Gene rational design: the dawn of crop breeding.

Trends Plant Sci

School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, China; Biocontrol Engineering Research Center of Crop Disease and Pest, Yunnan University, Kunming 650504, China. Electronic address:

Published: July 2022

Limited natural genetic diversity restricts the creation of excellent crops. Modeling-guided rational design represents a promising protein engineering technology to optimize existing genes for desired agronomic traits. Rational design coupled with other engineering approaches could also be applied in artificial gene improvement for the creation of economically valuable crops.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2022.03.007DOI Listing

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