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Unlocking the power and potential of the Cas12 family members and their ancestors for crop genome editing

Lanqin Xia1,2*, Jinsheng Lai3,4* and Jian-Kang Zhu2,5,6*   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resources and Breeding, Institute of Crop Sciences (ICS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100081, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Gene Editing Technologies (Hainan), Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs/National Nanfan Research Institute (Sanya), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Sanya 572024, China;
    3. State Key Laboratory of Maize Bio-breeding, National Maize Improvement Center, Department of Plant Genetics and Breeding, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
    4. Frontiers Science Center for Molecular Design Breeding, Ministry of Education, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China;
    5. Institute of Advanced Biotechnology, Institute of Homeostatic Medicine, School of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China;
    6. Faculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau SAR 999078, China
    *Correspondences:Lanqin Xia (xialanqin@caas.cn); Jinsheng Lai (jlai@cau.edu.cn); Jian-Kang Zhu (jiankangzhu@must.edu.mo)
  • Online:2026-08-03
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