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Mengyuan Liu1, Yao Wang1, Lu Zhang1
1Beijing Key Laboratory of Maize DNA Fingerprinting and Molecular Breeding, Maize Research Institute, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing, 100097, China.
Abstract:
The gene-editing tool Cas-SF01 was optimized to maximize its efficiency in maize. The Cas-SF01-TREX2 configuration was superior in enabling high-purity gene mutations. This toolkit enabled commercial maize to flower seven days earlier without yield loss, thereby securing harvests and accelerating crop breeding.
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