CRISPR Screens to Discover Functional Noncoding Elements

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 526-529

  Wright, Jason B ^a,b   Sanjana, Neville E ^c,d  

^a BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK GENOME CENTER   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cas9; CRISPR; enhancer; functional genomics; gene regulation; noncoding

Indexed keywords

BCL11A GENE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOME; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NONCODING GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT SURVEY; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN GENOME;

UNTRANSLATED RNA;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; RNA, UNTRANSLATED;

EID: 84979608157     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2016.06.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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