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The development of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated base editors (BEs) provided a versatile tool for precise genome editing. The recently developed xCas9-derived base editors (xBEs) that recognize the NG PAM substantially expand the targeting scope in the genome, while their editing efficiency needs to be improved. Here, we described an improved version of xBEs by fusing the BPNLS and Gam to the N terminus of xBEs (BPNLS-Gam-xBE3 and BPNLS-xABE), and this version of base editor displayed higher targeting efficiency for the majority of detected sites. By using this improved version of xBEs, we successfully created and corrected pathogenic mutations at genomic sites with the NGN protospacer-adjacent motif in human cells. Lastly, we used BPNLS-Gam-xBE3 to model pathogenic mutations in discarded human tripronuclear (3PN) zygotes, and no obvious off-targets and indels were detected. Taken together, the data in our study offer an efficient tool for precise genome editing and, thus, an enriched base editing toolkit.
Pubmed ID: 31400605
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A software package to analyze next-generation resequencing data. The toolkit offers a wide variety of tools, with a primary focus on variant discovery and genotyping as well as strong emphasis on data quality assurance. Its robust architecture, powerful processing engine and high-performance computing features make it capable of taking on projects of any size. This software library makes writing efficient analysis tools using next-generation sequencing data very easy, and second it's a suite of tools for working with human medical resequencing projects such as 1000 Genomes and The Cancer Genome Atlas. These tools include things like a depth of coverage analyzers, a quality score recalibrator, a SNP/indel caller and a local realigner. (entry from Genetic Analysis Software)
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View all literature mentionsCell line HEK293T is a Transformed cell line with a species of origin Homo sapiens (Human)
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