From dead leaf, to new life: TAL effectors as tools for synthetic biology

Plant Journal

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 753-771

  De Lange, Orlando ^a   Binder, Andreas ^b   Lahaye, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

base specifying residues; CRISPR Cas9; logic gate; metabolic engineering; repeat variable diresidue; transcription activator like effector

Indexed keywords

GENES; LOGIC GATES; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

BASE-SPECIFYING RESIDUES; CRISPR/CAS9; FUSION PROTEINS; GENE MODIFICATION; GENETIC CIRCUITS; REPEAT VARIABLE DIRESIDUE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATION;

TRANSCRIPTION;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84901455612     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12431     Document Type: Article

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