Recent advances in CRISPR/Cas mediated genome editing for crop improvement

Plant Biotechnology Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 193-207

  Sharma, Samriti ^a   Kaur, Rajinder ^a   Singh, Anupama ^a  

^a DR Y S PARMAR UNIVERSITY OF HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY   (India)

Author keywords

CRISPR Cas9; Crop improvement; Genetic engineering; Plant breeding; TALENs; ZFNs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85027047776     PISSN: 18635466     EISSN: 18635474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11816-017-0446-7     Document Type: Review

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