Tissue-specific and ubiquitous gene knockouts by TALEN electroporation provide new approaches to investigating gene function in Ciona

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 481-487

  Treen, Nicholas ^a   Yoshida, Keita ^a   Sakuma, Tetsushi ^b   Sasaki, Haruka ^a   Kawai, Narudo ^c   Yamamoto, Takashi ^b   Sasakura, Yasunori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene targeting; Reverse genetics; TALENs

Indexed keywords

DNA; NUCLEASE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATOR LIKE EFFECTOR NUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84891509001     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.099572     Document Type: Article

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