Editing of the urease gene by CRISPR-Cas in the diatom Thalassiosira pseudonana

Plant Methods

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Hopes, Amanda ^a   Nekrasov, Vladimir ^b   Kamoun, Sophien ^b   Mock, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CRISPR Cas; Diatom; Genome editing; Golden Gate; Thalassiosira pseudonana; Urease

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997417444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17464811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13007-016-0148-0     Document Type: Article

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