Title:
Investigation of preferential DNA repair mechanisms in K562 cells as a result of targeted genome engineering

dc.contributor.author Appleton, Caleb
dc.contributor.committeeMember Bao, Gang
dc.contributor.committeeMember Kubanek, Julia
dc.contributor.department Biomedical Engineering (Joint GT/Emory Department)
dc.date.accessioned 2017-07-28T18:32:32Z
dc.date.available 2017-07-28T18:32:32Z
dc.date.created 2015-05
dc.date.issued 2015-06-30
dc.date.submitted May 2015
dc.date.updated 2017-07-28T18:32:32Z
dc.description.abstract The performed research examines the response of K562 cells to targeted introduction of double strand DNA breaks. The research provides a comparison of repair via non-homologous end joining and homology directed repair at an endogenous loci. For the experiments, a number of DNA modification techniques were utilized: transcription activator like effector nucleases, zinc finger nucleases and clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats. Findings showed that when given a donor template for repair, all gene modification methods showed repair by both HDR and NHEJ, however the rates were not always robust. Highest rates of gene modification were observed in paired CRISPR nickases. The study highlights the need for better understanding of gene repair strategies at endogenous loci.
dc.description.degree Undergraduate
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dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58450
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject TALEN
dc.subject CRISPRS
dc.subject ZFN
dc.subject HDR
dc.subject NHEJ
dc.title Investigation of preferential DNA repair mechanisms in K562 cells as a result of targeted genome engineering
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Undergraduate Thesis
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local.contributor.corporatename Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
local.relation.ispartofseries Undergraduate Research Option Theses
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thesis.degree.level Undergraduate
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