The findings were published in the journal Nature ("Structural basis for pegRNA-guided reverse transcription by the prime editor"). Overall structure of the prime editor complex. (Image: The ...

Joint research led by Yutaro Shuto, Ryoya Nakagawa, and Osamu Nureki of the University of Tokyo determined the spatial structure of various processes of a novel gene-editing tool called “prime editor.

New research has determined the spatial structure of various processes of a novel gene-editing tool called 'prime editor.' Functional analysis based on these structures also revealed how a 'prime ...