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Another player for RNA-guided RNA cleavage

Nature Methods volume 14, pages 222–223 (2017)Cite this article

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Cas13b relies on activator and repressor proteins to regulate RNA cleavage.

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Rusk, N. Another player for RNA-guided RNA cleavage. Nat Methods 14, 222–223 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.4213

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