Engineered TAL effector proteins: Versatile reagents for manipulating plant genomes

Advances in New Technology for Targeted Modification of Plant Genomes

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 55-72

  Christian, Michelle ^a   Voytas, Daniel F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding proteins; Equence specific nucleases; Nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ); TALEN; Transcription activator like effector nucleases

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944602330     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2556-8_4     Document Type: Chapter

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