CRISPR/Cas9-induced knockout and knock-in mutations in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Shin, Sung Eun ^a   Lim, Jong Min ^b   Koh, Hyun Gi ^a   Kim, Eun Kyung ^a   Kang, Nam Kyu ^a   Jeon, Seungjib ^a   Kwon, Sohee ^a   Shin, Won Sub ^a   Lee, Bongsoo ^a   Hwangbo, Kwon ^b,c   Kim, Jungeun ^d,e   Ye, Sung Hyeok ^d,f   Yun, Jae Young ^d   Seo, Hogyun ^g   Oh, Hee Mock ^b   Kim, Kyung Jin ^g   Kim, Jin Soo ^d,e   Jeong, Won Joong ^b   Chang, Yong Keun ^a   Jeong, Byeong Ryool ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^c Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^d Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^g Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; GUIDE RNA; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CLASSIFICATION; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROCEDURES; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS REINHARDTII; CHLOROPHYLL; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; DNA END-JOINING REPAIR; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC LOCI; MUTAGENESIS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, GUIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRYPTOPHAN SYNTHASE; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

EID: 84974659966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep27810     Document Type: Article

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