Creation of targeted inversion mutations in plants using an RNA-guided endonuclease

Inversions are DNA rearrangements that are essential for plant gene evolution and adaptation to environmental changes. We demonstrate the creation of targeted inversions and previously reported targeted deletion mutations via delivery of a pair of RNA-guided endonucleases(RGENs) of CRISPR/Cas9. The efficiencies of the targeted inversions were2.6% and 2.2% in the Arabidopsis FLOWERING TIME(At FT) and TERMINAL FLOWER 1(At TFL1)loci, respectively. Thus, we successfully established an approach that can potentially be used to introduce targeted DNA inversions of interest for functional studies and crop improvement.

新一代基因组编辑技术在基因治疗及生物制药领域中的应用

近年来,随着锌指核酸酶、转录激活子样效应因子核酸酶和成簇可调控间隔短回文重复RNA引导核酸酶的出现,"基因组编辑"技术得到广泛应用。由于此类技术具有高效和可定制的特点,在基因治疗、细胞模型、糖基化工程、细胞工程等方面许多新策略、新方法不断涌现,产生了十分重要的影响。本文就近年来基因组编辑技术的发展及其在基因治疗和生物制药领域的应用进行综述。