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ReviewBMC plant biology2020

Precision genome editing in plants: state-of-the-art in CRISPR/Cas9-based genome engineering.

Naoki Wada, Risa Ueta, Yuriko Osakabe, Keishi Osakabe

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Review in BMC plant biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 97 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
97citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

97 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 255 citations in OpenAlex.

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37 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Naoki WadaGraduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Risa UetaGraduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Yuriko OsakabeGraduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan.
Keishi OsakabeGraduate School of Technology, Industrial and Social Sciences, Tokushima University, Tokushima, Japan. kosakabe@tokushima-u.ac.jp.
Tokushima University · JP

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JP19H02932
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traditionally, generation of new plants with improved or desirable features has relied on laborious and time-consuming breeding techniques. Genome-editing technologies have led to a new era of genome engineering, enabling an effective, precise, and rapid engineering of the plant genomes. Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) has emerged as a new genome-editing tool, extensively applied in various organisms, including plants. The use of CRISPR/Cas9 allows generating transgene-free genome-edited plants ("null segregants") in a short period of time. In this review, we provide a critical overview of the recent advances in CRISPR/Cas9 derived technologies for inducing mutations at target sites in the genome and controlling the expression of target genes. We highlight the major breakthroughs in applying CRISPR/Cas9 to plant engineering, and challenges toward the production of null segregants. We also provide an update on the efforts of engineering Cas9 proteins, newly discovered Cas9 variants, and novel CRISPR/Cas systems for use in plants. The application of CRISPR/Cas9 and related technologies in plant engineering will not only facilitate molecular breeding of crop plants but also accelerate progress in basic research.

Indexed as

CRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingGenome, PlantPlants, Genetically ModifiedCRISPR/Cas9CRISPR/dCas9Null segregantPlant genome engineering

Identifiers

PMID32450802
PMCPMC7249668
OpenAlexW3031743663

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