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AcrIIA5 Inhibits a Broad Range of Cas9 Orthologs by Preventing DNA Target Cleavage
1 Nov 2019
Abstract excerpt
CRISPR-Cas9 is an adaptive immune system for prokaryotes to defend against invasive genetic elements such as phages and has been used as a powerful tool for genome editing and modulation. To overcome CRISPR immunity, phages encode anti-CRISPR proteins (Acrs) to inhibit Cas9, providing an efficient "off-switch" tool for Cas9-based applications. Here, we characterized AcrIIA5, which is a Cas9 inhibitor discovered...
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