Sleeping Beauty Awakens for Genome Engineering
Type
Blog Post
Published
June 30, 2015, 2 p.m.
... Specifically, viruses are able to infect and replicate in host cells, but they are susceptible to cells... though not all, of these defenses. For some applications of genome engineering - such as certain forms...to integrate. Additionally, the TA sequence is duplicated near the gene of interest insertion site.
The...1) an SB transposase, the enzyme required for catalysis of transposition; and 2) a transposon containing...containing the gene-expression cassette that can translocate within the genome. The Sleeping Beauty transposase...