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An ‘anti-CRISPR’ tool cleans up gene edits

Adding protein to human cells makes CRISPR–Cas9 more specific.
The AcrIIA4 protein (red) could improve the CRISPR-Cas9 editing system by stopping it cutting DNA (purple) in the wrong places.

The AcrIIA4 protein (red) could improve the CRISPR-Cas9 editing system by stopping it cutting DNA (purple) in the wrong places. Fuguo Jiang/UC Berkeley

A natural inhibitor of the CRISPR–Cas9 gene-editing system could be harnessed to reduce editing errors.

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Nature 547, 261 (2017)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-017-01545-2

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