Editing of the urease gene by CRISPR-Cas in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana

Abstract Background CRISPR-Cas is a recent and powerful addition to the molecular toolbox which allows programmable genome editing. It has been used to modify genes in a wide variety of organisms, but only two alga to date. Here we present a methodology to edit the genome of Thalassiosira pseudonana...

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Main Authors: Amanda Hopes, Vladimir Nekrasov, Sophien Kamoun, Thomas Mock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-11-01
Series:Plant Methods
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13007-016-0148-0