Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 1091-1102.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.05.24

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Gene editing: past and present

LI Lin1(), ZHU Xueming1, BAO Jiandong1, WANG Jiaoyu1, LIN Fucheng1,2,*()   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-products, Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
    2. State Key Laboratory of Rice Biology, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
  • Received:2022-01-13 Online:2022-05-25 Published:2022-06-06
  • Contact: LIN Fucheng

Abstract:

Gene editing technology can precisely modify the genomes of animals, plants, microorganisms, and humans, bringing revolutionary opportunities for targeted crop breeding and precise treatment of human genetic diseases. It is hailed as one of the greatest biological discoveries of the 21st century. Gene editing technologies mainly include four types: meganuclease, zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/CRISPR associated protein 9(CRISPR-Cas9). Among them, CRISPR-Cas9 has become the mainstream gene editing technology for its “faster, more accurate, and simpler”, and won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. In this review, we systematically summarized the development process, technical principles, applications, and challenges faced by gene editing.

Key words: gene editing, targeted crop breeding, genetic diseases

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