期刊
GENOME BIOLOGY
卷 19, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-017-1381-1
关键词
CRISPR/Cas systems; CRISPR/Cas13a; Virus interference; RNA interference; Molecular immunity; RNA knockdown; Transcriptome regulation
资金
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) [OSR-2015-CRG4-2647]
Background: CRISPR/Cas systems confer immunity against invading nucleic acids and phages in bacteria and archaea. CRISPR/Cas13a (known previously as C2c2) is a class 2 type VI-A ribonuclease capable of targeting and cleaving single-stranded RNA (ssRNA) molecules of the phage genome. Here, we employ CRISPR/Cas13a to engineer interference with an RNA virus, Turnip Mosaic Virus (TuMV), in plants. Results: CRISPR/Cas13a produces interference against green fluorescent protein (GFP)-expressing TuMV in transient assays and stable overexpression lines of Nicotiana benthamiana. CRISPR RNA (crRNAs) targeting the HC-Pro and GFP sequences exhibit better interference than those targeting other regions such as coat protein (CP) sequence. Cas13a can also process pre-crRNAs into functional crRNAs. Conclusions: Our data indicate that CRISPR/Cas13a can be used for engineering interference against RNA viruses, providing a potential novel mechanism for RNA-guided immunity against RNA viruses and for other RNA manipulations in plants.
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