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ArticleScientific reports2018

Highly efficient heritable targeted deletions of gene clusters and non-coding regulatory regions in Arabidopsis using CRISPR/Cas9.

Julius Durr, Ranjith Papareddy, Keiji Nakajima, Jose Gutierrez-Marcos

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Julius DurrSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
Ranjith PapareddySchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4067-5999
Keiji NakajimaGraduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, 630-0192, Japan.
Jose Gutierrez-MarcosSchool of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK. j.f.gutierrez-marcos@warwick.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-5441-9080
University of Warwick · GBJapan Science and Technology Agency · JP

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/L003023/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N00194X/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/N005279/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 is considered the best instrument for genome engineering in plants. This methodology is based on the nuclease activity of Cas9 that is guided to specific genome sequences by single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) thus enabling researchers to engineer simple mutations or large chromosomal deletions. Current methodologies for targeted genome editing in plants using CRISPR/Cas9 are however largely inefficient, mostly due to low Cas9 activity, variable sgRNA efficiency and low heritability of genetic lesions. Here, we describe a newly developed strategy to enhance CRISPR/Cas9 efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana focusing on the design of novel binary vectors (pUbiCAS9-Red and pEciCAS9-Red), the selection of highly efficient sgRNAs, and the use of direct plant regeneration from induced cell cultures. Our work demonstrates that by combining these three independent developments, heritable targeted chromosomal deletions of large gene clusters and intergenic regulatory sequences can be engineered at a high efficiency. Our results demonstrate that this improved CRISPR/Cas9 methodology can provide a fast, efficient and cost-effective tool to engineer targeted heritable chromosomal deletions, which will be instrumental for future high-throughput functional genomics studies in plants.

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Sequence DeletionArabidopsisChromosomes, PlantCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingMultigene FamilyPlants, Genetically Modified

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PMID29535386
PMCPMC5849686
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