PUBLICATION
Understanding and Editing the Zebrafish Genome
- Authors
- Varshney, G.K., Sood, R., Burgess, S.M.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-151208-4
- Date
- 2015
- Source
- Advances in genetics 92: 1-52 (Review)
- Registered Authors
- Burgess, Shawn, Sood, Raman, Varshney, Gaurav
- Keywords
- CRISPR/Cas9, Genomics, Resources, Tal-effector nucleases, Targeted mutagenesis, Zebrafish, Zinc finger nucleases
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- CRISPR-Cas Systems
- Gene Knock-In Techniques
- Gene Knockout Techniques
- Gene Targeting/methods*
- Genetic Engineering/methods*
- Genome
- Models, Animal
- Zebrafish/genetics*
- PubMed
- 26639914 Full text @ Adv. Genet.
Citation
Varshney, G.K., Sood, R., Burgess, S.M. (2015) Understanding and Editing the Zebrafish Genome. Advances in genetics. 92:1-52.
Abstract
In the last two decades, zebrafish has become one of the fastest growing model organisms in terms of publications, however it has been plagued with the absence of a key tool in the genetics toolbox: the ability to systematically make targeted mutations in the genome. That all changed with the recent emergence of custom-built, sequence-specific nucleases, i.e., zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), TAL-effector nucleases (TALENs), or clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/Cas9. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of the application of these genome-editing tools to generate targeted knockout and knock-in mutants in zebrafish. These technologies have allowed us to transition from targeted knockouts in zebrafish being a difficult, resource intensive undertaking, to something that can be done in virtually any lab with modest molecular biology experience. Furthermore, this review provides a comprehensive listing of genetic and genomic resources and online tools that zebrafish researchers can use to help find a desired mutation or design effective ZFNs, TALENs, or CRISPR guide RNAs for their targeting experiments.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping