🌾 Hormone-free rice regeneration multiplex editing of previously "uneditable" AT-rich loci — in one system.
The Plant Journal: iSpyMacCas9-Combo activates OsBBM1 (12×) via CRISPR-Combo, enabling 42% hormone-free regeneration and dramatically boosting editing at difficult targets.
✅ OsFLO6 (low-efficiency locus): finally editable
✅ 15/19 T0 plants: dual mutants; 6/19: triple mutants
✅ NAAR PAM — perfect for AT-rich promoter regions
❌ Cas12b-Combo: weak activation (~3×), failed to regenerate
Qi lab | The Plant Journal
doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70980
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