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ArticleThe Plant cell2017

A Multipurpose Toolkit to Enable Advanced Genome Engineering in Plants.

Tomáš Čermák, Shaun J Curtin, Javier Gil-Humanes, Radim Čegan, Thomas J Y Kono, Eva Konečná, Joseph J Belanto, Colby G Starker, Jade W Mathre, Rebecca L Greenstein and 1 more

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Article in The Plant cell, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 341 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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341citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
24.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

341 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 712 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tomáš ČermákDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3285-0320
Shaun J CurtinDepartment of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9528-3335
Javier Gil-HumanesDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.
Radim ČeganDepartment of Plant Developmental Genetics, Institute of Biophysics of the CAS, CZ-61265 Brno, Czech Republic.
Thomas J Y KonoDepartment of Agronomy and Plant Genetics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108.
Eva KonečnáDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.
Joseph J BelantoDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.
Colby G StarkerDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.
Jade W MathreDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5772-4558
Rebecca L GreensteinDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0426-4877
Daniel F VoytasDepartment of Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development and Center for Genome Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 voytas@umn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4944-1224
University of Minnesota · USCzech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics · CZ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a comprehensive toolkit that enables targeted, specific modification of monocot and dicot genomes using a variety of genome engineering approaches. Our reagents, based on transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) and the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas9 system, are systematized for fast, modular cloning and accommodate diverse regulatory sequences to drive reagent expression. Vectors are optimized to create either single or multiple gene knockouts and large chromosomal deletions. Moreover, integration of geminivirus-based vectors enables precise gene editing through homologous recombination. Regulation of transcription is also possible. A Web-based tool streamlines vector selection and construction. One advantage of our platform is the use of the Csy-type (CRISPR system yersinia) ribonuclease 4 (Csy4) and tRNA processing enzymes to simultaneously express multiple guide RNAs (gRNAs). For example, we demonstrate targeted deletions in up to six genes by expressing 12 gRNAs from a single transcript. Csy4 and tRNA expression systems are almost twice as effective in inducing mutations as gRNAs expressed from individual RNA polymerase III promoters. Mutagenesis can be further enhanced 2.5-fold by incorporating the Trex2 exonuclease. Finally, we demonstrate that Cas9 nickases induce gene targeting at frequencies comparable to native Cas9 when they are delivered on geminivirus replicons. The reagents have been successfully validated in tomato (

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Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsGenetic EngineeringHordeumPlant ProteinsPlants, Genetically ModifiedRNA, PlantSolanum lycopersicumTranscription Activator-Like Effector NucleasesTriticumPlant ProteinsRNA, PlantTranscription Activator-Like Effector Nucleases

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PMID28522548
PMCPMC5502448
OpenAlexW2616302079

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