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Biologists unveil unusual film format: CRISPR

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  1. Shipman, S. L., Nivala, J., Macklis, J. D., and Church, G. M. Nature doi:10.1038/nature23017 (2017).

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Ledford, H. Biologists unveil unusual film format: CRISPR. Nature (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.22288

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