Home CONTACT Acta Virologica 2017 Acta Virologica Vol.61, No.2, p.138-142, 2017

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Acta Virologica Vol.61, No.2, p.138-142, 2017

Title: Editing plants for virus resistance using CRISPR-Cas
Author: J. C. GREEN, J. S. HU

Abstract: This minireview summarizes recent advancements using the clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats-associated nuclease systems (CRISPR-Cas) derived from prokaryotes to breed plants resistant to DNA and RNA viruses. The CRISPR-Cas system represents a powerful tool able to edit and insert novel traits into plants precisely at chosen loci offering enormous advantages to classical breeding. Approaches to engineering plant virus resistance in both transgenic and non-transgenic plants are discussed. Iterations of the CRISPR-Cas system, FnCas9 and C2c2 capable of editing RNA in eukaryotic cells offer a particular advantage for providing resistance to RNA viruses which represent the great majority of known plant viruses. Scientists have obtained conflicting results using gene silencing technology to produce transgenic plants resistant to geminiviruses. CRISPR-Cas systems engineered in plants to target geminiviruses have consistently reduced virus accumulation providing increased resistance to virus infection. CRISPR-Cas may provide novel and reliable approaches to control geminiviruses and other ssDNA viruses such as Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV).

Keywords: CRISPR-Cas; virus resistance; plant virus
Published online: 19-May-2017
Year: 2017, Volume: 61, Issue: 2 Page From: 138, Page To: 142
doi:10.4149/av_2017_02_02


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