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Zinc finger nuclease
Introduction
Zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) are enzymes designed to cut DNA at specific DNA sequences.
References
References
- Durai S, Mani M, Kandavelou K, Wu J, Porteus M, Chandrasegaran S (2005). “Zinc finger nucleases: custom-designed molecular scissors for genome engineering of plant and mammalian cells”. Nucleic Acids Res. 33 (18): 5978–90. PMID 16251401.
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