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enucleate

[ih-noo-klee-eyt, ih-nyoo-, ih-noo-klee-it, -eyt, ih-nyoo-] / ɪˈnu kliˌeɪt, ɪˈnju-, ɪˈnu kli ɪt, -ˌeɪt, ɪˈnju- /




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"Even the simplest cells contain proteases and nucleases and regularly degrade and replace their proteins and RNAs, indicating that SAI is essential for life," he explains.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

They use a gene editing tool called zinc finger nucleases, which cut DNA at a precise spot to disable the HIV entryway gene.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2018

In June 2015, a team of scientists from South Korea announced the creation of super-muscly pigs using the single-gene editing technology TALENs, short for transcription activator-like effector nucleases.

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2016

Its competitors—designer proteins called zinc finger nucleases and TALENs—also precisely alter chosen DNA sequences, and several companies are already exploiting them for therapeutic purposes in clinical trials.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 17, 2015

And in December, scientists from Sangamo Biosciences in Richmond, California, announced that in 2016 they will begin a human trial to test DNA-snipping zinc-finger nucleases that correct a gene defect for haemo­philia.

From Nature • Dec. 16, 2015




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