Title | Expanding the CRISPR Toolbox: Targeting RNA with Cas13b. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2017 |
Authors | R Barrangou, and CA Gersbach |
Journal | Molecular cell |
Volume | 65 |
Issue | 4 |
Start Page | 582 |
Pagination | 582 - 584 |
Date Published | 02/2017 |
Abstract | In this issue of Molecular Cell, Smargon et al. (2017) unearth Cas13b from type VI-B CRISPR-Cas immune systems and characterize its RNA-guided, RNA-targeting activity, including regulation by the novel co-factors Csx27 and Csx28, as well as non-specific collateral RNA damage. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.02.002 |
Short Title | Molecular cell |