Efficient gene disruption in diverse strains of toxoplasma gondii Using CRISPR/CAS9

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Shen, Bang ^a   Brown, Kevin M ^a   Lee, Tobie D ^a   David Sibley, L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBOSE; FLUORODEOXYRIBOSE; PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; CAS9 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISPR GENE; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; ROP18 GENE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UPRT GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE ORDER; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TOXOPLASMA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE ORDER; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TOXOPLASMA;

EID: 84903975411     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01114-14     Document Type: Article

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