Off-target effects of cytidine base editor and adenine base editor: What can we do?

Puping Liang; Jinkun Wen; Junjiu Huang

doi:10.1016/j.jgg.2019.09.004

Volume 46 Issue 11

Nov. 2019

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Off-target effects of cytidine base editor and adenine base editor: What can we do?

doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2019.09.004

Puping Liang^{a, b},
Jinkun Wen^{a, b, c},
Junjiu Huang^{a, b, d}

a
Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine of Guangdong Province, School of Life Sciences, and the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
b
MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation and Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Healthy Aging Research, SYSU-BCM Joint Research Center, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
c
Jiangmen Central Hospital, Affiliated Jiangmen Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510150, China
d
Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine of Guangdong Province, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510150, China

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Corresponding author: E-mail address: hjunjiu@mail.sysu.edu.cn (Junjiu Huang)
Received Date: 2019-07-28
Accepted Date: 2019-09-25
Rev Recd Date: 2019-08-20

Available Online: 2019-11-02

Publish Date: 2019-11-20

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