Targeting TOR and SnRK1 Genes in Rice with CRISPR/Cas9
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. OsTOR Targeting
2.2. OsSnRK1α Targeting
2.3. Phenotyping Snrk1 Mutants
2.4. Testing the Efficacy of Inducible CRISPR/Cas9 on OsTOR
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Plant Lines
4.2. Molecular Analysis
4.3. Phenotypic Analysis
4.4. Statistical Analysis
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gene | CRISPR Construct | No. Of Plates | T0 Lines 1 | Targeted Lines 2 | Survivors 3 | % Transf. 4 | % Targeting 5 | Heritable Mutation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OsTOR | pNS71 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 52.5 | 14 | In-frame deletion |
OsSnRK1αB OsSnRK1αC | pNS72 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 25 | 90 | Indels/in-frame deletion |
OsSnRK1αA | pNS73 | 10 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 100 | 75 | Indels |
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Pathak, B.; Maurya, C.; Faria, M.C.; Alizada, Z.; Nandy, S.; Zhao, S.; Jamsheer K, M.; Srivastava, V. Targeting TOR and SnRK1 Genes in Rice with CRISPR/Cas9. Plants 2022, 11, 1453. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11111453
Pathak B, Maurya C, Faria MC, Alizada Z, Nandy S, Zhao S, Jamsheer K M, Srivastava V. Targeting TOR and SnRK1 Genes in Rice with CRISPR/Cas9. Plants. 2022; 11(11):1453. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11111453
Chicago/Turabian StylePathak, Bhuvan, Chandan Maurya, Maria C. Faria, Zahra Alizada, Soumen Nandy, Shan Zhao, Muhammed Jamsheer K, and Vibha Srivastava. 2022. "Targeting TOR and SnRK1 Genes in Rice with CRISPR/Cas9" Plants 11, no. 11: 1453. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11111453