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Coevolving Residues And The Expansion Of Substrate Permissibility In Laglidadg Homing Endonucleases, Thomas A. Mcmurrough
Coevolving Residues And The Expansion Of Substrate Permissibility In Laglidadg Homing Endonucleases, Thomas A. Mcmurrough
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Genome-editing (GE) is a form of genetic engineering that permits the deliberate manipulation of genetic material for the study of biological processes, agricultural and industrial biotechnologies, and developing targeted therapies to cure human disease. While the potential application of GE is wide-ranging, the efficacy of most strategies is dependent upon the ability to accurately introduce a double-stranded break at the genomic location where alterations are desired. LAGLIDADG homing endonucleases (LHEs) are a class of mobile genetic element that recognize and cleave 22-bp sequences of DNA. Given this high degree of specificity, LHEs are powerful GE reagents, …