Visualizing CRISPR in Action (IMAGE)

Harvard Medical School

Visualizing CRISPR in Action

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This is an cryo-electron microscope image of CRISPR in a full 'R-loop' conformation. DNA (orange and red) is unwound and compared to CRISPR RNA (blue), to determine if the target DNA should be cut by the Cas3 enzyme.

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Liao lab/Harvard Medical School

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