Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30093604›Full record

ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2018

Developmental barcoding of whole mouse via homing CRISPR.

Reza Kalhor, Kian Kalhor, Leo Mejia, Kathleen Leeper, Amanda Graveline, Prashant Mali, George M Church

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 197 papers.

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197citing papers in PubMed
17.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

197 citing papers in PubMed, 363 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Reza KalhorDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. gchurch@genetics.med.harvard.edu kalhor@genetics.med.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-5558-7545
Kian KalhorDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-9416-3078
Leo MejiaDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4383-8439
Kathleen LeeperWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1728-9683
Amanda GravelineWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2626-4093
Prashant MaliDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
George M ChurchDepartment of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. gchurch@genetics.med.harvard.edu kalhor@genetics.med.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-0775-2913
Harvard University · USSharif University of Technology · IRUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

Causal Transcriptional Consequences of Human Genetic VariationP50HG005550 · NHGRI · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI CHURCH, GEORGE M · 2010 to 2014
$19.0M
Recording neural activities onto DNAR01MH103910 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BOYDEN, EDWARD S., CHURCH, GEORGE M · 2013 to 2017
$9.5M
Next-generation Functional Genetic Screening of Un-screenable TraitsR01HG009285 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MALI, PRASHANT, TAMAYO, PABLO · 2017 to 2020
$4.2M
Systematic mapping of genetic vulnerabilities in head and neck cancerR01CA222826 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MALI, PRASHANT · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
Dissecting the interplay of gene regulatory networks and cellular niche on cell fate determinationR01GM123313 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI MALI, PRASHANT · 2018 to 2021
$1.2M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA222826NHGRI NIH HHS P50 HG005550NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG009285NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM123313NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH103910
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In vivo barcoding using nuclease-induced mutations is a powerful approach for recording biological information, including developmental lineages; however, its application in mammalian systems has been limited. We present in vivo barcoding in the mouse with multiple homing guide RNAs that each generate hundreds of mutant alleles and combine to produce an exponential diversity of barcodes. Activation upon conception and continued mutagenesis through gestation resulted in developmentally barcoded mice wherein information is recorded in lineage-specific mutations. We used these recordings for reliable post hoc reconstruction of the earliest lineages and investigation of axis development in the brain. Our results provide an enabling and versatile platform for in vivo barcoding and lineage tracing in a mammalian model system.

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CRISPR-Cas SystemsAllelesAnimalsCell LineageEmbryonic DevelopmentEmbryonic Stem CellsGene Expression ProfilingMiceMutationRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas Systems

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PMID30093604
PMCPMC6139672
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