Targeted chromosomal translocations and essential gene knockout using CRISPR/Cas9 technology in caenorhabditis elegans

Genetics

Volumn 201, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1295-1306

  Chen, Xiangyang ^a   Li, Mu ^a   Feng, Xuezhu ^a   Guang, Shouhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Balancer; Chromosomal translocation; CRISPR Cas9; Essential gene knockout

Indexed keywords

GUIDE RNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; LOSS OF FUNCTION MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RECIPROCAL CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; MALE; PROCEDURES;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE TARGETING; GENES, ESSENTIAL; GENES, HELMINTH; MALE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84957804929     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.181883     Document Type: Article

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