Base Editors and Off-Targeting: The Deaminase Matters

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Matthew R Willmann. CRISPR J. 2019 Apr.

. 2019 Apr:2:71-73.

doi: 10.1089/crispr.2019.29054.mrw.

¹ Plant Transformation Facility, Cornell University , School of Integrative Plant Science, Ithaca, New York.

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