Genome editing technologies and their applications in crop improvement

Plant Biotechnology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 57-68

  Mishra, Rukmini ^a   Zhao, Kaijun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

CRISPR Cas9; Crop improvement; Genome editing; TALENs; ZFN

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040866427     PISSN: 18635466     EISSN: 18635474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11816-018-0472-0     Document Type: Review

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