Editing without ‘cutting’: Molecular mechanisms of new gene-editing tool revealed

Editing without ‘cutting’: Molecular mechanisms of new gene-editing tool revealed

Joint research led by Yutaro Shuto, Ryoya Nakagawa, and Osamu Nureki of the University of Tokyo determined the spatial structure of various processes of a novel gene-editing tool called “prime editor.” Functional analysis based on these structures also revealed how a “prime editor” could achieve reverse transcription, synthesizing DNA from RNA, without “cutting” both strands … Read more