CRISPR-Cas9 Toolkit for Genome Editing in an Autotrophic CO <sub>2</sub> -Fixing Methanogenic Archaeon
Jie Li, Liuyang Zhang, Qing Xu, Wenting Zhang, Zhihua Li, Lei Chen, Xiuzhu Dong
Abstract
Archaea are prokaryotes with intriguing biological characteristics. They possess bacterial cell structures but eukaryotic homologous information processing machinery and eukaryotic featured proteins.
Topics & Concepts
CRISPRGenome editingCas9BiologyGeneticsGenomeGenePlasmidBacterial genome sizeComputational biologyCRISPR interferenceCRISPR and Genetic EngineeringRNA and protein synthesis mechanismsMicrobial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation