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Applying conventional and cell-type-specific CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in legume plants.

Jin-Peng Gao, Yangyang Su, Suyu Jiang, Wenjie Liang, Zhijun Lou, Florian Frugier, Ping Xu, Jeremy D Murray

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Review in aBIOTECH, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jin-Peng Gao *CAS-JIC Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China.ORCID 0000-0002-3221-3911
Yangyang Su *Institute of Plant Sciences of Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif Sur Yvette, 91190 France.
Suyu JiangCAS-JIC Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China.
Wenjie LiangCAS-JIC Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China.ORCID 0000-0002-1915-8516
Zhijun LouShanghai Engineering Research Center of Plant Germplasm Resource, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234 China.
Florian FrugierInstitute of Plant Sciences of Paris-Saclay (IPS2), CNRS, INRAE, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif Sur Yvette, 91190 France.ORCID 0000-0002-9783-7418
Ping XuShanghai Engineering Research Center of Plant Germplasm Resource, College of Life Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai, 200234 China.
Jeremy D MurrayCAS-JIC Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS), CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular and Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, 200032 China.ORCID 0000-0003-3000-9199

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advent of genome editing technologies, particularly CRISPR/Cas9, has significantly advanced the generation of legume mutants for reverse genetic studies and understanding the mechanics of the rhizobial symbiosis. The legume-rhizobia symbiosis is crucial for sustainable agriculture, enhancing nitrogen fixation and improving soil fertility. Numerous genes with a symbiosis-specific expression have been identified, sometimes exclusively expressed in cells forming infection threads or in nitrogen-fixing nodule cells. Typically, mutations in these genes do not affect plant growth. However, in some instances, germline homozygous mutations can be lethal or result in complex pleiotropic phenotypes that are challenging to interpret. To address this issue, a rhizobia-inducible and cell-type-specific CRISPR/Cas9 strategy was developed to knock-out genes in specific legume transgenic root tissues. In this review, we discuss recent advancements in legume genome editing, highlighting the cell-type-specific CRISPR system and its crucial applications in symbiotic nitrogen fixation and beyond.

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CRISPR/Cas9Genetic transformationGenome editingNodulationSymbiosisTissue-specific promoter

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PMID40641645
PMCPMC12238430

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