Development of a Transformable Fast-Flowering Mini-Maize as a Tool for Maize Gene Editing.

ABSTRACT: Maize (Zea mays ssp. mays) is a popular genetic model due to its ease of crossing, well-established toolkits, and its status as a major global food crop. Recent technology developments for precise manipulation of the genome are further impacting both basic biological research and biotechnological application in agriculture. Crop gene editing often requires a process of genetic transformation in which the editing reagents are introduced into plant cells. In maize, this procedure is well-established for a limited number of public lines that are amenable for genetic transformation. Fast-Flowering Mini-Maize (FFMM) lines A and B were recently developed as an open-source tool for maize research by reducing the space requirements and the generation time. Neither line of FFMM were c

SUBMITTER: McCaw ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8525386 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature