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ArticleGenome biology2024

Precise fine-turning of GhTFL1 by base editing tools defines ideal cotton plant architecture.

Guanying Wang, Fuqiu Wang, Zhongping Xu, Ying Wang, Can Zhang, Yi Zhou, Fengjiao Hui, Xiyan Yang, Xinhui Nie, Xianlong Zhang and 1 more

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Article in Genome biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 35 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 1 country.

Guanying WangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
Fuqiu WangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
Zhongping XuNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
Ying WangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
Can ZhangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
Yi ZhouNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
Fengjiao HuiNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
Xiyan YangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China.
Xinhui NieKey Laboratory of Oasis Ecology Agricultural of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, Agricultural College, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, 832003, China. xjnxh2004130@126.com.
Xianlong ZhangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China. xlzhang@mail.hzau.edu.cn.
Shuangxia JinNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430070, China. jsx@mail.hzau.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-1495-9154
Huazhong Agricultural University · CNShihezi University · CN

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2023M741299Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs 2023ZD04039-01National Natural Science Fund of China for Distinguished Young Scholars 32325039Science and Technology Innovation 2030 2022ZD0402001-04STI 2030-Major Projects 2023ZD04074the National Natural Science Foundation of China 32272128
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCRISPR/Cas-derived base editor enables precise editing of target sites and has been widely used for basic research and crop genetic improvement. However, the editing efficiency of base editors at different targets varies greatly.

resultsHere, we develop a set of highly efficient base editors in cotton plants. GhABE8e, which is fused to conventional nCas9, exhibits 99.9% editing efficiency, compared to GhABE7.10 with 64.9%, and no off-target editing is detected. We further replace nCas9 with dCpf1, which recognizes TTTV PAM sequences, to broaden the range of the target site. To explore the functional divergence of TERMINAL FLOWER 1 (TFL1), we edit the non-coding and coding regions of GhTFL1 with 26 targets to generate a comprehensive allelic population including 300 independent lines in cotton. This allows hidden pleiotropic roles for GhTFL1 to be revealed and allows us to rapidly achieve directed domestication of cotton and create ideotype germplasm with moderate height, shortened fruiting branches, compact plant, and early-flowering. Further, by exploring the molecular mechanism of the GhTFL1

conclusionsThis strategy provides an important technical platform and genetic information for the study and creation of ideal plant architecture.

Indexed as

CRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingCRISPR-Associated Protein 9GossypiumMutationPlantsCRISPR-Associated Protein 9Base editorCottonDirected evolutionGenome editingPlant ideotype

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PMID38409014
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