Open AccessEvading Evasion
Author(s) -
Mostafa Mohammed Elsabagh
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
sciential
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2562-1483
DOI - 10.15173/sciential.v1i1.1910
Subject(s) - crispr , evasion (ethics) , computational biology , genome editing , computer science , biology , gene , genetics , immune system
The CRISPR-Cas9 system has paved the way for realizing gene-editing, but its main weakness lies in its potential for off-target effects. Studies into phages reveal that they express “anti-CRISPR” proteins which if harnessed, could provide us with the solution to this lack of control.