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NANOTECHNOLOGY-ENABLED GENE EDITING OF INTACT PLANTS

Objective

Overall goal: To develop the methodology using nanotechnology for editing intact plants.Specific objective: To deliver endonucleases, guide RNAs and DNA encoding allelic variants into lettuce using carbon nanofibers.

Investigators
Greenberg, J. T.
Institution
University of Chicago
Start date
2021
End date
2023
Funding Source
Nat'l. Inst. of Food and Agriculture
Project number
ILLW-2020-05658
Accession number
1025765
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