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CRISPR Genome Editing: Principle, Method, Tool and Application

This special issue belongs to the section “Cell Methods“.

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Dear Colleagues,

Genome editing is becoming a powerful, robust, and versatile tool for gene functional study and for gene therapy, which can lead to improvements in both plants and animals. This field has developed rapidly in recent years, as evidenced in the new Cas that have been identified and the new bioinformatics tools that have been developed. Genome editing is widely used in many fields at present, not only for gene functional study but also for gene therapy and crop improvement. In this Special Issue, both reviews and research papers, as well as method and bioinformatics papers, are welcomed.

Prof. Dr. Baohong Zhang
Dr. Turgay Unver
Guest Editors

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Keywords

genome editing
CRISPR/Cas9
gene functional study
gene knockout
gene regulation
gene therapy
epigenetic
plant improvement
biotechnology

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