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Generation of knockout rats with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (X-SCID) using zinc-finger nucleases.
PloS one - 25 Jan 2010
Mashimo Tomoji, Takizawa Akiko, Voigt Birger, Yoshimi Kazuto, Hiai Hiroshi, Kuramoto Takashi, Serikawa Tadao
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BACKGROUND: Although the rat is extensively used as a laboratory model, the inability to utilize germ line-competent rat embryonic stem (ES) cells has been a major drawback for studies that aim to elucidate gene functions. Recently, zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs) were successfully used to create ge...
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