Development and Application of Base Editors
- 1 April 2019
- journal article
- review article
- Published by SAGE Publications in The CRISPR Journal
- Vol. 2 (2) , 91-104
Abstract
Base editing is emerging as a potent new strategy to achieve precise gene editing. By combining different nucleobase deaminases with Cas9 or Cpf1 proteins, several base editors have recently been developed to achieve targeted base conversions in different genomic contexts. Importantly, base editors have been successfully applied in animals, plants, and bacteria to induce precise substitutions at the single-base level with high efficiency. In this review, we summarize recent progress in the development and application of base editors and discuss some of the future directions of the technology.Keywords
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