• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Gene targeting by homologous recombination in mouse zygotes mediated by zinc-finger nucleases
  • Beteiligte: Meyer, Melanie; de Angelis, Martin Hrabé; Wurst, Wolfgang; Kühn, Ralf; Chambon, Pierre
  • Erschienen: National Academy of Sciences, 2010
  • Erschienen in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • ISSN: 0027-8424
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  • Beschreibung: <p>Gene targeting by homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells is extensively used to generate specific mouse mutants. However, most mammalian species lack tools for targeted gene manipulation. Since double-strand breaks strongly increase the rate of homologous recombination at genomic loci, we explored whether gene targeting can be directly performed in zygotes by the use of zinc-finger nucleases. Here we report that gene targeting is achieved in 1.7–4.5% of murine one-cell embryos upon the coinjection of targeting vectors with zinc-finger nucleases, without preselection. These findings enable the manipulation of the mammalian germ line in a single step in zygotes, independent of ES cells.</p>
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