A New Generation of Adenine Base Editors Improves Editing in Primary Human Cells
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...to the genomic DNA of interest
Figure 1. When ABEs are in action they bind DNA so that the TadA...Programmable base editing of A•T to G•C in genomic DNA without DNA cleavage. Nature 551:464–471 . https://doi....TadA domain can edit the short single-stranded DNA stretch that is accessible. Image from Gaudelli et al...in 40 new ABE8 variants. When comparing on-target DNA editing efficiency in a human cell line for these...ABE8.x-m/d constructs demonstrated a 2.1x on-target DNA-editing efficiency in a human cell line while reducing...pyogenes Cas9 requires the target site in the genomic DNA to contain a specific protospacer adjacent motif ...followed by 2 guanines). This limits the use of ABEs as DNA sites that do not contain a suitable PAM cannot be...