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ArticlePlant biotechnology journal2022

CRISPR-BETS: a base-editing design tool for generating stop codons.

Yuechao Wu, Yao He, Simon Sretenovic, Shishi Liu, Yanhao Cheng, Yangshuo Han, Guanqing Liu, Yu Bao, Qing Fang, Xuelian Zheng and 4 more

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Article in Plant biotechnology journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Yuechao WuJiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-9972-7407
Yao HeDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Simon SretenovicDepartment of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3080-5104
Shishi LiuDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Yanhao ChengDepartment of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.
Yangshuo HanJiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Guanqing LiuJiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Yu BaoJiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Qing FangDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Xuelian ZhengDepartment of Biotechnology, School of Life Science and Technology, Center for Informational Biology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.
Jianping ZhouJiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Yiping QiDepartment of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9556-6706
Yong ZhangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3704-4835
Tao ZhangJiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genomics and Molecular Breeding/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology, Agricultural College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7897-0205
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · CNYangzhou University · CNUniversity of Maryland, College Park · USAdvanced Bioscience Laboratories (United States) · USMinistry of Education of the People's Republic of China · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cytosine base editors (CBEs) can install a predefined stop codon at the target site, representing a more predictable and neater method for creating genetic knockouts without altering the genome size. Due to the enhanced predictability of the editing outcomes, it is also more efficient to obtain homozygous mutants in the first generation. With the recent advancement of CBEs on improved editing activity, purify and specificity in plants and animals, base editing has become a more appealing technology for generating knockouts. However, there is a lack of design tools that can aid the adoption of CBEs for achieving such a purpose, especially in plants. Here, we developed a user-friendly design tool named CRISPR-BETS (base editing to stop), which helps with guide RNA (gRNA) design for introducing stop codons in the protein-coding genes of interest. We demonstrated in rice and tomato that CRISPR-BETS is easy-to-use, and its generated gRNAs are highly specific and efficient for generating stop codons and obtaining homozygous knockout lines. While we tailored the tool for the plant research community, CRISPR-BETS can also serve non-plant species.

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Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsGene EditingAnimalsCodon, TerminatorCRISPR-Cas SystemsCytosinePlantsRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsCodon, TerminatorCytosineRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systemscytosine base editorsguide RNA designplantsprotospacer adjacent motifstop codons

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PMID34669232
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