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ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2018

CRISPR-based genomic tools for the manipulation of genetically intractable microorganisms.

Rebecca S Shapiro, Alejandro Chavez, James J Collins

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Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Rebecca S ShapiroDepartment of Biological Engineering, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Synthetic Biology Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Alejandro ChavezDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
James J CollinsDepartment of Biological Engineering, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Synthetic Biology Center, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA. jimjc@mit.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic manipulation of microorganisms has been crucial in understanding their biology, yet for many microbial species, robust tools for comprehensive genetic analysis were lacking until the advent of CRISPR-Cas-based gene editing techniques. In this Progress article, we discuss advances in CRISPR-based techniques for the genetic analysis of genetically intractable microorganisms, with an emphasis on mycobacteria, fungi and parasites. We discuss how CRISPR-based analyses in these organisms have enabled the discovery of novel gene functions, the investigation of genetic interaction networks and the identification of virulence factors.

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CRISPR-Cas SystemsGenome, BacterialBacteriaDNA, BacterialGenetic EngineeringGenomicsDNA, Bacterial

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