Genome editing for plant research and crop improvement

X Zhan, Y Lu, JK Zhu, JR Botella - Journal of Integrative Plant …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The advent of clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) has had a
profound impact on plant biology, and crop improvement. In this review, we summarize the …

Molecular mechanisms underlying host-induced gene silencing

H Zand Karimi, RW Innes - The Plant Cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Host-induced gene silencing (HIGS) refers to the silencing of genes in pathogens and pests
by expressing homologous double-stranded RNAs (dsRNA) or artificial microRNAs …

Comparison of CRISPR/Cas9 expression constructs for efficient targeted mutagenesis in rice

M Mikami, S Toki, M Endo - Plant molecular biology, 2015 - Springer
The CRISPR/Cas9 system is an efficient tool used for genome editing in a variety of
organisms. Despite several recent reports of successful targeted mutagenesis using the …

RNA silencing in plants: mechanisms, technologies and applications in horticultural crops

Q Guo, Q Liu, N A. Smith, G Liang… - Current genomics, 2016 - benthamdirect.com
Understanding the fundamental nature of a molecular process or a biological pathway is
often a catalyst for the development of new technologies in biology. Indeed, studies from late …

DNA demethylases target promoter transposable elements to positively regulate stress responsive genes in Arabidopsis

TN Le, U Schumann, NA Smith, S Tiwari, PCK Au… - Genome biology, 2014 - Springer
Background DNA demethylases regulate DNA methylation levels in eukaryotes. Arabidopsis
encodes four DNA demethylases, DEMETER (DME), REPRESSOR OF SILENCING 1 …

CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Targeted Mutagenesis in the Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha L.

SS Sugano, M Shirakawa, J Takagi… - Plant and Cell …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Targeted genome modification technologies are key tools for functional genomics. The
clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-associated …

Optimization of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in cotton by improved sgRNA expression

L Long, DD Guo, W Gao, WW Yang, LP Hou, XN Ma… - Plant Methods, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Background When developing CRISPR/Cas9 systems for crops, it is crucial to
invest time characterizing the genome editing efficiency of the CRISPR/Cas9 cassettes …

Engineering introns to express RNA guides for Cas9-and Cpf1-mediated multiplex genome editing

D Ding, K Chen, Y Chen, H Li, K Xie - Molecular plant, 2018 - cell.com
The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) system has emerged
as the revolutionary platform for DNA targeting. This system uses a site-specific RNA guide …

A stepwise pathway for biogenesis of 24‐nt secondary siRNAs and spreading of DNA methylation

L Daxinger, T Kanno, E Bucher… - The EMBO …, 2009 - embopress.org
We used a transgene system to study spreading of RNA‐directed DNA methylation (RdDM)
during transcriptional gene silencing in Arabidopsis thaliana. Forward and reverse genetics …

Dose-dependent RNAi-mediated geminivirus resistance in the tropical root crop cassava

H Vanderschuren, A Alder, P Zhang… - Plant molecular biology, 2009 - Springer
Cassava mosaic disease is a major constraint for cassava production in Africa, resulting in
significant economic losses. We have engineered transgenic cassava with resistance to …