Re-programming DNA-binding specificity in zinc finger proteins for targeting unique address in a genome

Systems and Synthetic Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 323-329

  Grover, Abhinav ^a   Pande, Akshay ^a   Choudhary, Krishna ^a   Gupta, Kriti ^a   Sundar, Durai ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Genome targeting; Zinc finger proteins

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953177787     PISSN: 18725325     EISSN: 18725333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11693-011-9077-4     Document Type: Article

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