Cytosine and adenosine base editing in human pluripotent stem cells using transient reporters for editing enrichment

Stefan J. Tekel, Nicholas Brookhouser, Kylie Standage-Beier, Xiao Wang, David A. Brafman

Published: 2021-06-24 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-021-00552-y

human pluripotent stem cells

base editing

transient reporters

genomic editing

flow-cytometry

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Genome-wide quantification of transcription factor binding at single-DNA-molecule resolution using methyl-transferase footprinting

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A puromycin-dependent activity-based sensing probe for histochemical staining of hydrogen peroxide in cells and animal tissues

Decoding personal biotic and abiotic airborne exposome

A clinically relevant model of focal embolic cerebral ischemia by thrombus and thrombolysis in rhesus monkeys

Bioengineering human intestinal mucosal grafts using patient-derived organoids, fibroblasts and scaffolds

Biomimetic tail-to-head terpene cyclizations using the resorcin[4]arene capsule catalyst

Neuroscience robotics for controlled induction and real-time assessment of hallucinations

Scanorama: integrating large and diverse single-cell transcriptomic datasets

Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq)（单细胞RNA测序）

Data integration（数据集成）

Heterogeneity（异质性）

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Cytosine and adenosine base editing in human pluripotent stem cells using transient reporters for editing enrichment

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