Homing endonucleases: DNA scissors on a mission

Genome

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 553-569

  Hafez, Mohamed ^a   Hausner, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

biotechnology; genome editing; group I introns; meganucleases

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTRON; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA; ENDONUCLEASES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84865272073     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/g2012-049     Document Type: Review

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