Breaking the Code of DNA Binding Specificity of TAL-Type III Effectors

@article{Boch2009BreakingTC,  title={Breaking the Code of DNA Binding Specificity of TAL-Type III Effectors},  author={Jens Boch and Heidi Scholze and Sebastian Schornack and Angelika Landgraf and Simone Hahn and Sabine Kay and Thomas Lahaye and Anja Nickstadt and Ulla Bonas},  journal={Science},  year={2009},  volume={326},  pages={1509 - 1512},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:206522347}}
The functionality of a distinct type of DNA binding domain is described and allows the design ofDNA binding domains for biotechnology.

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