Martin to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agoCompetition for gene scissors: "Bridge RNA" to edit the genome more preciselywww.heise.deexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkCompetition for gene scissors: "Bridge RNA" to edit the genome more preciselywww.heise.deMartin to Science@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
CRISPR has become a key method for genome modification. Researchers are now proposing a potentially even better approach.
minus-squareRNAi [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoThe article doesn’t mention how many enzimes are required, which is the great thing about CRISPR.
minus-squareMartinOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months ago The IS110 elements are very minimal, consisting only of a gene encoding the recombinase enzyme, plus flanking DNA segments Source: https://arcinstitute.org/news/news/bridge
The article doesn’t mention how many enzimes are required, which is the great thing about CRISPR.
Source: https://arcinstitute.org/news/news/bridge
Alright that’s great