1. Carotenoid Biofortification of Crops in the CRISPR Era.
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Zheng, Xiongjie, Kuijer, Hendrik N.J., and Al-Babili, Salim
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BIOFORTIFICATION , *VITAMIN deficiency , *MICRONUTRIENTS , *CAROTENOIDS , *CRISPRS - Abstract
Carotenoids are micronutrients important for human health. The continuous improvements in clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based genome-editing techniques make rapid, DNA/transgene-free and targeted multiplex genetic modification a reality, thus promising to accelerate the breeding and generation of 'golden' staple crops. We discuss here the progress and future prospects of CRISPR/Cas9 applications for carotenoid biofortification. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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