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ArticleCell reports methods2024

A mobile CRISPRi collection enables genetic interaction studies for the essential genes of Escherichia coli.

Kenneth Rachwalski, Megan M Tu, Sean J Madden, Shawn French, Drew M Hansen, Eric D Brown

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Article in Cell reports methods, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kenneth RachwalskiInstitute of Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada.
Megan M TuInstitute of Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada.
Sean J MaddenInstitute of Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada.
Shawn FrenchInstitute of Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada.
Drew M HansenInstitute of Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada.
Eric D BrownInstitute of Infectious Disease Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada; Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada. Electronic address: ebrown@mcmaster.ca.
McMaster University · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in gene editing, in particular CRISPR interference (CRISPRi), have enabled depletion of essential cellular machinery to study the downstream effects on bacterial physiology. Here, we describe the construction of an ordered E. coli CRISPRi collection, designed to knock down the expression of 356 essential genes with the induction of a catalytically inactive Cas9, harbored on the conjugative plasmid pFD152. This mobile CRISPRi library can be conjugated into other ordered genetic libraries to assess combined effects of essential gene knockdowns with non-essential gene deletions. As proof of concept, we probed cell envelope synthesis with two complementary crosses: (1) an Lpp deletion into every CRISPRi knockdown strain and (2) the lolA knockdown plasmid into the Keio collection. These experiments revealed a number of notable genetic interactions for the essential phenotype probed and, in particular, showed suppressing interactions for the loci in question.

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Escherichia coliGenes, EssentialGene EditingGene Knockdown TechniquesGene LibraryCP: MicrobiologyCRISPRiEscherichia coligene essentialitygenomic screeninglipoprotein transportLpp

Identifiers

PMID38262349
PMCPMC10832289
OpenAlexW4391124521

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