作者: | Jinpeng Zou, Xiangbing Meng, Zhengyuan Hong, Yuchun Rao, Kejian Wang, Jiayang Li, Hong Yu, Chun Wang |
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刊物名称: | Trends in Biotechnology |
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摘要: | In molecular design breeding, the simultaneous introduction of desired functional genes through specific nucleotide modifications and the elimination of genes regulating undesired phenotypic traits or agronomic components require advanced gene editing tools. Due to limited editing efficiency, even with the use of highly precise editing tools, such as prime editing (PE), simultaneous editing of multiple mutation types poses a challenge. Here, we replaced Cas9 nickase (nCas9) with Cas9 to construct a Cas9-mediated PE (Cas9-PE) system in rice. This system not only enables precise editing, but also allows for site-specific random mutation. Moreover, leveraging the precision of Cas9-PE, we established a transgene-free multiplex gene editing system using a co-editing strategy. This strategy involved the Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression of the precise editing rice endogenous acetolactate synthase gene ALSS627I to confer herbicide bispyribac-sodium (BS) resistance as a selection marker. This study provides a versatile and efficient multiplex gene editing tool for molecular design breeding. |