Precise plant genome editing using base editors and prime editors

KA Molla, S Sretenovic, KC Bansal, Y Qi - Nature Plants, 2021 - nature.com
The development of CRISPR–Cas systems has sparked a genome editing revolution in
plant genetics and breeding. These sequence-specific RNA-guided nucleases can induce …

[HTML][HTML] Current status and challenges of DNA base editing tools

YK Jeong, B Song, S Bae - Molecular Therapy, 2020 - cell.com
CRISPR-mediated DNA base editors, which include cytosine base editors (CBEs) and
adenine base editors (ABEs), are promising tools that can induce point mutations at desired …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide CRISPR off-target prediction and optimization using RNA-DNA interaction fingerprints

Q Chen, G Chuai, H Zhang, J Tang, L Duan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The powerful CRISPR genome editing system is hindered by its off-target effects, and
existing computational tools achieved limited performance in genome-wide off-target …

[HTML][HTML] PnB Designer: a web application to design prime and base editor guide RNAs for animals and plants

SM Siegner, ME Karasu, MS Schröder, Z Kontarakis… - BMC …, 2021 - Springer
Background The rapid expansion of the CRISPR toolbox through tagging effector domains
to either enzymatically inactive Cas9 (dCas9) or Cas9 nickase (nCas9) has led to several …

Directed evolution rice genes with randomly multiplexed sgRNAs assembly of base editors

A Zhang, T Shan, Y Sun, Z Chen, J Hu… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
CRISPRbased directed evolution is an effective breeding biotechnology to improve
agronomic traits in plants. However, its gene diversification is still limited using individual …

Predicting base editing outcomes using position-specific sequence determinants

A Pallaseni, EM Peets, J Koeppel, J Weller… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
CRISPR/Cas base editors promise nucleotide-level control over DNA sequences, but the
determinants of their activity remain incompletely understood. We measured base editing …

[HTML][HTML] Single-base resolution: increasing the specificity of the CRISPR-Cas system in gene editing

R Rabinowitz, D Offen - Molecular Therapy, 2021 - cell.com
The CRISPR-Cas system holds great promise in the treatment of diseases caused by
genetic variations. The Cas protein, an RNA-guided programmable nuclease, generates a …

ModelTeller: model selection for optimal phylogenetic reconstruction using machine learning

S Abadi, O Avram, S Rosset, T Pupko… - Molecular biology and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Statistical criteria have long been the standard for selecting the best model for phylogenetic
reconstruction and downstream statistical inference. Although model selection is regarded …

[HTML][HTML] Genome editing and bioinformatics

K Nakamae, H Bono - Gene and Genome Editing, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioinformatics has become an indispensable technology in molecular biology for genome
editing. In this review, we outline various bioinformatic techniques necessary for genome …

[HTML][HTML] CrisPam: SNP-derived PAM analysis tool for allele-specific targeting of genetic variants using CRISPR-Cas systems

R Rabinowitz, S Almog, R Darnell, D Offen - Frontiers in Genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) is a promising novel
technology that holds the potential of treating genetic diseases. Safety and specificity of the …