[HTML][HTML] Improved cytosine base editors generated from TadA variants

DK Lam, PR Feliciano, A Arif, T Bohnuud… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cytosine base editors (CBEs) enable programmable genomic C· G-to-T· A transition
mutations and typically comprise a modified CRISPR–Cas enzyme, a naturally occurring …

Re-engineering the adenine deaminase TadA-8e for efficient and specific CRISPR-based cytosine base editing

L Chen, B Zhu, G Ru, H Meng, Y Yan, M Hong… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cytosine base editors (CBEs) efficiently generate precise C· G-to-T· A base conversions, but
the activation-induced cytidine deaminase/apolipoprotein B mRNA-editing enzyme catalytic …

Evaluation and minimization of Cas9-independent off-target DNA editing by cytosine base editors

JL Doman, A Raguram, GA Newby, DR Liu - Nature biotechnology, 2020 - nature.com
Cytosine base editors (CBEs) enable targeted C• G-to-T• A conversions in genomic DNA.
Recent studies report that BE3, the original CBE, induces a low frequency of genome-wide …

[HTML][HTML] Phage-assisted evolution of highly active cytosine base editors with enhanced selectivity and minimal sequence context preference

E Zhang, ME Neugebauer, NA Krasnow… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
TadA-derived cytosine base editors (TadCBEs) enable programmable C• G-to-T• A editing
while retaining the small size, high on-target activity, and low off-target activity of TadA …

Eliminating base-editor-induced genome-wide and transcriptome-wide off-target mutations

L Wang, W Xue, H Zhang, R Gao, H Qiu, J Wei… - Nature Cell …, 2021 - nature.com
The fusion of CRISPR–Cas9 with cytidine deaminases leads to base editors (BEs) capable
of programmable C-to-T editing, which has potential in clinical applications but suffers from …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of an adenine base editor into a small, efficient cytosine base editor with low off-target activity

ME Neugebauer, A Hsu, M Arbab, NA Krasnow… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cytosine base editors (CBEs) are larger and can suffer from higher off-target activity or lower
on-target editing efficiency than current adenine base editors (ABEs). To develop a CBE that …

Phage-assisted evolution of an adenine base editor with improved Cas domain compatibility and activity

MF Richter, KT Zhao, E Eton, A Lapinaite… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Applications of adenine base editors (ABEs) have been constrained by the limited
compatibility of the deoxyadenosine deaminase component with Cas homologs other than …

A rationally engineered cytosine base editor retains high on-target activity while reducing both DNA and RNA off-target effects

E Zuo, Y Sun, T Yuan, B He, C Zhou, W Ying, J Liu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cytosine base editors (CBEs) offer a powerful tool for correcting point mutations, yet their
DNA and RNA off-target activities have caused concerns in biomedical applications. We …

Base editors for simultaneous introduction of C-to-T and A-to-G mutations

RC Sakata, S Ishiguro, H Mori, M Tanaka… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
We describe base editors that combine both cytosine and adenine base-editing functions. A
codon-optimized fusion of the cytosine deaminase PmCDA1, the adenosine deaminase …

Adenine transversion editors enable precise, efficient A• T-to-C• G base editing in mammalian cells and embryos

L Chen, M Hong, C Luan, H Gao, G Ru, X Guo… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Base editors have substantial promise in basic research and as therapeutic agents for the
correction of pathogenic mutations. The development of adenine transversion editors has …