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ReviewTransgenic research2015

Molecular scissors and their application in genetically modified farm animals.

Bjoern Petersen, Heiner Niemann

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Review in Transgenic research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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31citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. The ethics of genome editing in non-human animals: a systematic review of reasons reported in the academic literature.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019
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  3. Outlook on genome editing application to cattle.Journal of veterinary science · 2024
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  7. Knockout of the HMG domain of the porcine SRY gene causes sex reversal in gene-edited pigs.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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  8. The genome editing revolution: review.Journal, genetic engineering & biotechnology · 2020
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  14. Genome editing and genetic engineering in livestock for advancing agricultural and biomedical applications.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2017
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  18. Transgenesis for pig models.Journal of veterinary science · 2016
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Bjoern PetersenInstitute of Farm Animal Genetics, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Hoeltystrasse 10, 31535, Neustadt, Mariensee, Germany, bjoern.petersen@fli.bund.de.
Heiner Niemann

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular scissors (MS), incl. Zinc Finger Nucleases (ZFN), Transcription-activator like endoncleases (TALENS) and meganucleases possess long recognition sites and are thus capable of cutting DNA in a very specific manner. These molecular scissors mediate targeted genetic alterations by enhancing the DNA mutation rate via induction of double-strand breaks at a predetermined genomic site. Compared to conventional homologous recombination based gene targeting, MS can increase the targeting rate 10,000-fold, and gene disruption via mutagenic DNA repair is stimulated at a similar frequency. The successful application of different MS has been shown in different organisms, including insects, amphibians, plants, nematodes, and mammals, including humans. Recently, another novel class of molecular scissors was described that uses RNAs to target a specific genomic site. The CRISPR/Cas9 system is capable of targeting even multiple genomic sites in one shot and thus could be superior to ZFNs or TALEN, especially by its easy design. MS can be successfully employed for improving the understanding of complex physiological systems, producing transgenic animals, incl. creating large animal models for human diseases, creating specific cell lines, and plants, and even for treating human genetic diseases. This review provides an update on molecular scissors, their underlying mechanism and focuses on new opportunities for generating genetically modified farm animals.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnimals, DomesticAnimals, Genetically ModifiedCattleClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsEndonucleasesGene TargetingGenetic EngineeringLivestockSheepSus scrofaZinc FingersEndonucleases

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