Rapid creation of forward-genetics tools for C. briggsae Using TALENs: Lessons for nonmodel organisms

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 468-473

  Wei, Qing ^a   Shen, Yongquan ^b   Chen, Xiangmei ^a   Shifman, Yelena ^b   Ellis, Ronald E ^b  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

C. briggsae; evolution; model organism; nematode; TALENs

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR LIKE EFFECTOR NUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS; CAENORHABDITIS BRIGGSAE; GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION;

C. BRIGGSAE; EVOLUTION; MODEL ORGANISM; NEMATODE; TALENS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CAENORHABDITIS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; ENDONUCLEASES; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MUTATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84893044335     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/mst213     Document Type: Article

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