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SUBMITTER: Jinek M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3557905 | biostudies-other | 2013 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Jinek Martin M East Alexandra A Cheng Aaron A Lin Steven S Ma Enbo E Doudna Jennifer J
eLife 20130129
Type II CRISPR immune systems in bacteria use a dual RNA-guided DNA endonuclease, Cas9, to cleave foreign DNA at specific sites. We show here that Cas9 assembles with hybrid guide RNAs in human cells and can induce the formation of double-strand DNA breaks (DSBs) at a site complementary to the guide RNA sequence in genomic DNA. This cleavage activity requires both Cas9 and the complementary binding of the guide RNA. Experiments using extracts from transfected cells show that RNA expression and/o ...[more]