Expanding the scope of plant genome engineering with Cas12a orthologs and highly multiplexable editing systems

CRISPR-Cas12a is a promising system for targeting AT-rich regions of the genome. Here the authors identify Cas12a orthologs with expanded targeting scope and develop a highly multiplexable editing system in rice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yingxiao Zhang, Qiurong Ren, Xu Tang, Shishi Liu, Aimee A. Malzahn, Jianping Zhou, Jiaheng Wang, Desuo Yin, Changtian Pan, Mingzhu Yuan, Lan Huang, Han Yang, Yuxin Zhao, Qing Fang, Xuelian Zheng, Li Tian, Yanhao Cheng, Ysa Le, Bailey McCoy, Lidiya Franklin, Jeremy D. Selengut, Stephen M. Mount, Qiudeng Que, Yong Zhang, Yiping Qi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22330-w