Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Programmable base editing of zebrafish genome using a modified CRISPR-Cas9 system

  • Yihan Zhang,
  • Wei Qin,
  • Xiaochan Lu,
  • Jason Xu,
  • Haigen Huang,
  • Haipeng Bai,
  • Song Li,
  • Shuo Lin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00175-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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The use of base editing enables precise genetic modifications in model animals. Here the authors show high efficient single-base editing in zebrafish using modified Cas9 and its VQR variant with an altered PAM specificity.