Zinc finger nucleases: Tailor-made for gene therapy

Drugs of the Future

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 183-195

  Chou, S T ^a,b   Leng, Q ^a   Mixson, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene targeting; Homologous recombination; Non homologous end joining; Nucleic acid delivery; Zinc finger nucleases

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER NUCLEASE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ENGINEERING; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE TARGETING; GENE THERAPY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

EID: 84952980708     PISSN: 03778282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/dof.2012.037.03.1779022     Document Type: Review

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