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Bin Shen1, Wensheng Zhang2, Jun Zhang1, Jiankui Zhou3, Jianying Wang3, Li Chen3, Lu Wang4, Alex Hodgkins5, Vivek Iyer5, Xingxu Huang3, William C Skarnes5.
Abstract
Bacterial RNA-directed Cas9 endonuclease is a versatile tool for site-specific genome modification in eukaryotes. Co-microinjection of mouse embryos with Cas9 mRNA and single guide RNAs induces on-target and off-target mutations that are transmissible to offspring. However, Cas9 nickase can be used to efficiently mutate genes without detectable damage at known off-target sites. This method is applicable for genome editing of any model organism and minimizes confounding problems of off-target mutations.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24584192 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2857
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Methods ISSN: 1548-7091 Impact factor: 28.547