E-TALEN: a web tool to design TALENs for genome engineering
@article{Heigwer2013ETALENAW, title={E-TALEN: a web tool to design TALENs for genome engineering}, author={Florian Heigwer and Grainne Kerr and Nike Walther and Kathrin Glaeser and Oliver Pelz and Marco Breinig and Michael Boutros}, journal={Nucleic Acids Research}, year={2013}, volume={41}, pages={e190 - e190} }
Use of transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) is a promising new technique in the field of targeted genome engineering, editing and reverse genetics. Its applications span from introducing knockout mutations to endogenous tagging of proteins and targeted excision repair. Owing to this wide range of possible applications, there is a need for fast and user-friendly TALEN design tools. We developed E-TALEN (http://www.e-talen.org), a web-based tool to design TALENs for…
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