Fine-tuning the amylose content of rice by precise base editing of the Wx gene.

Plant Biotechnol J

State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Center for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.

Published: January 2021


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