High-efficiency, transgene-free plant genome editing by viral delivery of an engineered TnpB
Ugrappa Nagalakshmi, Jorge E. Rodriguez, Thi Nguyen, Rachel F. Weissman, Brittney W. Thornton, Cynthia I. Terrace, David F. Savage, Savithramma P Dinesh-Kumar
Tobacco rattle virus delivery of engineered ISDra2 variant eTnpBc and its guide RNA as a single transcript achieves up to 90% somatic and 100% heritable editing in Nicotiana benthamiana.
Nature Plants · Feb 20, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology✦ In-depth digest