Simple and Rapid Assembly of TALE Modules Based on the Degeneracy of the Codons and Trimer Repeats

Transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) have been effectively used for targeted genome editing, transcriptional regulation, epigenetic modification, and locus-specific DNA imaging. However, with the advent of the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/Cas9 system, an easy-to...

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Autores principales: Lingyin Cheng, Xiaoqing Zhou, Yuling Zheng, Chengcheng Tang, Yu Liu, Shuwen Zheng, Yang Liu, Jizeng Zhou, Chuan Li, Min Chen, Liangxue Lai, Qingjian Zou
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f1174d58891a4086a4fd7777cb2863992021-11-25T17:41:38ZSimple and Rapid Assembly of TALE Modules Based on the Degeneracy of the Codons and Trimer Repeats10.3390/genes121117612073-4425https://doaj.org/article/f1174d58891a4086a4fd7777cb2863992021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/12/11/1761https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4425Transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) have been effectively used for targeted genome editing, transcriptional regulation, epigenetic modification, and locus-specific DNA imaging. However, with the advent of the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/Cas9 system, an easy-to-use tool with the same function as TALEs, TALEs have recently been abandoned because of their complexity, time consumption, and difficult handling in common labs. Here, we described a degenerated codon-based TALE assembly system for simple, rapid, and efficient TALE assembly. TALE trimers with nonrepetitive DNA sequences were amplified by PCR and sequentially assembled via Gibson assembly. Our method is cost-effective, requires only commonly used basic molecular biology reagents, and takes only 2 h from target sequence analysis to completion. This simple, rapid, and lab-friendly TALE assembly method will restore the value of TALEs in DNA targeting.Lingyin ChengXiaoqing ZhouYuling ZhengChengcheng TangYu LiuShuwen ZhengYang LiuJizeng ZhouChuan LiMin ChenLiangxue LaiQingjian ZouMDPI AGarticletranscription activator-like effectorsdegenerated codontrimer repeatsGibson assemblyGeneticsQH426-470ENGenes, Vol 12, Iss 1761, p 1761 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic transcription activator-like effectors
degenerated codon
trimer repeats
Gibson assembly
Genetics
QH426-470
spellingShingle transcription activator-like effectors
degenerated codon
trimer repeats
Gibson assembly
Genetics
QH426-470
Lingyin Cheng
Xiaoqing Zhou
Yuling Zheng
Chengcheng Tang
Yu Liu
Shuwen Zheng
Yang Liu
Jizeng Zhou
Chuan Li
Min Chen
Liangxue Lai
Qingjian Zou
Simple and Rapid Assembly of TALE Modules Based on the Degeneracy of the Codons and Trimer Repeats
description Transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) have been effectively used for targeted genome editing, transcriptional regulation, epigenetic modification, and locus-specific DNA imaging. However, with the advent of the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat/Cas9 system, an easy-to-use tool with the same function as TALEs, TALEs have recently been abandoned because of their complexity, time consumption, and difficult handling in common labs. Here, we described a degenerated codon-based TALE assembly system for simple, rapid, and efficient TALE assembly. TALE trimers with nonrepetitive DNA sequences were amplified by PCR and sequentially assembled via Gibson assembly. Our method is cost-effective, requires only commonly used basic molecular biology reagents, and takes only 2 h from target sequence analysis to completion. This simple, rapid, and lab-friendly TALE assembly method will restore the value of TALEs in DNA targeting.
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author Lingyin Cheng
Xiaoqing Zhou
Yuling Zheng
Chengcheng Tang
Yu Liu
Shuwen Zheng
Yang Liu
Jizeng Zhou
Chuan Li
Min Chen
Liangxue Lai
Qingjian Zou
author_facet Lingyin Cheng
Xiaoqing Zhou
Yuling Zheng
Chengcheng Tang
Yu Liu
Shuwen Zheng
Yang Liu
Jizeng Zhou
Chuan Li
Min Chen
Liangxue Lai
Qingjian Zou
author_sort Lingyin Cheng
title Simple and Rapid Assembly of TALE Modules Based on the Degeneracy of the Codons and Trimer Repeats
title_short Simple and Rapid Assembly of TALE Modules Based on the Degeneracy of the Codons and Trimer Repeats
title_full Simple and Rapid Assembly of TALE Modules Based on the Degeneracy of the Codons and Trimer Repeats
title_fullStr Simple and Rapid Assembly of TALE Modules Based on the Degeneracy of the Codons and Trimer Repeats
title_full_unstemmed Simple and Rapid Assembly of TALE Modules Based on the Degeneracy of the Codons and Trimer Repeats
title_sort simple and rapid assembly of tale modules based on the degeneracy of the codons and trimer repeats
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/f1174d58891a4086a4fd7777cb286399
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