A chimera including a GROWTH-REGULATING FACTOR (GRF) and its cofactor GRF-INTERACTING FACTOR (GIF) increases transgenic plant regeneration efficiency
J. M. Debernardi, D. M. Tricoli, M. F. Ercoli, S. Hayta, P. Ronald, J. F. Palatnik, J. Dubcovsky
The paper shows that a chimeric GRF4-GIF1 protein enhances transgenic plant regeneration efficiency in wheat, triticale, rice, and citrus, enabling marker-free selection and CRISPR-Cas9-based genome editing.
bioRxiv · Aug 23, 2020 · PreprintPlant Biology