Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS): a powerful tool for crop improvement and its advancement towards epigenetics

S Zulfiqar, MA Farooq, T Zhao, PP Wang… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) is an RNA-mediated reverse genetics technology that
has evolved into an indispensable approach for analyzing the function of genes. It …

Breakthrough in CRISPR/Cas system: Current and future directions and challenges

A Ali, MM Zafar, Z Farooq, SR Ahmed… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Targeted genome editing (GE) technology has brought a significant revolution in fictional
genomic research and given hope to plant scientists to develop desirable varieties. This …

Engineered biocontainable RNA virus vectors for non-transgenic genome editing across crop species and genotypes

Q Liu, C Zhao, K Sun, Y Deng, Z Li - Molecular Plant, 2023 - cell.com
CRISPR/Cas genome-editing tools provide unprecedented opportunities for basic plant
biology research and crop breeding. However, the lack of robust delivery methods has …

Heritable gene editing in tomato through viral delivery of isopentenyl transferase and single-guide RNAs to latent axillary meristematic cells

D Liu, EE Ellison, EA Myers, LI Donahue… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Realizing the full potential of genome editing for crop improvement has been slow due to
inefficient methods for reagent delivery and the reliance on tissue culture for creating gene …

Getting better all the time—recent progress in the development of CRISPR/Cas-based tools for plant genome engineering

N Capdeville, P Schindele, H Puchta - Current opinion in biotechnology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights●Adapting new nucleases and improving established ones expand the
CRISPR/Cas toolbox.●Optimized base editors enlarge editing windows and enable CG …

Guide RNA library-based CRISPR screens in plants: opportunities and challenges

C Pan, G Li, A Bandyopadhyay, Y Qi - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Recent advances in CRISPR–Cas-mediated genetic screening are summarized.•
Compared to arrayed screens, pooled CRISPR screens are more accessible in …

Development of virus-induced genome editing methods in Solanaceous crops

SY Lee, B Kang, J Venkatesh, JH Lee… - Horticulture …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Genome editing (GE) using CRISPR/Cas systems has revolutionized plant mutagenesis.
However, conventional transgene-mediated GE methods have limitations due to the time …

Development of cassava common mosaic virus-based vector for protein expression and gene editing in cassava

D Tuo, Y Yao, P Yan, X Chen, F Qu, W Xue, J Liu… - Plant Methods, 2023 - Springer
Background Plant virus vectors designed for virus-mediated protein overexpression (VOX),
virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS), and genome editing (VIGE) provide rapid and cost …

[HTML][HTML] Heritable CRISPR-Cas9 editing of plant genomes using RNA virus vectors

M Uranga, V Aragonés, JA Daròs, F Pasin - STAR protocols, 2023 - Elsevier
Viral vectors hold enormous potential for genome editing in plants as transient delivery
vehicles of CRISPR-Cas components. Here, we describe a protocol to assemble plant viral …

Viral vectors as carriers of genome-editing reagents

MJA Awan, A Akram, I Amin, S Mansoor - Trends in Plant Science, 2023 - cell.com
The presence of a transgene in the genome of plants is a regulatory challenge. Recently, Liu
et al. reported an engineered tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) that can carry large clustered …