Potential Application of CRISPR/Cas9 System to Engineer Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants.

Potential Application of CRISPR/Cas9 System to Engineer Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Plants. Protein Pept Lett. 2021 Feb 18;: Authors: Ahmed T, Shahid M, Noman M, Muhammad S, Tahir Ul Qamar M, Ali MA, Maqsood A, Hafeez R, Ogunyemi SO, Li B Abstract Abiotic stresses in plants such as salinity, drought, heavy metal toxicity, heat, and nutrients limitations significantly reduce agricultural production worldwide. The genome editing techniques such as transcriptional activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs) and zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs) have been used for genome manipulations in plants. However, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) technique has recently emerged as a promising tool for genome editing in plants to acquire desirable traits. The CRISPR/Cas9 system has a great potential to develop crop varieties with improved tolerance against abiotic stresses. This review is centered on the biology and potential application of the CRISPR/Cas9 system to improve abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Furthermore, this review highlighted the recent advancements of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing for sustainable agriculture. PMID: 33602066 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Protein and Peptide Letters - Category: Biochemistry Authors: Tags: Protein Pept Lett Source Type: research