Use of designer nucleases for targeted gene and genome editing in plants

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 483-495

  Weeks, Donald P ^a   Spalding, Martin H ^b   Yang, Bing ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CRISPR Cas9; Designer nucleases; Genome editing; Site directed mutagenesis; TAL effector nuclease; Zinc finger nuclease

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE;

CROP; GENE EDITING; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ENDONUCLEASES; GENE EDITING; GENE TARGETING; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84939191325     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12448     Document Type: Article

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