The CRISPR/Cas genome-editing tool: Application in improvement of crops

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue APR2016, 2016, Pages

  Khatodia, Surender ^a   Bhatotia, Kirti ^a   Passricha, Nishat ^b   Khurana, S M P ^a   Tuteja, Narendra ^b,c  

^a AMITY UNIVERSITY HARYANA   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^c AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cas9 sgRNA; CRISPR; DCas9; GE crops; NPBTs; Plant genome editing; RGENs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964310738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00506     Document Type: Review

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