Abstract
MIRAGE is a unique in vivo genome editing technique that exploits the inherent instability of inverted repeats (palindromes) in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome. As a technique able to quickly create deletions as well as precise point mutations, it is valuable in applications that require creation of designer strains of this yeast. In particular, it has various potential applications in metabolic engineering, systems biology, synthetic biology, and molecular genetics.
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Nair, N.U., Zhao, H. (2012). Mutagenic Inverted Repeats Assisted Genome Engineering (MIRAGE) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Deletion of gal7 . In: Cheng, Q. (eds) Microbial Metabolic Engineering. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 834. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-483-4_5
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