Genome editing with CRISPR–Cas nucleases, base editors, transposases and prime editors

AV Anzalone, LW Koblan, DR Liu - Nature biotechnology, 2020 - nature.com
The development of new CRISPR–Cas genome editing tools continues to drive major
advances in the life sciences. Four classes of CRISPR–Cas-derived genome editing agents …

Base editing: advances and therapeutic opportunities

EM Porto, AC Komor, IM Slaymaker… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2020 - nature.com
Base editing—the introduction of single-nucleotide variants (SNVs) into DNA or RNA in
living cells—is one of the most recent advances in the field of genome editing. As around …

Base editing: precision chemistry on the genome and transcriptome of living cells

HA Rees, DR Liu - Nature reviews genetics, 2018 - nature.com
RNA-guided programmable nucleases from CRISPR systems generate precise breaks in
DNA or RNA at specified positions. In cells, this activity can lead to changes in DNA …

CRISPR-Cas guides the future of genetic engineering

GJ Knott, JA Doudna - Science, 2018 - science.org
The diversity, modularity, and efficacy of CRISPR-Cas systems are driving a
biotechnological revolution. RNA-guided Cas enzymes have been adopted as tools to …

CRISPR/Cas genome editing and precision plant breeding in agriculture

K Chen, Y Wang, R Zhang, H Zhang… - Annual review of plant …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Enhanced agricultural production through innovative breeding technology is urgently
needed to increase access to nutritious foods worldwide. Recent advances in CRISPR/Cas …

[HTML][HTML] CRISPR/Cas system: recent advances and future prospects for genome editing

H Manghwar, K Lindsey, X Zhang, S Jin - Trends in plant science, 2019 - cell.com
Genome editing (GE) has revolutionized biological research through the new ability to
precisely edit the genomes of living organisms. In recent years, various GE tools have been …

Improving cytidine and adenine base editors by expression optimization and ancestral reconstruction

LW Koblan, JL Doman, C Wilson, JM Levy, T Tay… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Base editors enable targeted single-nucleotide conversions in genomic DNA. Here we show
that expression levels are a bottleneck in base-editing efficiency. We optimize cytidine (BE4) …

[HTML][HTML] Expanded base editing in rice and wheat using a Cas9-adenosine deaminase fusion

C Li, Y Zong, Y Wang, S Jin, D Zhang, Q Song… - Genome biology, 2018 - Springer
Nucleotide base editors in plants have been limited to conversion of cytosine to thymine.
Here, we describe a new plant adenine base editor based on an evolved tRNA adenosine …

[HTML][HTML] Applications and potential of genome editing in crop improvement

Y Zhang, K Massel, ID Godwin, C Gao - Genome biology, 2018 - Springer
Genome-editing tools provide advanced biotechnological techniques that enable the
precise and efficient targeted modification of an organism's genome. Genome-editing …

Efficient C-to-T base editing in plants using a fusion of nCas9 and human APOBEC3A

Y Zong, Q Song, C Li, S Jin, D Zhang, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Base editors (BEs) have been used to create C-to-T substitutions in various organisms.
However, editing with rat APOBEC1-based BE3 is limited to a 5-nt sequence editing window …