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GENE EDITING

Make it a Combo

Same Cas9 protein, two different jobs: the CRISPR-Combo genome engineering strategy enables simultaneous gene activation and genome editing for different targets through changes to the guide RNA structure.

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Fig. 1: Strategy and applications of the CRISPR-Combo system in plants.

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Debernardi, J.M., Rowan, B.A. Make it a Combo. Nat. Plants 8, 457–458 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01155-5

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