CRISPR: a new method for genetic engineering - a prokaryotic immune component may potentially open a new era of gene silencing

Cell Death Differ. 2015 Jan;22(1):3-5. doi: 10.1038/cdd.2014.39. Epub 2014 Apr 4.

Authors

I Amelio¹, G Melino²

Affiliations

¹ Medical Research Council, Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building, Leicester University, Lancaster Road, PO Box 138, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK.
² 1] Medical Research Council, Toxicology Unit, Hodgkin Building, Leicester University, Lancaster Road, PO Box 138, Leicester LE1 9HN, UK [2] Biochemistry Laboratory, IDI-IRCCS, Rome, Italy [3] Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome 'Tor Vergata', 00133 Rome, Italy.

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Archaea* / genetics
Archaea* / metabolism
Bacteria* / genetics
Bacteria* / metabolism
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats / physiology*
Gene Silencing*
Genetic Engineering*

Grants and funding

MC_U132670600/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom