TALEN (IMAGE)

Duke University

TALEN

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The TALEN finds its target site in the human genome by binding to DNA, shown in green, with an engineered DNA-recognition protein, shown in orange. Once the protein finds its target site, the DNA is modified by the enzyme domain of the protein shown in blue.

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Charles Gersbach

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