18 Papers
Yao He is an academic researcher from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genome editing & CRISPR. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 8 publications.
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Papers
PAM-less plant genome editing using a CRISPR-SpRY toolbox.
Qiurong Ren,Simon Sretenovic,Shishi Liu,Xu Tang,Lan Huang,Yao He,Li Liu,Yachong Guo,Zhaohui Zhong,Guanqing Liu,Yanhao Cheng,Xuelian Zheng,Changtian Pan,Desuo Yin,Yingxiao Zhang,Wanfeng Li,Liwang Qi,Chenghao Li,Yiping Qi,Yong Zhang +19 more
TL;DR: In this article, the Spry toolbox has been used to break the PAM restriction barrier in plant genome engineering by enabling DNA editing in a PAM-less fashion, achieving up to 79% editing efficiency with high product purity.
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Improving Plant Genome Editing with High-Fidelity xCas9 and Non-canonical PAM-Targeting Cas9-NG
Zhaohui Zhong,Simon Sretenovic,Qiurong Ren,Lijia Yang,Yu Bao,Caiyan Qi,Mingzhu Yuan,Yao He,Shishi Liu,Xiaopei Liu,Jiaheng Wang,Lan Huang,Yan Wang,Dibin Baby,David T. Wang,Tao Zhang,Yiping Qi,Yong Zhang +17 more
TL;DR: In this paper, two recently engineered SpCas9 variants, namely xCas9 and Cas9-NG, showed promising potential in improving targeting specificity and broadening the targeting range.
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Multiplex QTL editing of grain-related genes improves yield in elite rice varieties
Jianping Zhou,Xuhui Xin,Yao He,Hongqiao Chen,Qian Li,Xu Tang,Zhaohui Zhong,Kejun Deng,Xuelian Zheng,Sayed Abdul Akher,Guangze Cai,Yiping Qi,Yong Zhang +12 more
TL;DR: Significant yield increase has been achieved by simultaneous introduction of three trait-related QTLs in three rice varieties with multiplex editing by CRISPR–Cas9, demonstrating a promising genome editing approach for rapid breeding of QTLS in elite crop varieties.
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CRISPR-Cas12b enables efficient plant genome engineering.
Ming M,Qiurong Ren,Changtian Pan,Yao He,Yong Zhang,Shishi Liu,Zhaohui Zhong,Wang J,Aimee Malzahn,Wu J,Xuelian Zheng,Yiping Qi +11 more
TL;DR: This work establishes Cas12b as the third promising CRISPR system, after Cas9 and Cas12a, for plant genome engineering, and finds AaCas12b was more efficient than AacCas 12b and BthCas12B for targeted mutagenesis, which was further demonstrated in multiplexed genome editing.
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Single Transcript Unit CRISPR 2.0 Systems for Robust Cas9 and Cas12a Mediated Plant Genome Editing
Xu Tang,Qiurong Ren,Lijia Yang,Yu Bao,Zhaohui Zhong,Yao He,Shishi Liu,Caiyan Qi,Binglin Liu,Yan Wang,Simon Sretenovic,Yingxiao Zhang,Xuelian Zheng,Tao Zhang,Yiping Qi,Yong Zhang,Yong Zhang +16 more
TL;DR: Two new STU CRISPR 2.0 systems for genome editing in rice showed more robust genome editing efficiencies than the first‐generation STU‐Cas9‐RZ system and the conventional mixed dual promoter system, and theSTU‐based PmCDA1 base editor system is highly efficient in rice.
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