Expanding the frontiers of genome engineering: A comprehensive review of CRISPR-associated transposons

C Chen, YW Li, YY Zheng, XJ Li, N Wu, Q Guo… - Biotechnology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Genome engineering is extensively utilized in diverse scientific disciplines, advancing
human welfare and addressing various challenges. Numerous genome engineering tools …

Discovery and engineering of retrons for precise genome editing

JD Buffington, HC Kuo, K Hu, YC Chang, K Javanmardi… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Retrons are promising gene editing tools because they can produce multi-copy single-
stranded DNA in cells via self-primed reverse transcription. However, their potential for …

Genetic Characterization of a Novel Retron Element Isolated from Vibrio mimicus

JC Caigoy, T Shimamoto, Y Ishida… - Microbiology and … - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial reverse transcriptase coding gene (RT) is essential for the production of a small
satellite DNA‐RNA complex called multicopy single‐stranded DNA (msDNA). In this study …