Publication Date:
2013-10-16
Description:
Article Zinc-finger nickases are programmable nucleases that can be used to generate site-specific single-strand breaks in DNA. Liu et al . use this technology to insert an antimicrobial gene into the endogenous beta-casein locus in cloned cows, with the aim of providing protection against mastitis. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms3565 Authors: Xu Liu, Yongsheng Wang, Wenjiang Guo, Bohao Chang, Jun Liu, Zekun Guo, Fusheng Quan, Yong Zhang
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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