Safeguarding CRISPR-Cas9 gene drives in yeast

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1250-1255

  DiCarlo, James E ^a,b   Chavez, Alejandro ^a,c,d   Dietz, Sven L ^a,c,e   Esvelt, Kevin M ^a,c   Church, George M ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVES; ECOLOGY; YEAST;

DIVERSE ORGANISMS; DRIVE SYSTEMS; ECOLOGICAL CHANGES; GENOMIC ALTERATIONS; MOLECULAR CONFINEMENT; WILD POPULATIONS; YEAST SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

GENES;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DIPLOIDY; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSGENICS;

EID: 84949759161     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3412     Document Type: Article

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