CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 8 (CCD8) in tobacco affects shoot and root architecture

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Gao, Junping ^a   Zhang, Tong ^a   Xu, Bingxin ^a   Jia, Ling ^a   Xiao, Bingguang ^b   Liu, He ^a   Liu, Lijing ^a   Yan, Hao ^a   Xia, Qingyou ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase (CCD); Nicotiana tabacum; Plant architecture; Shoot branch ing; Strigolactones; Targeted mutagenesis

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE 15,15' MONOOXYGENASE; CAROTENOID CLEAVAGE DIOXYGENASE 8; CHLOROPHYLL; PHOSPHATE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; STRIGOLACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIOXYGENASE; PLANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISPR-CAS9 SYSTEM; EXTRACTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STRESS; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SHOOT; SHOOT GROWTH; STOP CODON; TOBACCO; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; DIOXYGENASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; TOBACCO;

EID: 85045055842     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms19041062     Document Type: Article

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