CRISPR-Cas12a Has Both Cis- and Trans-cleavage Activities on Single-stranded DNA

Overview

Journal Cell Res

Specialty Cell Biology

Date 2018 Mar 14

PMID 29531313

Citations 277

Authors

Shi-Yuan Li

Qiu-Xiang Cheng

Jia-Kun Liu

Xiao-Qun Nie

Guo-Ping Zhao

Jin Wang

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