Mutagenic insertion and chromosome engineering resource (MICER) |
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Authors: | Adams David J Biggs Patrick J Cox Tony Davies Rob van der Weyden Louise Jonkers Jos Smith James Plumb Bob Taylor Ruth Nishijima Ichiko Yu Yuejin Rogers Jane Bradley Allan |
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Institution: | The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambs, CB10 1SA, UK. |
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Abstract: | Embryonic stem cell technology revolutionized biology by providing a means to assess mammalian gene function in vivo. Although it is now routine to generate mice from embryonic stem cells, one of the principal methods used to create mutations, gene targeting, is a cumbersome process. Here we describe the indexing of 93,960 ready-made insertional targeting vectors from two libraries. 5,925 of these vectors can be used directly to inactivate genes with an average targeting efficiency of 28%. Combinations of vectors from the two libraries can be used to disrupt both alleles of a gene or engineer larger genomic changes such as deletions, duplications, translocations or inversions. These indexed vectors constitute a public resource (Mutagenic Insertion and Chromosome Engineering Resource; MICER) for high-throughput, targeted manipulation of the mouse genome. |
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