Genome engineering via TALENs and CRISPR/Cas9 systems: Challenges and perspectives

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1006-1014

  Mahfouz, Magdy M ^a   Piatek, Agnieszka ^a   Stewart, Charles Neal ^b  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

CRISPR Cas9 system; Designer transcriptional regulators; DNA binding modules; Synthetic site specific nucleases (SNNs); TAL effectors; Targeted genome modifications

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT GENOME; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, PLANT; GENOMICS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84921467997     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12256     Document Type: Review

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