| Literature DB >> 28346401 |
Zenpei Shimatani1, Sachiko Kashojiya2, Mariko Takayama2, Rie Terada3, Takayuki Arazoe1, Hisaki Ishii1, Hiroshi Teramura1, Tsuyoshi Yamamoto2, Hiroki Komatsu2, Kenji Miura2, Hiroshi Ezura2, Keiji Nishida1, Tohru Ariizumi2, Akihiko Kondo1,4.
Abstract
We applied a fusion of CRISPR-Cas9 and activation-induced cytidine deaminase (Target-AID) for point mutagenesis at genomic regions specified by single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) in two crop plants. In rice, we induced multiple herbicide-resistance point mutations by multiplexed editing using herbicide selection, while in tomato we generated marker-free plants with homozygous heritable DNA substitutions, demonstrating the feasibility of base editing for crop improvement.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28346401 DOI: 10.1038/nbt.3833
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Biotechnol ISSN: 1087-0156 Impact factor: 54.908