Efficient multiplex mutagenesis by RNA-guided Cas9 and its use in the characterization of regulatory elements in the AGAMOUS gene

Plant Methods

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Yan, Wenhao ^a   Chen, Dijun ^a   Kaufmann, Kerstin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germline transmission; Large fragment deletion; Multiplex mutagenesis; RNA guided Cas9

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964409193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13007-016-0125-7     Document Type: Article

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