Figure 2.

A schematic view of genome editing by zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) and transcriptional activator-like effector nuclease (TALEN) in tef. A desired gene is selected from tef and integrated with ZFN and TALEN and then transferred to a cell through a vector, which will then introduce a break into the double-stranded DNA and integrate the gene of interest into the host genome. Transformed cells are used to regenerate to whole plants. (Note: the pictures used in this figure were either taken in the author’s labs or drawn using ChemBioDraw software).