Stimulation of homologous recombination in plants expressing heterologous recombinases

Abstract Background Current excitement about the opportunities for gene editing in plants have been prompted by advances in CRISPR/Cas and TALEN technologies. CRISPR/Cas is widely used to knock-out or modify genes by inducing targeted double-strand breaks (DSBs) which are repaired predominantly by e...

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Main Authors: Abdellah Barakate, Ewan Keir, Helena Oakey, Claire Halpin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-07-01
Series:BMC Plant Biology
Subjects:
2A
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12870-020-02545-7

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