CRISPR/Cas9 Platforms for Genome Editing in Plants: Developments and Applications

Molecular Plant

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 961-974

  Ma, Xingliang ^a,b,c   Zhu, Qinlong ^a,b,c   Chen, Yuanling ^a,b,c   Liu, Yao Guang ^a,b,c  

^a State Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of Subtropical Agro bioresources   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Plant Functional Genomics and Biotechnology of Education Department   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CRISPR Cas9; genome editing; multiplex editing; mutation; plants

Indexed keywords

PLANT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR LIKE EFFECTOR NUCLEASE;

CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENE EDITING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA EDITING;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENE EDITING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; RNA EDITING; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR-LIKE EFFECTOR NUCLEASES;

EID: 85009143841     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2016.04.009     Document Type: Review

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