Gene targeting using zinc finger nucleases

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Zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) improve the efficiency of gene targeting by introducing deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) double-strand breaks in target genes, which then stimulate the cell's endogenous homologous recombination machinery. Test results show that ZFNs can be used to create targeting frequencies of up to 20% in a human disease-causing gene.

Author: Porteus, Matthew H., Carroll, Dana
Research, Genetic research, Nucleases, Zinc finger proteins

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The small world of metabolism

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Many organisms that are now being sequenced have not had their biochemistry studied, such is the pace of genome sequencing.

Author: Fell, David A., Wagner, Andreas

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Electrochemical DNA analysis comes of age

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High-density, high-throughput microarray systems may replace fluorescence as the dominant method for DNA analysis.

Author: Kuhr, Werner G.
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Subjects list: United States, DNA
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