PUBLICATION

Using Engineered Endonucleases to Create Knockout and Knockin Zebrafish Models

Authors
Bedell, V.M., Ekker, S.C.
ID
ZDB-PUB-141120-2
Date
2015
Source
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.)   1239: 291-305 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Bedell, Victoria, Ekker, Stephen C.
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Animals, Genetically Modified
  • DNA Repair
  • DNA, Single-Stranded
  • Endonucleases/genetics*
  • Endonucleases/metabolism*
  • Gene Knock-In Techniques*
  • Gene Knockout Techniques*
  • Genetic Engineering/methods*
  • Genetic Testing/methods
  • Genetic Vectors/genetics
  • Germ Cells/metabolism
  • Homologous Recombination
  • Models, Animal
  • Zebrafish/genetics*
PubMed
25408414 Full text @ Meth. Mol. Biol.
Abstract
Over the last few years, the technology to create targeted knockout and knockin zebrafish animals has exploded. We have gained the ability to create targeted knockouts through the use of zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR associated system (CRISPR/Cas). Furthermore, using the high-efficiency TALEN system, we were able to create knockin zebrafish using a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) protocol described here. Through the use of these technologies, the zebrafish has become a valuable vertebrate model and an excellent bridge between the invertebrate and mammalian model systems for the study of human disease.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping