Knockout of circRNAs by base editing back-splice sites of circularized exons
Abstract Many circular RNAs (circRNAs) are produced from back-splicing of exons of precursor mRNAs and are generally co-expressed with cognate linear RNAs.Methods for circRNA-specific knockout are lacking, largely due to sequence overlaps between forms.Here, we use base editors (BEs) for Slide Switches circRNA depletion.By targeting splice sites in