Standardized reagents and protocols for engineering zinc finger nucleases by modular assembly

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1637-1652

  Wright, David A ^a   Thibodeau Beganny, Stacey ^b   Sander, Jeffry D ^a   Winfrey, Ronnie J ^a   Hirsh, Andrew S ^b,c   Eichtinger, Magdalena ^b,c   Fu, Fengli ^a   Porteus, Matthew H ^d   Dobbs, Drena ^a   Voytas, Daniel F ^a   Joung, J Keith ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; PLASMID; SYNTHESIS; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

BACTERIA; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLASMIDS; SOFTWARE; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 34248220864     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.259     Document Type: Article

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