Mouse genetics: Catalogue and scissors

Phenotypic analysis of gene-specific knockout (KO) mice hasrevolutionized our understanding of in vivo gene functions. Asthe use of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells is inevitable forconventional gene targeting, the generation of knockout miceremains a very time-consuming and expensive process. Toacce...

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Main Author: Han-Woong Lee
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Language:English
Published: Korean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 2012-12-01
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description Phenotypic analysis of gene-specific knockout (KO) mice hasrevolutionized our understanding of in vivo gene functions. Asthe use of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells is inevitable forconventional gene targeting, the generation of knockout miceremains a very time-consuming and expensive process. Toaccelerate the large-scale production and phenotype analyses ofKO mice, international efforts have organized global consortiasuch as the International Knockout Mouse Consortium (IKMC)and International Mouse Phenotype Consortium (IMPC), andthey are persistently expanding the KO mouse catalogue that ispublicly available for the researches studying specific genes ofinterests in vivo. However, new technologies, adoptingzinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs) or Transcription Activator-LikeEffector (TALE) Nucleases (TALENs) to edit the mouse genome,are now emerging as valuable and effective shortcuts alternativefor the conventional gene targeting using ES cells. Here, weintroduce the recent achievement of IKMC, and evaluate thesignificance of ZFN/TALEN technology in mouse genetics.
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spelling doaj.art-1c801548a60e41eb91e4bbef552d07042022-12-21T20:28:12ZengKorean Society for Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyBMB Reports1976-66961976-670X2012-12-014512686692Mouse genetics: Catalogue and scissorsHan-Woong LeePhenotypic analysis of gene-specific knockout (KO) mice hasrevolutionized our understanding of in vivo gene functions. Asthe use of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells is inevitable forconventional gene targeting, the generation of knockout miceremains a very time-consuming and expensive process. Toaccelerate the large-scale production and phenotype analyses ofKO mice, international efforts have organized global consortiasuch as the International Knockout Mouse Consortium (IKMC)and International Mouse Phenotype Consortium (IMPC), andthey are persistently expanding the KO mouse catalogue that ispublicly available for the researches studying specific genes ofinterests in vivo. However, new technologies, adoptingzinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs) or Transcription Activator-LikeEffector (TALE) Nucleases (TALENs) to edit the mouse genome,are now emerging as valuable and effective shortcuts alternativefor the conventional gene targeting using ES cells. Here, weintroduce the recent achievement of IKMC, and evaluate thesignificance of ZFN/TALEN technology in mouse genetics.http://www.jbmb.or.kr/jbmb/pdf.php?data=MTMwMTE0MTVAcGRmX3JhaW50cmFjZV9sZWV5c0AlNUI0NS0xMiU1RDEyMTIyNjE2MThfJTI4Njg2LTY5MiUyOUJNQl8xMi0yNDIucGRmGene targetingKnockoutTALENZFN
spellingShingle Han-Woong Lee
Mouse genetics: Catalogue and scissors
BMB Reports
Gene targeting
Knockout
TALEN
ZFN
title Mouse genetics: Catalogue and scissors
title_full Mouse genetics: Catalogue and scissors
title_fullStr Mouse genetics: Catalogue and scissors
title_full_unstemmed Mouse genetics: Catalogue and scissors
title_short Mouse genetics: Catalogue and scissors
title_sort mouse genetics catalogue and scissors
topic Gene targeting
Knockout
TALEN
ZFN
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