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Haploid Genetic Screens in Human Cells Identify Host Factors Used by Pathogens

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Using insertional mutagenesis to develop a screening method to generate null alleles in a human cell line haploid for all chromosomes except chromosome 8, host factors essential for infection with influenza and genes encoding important elements of the biosynthetic pathway of diphthamide, which are required for the cytotoxic effects ofdiphtheria toxin and exotoxin A are identified.
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Loss-of-function genetic screens in model organisms have elucidated numerous biological processes, but the diploid genome of mammalian cells has precluded large-scale gene disruption. We used insertional mutagenesis to develop a screening method to generate null alleles in a human cell line haploid for all chromosomes except chromosome 8. Using this approach, we identified host factors essential for infection with influenza and genes encoding important elements of the biosynthetic pathway of diphthamide, which are required for the cytotoxic effects of diphtheria toxin and exotoxin A. We also identified genes needed for the action of cytolethal distending toxin, including a cell-surface protein that interacts with the toxin. This approach has both conceptual and practical parallels with genetic approaches in haploid yeast.

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Genome-Scale CRISPR-Cas9 Knockout Screening in Human Cells

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Genetic Screens in Human Cells Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System

TL;DR: In this paper, a pooled, loss-of-function genetic screening approach suitable for both positive and negative selection that uses a genome-scale lentiviral single-guide RNA (sgRNA) library was described.

Genetic Screens in Human Cells Using the CRISPR-Cas9 System

TL;DR: A pooled, loss-of-function genetic screening approach suitable for both positive and negative selection that uses a genome-scale lentiviral single-guide RNA (sgRNA) library is described and it is shown that sgRNA efficiency is associated with specific sequence motifs, enabling the prediction of more effective sgRNAs.
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Genome-Scale CRISPR-Mediated Control of Gene Repression and Activation

TL;DR: This work identifies rules for specific targeting of transcriptional repressors (CRISPRi), typically achieving 90%-99% knockdown with minimal off-target effects, and activators to endogenous genes via endonuclease-deficient Cas9, which enable modulation of gene expression over a ∼1,000-fold range.

Genome-Scale CRISPR-Mediated Control of Gene Repression and Activation

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify rules for specific targeting of transcriptional repressors (CRISPRi), typically achieving 90%-99% knockdown with minimal off-target effects, and activators (CRisPRa) to endogenous genes via endonuclease-deficient Cas9.
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TL;DR: This work was supported in part by Grants-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture of Japan and by a Research Grant from the Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund, and performed in part through Special Coordination Funds of the Science and Technology Agency of the Japanese Government.
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Identification of Host Proteins Required for HIV Infection Through a Functional Genomic Screen

TL;DR: This article performed a large-scale small interfering RNA screen to identify host factors required by HIV-1 and identified more than 250 HIV-dependency factors (HDFs), which participate in a broad array of cellular functions and implicate new pathways in the viral life cycle.
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Artificial transmutation of the gene

Hermann J. Muller
- 22 Jul 1927 - 

Identification of host proteins required for HIV infection through a functional genomic screen

TL;DR: A large-scale small interfering RNA screen was performed to identify host factors required by HIV-1 and more than 250 HIV-dependency factors (HDFs) were identified, suggesting that viruses evolve in host cells that optimally perform the functions required for their life cycle.
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The Chemical Genomic Portrait of Yeast: Uncovering a Phenotype for All Genes

TL;DR: It is found that 97% of gene deletions exhibited a measurable growth phenotype, suggesting that nearly all genes are essential for optimal growth in at least one condition.
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