Overview

Over the past 50 years, biotechnology has been the major driving force for increasing crop productivity. Particularly, advances in plant genetic engineering technologies have opened up vast new opportunities for plant researchers and breeders to create new crop varieties with desirable traits. Recent development of precise genome modification methods, such as targeted gene knock-out/knock-in and precise gene replacement, moves genetic engineering to another level and offers even more potentials for improving crop production. The work provides an overview of the latest advances on precise genomic engineering technologies in plants. Topics include recombinase and engineered nucleases-mediated targeted modification, negative/positive selection-based homologous recombination and oligo nucleotide-mediated recombination. Finally, challenges and impacts of the new technologies on present regulations for genetic modification organisms (GMOs) will be discussed.

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Author:   Feng Zhang ,  Holger Puchta ,  James G. Thomson
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2015 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   4.227kg
ISBN:  

9781493925551

ISBN 10:   1493925555
Pages:   166
Publication Date:   22 April 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Double-strand break repair and its application to genome engineering in plants.- Engineering meganuclease for precise plant genome modification.- High efficient genome modification by designed Zinc Finger Nuclease.- Engineered TAL effector proteins:  versatile reagents for manipulating plant genomes.- Oligo-mediated targeted gene editing.- Gene targeting in crop species with effective selection systems.- Recombinase Technology for Precise Genome Engineering.- PBRM1: Developing CRISPR technology in major crop plants.

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Feng Zhang, Research Director, Cellectis plant sciences Holger Puchta, Professor, University of Karlsruhe James Thompson, Principle Investigator, USDA

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