A novel cloning strategy for one-step assembly of multiplex CRISPR vectors

Marc Zuckermann1,2, Mario Hlevnjak3, Haniyeh Yazdanparast3

  • 1Division of Molecular Genetics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. M.Zuckermann@dkfz-heidelberg.de.

Scientific Reports
|December 4, 2018
PubMed

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