Human germ line editing—roles and responsibilities

Protein and Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 7-10

  Lunshof, Jeantine E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; DECISION MAKING; DNA TRANSFER; ECOSYSTEM; GENOME; GERM LINE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA EDITING; SPERM; ZYGOTE; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GERM CELL; MAMMALIAN EMBRYO; METABOLISM;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; RNA EDITING;

EID: 84954396207     PISSN: 1674800X     EISSN: 16748018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13238-015-0224-7     Document Type: Article

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