Low-gluten, nontransgenic wheat engineered with CRISPR/Cas9

Plant Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 902-910

  Sánchez León, Susana ^a   Gil Humanes, Javier ^b   Ozuna, Carmen V ^a   Giménez, María J ^a   Sousa, Carolina ^c   Voytas, Daniel F ^b   Barro, Francisco ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

coeliac disease; CRISPR Cas9; gliadins

Indexed keywords

GLIADIN; GLUTEN; GUIDE RNA;

CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENE EDITING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROCEDURES; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WHEAT;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; GENE EDITING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLIADIN; GLUTENS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RNA, GUIDE; TRITICUM;

EID: 85043470348     PISSN: 14677644     EISSN: 14677652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbi.12837     Document Type: Article

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