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Generation of α-1,3-Galactosyltransferase-Deficient Porcine Embryonic Fibroblasts by CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Knock-in of a Small Mutated Sequence and a Targeted Toxin-Based Selection System.
Reproduction in domestic animals = Zuchthygiene - 1 Oct 2015
Sato M, Kagoshima A, Saitoh I, Inada E, Miyoshi K, Ohtsuka M, Nakamura S, Sakurai T, Watanabe S
Abstract excerpt
The CRISPR/Cas9 system has enabled the editing of mammalian genomes; however, its applicability and efficiency in the pig genome has not been studied in depth. The α-gal epitope synthesized by α-1,3-galactosyltransferase gene (GGTA1) is known as a xenoantigen obtained upon pig-to-human xenotransplantation. We here employed the CRISPR/Cas9 system-mediated knock-in of endogenous GGTA1 via targeted homologous...
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