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...enter the cells so they can go to work. Figure 3: Inducing the double strand break and introducing ...the Addgene Blog Learn More about Homology Directed Repair Learn More about Non-Homologous End Joining .... For a C-terminal tag, as shown in the example above, we inserted a linker and GFP tag at the end of ... and 1kb of homologous DNA flanking both sides (about 2.7kb total)—is inserted into a plasmid backbone... Plasmids, plasmids everywhere To find out more about gene edited hiPS cell lines generated using the ...line. The editing strategy and design described above can be used to create similar donor plasmids for...microhomology-mediated end-joining (MMEJ). To find out more about gene edited hiPS cell lines generated using these...

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