Synthetic nucleases for genome engineering in plants: Prospects for a bright future

Plant Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 727-741

  Puchta, Holger ^a   Fauser, Friedrich ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

double strand break repair; gene targeting; gene technology; synthetic nucleases; targeted mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DNA; ENGINEERING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; REPAIR; TRANSCRIPTION;

DOUBLE STRAND BREAK REPAIR; GENE TARGETING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHOMOLOGOUS END JOINING; SYNTHETIC NUCLEASES; TECHNICAL APPLICATIONS; ZINC-FINGER TRANSCRIPTION;

GENES;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT GENOME; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84901386271     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12338     Document Type: Review

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