TY - JOUR AU - Mohammed Elsabagh, Mostafa PY - 2018/11/25 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Evading Evasion: How Phages get around CRISPR-Cas JF - Sciential - McMaster Undergraduate Science Journal JA - Sciential VL - 1 IS - 1 SE - Opinion Piece DO - 10.15173/sciential.v1i1.1910 UR - https://journals.mcmaster.ca/sciential/article/view/1910 SP - 25-27 AB - <p>The CRISPR-Cas9 system has paved the way for realizing gene-editing, but its main weakness lies in its potential for off-target effects. Studies into phages reveal that they express “anti-CRISPR” proteins which if harnessed, could provide us with the solution to this lack of control.</p> ER -