Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation
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Blog Post
Published
Dec. 14, 2021, 2:15 p.m.
...are a number of drawbacks to this approach:
TET proteins are not demethylases; they are dioxygenases that...rare DNA bases that are recognized by distinct proteins and result in unclear transcriptional consequences..., Charlton et al. 2020).
Most importantly, TET proteins affect transcription independent of their enzymatic...may seem counterintuitive: how can a DNA-binding protein with no enzymatic activity cause demethylation?...