Genome Editing

Genome editing is revolutionizing biology

Authors: Yiping Qi

Plant genome editing with TALEN and CRISPR

Genome editing promises giant leaps forward in advancing biotechnology, agriculture, and basic research. The process relies on the use of sequence specific nucleases (SSNs) to make DNA double stranded breaks a...

Authors: Aimee Malzahn, Levi Lowder and Yiping Qi

Targeted genome engineering in Caenorhabditis elegans

The generation of mutants and transgenes are indispensible for biomedical research. In the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, a series of methods have been developed to introduce genome modifications, including ran...

Authors: Xiangyang Chen, Xuezhu Feng and Shouhong Guang