CRISPR-Cas9-mediated single-gene and gene family disruption in Trypanosoma cruzi

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Peng, Duo ^a   Kurup, Samarchith P ^a,b   Yao, Phil Y ^a   Minning, Todd A ^a   Tarleton, Rick L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROHOMOLOGY MEDIATED END JOINING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84924089024     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02097-14     Document Type: Article

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