Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6451188 | Biotechnology Advances | 2017 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
The development of customizable sequence-specific nucleases such as TALENs, ZFNs and the powerful CRISPR/Cas9 system has revolutionized the field of genome editing. The CRISPR/Cas9 system is particularly versatile and has been applied in numerous species representing all branches of life. Regardless of the target organism, all researchers using sequence-specific nucleases face similar challenges: confirmation of the desired on-target mutation and the detection of off-target events. Here, we evaluate the most widely-used methods for the detection of on-target and off-target mutations in terms of workflow, sensitivity, strengths and weaknesses.
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Authors
Julia Zischewski, Rainer Fischer, Luisa Bortesi,