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ArticleNature biotechnology2020

Targeted, random mutagenesis of plant genes with dual cytosine and adenine base editors.

Chao Li, Rui Zhang, Xiangbing Meng, Sha Chen, Yuan Zong, Chunju Lu, Jin-Long Qiu, Yu-Hang Chen, Jiayang Li, Caixia Gao

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Article in Nature biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 184 papers.

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184citing papers in PubMed
23.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

184 citing papers in PubMed, 417 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Chao Li *State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Center for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Rui Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Center for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xiangbing Meng *State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Sha ChenState Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Center for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yuan ZongState Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Center for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Chunju LuState Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Center for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jin-Long QiuCollege of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8054-2552
Yu-Hang ChenCollege of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Jiayang LiCollege of Advanced Agricultural Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. jyli@genetics.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0487-6574
Caixia GaoState Key Laboratory of Plant Cell and Chromosome Engineering, Center for Genome Editing, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Innovation Academy for Seed Design, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. cxgao@genetics.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3169-8248
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNState Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Targeted saturation mutagenesis of crop genes could be applied to produce genetic variants with improved agronomic performance. However, tools for directed evolution of plant genes, such as error-prone PCR or DNA shuffling, are limited

Indexed as

Gene EditingAdenineCRISPR-Cas SystemsCytosineDeoxyribonuclease IGenes, PlantGenome, PlantHumansMutagenesisMutationOryzaRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsAdenineCytosineDeoxyribonuclease IRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems

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PMID31932727
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