The CRISPR-associated Cas4 protein from Leptospira interrogans demonstrates nuclease activity
Highlights •LinCas4 is a metal dependent endonuclease. •Mutation of metal interacting residues (Asp74 and Glu87) curtails the DNase...
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MOSTLY MICROBES AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Welcome to Mostly Microbes and Infectious Diseases. David Ojcius posts newspaper and journal articles in the broad field of microbiology.
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New CRISPR-Cas system cuts virus RNA
Researchers have discovered a new #CRISPR-Cas system that cuts #RNA. The study is expected to offer many opportunities for the...
Crispr, the Tool Giving DNA Editing Promise and Peril
Mankind has been manipulating genetics since early civilizations realized that certain traits of crops, animals and humans themselves...
The CRISPR-associated Cas4 protein from Leptospira interrogans
#CRISPR #DNAse #nuclease #Leptospira The Cas4 protein is one of the core CRISPR-associated (Cas) proteins implicated in the adaptation...
Researchers create new CRISPR tools to help contain mosquito disease transmission
#CRISPR #mosquitoes #WestNile Since the onset of the CRISPR genetic editing revolution, scientists have been working to leverage the...
CRISPR-Cas12a: Functional overview and applications
#openaccess #genetherapy #CRISPR Prokaryotes have developed an adaptive immune system called Clustered regularly interspaced short...
Scientists create gene-editing tool that could rival CRISPR
A gene-editing tool that could rival #CRISPR. Researchers created a new gene-editing tool that can perform millions of genetic...
Scientists develop new gene therapy strategy to delay aging
Researchers conducted genome-wide #CRISPR-based screens in premature aging stem cells & identified >100 candidate #senescence-promoting...
CRISPR-Cas12a: Functional overview and applications
Prokaryotes have developed an adaptive immune system called Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats ( #CRISPR ) to...
Gene editing with CRISPR has made pigs immune to a deadly epidemic, PRSS
#CRISPR #epidemic #porcine #microbes #infection #agriculture When covid-19 began to race around the world, countries closed businesses...
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