A new age in functional genomics using CRISPR/Cas9 in arrayed library screening

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue SEP, 2015, Pages

  Agrotis, Alexander ^a   Ketteler, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cas9 sgRNA; CRISPR; High content imaging; High throughput screening; Knockdown; SiRNA

Indexed keywords

CAS9 PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; PLASMID VECTOR; PROTEIN; RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARRAYED LIBRARY SCREENING; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DNA MODIFICATION; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME FUNCTIONALIZATION; HIGH CONTENT SCREENING; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RNA EDITING; RNA LIBRARY;

EID: 84944719353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00300     Document Type: Review

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