Rapid screening of biologically active nucleases and isolation of nuclease-modified cells
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1. A host cell comprising an endogenous genome and an episomal reporter construct, the episomal reporter construct comprising multiple target sites for at least one nuclease comprising a TAL-effector domain, the target sites flanked by sequences encoding a disabled reporter gene, wherein the endogenous genome comprises the target sites and further wherein the sequences encoding the disabled reporter comprise identical repeated sequences flanking the target sequences.
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Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for rapidly identifying active nucleases and cells having nuclease-mediated genomic modifications.
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- 1. A host cell comprising an endogenous genome and an episomal reporter construct, the episomal reporter construct comprising multiple target sites for at least one nuclease comprising a TAL-effector domain, the target sites flanked by sequences encoding a disabled reporter gene, wherein the endogenous genome comprises the target sites and further wherein the sequences encoding the disabled reporter comprise identical repeated sequences flanking the target sequences.
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