CRISPRdirect: Software for designing CRISPR/Cas guide RNA with reduced off-target sites

Bioinformatics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1120-1123

  Naito, Yuki ^a   Hino, Kimihiro ^c   Bono, Hidemasa ^a,b   Ui Tei, Kumiko ^c  

^a Database Center for Life Science (DBCLS)   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; ARABIDOPSIS; BOMBYX MORI; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CIONA; DANIO RERIO; MARMOSETS; RATTUS; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SUIDAE;

DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; GUIDE RNA;

ANIMAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DRUG DESIGN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES; RAT; RNA EDITING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; DNA; DRUG DESIGN; ENDONUCLEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RNA EDITING; RNA, GUIDE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84929142256     PISSN: 13674803     EISSN: 14602059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu743     Document Type: Article

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