ERC Starting Grant · 2023
Molecular mechanisms, functions and applications of RNA-guided DNA transposons
Genome engineering has transformed life science research and enabled revolutionary applications in biotechnology and medicine. Despite recent advances brought by the development of CRISPR-associated genome editing nucleases, a universal strategy for efficient site-specific gene editing and insertion in a range of organisms or cell types is currently unavailable. Transposons are natural genome remodelers and gene delivery vectors that modify and transfer genetic information across the tree of life by moving within and between their host genomes. To this end, they encode a vast and diverse reservoir of nucleic acid-targeting and -processing enzymes, whose molecular mechanisms are yet mostly…
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