Research Highlights
Live imaging to visualize the genomic sequences of plants ~ Changing the scissors of genetic editing to light ~
A group of scientists from the Tokyo University of Science, Kyoto University, the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) at Nagoya University and Tokushima University has succeeded in developing a live imaging method (TALE-FP method) to visualize the genomic sequences of plants by using genome editing techniques.
The scientists have used fluorescent protein (FP) fusions of transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) to visualize the genomic sequences of a model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana.
Journal Information
This article "Visualization of specific repetitive genomic sequences with fluorescent TALEs in Arabidopsis thaliana" by Satoru Fujimoto, Shigeo S. Sugano, Keiko Kuwata, Keishi Osakabe and Sachihiro Matsunaga, is published online in the Journal of Experimental Botany.
2016-10-11