Targeted genome-modification tools and their advanced applications in crop breeding

B Li, C Sun, J Li, C Gao - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
Crop improvement by genome editing involves the targeted alteration of genes to improve
plant traits, such as stress tolerance, disease resistance or nutritional content. Techniques …

Endogenous CRISPR-Cas mediated in situ genome editing: State-of-the-art and the road ahead for engineering prokaryotes

Z Liu, J Liu, Z Yang, L Zhu, Z Zhu, H Huang… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
The CRISPR-Cas systems have shown tremendous promise as heterologous tools for
genome editing in various prokaryotes. However, the perturbation of DNA homeostasis and …

CRISPR/FnCas12a-mediated efficient multiplex and iterative genome editing in bacterial plant pathogens without donor DNA templates

F Yan, J Wang, S Zhang, Z Lu, S Li, Z Ji, C Song… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
CRISPR-based genome editing technology is revolutionizing prokaryotic research, but it has
been rarely studied in bacterial plant pathogens. Here, we have developed a targeted …

High‐efficiency genome editing of an extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus using endogenous type I and type III CRISPR‐Cas systems

J Wang, J Wei, H Li, Y Li - Mlife, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Thermus thermophilus is an attractive species in the bioindustry due to its valuable natural
products, abundant thermophilic enzymes, and promising fermentation capacities. However …

Comparative genomics analysis and transposon mutagenesis provides new insights into high menaquinone-7 biosynthetic potential of Bacillus subtilis natto

C Jiang, G Zhao, H Wang, W Zheng, R Zhang, L Wang… - Gene, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract This research combined Whole-Genome sequencing, intraspecific comparative
genomics and transposon mutagenesis to investigate the menaquinone-7 (MK-7) synthesis …

Repurposing the Endogenous CRISPR-Cas9 System for High-Efficiency Genome Editing in Lacticaseibacillus paracasei

S Gu, J Zhang, L Li, J Zhong - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Lactobacilli such as Lacticaseibacillus (Lcb) paracasei are generally regarded as safe and
health-promoting microbes, and have been widely applied in food and pharmaceutical …

[HTML][HTML] Research Progress on the Mechanism and Application of the Type I CRISPR-Cas System

P Yang, S Zhang, D Hu, X Li, Y Guo, H Guo… - International Journal of …, 2024 - mdpi.com
The CRISPR-Cas system functions as an adaptive immune mechanism in archaea and
bacteria, providing defense against the invasion of foreign nucleic acids. Most CRISPR-Cas …

[HTML][HTML] Type I CRISPR-Cas-mediated microbial gene editing and regulation

Z Xu, S Chen, W Wu, Y Wen, H Cao - AIMS microbiology, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There are six major types of CRISPR-Cas systems that provide adaptive immunity in
bacteria and archaea against invasive genetic elements. The discovery of CRISPR-Cas …

[HTML][HTML] A highly efficient method for genomic deletion across diverse lengths in thermophilic Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius

Z Yang, B Li, R Bu, Z Wang, Z Xin, Z Li, L Zhang… - Synthetic and Systems …, 2024 - Elsevier
Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius is emerging as a highly promising thermophilic
organism for metabolic engineering. The utilization of CRISPR-Cas technologies has …

CRISPR-Cas systems in enterococci

AS Cabral, FF Lacerda, VLM Leite… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Enterococci are members of the microbiota of humans and other animals. They can also be
found in the environment, associated with food, healthcare infections, and hospital settings …