A novel approach to carotenoid accumulation in rice callus by mimicking the cauliflower Orange mutation via genome editing

A novel approach to carotenoid accumulation in rice callus by mimicking the cauliflower Orange mutation via genome editing

Abstract Background β-carotene (provitamin A) is an important target for biofortification of crops as a potential solution to the problem of vitamin A deficiency that is prevalent in developing countries. A previous report showed that dominant expression of splicing variants in the Orange (Or) gene...

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Main Authors: Akira Endo, Hiroaki Saika, Miho Takemura, Norihiko Misawa, Seiichi Toki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-11-01
Series:Rice
Subjects:
Cauliflower Orange mutant
Carotenoid
CRISPR/Cas9
Rice callus
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12284-019-0345-3

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