The CRISPR-Cas system for plant genome editing: Advances and opportunities

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-57

  Kumar, Vinay ^a   Jain, Mukesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENOME RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cas9; CRISPR; Genome editing; Mutation; Protospacer adjacent motif; SgRNA

Indexed keywords

CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PLANT GENOME; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, PLANT; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED;

EID: 84922522034     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/eru429     Document Type: Review

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