Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

CRISPR–Cas9 strikes out in cassava

Transgenic cassava expressing Cas9 is not protected from geminivirus infection.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Relevant articles

Open Access articles citing this article.

Access options

Rent or buy this article

Prices vary by article type

from$1.95

to$39.95

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Fig. 1

References

  1. Patil, B. L. & Fauquet, C. M. Mol. Plant Pathol. 10, 685–701 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Fondong, V. N. Front. Plant Sci. 8, 408 (2017).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. Vanderschuren, H., Alder, A., Zhang, P. & Gruissem, W. Plant Mol. Biol. 70, 265–272 (2009).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  4. Mehta, D. et al. Genome Biol. 20, 80 (2019).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Rybicki, E. P. & Pietersen, G. Adv. Virus Res. 53, 127 (1999).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Zaidi, S. S. E. A., Tashkandi, M., Mansoor, S. & Mahfouz, M. M. Front. Plant Sci. 7, 1673 (2016).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Gomez, M. A. et al. Plant Biotechnol. J. 17, 421–434 (2019).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  8. Rybicki, E. P. & Martin, D. P. Curr. Top. Microbiol. Immunol. 375, 19–45 (2014).

  9. Martin, D. P. et al. Viruses 3, 1699–1738 (2011).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Edward P. Rybicki.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The author declares no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Rybicki, E.P. CRISPR–Cas9 strikes out in cassava. Nat Biotechnol 37, 727–728 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0169-0

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0169-0

This article is cited by

Search

Quick links

Nature Briefing: Translational Research

Sign up for the Nature Briefing: Translational Research newsletter — top stories in biotechnology, drug discovery and pharma.

Get what matters in translational research, free to your inbox weekly. Sign up for Nature Briefing: Translational Research