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ArticleMolecular systems biology2017

High-throughput CRISPRi phenotyping identifies new essential genes in

Xue Liu, Clement Gallay, Morten Kjos, Arnau Domenech, Jelle Slager, Sebastiaan P van Kessel, Kèvin Knoops, Robin A Sorg, Jing-Ren Zhang, Jan-Willem Veening

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Article in Molecular systems biology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 183 papers.

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183 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Xue LiuMolecular Genetics Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6485-1865
Clement GallayMolecular Genetics Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-6296-8928
Morten KjosMolecular Genetics Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4448-9082
Arnau DomenechMolecular Genetics Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-0829-511X
Jelle SlagerMolecular Genetics Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-8226-4303
Sebastiaan P van KesselMolecular Genetics Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Kèvin KnoopsMolecular Cell Biology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Robin A SorgMolecular Genetics Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Jing-Ren ZhangCenter for Infectious Disease Research, School of Medicine, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4973-4243
Jan-Willem VeeningMolecular Genetics Group, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Centre for Synthetic Biology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands Jan-Willem.Veening@unil.ch.ORCID 0000-0002-3162-6634

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome-wide screens have discovered a large set of essential genes in the opportunistic human pathogen

Indexed as

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenes, EssentialBacterial ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsEndopeptidase ClpGene LibraryGene Regulatory NetworksGenes, BacterialHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingPeptidoglycanStreptococcus pneumoniaeTeichoic AcidsBacterial ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsClpP protein, Streptococcus pneumoniaeEndopeptidase ClpPcsB protein, Streptococcus pneumoniaePeptidoglycanTeichoic AcidsYycF protein, Bacteriabacterial cell wallcompetenceDNA replicationgene essentialityteichoic acid biosynthesis

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PMID28490437
PMCPMC5448163

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