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Title: | CRISPR/Cas9: A novel weapon in the arsenal to combat plant diseases |
Authors: | Das, Ayan Sharma, Namisha Prasad, Manoj |
Keywords: | CRISPR/Cas9 guide RNA protospacer adjacent motif genome editing pathogen- resistance host susceptibility factor |
Issue Date: | 2019 |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media S.A. |
Citation: | Frontiers in Plant Science, 9: 2008 |
Abstract: | Plant pathogens like virus, bacteria, and fungi incur a huge loss of global productivity. Targeting the dominant R gene resulted in the evolution of resistance in pathogens, which shifted plant pathologists’ attention toward host susceptibility factors (or S genes). Herein, the application of sequence-specific nucleases (SSNs) for targeted genome editing are gaining more importance, which utilize the use of meganucleases (MN), zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-like effector-based nucleases (TALEN) with the latest one namely clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9). The first generation of genome editing technologies, due to their cumbersome nature, is becoming obsolete. Owing to its simple and inexpensive nature the use of CRISPR/Cas9 system has revolutionized targeted genome editing technology. CRISPR/Cas9 system has been exploited for developing resistance against virus, bacteria, and fungi. For resistance to DNA viruses (mainly single-stranded DNA viruses), different parts of the viral genome have been targeted transiently and by the development of transgenic plants. For RNA viruses, mainly the host susceptibility factors and very recently the viral RNA genome itself have been targeted. Fungal and bacterial resistance has been achieved mainly by targeting the host susceptibility genes through the development of transgenics. In spite of these successes CRISPR/Cas9 system suffers from off-targeting. This and other problems associated with this system are being tackled by the continuous discovery/evolution of new variants. Finally, the regulatory standpoint regarding CRISPR/Cas9 will determine the fate of using this versatile tool in developing pathogen resistance in crop plants. |
Description: | Accepted date: 31 December 2018 |
URI: | http://223.31.159.10:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/911 |
ISSN: | 1664-462X |
Appears in Collections: | Institutional Publications |
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