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ArticleGenetics2013

Precise and heritable genome editing in evolutionarily diverse nematodes using TALENs and CRISPR/Cas9 to engineer insertions and deletions.

Te-Wen Lo, Catherine S Pickle, Steven Lin, Edward J Ralston, Mark Gurling, Caitlin M Schartner, Qian Bian, Jennifer A Doudna, Barbara J Meyer

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Article in Genetics, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers.

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108citing papers in PubMed
13.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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108 citing papers in PubMed, 188 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Te-Wen LoHoward Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720.
Catherine S Pickle
Steven Lin
Edward J Ralston
Mark Gurling
Caitlin M Schartner
Qian Bian
Jennifer A Doudna
Barbara J Meyer
University of California, Berkeley · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

NEMATODE SEX DETERMINATIONR01GM030702 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI MEYER, BARBARA J · 1985 to 2018
$6.1M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM030702PHS HHS R0130702
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exploitation of custom-designed nucleases to induce DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) at genomic locations of choice has transformed our ability to edit genomes, regardless of their complexity. DSBs can trigger either error-prone repair pathways that induce random mutations at the break sites or precise homology-directed repair pathways that generate specific insertions or deletions guided by exogenously supplied DNA. Prior editing strategies using site-specific nucleases to modify the Caenorhabditis elegans genome achieved only the heritable disruption of endogenous loci through random mutagenesis by error-prone repair. Here we report highly effective strategies using TALE nucleases and RNA-guided CRISPR/Cas9 nucleases to induce error-prone repair and homology-directed repair to create heritable, precise insertion, deletion, or substitution of specific DNA sequences at targeted endogenous loci. Our robust strategies are effective across nematode species diverged by 300 million years, including necromenic nematodes (Pristionchus pacificus), male/female species (Caenorhabditis species 9), and hermaphroditic species (C. elegans). Thus, genome-editing tools now exist to transform nonmodel nematode species into genetically tractable model organisms. We demonstrate the utility of our broadly applicable genome-editing strategies by creating reagents generally useful to the nematode community and reagents specifically designed to explore the mechanism and evolution of X chromosome dosage compensation. By developing an efficient pipeline involving germline injection of nuclease mRNAs and single-stranded DNA templates, we engineered precise, heritable nucleotide changes both close to and far from DSBs to gain or lose genetic function, to tag proteins made from endogenous genes, and to excise entire loci through targeted FLP-FRT recombination.

Indexed as

AnimalsBacterial ProteinsCaenorhabditis elegansCRISPR-Associated Protein 9CRISPR-Cas SystemsDisorders of Sex DevelopmentDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedEndonucleasesEvolution, MolecularFemaleGene EditingGenome, HelminthINDEL MutationMaleMutagenesis, InsertionalRecombinational DNA RepairBacterial ProteinsCas9 endonuclease Streptococcus pyogenesCRISPR-Associated Protein 9EndonucleasesRibonucleasesCRISPR/Cas9 and TALENsdosage compensationgenome editinghomology-directed repairnematode species

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PMID23934893
PMCPMC3781963
OpenAlexW1968855721

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