SapTrap, a toolkit for high-throughput CRISPR/Cas9 gene modification in Caenorhabditis elegans

Genetics

Volumn 202, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1277-1288

  Schwartz, Matthew L ^a,b   Jorgensen, Erik M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CRISPR Cas9; Gene tagging; High throughput; Plasmid toolkit

Indexed keywords

GUIDE RNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN SAPI; PROTEIN TAG; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GENETIC MARKER;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CRISPR CAS9 GENE; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA REPAIR; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SAPTRAP; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA, GUIDE;

EID: 84979889689     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.184275     Document Type: Article

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