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- noun genetics A
transposon used ingenetic engineering
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Having harvested the skin cells, the scientists reprogrammed them back into stem cells and then used a type of "molecular scissor" technique known as a zinc finger nuclease to snip the cells' genome at precisely the right place and insert a correct version of the gene using a DNA transporter called piggyBac.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed KATE KELLAND 2011
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He is working with a jumping gene called piggyBac, discovered in a moth.
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He is working with a jumping gene called piggyBac, discovered in a moth.
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He is working with a jumping gene called piggyBac, discovered in a moth.
Starbulletin Headlines Helen Altonn 2010
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He is working with a jumping gene called piggyBac, discovered in a moth.
Starbulletin Headlines Helen Altonn 2010
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Nagy developed a method that delivers reprogramming genes with a mobile genetic element called piggyBac, which can be popped out of a cell's genome when its work is done.
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The version used is dubbed "piggyBac" and has been used by researchers to genetically modify a range of organisms.
Reuters: Top News 2009
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The version used is dubbed "piggyBac" and has been used by researchers to genetically modify a range of organisms.
ABC News: ABCNews 2009
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In this case, the researchers used a transposon called "piggyBac" to carry four genes that can transform mouse and human embryonic skin cells into iPS cells.
ProLifeBlogs 2009
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In this case, the researchers used a transposon called "piggyBac" to carry four genes that can transform mouse and human embryonic skin cells into iPS cells.
ProLifeBlogs 2009
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