IMPLICATIONS OF THE EFSA SCIENTIFIC OPINION ON SITE DIRECTED NUCLEASES 1 AND 2 FOR RISK ASSESSMENT OF GENOME-EDITED PLANTS IN THE EU

Implications of the EFSA Scientific Opinion on Site Directed Nucleases 1 and 2 for Risk Assessment of Genome-Edited Plants in the EU

Genome editing is a set of techniques for introducing targeted changes in genomes.It may be achieved by enzymes collectively called site-directed nucleases (SDN).Site-specificity of SDNs is provided either by the DNA binding domain of the protein molecule itself or by RNA molecule(s) that direct SDN to a specific site in the genome.In contrast to t

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Measuring Effective Tax Rates for Oil and Gas in Canada

The purpose of this report is to provide cost of capital formulae for assessing the effects of taxation on the incentive to invest in oil and gas industries in Canada.The analysis is based on the assumption that businesses invest in capital until the after-tax rate of return on capital is equal to the tax-adjusted cost of capital.The cost of capita

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Maize Thymidine Kinase Activity Is Present throughout Plant Development and Its Heterologous Expression Confers Tolerance to an Organellar DNA-Damaging Agent

Thymidine kinase 1 (TK1) phosphorylates thymidine nucleosides to generate thymidine monophosphate.This reaction belongs to the pyrimidine salvage route that is phylogenetically conserved.In the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, TK activity contributes to maintain nuclear and organellar genome integrity by providing deoxythymidine-triphosphate (dTTP

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