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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Harrington LB
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5875921 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell 20170824 6
CRISPR-Cas9 proteins function within bacterial immune systems to target and destroy invasive DNA and have been harnessed as a robust technology for genome editing. Small bacteriophage-encoded anti-CRISPR proteins (Acrs) can inactivate Cas9, providing an efficient off switch for Cas9-based applications. Here, we show that two Acrs, AcrIIC1 and AcrIIC3, inhibit Cas9 by distinct strategies. AcrIIC1 is a broad-spectrum Cas9 inhibitor that prevents DNA cutting by multiple divergent Cas9 orthologs thr ...[more]