Efficient targeted mutagenesis of rice and tobacco genomes using Cpf1 from Francisella novicida

CRISPR/Cas9 systems are nowadays applied extensively to effect genome editing in various organisms including plants. CRISPR from Prevotella and Francisella 1 (Cpf1) is a newly characterized RNA-guided endonuclease that has two distinct features as compared to Cas9. First, Cpf1 utilizes a thymidine-r...

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Main Authors: Endo, Akira, Masafumi, Mikami, Kaya, Hidetaka, Toki, Seiichi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5131344/