Genetic and epigenetic control of gene expression by CRISPR-Cas systems

F1000Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Qi, Lei ^a,b   Lo, Albert ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cas; CRISPR; Dcas

Indexed keywords

CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN CAS9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; EPIGENETICS; EPIGENOME EDITING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

EID: 85024481148     PISSN: 20461402     EISSN: 1759796X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.11113.1     Document Type: Review

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