Recent developments in systems biology and metabolic engineering of plant–microbe interactions

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 7, Issue September2016, 2016, Pages

  Kumar, Vishal ^a   Baweja, Mehak ^a   Singh, Puneet K ^a   Shukla, Pratyoosh ^a  

^a MAHARSHI DAYANAND UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

CRISPR cas; Gene editing; Plant microbe interactions; Signaling; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989823475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2016.01421     Document Type: Review

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