Bacteria herald a new era of gene editing

Elife. 2013 Jan 29:2:e00563. doi: 10.7554/eLife.00563.

Abstract

The demonstration that nucleases guided by bacterial RNA can disrupt human genes represents a landmark in the rapidly developing field of genome engineering.

Keywords: Cas9; Human; endonuclease; genome editing.

MeSH terms

  • Bacteria / genetics*
  • Genes, Bacterial*
  • RNA Editing*