Group II intron-based gene targeting reactions in eukaryotes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Mastroianni, Marta ^a   Watanabe, Kazuo ^a   White, Travis B ^a   Zhuang, Fanglei ^a   Vernon, Jamie ^a   Matsuura, Manabu ^a   Wallingford, John ^a   Lambowitz, Alan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MAGNESIUM; PLASMID DNA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA; DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL HOMING; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EUKARYOTE; FEMALE; FROG; GENE TARGETING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; METABOLISM; PLASMID; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DANIO; DANIO RERIO; EUKARYOTA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; DNA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VECTORS; INTRONS; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; OOCYTES; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 52349123169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003121     Document Type: Article

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