Prime Editors have been delivered using DNA or mRNA vectors. Here we demonstrate prime editing (PE) with purified ribonucleoprotein (RNP) complexes. We introduced somatic mutations in zebrafish embryos with frequencies as high as 30% and demonstrate germline transmission. We also observed unintended insertions, deletions and pegRNA scaffold incorporations. In HEK293T and primary human T cells, PE RNP complexes introduced desired edits with frequencies of up to 21% and 7.5%, respectively.
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