Designing zinc finger nucleases that specifically cleave Hepatitis B viral DNA
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Approved: ____________________________________ Thesis Supervisor ____________________________________ Title and Department ____________________________________ Date 3 DESIGNING ZINC FINGER NUCLEASES THAT SPECIFICALLY CLEAVE HEPATITIS B VIRAL DNA
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Targeted DNA mutagenesis for the cure of chronic viral infections.
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and herpes simplex virus (HSV) have been incurable to date because effective antiviral therapies target only replicating viruses and do not eradicate latently integrated or nonreplicating episomal viral genomes. Endonucleases that can target and cleave critical regions within latent viral genomes are currently in development....
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تاریخ انتشار 2015