简介:EliminationoftheCRISPR/Cas9constructsineditedplantsisaprerequisiteforassessinggeneticstability,conductingphenotypiccharacterization,andapplyingforcommercializationoftheplants.However,removaloftheCRISPR/Cas9transgenesbygeneticsegregationandbybackcrossislaboriousandtimeconsuming.WepreviouslyreportedthedevelopmentofthetransgenekillerCRISPR(TKC)technologythatusesapairofsuicidegenestotriggerself-eliminationofthetransgeneswithoutcompromisinggeneeditingefficiency.TheTKCtechnologyenablesisolationoftransgene-freeCRISPR-editedplantswithinasinglegeneration,greatlyacceleratingcropimprovements.Here,wepresentedtwonewTKCvectorsthatshowgreatefficiencyinbotheditingthetargetgeneandinundergoingself-eliminationofthetransgenes.ThenewvectorsreplacedtheCaMV35SpromoterusedinourpreviousTKCvectorwithtworicepromoterstodriveoneofthesuicidegenes,providingadvantagesoverourpreviousTKCvectorundercertainconditions.Thevectorsreportedhereofferedmoreoptionsandflexibilitytoconductgeneeditingexperimentsinrice.