CRISPR RNA-guided integrase enables high-efficiency targeted genome engineering in Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

ABSTRACT: Agrobacterium tumefaciens, the causal agent of plant crown gall disease, has been widely used to genetically transform many plant species. The inter-kingdom gene transfer capability made Agrobacterium an essential tool and model system to study the mechanism of exporting and integrating a segment of bacterial DNA into the plant genome. However, many biological processes such as Agrobacterium-host recognition and interaction are still elusive. To accelerate the understanding of this important plant pathogen and further improve its capacity in plant genetic engineering, we adopted a CRISPR RNA-guided integrase system for Agrobacterium genome engineering. In this work, we demonstrate that INsertion of Transposable Elements by Guide RNA-Assisted TargEting (INTEGRATE) can efficiently generate D

SUBMITTER: Aliu E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9491456 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature