The Power of CRISPR-Cas9-Induced Genome Editing to Speed Up Plant Breeding

Autor: Cao, Hieu X., Wang, Wenqin, Le, Hien T. T., Vu, Giang T. H.
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: International Journal of Genomics.
ISSN: 2314-436X
DOI: 10.1155/2016/5078796
Popis: Genome editing with engineered nucleases enabling site-directed sequence modifications bears a great potential for advanced plant breeding and crop protection. Remarkably, the RNA-guided endonuclease technology (RGEN) based on the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) is an extremely powerful and easy tool that revolutionizes both basic research and plant breeding. Here, we review the major technical advances and recent applications of the CRISPR-Cas9 system for manipulation of model and crop plant genomes. We also discuss the future prospects of this technology in molecular plant breeding.
Databáze: OpenAIRE