Genome Editing in Plants
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Plant Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 May 2019) | Viewed by 141205
Special Issue Editor
Interests: genome editing; small regulatory RNAs; molecular genetics; plant biotechnology; abiotic stress; gene expression and regulation
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Dear Colleagues,
Genome editing is becoming a powerful tool for gene functional study and also for improving plants for growth and development as well as tolerance to various abiotic and biotic stress. In the past a couple of years, as new Cas are identified and new bioinformatics tools have been developed; this field has been developing quickly. Currently, it has been widely used in many plant species not only for gene functional study but also for crop improvement. In this Special Issue, both reviews and research papers, as well as method and bioinformatics papers, are welcomed.
Prof. Dr. Baohong Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- genome editing
- CRISPR/Cas9
- plant functional study
- gene knockout
- gene regulation
- plant improvement
- plant biotechnology
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