Generation of GGTA1 biallelic knockout pigs via zinc-finger nucleases and somatic cell nuclear transfer

Science China Life Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 263-268

  Bao, Lei ^a,b   Chen, HaiDe ^a   Jong, UiMyong ^a,c   Rim, CholHo ^a,c   Li, WenLing ^a   Lin, XiJuan ^a   Zhang, Dan ^d,e   Luo, Qiong ^d   Cui, Chun ^a   Huang, HeFeng ^d,e   Zhang, Yan ^f   Xiao, Lei ^a   Fu, ZhiXin ^a,b,f,g  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c Academy of Sciences   (South Korea)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^e ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^g HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

biallelic knockout; GGTA1; pig; SCNT; xenotransplantation; ZFNs

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE; SUS;

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE 1, PORCINE; ALPHA-1,3-GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE 1, PORCINE; ENDONUCLEASE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SWINE;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDONUCLEASES; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; SWINE; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84893713866     PISSN: 16747305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11427-013-4601-2     Document Type: Article

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