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Validation of endogenous U6 promoters for expanding the CRISPR toolbox in Nicotiana tabacum

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All data used during the study are available from the author Xingchun Tang by request.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Prof. Genji Qin for the dual-luciferase assay system.

Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32000248), Natural Science Fund of Hubei University Youth Project (202110703000003), the key technology projects of CNTC (110202101045 (LS-05) and 110202101047 (LS-07)), and the key technology projects of Hubei tobacco companies (027Y2022-023).

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  1. Pan Luo, Siyuan Li, Lulu Li, and Yanyan Li contributed equally in this study.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China

    Pan Luo, Siyuan Li, Lulu Li, Ying Qiao, Yong Yang & Xingchun Tang

  2. Tobacco Research Institute of Hubei Province, Wuhan, China

    Yanyan Li & Ji Feng

  3. Bijie Institute of Agricultural Science, Bijie, China

    Xianzhi Wu, Meiling Wu & Zhihao Song

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Luo, P., Li, S., Li, L. et al. Validation of endogenous U6 promoters for expanding the CRISPR toolbox in Nicotiana tabacum. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Plant (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-024-10418-z

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