| Literature DB >> 31367975 |
Sivaprakash Ramalingam1, Saravanabhavan Thangavel2.
Abstract
The ability to precisely change the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) bases at specific sites offers tremendous advantages in the field of molecular biology and medical biotechnology. Identification of Clustered Regularly-Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR), revelation of its role in prokaryotic adaptive immunity and subsequent conversion into genome and epigenome engineering system are the landmark research progresses of the decade. The possibilities of deciphering the molecular mechanisms of the disease, identifying the disease targets, generating the disease models, validating the drug targets, developing resistance to the infection and correcting the genotype have brought off much enthusiasm in the field of infectious diseases and genetic disorders. This review focuses on CRISPR/Cas9's impact in the field of infection and genetic disorders.Entities:
Keywords: Clustered Regularly-Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated systems (Cas9); Infectious diseases and genetic disorders; Targeted genome engineering/editing; Transcription activator-like effector nucleases; Zinc finger nucleases
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Year: 2019 PMID： 31367975 DOI： 10.1007/s12098-019-03037-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Pediatr ISSN： 0019-5456 Impact factor: 1.967