRNAContext (archaeology)BiogenesisCRISPR interferencePalindromeAcquired immune systemComputational biologyGeneticsAdaptation (eye)Cas9Immune systemGeneNeuroscience

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Year: 2018
Type: review
Volume: 172
Issue: 6
Pages: 1239-1259
Citations: 1019
Access: Closed

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                                    Frank Hille, 
                                
                                    Hagen Richter, 
                                
                                    Shi Pey Wong
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            The Biology of CRISPR-Cas: Backward and Forward. 
                            Cell
                            , 172
                            (6)
                            , 1239-1259.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2017.11.032
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.11.032