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Research Progress in Off-target in CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing

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  • 1Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
    2Syngenta Biotechnology China Co, LTD, Beijing 102206, China
† These authors contributed equally to this paper

Received date: 2018-01-03

  Accepted date: 2018-03-29

  Online published: 2018-09-11

Abstract

CRISPR/Cas9 technology has rapidly developed in recent years. It is widely used for study of animals, plants and microorganisms. Among all developments, the use of the technology for the off-target issue has progressed, with important breakthroughs for this hot topic. This paper elucidates the principle of off-target generation and the method for detecting off target both in vitro and in vivo. Also, how to reduce off-targets by improving single-guide RNA design and optimizing the CRISPR system is evaluated. Further more, detecting off-targets at the right time and improving the precision and accuracy of off-target detection are proposed for plant site-specific genome editing.

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Wang Ying, Li Xianggan, Qiu Lijuan . Research Progress in Off-target in CRISPR/Cas9 Genome Editing[J]. Chinese Bulletin of Botany, 2018 , 53(4) : 528 -541 . DOI: 10.11983/CBB18004

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