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MALTA: a calculator for estimating the coverage with shRNA, CRISPR, and cDNA libraries.

Venkatramanan Krishnamani, Mark A Stamnes, Robert C Piper

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Article in SoftwareX. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Venkatramanan KrishnamaniDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242.
Mark A StamnesDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242.
Robert C PiperDepartment of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242.
University of Iowa · US

Funding

Viral VectorP30CA086862 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Douglas Robert Spitz · 2000 to 2026
$70.0M
Ubiquitin-Dependent Sorting in Endosomes and the TGNR01GM058202 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI PIPER, ROBERT C · 1998 to 2025
$8.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM058202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic screens using shRNA, CRISPR, or cDNA libraries rely on adequately transferring the library into cells for further assay. These libraries can have many different elements and each element can be present at different copy numbers within a given pooled library. Calculating how many recipient cells are needed to adequately sample all or most of the different elements within a library is important, especially if one wants to compare the outcomes of different genetic screens that rely on accurately reproducing the starting population of library-containing cells. Here we present a simple application that starts with a list of library elements and their abundance and calculates the minimum sampling number to achieve full transfer of the library to an acceptor cell population to a user-specified level of probability. Users can adjust several input parameters including designating a subpopulation over which the calculation is made. Finally, the program performs a series of Monte Carlo simulations of a user-specified number of picks to produce an empirically determined distribution of each library element.

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ComputationGenetic Screeningpooled libraries

Identifiers

PMID31304228
PMCPMC6625779
OpenAlexW2912920623

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