Manipulating the destiny of wild populations using CRISPR

R Raban, JM Marshall, BA Hay… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Genetic biocontrol aims to suppress or modify populations of species to protect public
health, agriculture, and biodiversity. Advancements in genome engineering technologies …

The DNA damage response in the chromatin context: A coordinated process

J Dabin, M Mori, SE Polo - Current Opinion in Cell Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
In the cell nucleus, DNA damage signaling and repair machineries operate on a chromatin
substrate, the integrity of which is critical for cell function and viability. Here, we review …

A dynamic subpopulation of CRISPR–Cas overexpressers allows Streptococcus pyogenes to rapidly respond to phage

MJ Stoltzfus, RE Workman, NC Keith, JW Modell - Nature microbiology, 2024 - nature.com
Many CRISPR–Cas (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats and CRISPR-
associated protein) systems, which provide bacteria with adaptive immunity against phages …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic architecture of human brain evolution

T Fair, AA Pollen - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Comparative studies of hominids have long sought to identify mutational events that shaped
the evolution of the human nervous system. However, functional genetic differences are …

Enrichment strategies to enhance genome editing

NS Mikkelsen, RO Bak - Journal of Biomedical Science, 2023 - Springer
Genome editing technologies hold great promise for numerous applications including the
understanding of cellular and disease mechanisms and the development of gene and …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene therapy for glioblastoma: a scoping review

E Begagić, H Bečulić, N Đuzić, A Džidić-Krivić… - Biomedicines, 2024 - mdpi.com
This scoping review examines the use of CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in glioblastoma (GBM),
a predominant and aggressive brain tumor. Categorizing gene targets into distinct groups …

Impact of CRISPR/HDR editing versus lentiviral transduction on long-term engraftment and clonal dynamics of HSPCs in rhesus macaques

BC Lee, A Gin, C Wu, K Singh, M Grice, R Mortlock… - Cell stem cell, 2024 - cell.com
For precise genome editing via CRISPR/homology-directed repair (HDR), effective and safe
editing of long-term engrafting hematopoietic stem cells (LT-HSCs) is required. The impact …

Review of knockout technology approaches in bacterial drug resistance research

C Tong, Y Liang, Z Zhang, S Wang, X Zheng, Q Liu… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Gene knockout is a widely used method in biology for investigating gene function. Several
technologies are available for gene knockout, including zinc-finger nuclease technology …

RNF4 and USP7 cooperate in ubiquitin-regulated steps of DNA replication

YC Chang, K Lin, RM Baxley, W Durrett… - Open …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
DNA replication requires precise regulation achieved through post-translational
modifications, including ubiquitination and SUMOylation. These modifications are linked by …

Engineering probiotic Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 to block transfer of multiple antibiotic resistance genes by exploiting a type I CRISPR-Cas system

M Fang, R Zhang, C Wang, Z Liu, M Fei… - Applied and …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
Many multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria have evolved through the accumulation of
antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Although the potential risk of probiotics as reservoirs of …