Precision genetic modifications: A new era in molecular biology and crop improvement

Planta

Volumn 239, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 921-939

  Fichtner, Franziska ^a   Urrea Castellanos, Reynel ^a   Ülker, Bekir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cas9; CRISPR; Gene targeting; TALE; TALEN; ZFN

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CROP; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 84896405585     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-014-2029-y     Document Type: Review

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