CRISPR-Cas9 based plant genome editing: Significance, opportunities and recent advances

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 131, Issue , 2018, Pages 2-11

  Soda, Neelam ^a   Verma, Lokesh ^a   Giri, Jitender ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENOME RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cisgenics; CRISPR Cas9; Gene editing; Marker free transgenics; Mutations

Indexed keywords

CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; CROP; GENE EDITING; GENETICS; PLANT; PLANT GENOME; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENE EDITING; GENOME, PLANT; PLANTS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 85032907233     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2017.10.024     Document Type: Review

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