Reassessment of the four yield-related genes Gn1a, DEP1, GS3, and IPA1 in rice using a CRISPR/Cas9 system

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue MAR2016, 2016, Pages

  Li, Meiru ^a   Li, Xiaoxia ^b   Zhou, Zejiao ^b   Wu, Pingzhi ^a   Fang, Maichun ^a   Pan, Xiaoping ^a   Lin, Qiupeng ^b   Luo, Wanbin ^b   Wu, Guojiang ^a   Li, Hongqing ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CRISPR Cas9 system; Gene editing; Oryza sativa L; Yield related genes; Yield related traits

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964228092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00377     Document Type: Article

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