Method of inhibiting plant virus pathogen infections by crispr/cas9-mediated interference

Magdy M. Mahfouz (Inventor), Zahir Ali (Inventor)

Research output: Patent

Abstract

A genetically modified tobacco plant or tomato plant resistant to at least one pathogenic geminiviridae virus species is provided. The plant comprises a heterologous CRISPR/Cas9 system and at least one heterologous nucleotide sequence that is capable of hybridizing to a nucleotide sequence of the pathogenic virus and that directs inactivation of the pathogenic virus species or plurality of viral species by the CRISPR/Cas9 system. The heterologous nucleotide sequence can be complementary to, but not limited to an Intergenic Region (IR) of the Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV), Further provided are methods of generating a genetically modified plant that is resistant to a virus pathogen by a heterologous CRISPR/Cas9 system and expression of a gRNA specifically targeting the virus.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Patent numberWO 2016185411 A1
StatePublished - Nov 24 2016

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KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2019-02-13

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