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SUBMITTER: Schmid-Burgk JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4199374 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Schmid-Burgk Jonathan L JL Schmidt Tobias T Gaidt Moritz M MM Pelka Karin K Latz Eicke E Ebert Thomas S TS Hornung Veit V
Genome research 20140903 10
The application of designer nucleases allows the induction of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) at user-defined genomic loci. Due to imperfect DNA repair mechanisms, DSBs can lead to alterations in the genomic architecture, such as the disruption of the reading frame of a critical exon. This can be exploited to generate somatic knockout cell lines. While high genome editing activities can be achieved in various cellular systems, obtaining cell clones that contain all-allelic frameshift mutations a ...[more]