Role of the CRISPR system in controlling gene transcription and monitoring cell fate (Review)

Baliou, Stella, Adamaki, Maria, Kyriakopoulos, Anthony, Spandidos, Demetrios, Panagiotidis, Mihalis, Christodoulou, Ioannis and Zoumpourlis, Vassilis (2018) Role of the CRISPR system in controlling gene transcription and monitoring cell fate (Review). Molecular Medicine Reports, 17 (1). pp. 1421-1427. ISSN 1791-2997

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Abstract

Even though the accrual of transcripts is implicated in distinct disease states, our knowledge regarding their functional role remains obscure. The CRISPR system has surged at the forefront of genome engineering tools in the field of RNA modulation. In the present review, we discuss some exciting applications of the CRISPR system, including the manipulation of RNA sequences, the visualization of chromosomal loci in living cells and the modulation of transcription. The CRISPR system has been documented to be very reliable and specific in altering gene expression, via leveraging inactive catalytically dead CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9). In the present review, the CRISPR system is presented as an eminent tool for the meticulous analysis of gene regulation, loci mapping and complex pathways.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: PMID: 29257248
Subjects: A100 Pre-clinical Medicine
C900 Others in Biological Sciences
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences
Depositing User: Ay Okpokam
Date Deposited: 02 Jan 2018 11:50
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 12:34
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/32931

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