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ArticleNature protocols2016

A high-throughput functional genomics workflow based on CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis in zebrafish.

Gaurav K Varshney, Blake Carrington, Wuhong Pei, Kevin Bishop, Zelin Chen, Chunxin Fan, Lisha Xu, Marypat Jones, Matthew C LaFave, Johan Ledin and 2 more

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Article in Nature protocols, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 137 papers.

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137citing papers in PubMed
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

137 citing papers in PubMed, 255 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Gaurav K VarshneyDevelopmental Genomics Section, Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Blake CarringtonZebrafish Core, Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Wuhong PeiDevelopmental Genomics Section, Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Kevin BishopZebrafish Core, Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Zelin ChenDevelopmental Genomics Section, Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Chunxin FanKey Laboratory of Exploration and Utilization of Aquatic Genetic Resources, Shanghai Ocean University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai, China.
Lisha XuDevelopmental Genomics Section, Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Marypat JonesCancer Genetics and Comparative Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Matthew C LaFaveDevelopmental Genomics Section, Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9165-041X
Johan LedinDepartment of Organismal Biology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Raman SoodZebrafish Core, Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Shawn M BurgessDevelopmental Genomics Section, Translational and Functional Genomics Branch, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1147-0596
National Institutes of Health · USShanghai Ocean University · CNUppsala University · SE

Funding

Zebrafish targeted mutagenesis and functional genomicsZIAHG000183 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI BURGESS, SHAWN M · 2009 to 2025
$16.7M
NHGRI/DIR Zebrafish CoreZICHG200351 · NHGRI · NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI SOOD, RAMAN · 2015 to 2025
$12.1M
Intramural NIH HHS ZIA HG000183
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The zebrafish is a popular model organism for studying development and disease, and genetically modified zebrafish provide an essential tool for functional genomic studies. Numerous publications have demonstrated the efficacy of gene targeting in zebrafish using CRISPR/Cas9, and they have included descriptions of a variety of tools and methods for guide RNA synthesis and mutant identification. However, most of the published techniques are not readily scalable to increase throughput. We recently described a CRISPR/Cas9-based high-throughput mutagenesis and phenotyping pipeline in zebrafish. Here, we present a complete workflow for this pipeline, including target selection; cloning-free single-guide RNA (sgRNA) synthesis; microinjection; validation of the target-specific activity of the sgRNAs; founder screening to identify germline-transmitting mutations by fluorescence PCR; determination of the exact lesion by Sanger or next-generation sequencing (including software for analysis); and genotyping in the F

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MutagenesisAnimalsCRISPR-Cas SystemsGenomicsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingZebrafish

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PMCPMC5630457
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