Some Like it Hot: Thermostable GeoCas9
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...worms, zebrafish, frogs, some bacteria; but not thermophilic (high heat loving) bacteria. Until recently ...only available Cas9 proteins were isolated from mesophilic (medium heat loving) bacteria, such as Streptococcus...by the Doudna lab has opened up the field of thermophilic bacteria to CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing.
How...Harrington et al discovered a Cas9 protein from the thermophilic bacteria Geobacillus stearothermophilus (GeoCas9...could also be used with in vitro molecular bio applications that require high temperature reaction conditions...