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. 2022 Jan 12;12(1):70. doi: 10.3390/metabo12010070

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Genome editing of PCSK9 using a base editor that introduces a single-nucleotide change at the splice site of exon 1 and intron 1. This results in retention of intron 1 in the final mRNA, which contains an in-frame stop codon, leading to premature termination of protein synthesis.