TY - JOUR
T1 - TAL effector nucleases induce mutations at a pre-selected location in the genome of primary barley transformants
AU - Wendt, Toni
AU - Holm, Preben Bach
AU - Starker, Colby G.
AU - Christian, Michelle
AU - Voytas, Daniel F.
AU - Brinch-Pedersen, Henrik
AU - Holme, Inger Bæksted
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This project is funded by the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (3304-FVFP-09-B-006) and a grant from the US National Science Foundation (DBI 0923827).
PY - 2013/10
Y1 - 2013/10
N2 - Transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) enable targeted mutagenesis in a variety of organisms. The primary advantage of TALENs over other sequence-specific nucleases, namely zinc finger nucleases and meganucleases, lies in their ease of assembly, reliability of function, and their broad targeting range. Here we report the assembly of several TALENs for a specific genomic locus in barley. The cleavage activity of individual TALENs was first tested in vivo using a yeast-based, single-strand annealing assay. The most efficient TALEN was then selected for barley transformation. Analysis of the resulting transformants showed that TALEN-induced double strand breaks led to the introduction of short deletions at the target site. Additional analysis revealed that each barley transformant contained a range of different mutations, indicating that mutations occurred independently in different cells.
AB - Transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) enable targeted mutagenesis in a variety of organisms. The primary advantage of TALENs over other sequence-specific nucleases, namely zinc finger nucleases and meganucleases, lies in their ease of assembly, reliability of function, and their broad targeting range. Here we report the assembly of several TALENs for a specific genomic locus in barley. The cleavage activity of individual TALENs was first tested in vivo using a yeast-based, single-strand annealing assay. The most efficient TALEN was then selected for barley transformation. Analysis of the resulting transformants showed that TALEN-induced double strand breaks led to the introduction of short deletions at the target site. Additional analysis revealed that each barley transformant contained a range of different mutations, indicating that mutations occurred independently in different cells.
KW - Cereal transformation
KW - Hordeum vulgare
KW - TAL effector nucleases
KW - TALEN
KW - Targeted mutagenesis
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U2 - 10.1007/s11103-013-0078-4
DO - 10.1007/s11103-013-0078-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 23689819
AN - SCOPUS:84884350172
SN - 0167-4412
VL - 83
SP - 279
EP - 285
JO - Plant molecular biology
JF - Plant molecular biology
IS - 3
ER -