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Highly efficient and precise base editing in discarded human tripronuclear embryos

  • Guanglei Li 1 ,
  • Yajing Liu 2 ,
  • Yanting Zeng 1 ,
  • Jianan Li 2 ,
  • Lijie Wang 2 ,
  • Guang Yang 2 ,
  • Dunjin Chen 1,4 ,
  • Xiaoyun Shang 3 ,
  • Jia Chen 2 ,
  • Xingxu Huang , 2 ,
  • Jianqiao Liu , 1
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  • 1. Department of Reproductive Medicine, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510150, China
  • 2. School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
  • 3. Institute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China
  • 4. Key Laboratory for Reproduction and Genetics of Guangdong Higher Education Institutes, Key Laboratory for Major Obstetric Diseases of Guangdong Province, Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510150, China & Correspondence huangxx@shanghaitech.edu.cn (X. Huang), liujqssz@gzhmu.edu.cn (J. Liu)

Published date: 06 Nov 2017

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Guanglei Li , Yajing Liu , Yanting Zeng , Jianan Li , Lijie Wang , Guang Yang , Dunjin Chen , Xiaoyun Shang , Jia Chen , Xingxu Huang , Jianqiao Liu . Highly efficient and precise base editing in discarded human tripronuclear embryos[J]. Protein & Cell, 2017 , 8(10) : 776 -779 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-017-0458-7

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