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To identify the location of packaging signals, the vaccinia virus genome can be targeted by CRISPR-Cas endonucleases that cleave DNA preceded by a short PAM. The CRISPR-Cas system can fragment the vaccinia virus genome and, with the help of fluorescent protein reporters, determine packaged fragments, if there are any. The process of developing a FnCas12a system and SpCas9 system that targets the vaccinia virus genome is described in this paper.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abstract: The vaccinia virus genome is an approximately 195-kb linear double-stranded DNA genome that is AT-rich (~67%) and covalently closed at both ends. 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