CRISPR 101: Cytosine Transversion Editors
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Blog Post
...transversions
C → TG → A
A → GT → C
C → G C → AG → C G → T
A → C ...Rosser, S. J., Bi, C., & Zhang, X. (2021). Glycosylase base editors enable C-to-A and C-to-G base changes.... (2021). CRISPR C-to-G base editors for inducing targeted DNA transversions in human cells. Nature Biotechnology...deaminase could also perform cytidine (C) deamination, converting the C base to uracil (U). This is the same...given the pithier name CGBE1, for “C → G Base Editor 1,” and had a C → G editing efficiency of up to 68%...Beyond UNG: Optimizing C → G editors
Now that several labs had shown that preferential C → G editing was possible...pyrimidines (C ↔ T).
Base transversion
Base changes from purine (A or G) to pyrimidine (C or T) or vice-versa...