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Genome Editing in the Cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus. 2017

Takahito Watanabe, and Sumihare Noji, and Taro Mito

Graduate School of Bioscience and Bioindustry, Tokushima University, 2-1 Minami-Jyosanjima-cho, Tokushima, 770-8513, Japan.

Hemimetabolous, or incompletely metamorphosing, insects are phylogenetically basal and include many beneficial and deleterious species. The cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus, is an emerging model for hemimetabolous insects, based on the success of RNA interference (RNAi)-based gene-functional analyses and transgenic technology. Taking advantage of genome editing technologies in this species would greatly promote functional genomics studies. Genome editing has proven to be an effective method for site-specific genome manipulation in various species. Here, we describe a protocol for genome editing including gene knockout and gene knockin in G. bimaculatus for functional genomics studies.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D006135	Gryllidae	The family Gryllidae consists of the common house cricket, Acheta domesticus, which is used in neurological and physiological studies. Other genera include Gryllotalpa (mole cricket); Gryllus (field cricket); and Oecanthus (tree cricket).	Crickets,Cricket
D000072669	Gene Editing	Genetic engineering or molecular biology techniques that involve DNA REPAIR mechanisms for incorporating site-specific modifications into a cell's genome.	Base Editing,Genome Editing,Editing, Base,Editing, Gene,Editing, Genome
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D049750	Genome, Insect	The genetic complement of an insect (INSECTS) as represented in its DNA.	Insect Genome,Genomes, Insect,Insect Genomes
D055786	Gene Knockout Techniques	Techniques to alter a gene sequence that result in an inactivated gene, or one in which the expression can be inactivated at a chosen time during development to study the loss of function of a gene.	Gene Knock-Out Techniques,Gene Knock Out,Gene Knock Out Techniques,Gene Knockout,Gene Knock Outs,Gene Knock-Out Technique,Gene Knockout Technique,Gene Knockouts,Knock Out, Gene,Knock Outs, Gene,Knock-Out Technique, Gene,Knock-Out Techniques, Gene,Knockout Technique, Gene,Knockout Techniques, Gene,Knockout, Gene,Knockouts, Gene,Out, Gene Knock,Outs, Gene Knock,Technique, Gene Knock-Out,Technique, Gene Knockout,Techniques, Gene Knock-Out,Techniques, Gene Knockout
D055879	Gene Knock-In Techniques	Techniques used to add in exogenous gene sequence such as mutated genes; REPORTER GENES, to study mechanisms of gene expression; or regulatory control sequences, to study effects of temporal changes to GENE EXPRESSION.	Gene Knock In,Gene Knock In Techniques,Gene Knock-In,Gene Knock Ins,Gene Knock-In Technique,Gene Knock-Ins,In, Gene Knock,Ins, Gene Knock,Knock In, Gene,Knock Ins, Gene,Knock-In Technique, Gene,Knock-In Techniques, Gene,Knock-In, Gene,Knock-Ins, Gene,Technique, Gene Knock-In,Techniques, Gene Knock-In