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CRISPR/Cas9-mediated base-editing system efficiently generates gain-of-function mutations in Arabidopsis

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This study was supported by the National Crop Breeding Fund (2016YFD0101804), National Natural Science Foundation of China (31471785, 31670371), and Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest (201303022).

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Chen, Y., Wang, Z., Ni, H. et al. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated base-editing system efficiently generates gain-of-function mutations in Arabidopsis . Sci. China Life Sci. 60, 520–523 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-017-9021-5

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